- How reddit plans to earn money (more sophisticated ads)
- Fired Reddit exec quietly launches ‘Imzy,’ a warmer, fuzzier Reddit
- Beautyon comments on smart contracts and the definitions of words
- Medium raises $50 million again
- Facebook considers letting users add a tip jar to make money from posts
- We’re building a decentralized YouTube with micropayments (PopChest)
- Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic
- Startup Legion M Launches Crowdfunded Studio That Lets Fans Buy Piece of Company
- Changetip embraces decentralization with new wallet - will support Lightning Network in the future
- Apple: A Message to Our Customers (a letter by Apple about not giving into the FBI to help them decrypt their phones)
- Datt: The next step in social networks? (video by Chris)
- The Ad Blocking Wars - NYTimes
- A Decentralized Web Site Anchored in the Blockchain - Andrew Barisser
- People In Silicon Valley Don't Click On Ads
- Ello and consumer friendly business models (argues Ello's business model can't work because it charges money)
- SatoshiPay Launches Bitcoin Nanopayment Network for Online Content
- OpenBazaar in Depth: Interview with COO Sam Patterson
- Brave, Brenden Eich's new startup - it will include a bitcoin wallet with bitcoin micropayments
- Curating Content through Prediction Markets and Network Tokens
- IPFS - why I'm not yet on the bandwagon
- The former CEO of Mozilla is launching a web browser that blocks all ads by default
- Kevin Rose on what Digg would be today - would use cryptocurrency
- User banned from ChangeTip for living in Libya
- Decentralising Facebook with Blockchains and Userfeeds.
- YouTube's Top Style and Beauty Vloggers Earn as Much as $40k a Month
- ChangeTip forced to blog users in Russia
- Spotify but for the Titanic: A Proposal for the Future of News and Publishing
- Social media censorship in Bangladesh hints at long-term problems for publishers
- Soulseek banned from PayPal after 14 years
- The ‘Facebook of Latin America’ Taringa! Just Paid $76,000 in Bitcoin to its Users
- Zapchain Growth Proves Bitcoin Tipping Viable Social Media Model
- Phuc Dat Bich: Man posts passport to Facebook to prove his name is real
- Companies Target Journalists With Ads on Facebook
- Facebook and the Media Have an Increasingly Landlord-Tenant Style Relationship
- Chris Dixon: Lessons from the PC gaming industry
- How to use Rust with Node when performance matters
- 'Freebooters' Are Stealing Videos from YouTube and Reposting Them to Facebook
- Death by a thousand likes: How Facebook and Twitter are killing the open web
- One Cash: With One Cash, Tip $1 To People You Love, Or Make It Rain
- The 12 Factor App - great info on how to build software that works well as a service
- Heroku: 10 habits of a happy node hacker - useful tips for managing a node project from Heroku
- The Netflix stack - interesting look at a service that has to scale enormously
- How Facebook is stealing billions of views - relevant to the issue of people stealing others' work
- Mine wants to identify every image on the internet. (uses the blockchain - perhaps similar tech could be used to classify content on datt)
- EigenTrust++: Attack Resilient Trust Management (PDF) (also recommended by Greg Slepak)
- A pseudonymous trust system for a decentralized anonymous marketplace (Greg Slepak proposes that we use this as a way to algorithmically rank posts according to a computed trust value)
- Please stop writing secure messaging tools. (tldr: Also write other kinds of secure tools)
- Chris Dixon tweets about r/bitcoin -> r/btc
- Brian of Coinbase suggesting everyone on r/bitcoin migrate to r/btc because of censorship on r/bitcoin - see also his tweet
- Sam Altman: Startup Playbook
- LBRY: https://news.bitcoin.com/lbry-decentralized-sharing-platform/
- up2pp:// - The “http://” of Peer to Peer networking needs to exist
- So, Tsu Me: Why Facebook Is Terrified of This Virtually Unknown Competitor and What It Could Mean For the Future of the Internet
- Zype Raises $1.6M To Help Publishers Build Their Video Business
- Medium's tech stack (based on node.js
- IPFS introduction by example
- Decentralized Identity and Content Attribution: We Need a Specification _ Youtube Red: $10/mo for no ads
- How society will be transformed by cryptoeconomics
- What the Flux!? Let's Redux
- The viability of js frameworks on mobile
- Why Twitter's Dying (And What You Can Learn From It)
- How is the NSA breaking so much crypto?
- Hi, We're Stem: Imagine a world where you, as a creator, can consistently get paid for your work with clarity.
