It’s remarkable that Ampled exists today. Tech platforms are notoriously difficult and costly to build. Still, a small dedicated group worked nights and weekends for years to bring the Ampled platform to life – all without any traditional venture capital investment. The team has never been financially motivated to create Ampled. We’ve wanted to prove to people that user-owned cooperative platforms can be self-sustaining and be responsive to the needs of people, not capital. By simply existing...

It’s remarkable that Ampled exists today. Tech platforms are notoriously difficult and costly to build. Still, a small dedicated group worked nights and weekends for years to bring the Ampled platform to life – all without any traditional venture capital investment. The team has never been financially motivated to create Ampled. We’ve wanted to prove to people that user-owned cooperative platforms can be self-sustaining and be responsive to the needs of people, not capital. By simply existing...

Hello! Welcome to our first post on Mirror. Mirror is a new publishing platform with some compelling built-in fundraising tools like crowdfunding, micropayments, and automated payment splits. Think of it like Medium, but built to be community-owned and using crypto-native decentralized architecture. And if you are reading this and are unfamiliar with Ampled, we are a platform for direct, recurring community support for musicians — formed as a co-op (collectively run by artists and workers and...

Hello! Welcome to our first post on Mirror. Mirror is a new publishing platform with some compelling built-in fundraising tools like crowdfunding, micropayments, and automated payment splits. Think of it like Medium, but built to be community-owned and using crypto-native decentralized architecture. And if you are reading this and are unfamiliar with Ampled, we are a platform for direct, recurring community support for musicians — formed as a co-op (collectively run by artists and workers and...