The aim of the Bisq blog project is to publish quality blog posts on the Bisq blog on a regular basis (currently once a week). Our posts will express diverse opinions and thoughts by writers with different backgrounds, from Bisq contributors and traders to writers with non-technical backgrounds outside the Bisq community.
Anyone interested in contributing a post is welcome to join us! We are also open to those writers who want to write in a language other than English. The topics are not limited to Bisq only, and can include your thoughts on related subjects such as Bitcoin, privacy, cryptography, decentralization, etc.
Although we are open to all enquiries, we cannot guarantee that we will publish all the posts. Posts that contribute new perspectives, technical knowledge and expertise are best, while those posts that are believed by the blog editors to not add value to the Bisq blog may not be accepted. Please take a look at the information below to get acquainted with the project and to join us.
The blog project is currently coordinated by two contributors, Aruna Surya (@arunasurya), who acts as the project lead, and Steve Jain (@m52go), who is involved in editing and publishing the posts as well as improving the blog writing process.
If you are interested in contributing a post, please follow the steps below:
- Join the #blogposts channel on the Bisq slack.
- Review the blog writing schedule.
- Contact the project lead with your choice of the publishing week and the blog topic.
- If you are not sure what you want to write about, no worries, we will help you figure this out.
- Once you know what you want to write about, you will be asked to write a short abstract and send it in a Google doc to the project lead.
- Please try to be as clear as possible and define the goal of the post.
- We encourage you to do this before putting in a lot of effort into writing your post.
- If the abstract is approved, you will be asked to write the first draft and share it with the project lead.
- The post will go through multiple reviews and edits by the blog editors before it is published on the Bisq blog.
- The blog editors will handle the editing and publishing process. All you need to focus on is writing.
- Once your post is published on the Bisq blog site, it will also appear in Medium's bisq-network publication.
- If you are a regular Medium contributor, you can publish your post on your Medium site and submit it to the Bisq Medium publication. This is done after the post has been published on the Bisq blog.
- The writers are responsible for delivering quality blog posts by an agreed deadline.
- In case of delay in publishing a post, the editors can change the publication week for a particular writer.
- This is done to ensure the continuous publication flow. The writer will be informed of these changes.
- The writers are also encouraged to contribute to the Bisq writer community by sharing their ideas on blog topics, publicizing, etc on the #blogposts channel.
- As a writer, you have the freedom to choose your own topic, the length of your post and the date of publication.
- It is best to send several title ideas to the project lead before diving into the writing process.
Communication is done on slack, either directly with the project lead or on the #blogposts channel.
The blog writer can file a compensation request for the amount of BSQ that they think is reasonable for their work. The compensation request is filed after the blog post has been published on the Bisq blog site.
If you would like to cross-post your work, please follow the instructions below:
- Your post will be published first on the Bisq blog site.
- Please wait a week before publishing the post on the site of your choice.
- You will need to specify bisq.network as the canonical source, by putting the following note at the bottom
this interview originally appeared on <a href='bisq.network/blog/the-link' rel='canonical'>the Bisq network's blog</a>
NOTE: The blog writing process may evolve with time as we gain more experience. We welcome your input in improving the process!