- Taking Medium To The Next Level - Medium proposes to make sure money flows back to content creators
- Decentralized reputation in OpenBazaar
- Freestart collisions for sha-1 - means a real collision is around the corner. We use sha-256 for hashes, and so does bitcoin, however we do use git, whish uses sha-1
- Clef's open-source employee handbook focused on inclusion
- Clef: Our work to raise the baseline for inclusive policies at early stage companies
- reddit is working on an entirely new front-page algorithm
- Inside reddit's plan to recover from its epic meltdown
- The YC application broken down and translated
- VICE: We're replacing comments with something better
- No Comments Allowed on Reddit’s New News Site ‘Upvoted’
- 402: Payment Required
- First, let's get rid of all the bosses. (An article about holocracy at Zappos)
- WE Collective (a non-profit reddit competitor) (video)
- A protocol for microtransactions (PDF) (Strawpay)
- Japan’s Largest Q&A Platform OKWave Adds Bitcoin Services (OKWave)
- Blendle: A radical experiment with micropayments in journalism, 365 days later
- Business Insider, Vox, BuzzFeed, Medium: What’s Driving Digital Media’s New Investment Craze
- Is TLS fast enough yet? (tldr: yes)
- "Apple's commitment to your privacy" - HN discussion
- Medium raises $57 million to better connect content and conversation
- reddit users on their grievances about reddit
- Will there be a distributed HTTP? - HN
- Google Votes: A Liquid Democracy Experiment on a Corporate Social Network (PDF)
- The internet's own Magna Carta
- Locking the Web Open - a call for a distributed web
- "Projects and Companies" by Sam Altman
- The WeChat wallet
- It's time to build the private web - need encryption by default
- Meta on hardforking - mods censors a post about Bitcoin XT
- Mutually Assured Content
- Don't display negative karma
- Rating Systems - Christopher Allen
- Dunbar, Altruistic Punishment, and Meta-Moderation - Christopher Allen
- The Web We Have to Save
- The Cryptographic Doom Principle - you should always encrypt then mac - validate mac before decrypting data
- Web RTC STUN and TURN
- valme: general business model ideas
- valme: related to downvoting
- valme: related to allowing mods to change the price of content
- valme: related to different transaction fees for different actions
- valme: related to flagging/downvote brigades
- RedHat stance on software patents
- UX Methods & Design - UX/UI design cheatsheet
- OpenBazaar - open-source, decentralized marketplace - Also OB1, the First Company on OpenBazaar
- SpaceTimeBubble - Mats Henricson
- PopChest - bitcoin micropayments for video
- DEVCON1: Decentralized reddit - Connor Keenan
- Blockai - keep track of authorship of content on the blockchain
- Codemill: A Marketplace for Pull Requests
- Mediachain: a distributed metadata protocol (could be used by Datt, and mentions Datt in the article)
- Dat - share and sync data instantly. Open-source, decentralized. Plus, it's called "dat"
- BigchainDB - a blockchain database
- PeerTweet - node.js twitter using DHTs for each person's stream
- Nuzzle - turns your twitter feed into a reddit-like feed
- SatoshiPay
- WebTorrent - Torrent, for HTML5
- Enspiral - a virtual and physical network of companies and professionals brought together by a set of shared values and a passion for positive social impact.
- BlockAI - is a platform to give people who create digital assets a way to claim ownership of them by publishing to the blockchain, turning them into monetizable assets.
- Aetheral Research is a censorship resitant forums platform
- Encrypt All The Things - an initiative to encrypt all the web with SSL
- RDOV - A business model for sustainable R&D of open source projects.
- Brave is a new web browser from Brendan Eich that blocks ads by default
- Noisecrypt - a decentralized social media application with end-to-end encryption
- grasswire - decentralized, crowdsourced news network
- eth-tweet - decentralized twitter based on ethereum
- CrowdJury - decentralized justice
- Synero - decentralized social media with integrated payments using their own coin
- Fabriq - a decentralized reddit based on Ethereum - see also Chris Keenan's tweet
- LBRY: Combining bittorrent and a new cryptocurrency for sharing media and being paid
- Credence is a practical distributed reputation system, designed to counteract content pollution in peer-to-peer filesharing systems.
