We just shipped writer coins on Paragraph: a new way to support writers & share in the upside. Paid subscriptions have shortcomings: there's no benefit for being early & it's hard to show off your support. You can read & subscribe but you're not truly along for the journey. Writer coins provide a more compelling alternative: by backing a writer across all of their work, you can signal you were an early supporter & share in the momentum you helped create. Plus, when you launch a writer coin, you can reward those who supported you: - past collectors on Paragraph/Mirror - followers on FC or Base app - holders of your Zora/Base app creator coins - & more Learn more: https://paragraph.com/@blog/writer-coins

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Navigating The New Year

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Architecting the New World: A Deep Dive into Next-Gen AI Prompts (Part 2)

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Hear, hear! Nicely worded . I too used to believe that attention, creativity, and talent were commodities in themselves. But after decades of trial and error, learning new skills, honing my abilities, and realizing true value emerges from helping others solve problems, be it crafting a fully homomorphic quantum-resistant cryptography algorithm to secure decentralized finance in a post-quantum world, engineering an anti-gravity-inspired magnetic propulsion system to revolutionize transport, or something less-tangible yet equally profound… like a simple joke or comic to help cheer up a depressed “fren”, I’ve come to believe that while the future economy 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 be attention-based, it’s not the superficial “just tokenize everything” economy that most so-called “creators” pursue today. Relentlessly grinding like David Goggins mixed with Andrew Tate on a cocktail of amphetamines, nootropics and steroids, only to discover time and time again that modern society’s attention is increasingly-fleeting, and the ever-coveted quest for fame, fortune & “going-viral,” is just as volatile as web3 markets themselves. “𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙,” as the Bible puts it in Ecclesiastes, “𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙫𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚.” @jonathancolton

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I appreciate the robust discussion across Farcaster and X on creator coins. We're all trying to make sense of the "creator economy" and how it becomes a sustainable model. Stats @punk9059 made an observation that stuck with me: attention persists, tokens go to zero. We've seen it with NFTs, memecoins, and now creator tokens. The memes survive. The coins don't. The failure wasn't the creators or culture. It was the belief that attention itself is a sufficient economic primitive. Most creator tokens weren't hired to do anything durable. The only job consistently delivered: buy early and exit early. Once that job becomes visible, it collapses. Creators benefit when the price goes up. The community becomes exit liquidity. Platforms benefit from volume regardless of direction. Every swap generates fees. The L2 doesn't care if a token goes up or down. It cares that transactions happen. I'm not observing from outside. I have tokens on Zora and Paragraph — scattered, siloed, illiquid. The system isn't measuring what I create. It's measuring where I create it. Jesse said your creativity has value. I'd extend that: your attention has value too. The reality is that both are scattered and flowing somewhere else. https://paragraph.com/@jonathancolton.eth/your-creativity-and-attention-have-value

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How To Stumble Into The Art Business Methods of Prosperity newsletter no. 97: Larry Gagosian Key Lessons: • You need no formal training. • Copy someone else’s idea. • Sell things, make money. • Add value with a frame. • Rent your space out. • Hire employees.

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holy just in time. here's 2k words of me complaining about every protocol in existence part 2 in 2026, happy new year! https://blog.kualta.dev/deso-part-1

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I just launched a writer coin on Paragraph!

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The 2024 election proved prediction markets work better than polls. So I built a directory to help you navigate the ecosystem.

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The Crypto Era Is Over. The Valence Era Begins.

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Recent things I wrote, quietly: • Overprompting; when adding more words starts removing meaning. • Silver at $75: it didn’t feel sudden if you were already watching. • The Base app (@baseapp.base.eth): when the tokenization begins • Unconnected Populations: growth stops where access never arrives. • USA × China: incentives explain more than opinions. • Faster Tasks (@fastertasks): mini app is actually fast. • ProductClank (@productclank): mini app which has proven community strength & is here to build. • Fwogger (@fwogger): this mini app is super fun but also very addictive. • HashHorse (@hashhorse): live horse betting, what else ? but again addictive. I’m publishing these at Off the feed. Read if you’re curious. Ignore if you’re not. Both are fine. ~~ all pieces linked in the comment ~~ https://paragraph.com/@offthefeed

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I claimed writer coins from 8 publications on Paragraph!

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So... What Even Is Enlightenment Just published my first Paragraph post: a personal exploration of enlightenment, identity, and the strange machinery beneath the self. If you’ve ever wondered what awakening actually means, this one’s for you. More to come soon. 🤙

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one of my goals over the holidays was to figure out how I can start writing again on @paragraph now that it's fully merged with Mirror, but i'm currently unable to access the Paragraph account that I my Mirror blog was migrated to 🫠 When I connect with the wallet that created jamesbeck.mirror.xyz (and still holds 1 Mirror token), it has no publications, even though it should show these: https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck When I connect with my ENS or Farcaster, it sends me to https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck.eth Can anyone help figure out what is happening here?

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The Truth About Taking Risks Methods of Prosperity newsletter no. 96: Mohnish Pabrai “I am a better investor because I am a businessman and I am a better businessman because I am an investor.” – Warren Buffett Key Lessons: • Heads you win, tails you don’t lose much. • You can always go bankrupt. • Money attracts more money. • Generate your own luck. • Have a safety net.

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