It’s great to see Paragraph shipping Writer Coins. The "Creator Capital Market" is the trend of the year for a reason, and it’s refreshing to see a platform bold enough to experiment with new ways for writers to capture value. This is exactly the kind of innovation we needs.

But with new reward features comes a classic design trap: exposing the wiring.

There is a temptation to give creators control over their economy—to let them tweak rewards and design incentives. It sounds empowering. But in practice, it’s often a burden. Flawed reward design causes unnecessary volatility in coin prices.

Here is a humble suggestion for the roadmap: Don't make writers think about tokenomics. 

Think about YouTube. It didn't become a giant by teaching video creators how to negotiate ad inventory or build payment gateways. It won because it made monetization invisible.

On YouTube, you upload a video. If people watch it, you get paid. The platform handles the heavy lifting—the ad sales, the distribution, the payouts. The complexity is invisible.

Paragraph has the opportunity to do the same for writers.

The goal should be to let writers be writers.

The best features are the ones that require the least amount of management.

Ideally, the tokenomics should be invisible—baked into the platform's infrastructure. Let Paragraph solve the hard problem of sustainable rewards. Let Paragraph handle the volatility and the distribution.

For writers, the most powerful tool isn't a dashboard, it's a blank page.

It’s great to see Paragraph shipping Writer Coins. The "Creator Capital Market" is the trend of the year for a reason, and it’s refreshing to see a platform bold enough to experiment with new ways for writers to capture value. This is exactly the kind of innovation we needs.

But with new reward features comes a classic design trap: exposing the wiring.

There is a temptation to give creators control over their economy—to let them tweak rewards and design incentives. It sounds empowering. But in practice, it’s often a burden. Flawed reward design causes unnecessary volatility in coin prices.

Here is a humble suggestion for the roadmap: Don't make writers think about tokenomics. 

Think about YouTube. It didn't become a giant by teaching video creators how to negotiate ad inventory or build payment gateways. It won because it made monetization invisible.

On YouTube, you upload a video. If people watch it, you get paid. The platform handles the heavy lifting—the ad sales, the distribution, the payouts. The complexity is invisible.

Paragraph has the opportunity to do the same for writers.

The goal should be to let writers be writers.

The best features are the ones that require the least amount of management.

Ideally, the tokenomics should be invisible—baked into the platform's infrastructure. Let Paragraph solve the hard problem of sustainable rewards. Let Paragraph handle the volatility and the distribution.

For writers, the most powerful tool isn't a dashboard, it's a blank page.