- Tsu: social network that shares ad revenue with creators
- crypti - decentralized app system
- Iris: Decentralized cloud messaging - Paper
- sato.sh - like reddit but where tipping is bitcoin
- PolderCast - decentralized social media, but where users store only content they are interested in (PDF) - Paper describing PolderCast (PDF) - BitWeav - microblogging system based on PolderCast
- Kudos: peer-to-peer discussion system based on social voting - HN Discussion
- NNTP - the protocol behind Usenet
- HoneyLedger: Better payments for content-creators and fans
- Urbit: Full-stack decentralized computing
- Protip attempts to redefine internet tipping with bitcoin micropayments
- Beacon Reader - crowdfunding journalism
- Changetip Tipworthy - post content and tip each other
- Ello - their manifesto is highly relevant
- Planet Awesome
- Blockstack - naming, identity, storage
- nntpchan - a decentralized image board with opt-in moderation
- aether
- Empeopled - Bitcoin payments for good content - See their FAQ
- colony
- backfeed
- Lazooz
- Decent
- Qora
- Tent - decentralized, users own their content
- BitTess - p2p website
- MediaGoblin - GNU's decentralized social media app
- Patchwork - based on scuttlebutt
- a bunch of "alternative internet" links
- cryptosphere, built in ruby, seems similar
- Alexandria - blocktech.com - uses ipfs
- zeronet - based on bitcoin cryptography and bittorrent
- ipfs - decentalized storage - permanent web - global DHT
- sia - decentralized storage that integrates payments - sounds similar to ipfs
- Kudos: A Peer-to-Peer Discussion System Based on Social Voting (PDF)
- Peer Tracks - tokens for music, allows people to be rewarded for finding good music
- Witcoin - the original "reddit, but with bitcoin"
- PeerJS - Easy WebRTC
- Simple Peer - easy Web RTC, works in node via wrtc
- FreedomJS - Another Easy WebRTC
- GUN.js - NoDB High replication memcache
- PouchDB - A clientside CouchDB-like database that syncs when online with a CouchDB server
- WebTorrent - Torrent, for HTML5
- MaidSafe - A blockchained coin/storage
- BitcoinJS - Bitcoin's JS Swiss knife
- Coinspark - Smart contracts on the blockchain (non-js)
- Codius - Smart contracts on the blockchain (js)
- Key-hq - BIP32 compliant HD keychain
- Bitcore - bitpay's javascript implementation of bitcoin
- bcoin - chjj's implementation - has SPV support in node
- fullnode - ryanxcharles's implementation - similar codebase to bitcore, but monolithic, and written in ES 2015
- webcoin - an SPV node that works in a browser, based on bitcore
- Bitmessage - Blockchain specifically dedicated to messaging, think SPV client but with messages, anonymous identities and proof of work message requirement (non-js).
- NPM Bitmessage - Bitmessage Node.js implementation supporting browserify, alpha quality, still no outgoing connection on browser.
- Bitmessage-node - Bitmessage API library, piggybacks on native Bitmessage installation
- BitID - Public key based authentication using Bitcoin Wallets facilities
- Blockstack - Very similar project to Datt
- Ephemeral - Ephemeral content stored only by the viewers of it
- rupy - a distributed database for the web
- Towards Bitcoin Payment Networks (April 2016)
- Emulation of Hash-Time-Locked Contracts of the Lightning network by a trusted, but publically auditable escrow service (PDF)
- Reaching The Ground With Lightning (draft 0.1) - Rusty Russell
- Rusty Russell 1, Rusty Russell 2, Rusty Russell 3, Rusty Russsell 4
- Lightning Network implementation
- Overview of BIPs necessary for lightning - Tadge Dryja
- Alex Axelrod's Bitcoin Wiki page on chained payment channels
- Experimental lightning node in python
- Amiko pay - something very much like the lightning network implemented in python, distinct from the hashplex one
- Thunder Network - a more near-term solution for our micropayments problem, already implemented in Java
- A fast and scalable network with bitcoin micropayment channels (PDF) - not lightning, but similar
- Lightning implementation on elements sidechain
- Peter Todd: Near-zero fee transactions with hub-and-spoke micropayments
- BitPay: Impulse: Inter-Channel Payments
- The "original" description of payment channels on the Bitcoin Wiki
- Mike Hearn: Announcement of payment channels in BitcoinJ
- Pure No-Trust Solution using only OP CLTV
- Ryan and Dan's map of the space of actions, actors and whether/how much to pay
- Darren's marketing plan
- Datt Goals over 4 years - generated Aug. 22, 2015
- Brad's "BRATT" - alternative focus on content creators at expense of mods
- Brad's business-focused mockups
- Brad's overview of the amount of money earned by participants for shared revenue
- Paul's reward allocation model
- Paul's DATT Concepts & Principles
- [aramkris view of Business Model - Updated post the hackathon] (https://github.com/dattnetwork/dattdocs/blob/master/DATTmodel3.md)
- [aramkris view of shared revenue - Updated post the hackathon] (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_M0KyHaBJqUIOl4KDZYYpE3gSyq8XhAQEy1csPABiHw/edit?usp=sharing )
- aramkris - Business thoughts: Misc
- aramkris - business plan
- 2015-07-06: Hacker News thread on "Fix reddit with bitcoin"
- 2015-07-15: Zapchain reposted the article "Fix reddit with bitcoin" with very good engagement
- 2015-07-15: /r/bitcoin thread on "Fix reddit with bitcoin"
- 2015-07-15: Yishan's thoughts on a decentralized reddit
- 2015-09-01: /r/bitcoin thread about the CoinDesk article
- 2015-10-29: /r/bitcoin thread on the article from CoinJournal
- 2015-12-12: Datt prototype v0.1.0 complete (decentralized reddit)
- 2016-02-13: /r/datt
- 2016-02-27: Discussion about Yours from the hackathon
- 2016-04-07: Link to RXC article about why bitcoin over ethereum
- 2016-04-07: Another link to RXC article about why bitcoin over ethereum
- 2016-04-12: Yours (Datt) secret preview v0.2.0
- 2016-04-13: r/bitcoin thread on "Yours is now Datt" article
- 2016-04-13: r/btc thread on "Yours is now Datt" article
- 2016-04-19: r/bitcoin thread on "What is Yours?"
