2 weeks ago I tried an experiment in bounty based research. Could a $1k @bountycaster bounty successfully solve a research question? TL;DR: Bounty-based research worked pretty well!

Will stablecoins become the world's largest owners of US Treasuries? 💵 It seems possible that crypto stablecoins become the largest holders of US Treasuries in the world. Putting up $1000 for the one layer deeper analysis to support or debunk that thesis. @bountybot

Next global platform for Money Financial system Internet apps

A key breakpoint in Web 2.0 social networks happened when people figured out how to exploit the newsfeed for their own engagement in a way that hurt the experience of the overall platform (eg Zynga spamming Facebook in 2008).

A lot of the best dystopian scifi had the right scientific ideas but was too lazy to imagine the positive outcomes