- 2016-04-21: r/bitcoin thread on Clemens' new document about lightning network
- 2016-04-22: r/btc thread on RXC tweet
- 2016-04-22: r/btc thread on Clemens' document about lightning
- 2016-04-22: r/btc thread about Steven McKie's tweet about using bitcoin
- 2015-07-05: Fix reddit with bitcoin.
- 2015-07-05: re/code: The next reddit will likely be built on the bitcoin blockchain
- 2015-07-06: Business Insider: The next Reddit could be based on bitcoin and impossible to censor
- 2015-07-06: Cryptocoins News: Former Reddit Cryptocurrency Engineer: Decentralization is the Future
- 2015-07-06: The Next Web: reddit came close to being decentralized last year
- 2015-07-06: Wired: This Man Says He Can Save Reddit With the Spirit of Bitcoin
- 2015-07-06: hacked.com: Angered over Redditgate, users want a Decentralized alternative to Reddit
- 2015-07-08: CoinTelegraph: Ryan X. Charles Is Building a Decentralized Reddit, and ‘Would Love Collaborators’
- 2015-07-13: CoinJournal: Interview With Former Reddit Cryptocurrency Engineer, Ryan X Charles
- 2015-07-14: CoinSpeaker: ‘Blockchain is a Huge Opportunity to Save Reddit Community,’ Says Ryan X. Charles
- 2015-07-31: hacked.com: Former Reddit Cryptocurrency Engineer Hosts Hackathon For Reddit Alternative
- 2015-08-04: CoinTelegraph: How an Australian Teen Nearly Created a Decentralized Reddit in 1997 (Op-Ed)
- 2015-08-15: ZapChain article that quotes the summit
- 2015-08-15: ZapChain decentralization summit
- 2015-08-31: Ryan X. Charles Interview with Money & Tech
- 2015-09-01: CoinDesk: Inside the movement to build a bitcoin-powered reddit
- 2015-10-29: CoinJournal: Public Launch of Bitcoin-Powered, Decentralized Reddit Alternative Possible in March
- 2015-11-08: Inside Bitcoins: Datt Combines Social Media with Bitcoin-Powered Incentives (Kyle Torpey)
- 2015-11-09: Bitcoin Magazine: Former Reddit Cryptocurrency Engineer Explains How His Decentralized, Bitcoin-Powered Social Media Platform Will Work
- 2015-11-12: 8btc has an article in Chinese about Datt
- 2015-11-15: The Merkle: Turkey Blocks Reddit Access – Decentralized Social Networks Are Needed
- 2015-12-20: BTCManager: Datt To Introduce A Decentralized, Bitcoin-Enabled, Content-Sharing Platform
- 2016-01-11: Ryan X. Charles on the Bitcoin Podcast: Episode #34: 20,000 Lines Under the Code
- 2016-01-11: Japan Bitcoin interview with Ryan X. Charles
- 2016-01-26: CoinDesk: Bitcoin Social Network DATT Reaches Proof-of-Concept Stage
- 2016-02-01: Phil Gomes: How Emerging Social Networks are Applying Economic Models to Attention and Content
- 2016-02-04: CoinTelegraph: Decentralized Social Networks with Bitcoin
- 2016-02-29: Finance Magnates: Yours Blends Reddit, ChangeTip and Virality at the Launch Festival Hackathon
- 2016-03-26: Coinfund.io: Five Bitcoin and Ethereum Based Projects to Watch in 2016
- 2016-04-04: Steven McKie on the Bitcoin Podcast: Not Giving a Good Got Damn
- 2016-04-04: The Merkle: Ryan X. Charles is Not Convinced Ethereum will Outpace Bitcoin
- 2016-04-06: Funding the Bigger Blockchain Space (several quotes from RXC)
- 2016-04-10: CoinDesk: Why Datt is Sticking With Bitcoin Over Ethereum (CoinDesk republished article)
- 2016-04-13: Datt is now Yours and has a new way to monetize web content
- [2016-04-14: EconoTimes: Bitcoin-Powered Social Media Platform Datt To Rebrand As Yours](Bitcoin-Powered Social Media Platform Datt To Rebrand As Yours)
- 2016-04-17: Bitcoin.com on Datt rebranding to Yours