I’ve always liked the idea of creators being able to get rewarded directly instead of relying on ads or sponsorships. I’m not much of a writer myself, but I dabble in video editing, and I’ve often wondered what it would be like to actually get paid by the people who enjoy the content, without a platform taking the bulk of it.
That’s why Alt.town ($TOWN) stood out to me when I came across it. Instead of just another token floating around, it’s designed to tie fans and creators together through digital assets and even a marketplace where fan support can be tracked and ranked. To me, that’s an interesting shift because it gives creators a way to turn their influence into something tangible, while fans get to feel like they’re part of the journey rather than just spectators.
Bitget listing $TOWN was a small but meaningful signal, because it shows that these kinds of projects are starting to move beyond just “niche experiments.” Still, I’m curious if this model can actually scale or if it’ll just stay as an interesting side note in the wider crypto story.
Have you seen any Web3 projects in the creator economy that you think really stand a chance of becoming sustainable? Or do you think this will remain more hype than reality?
It is not a new idea actually, you should take a look at $BAT (basic attention token), it was created with the idea of people being able to donate to their favorite content creators through the Brave browser and other mechanisms.
So far, the biggest problem if those tokens is the focus of wealth and how is directed to content creators, so far most of tokens rely on charity and good will of donators, in a similar way Patreon works.
For a good alternative currency to work in this matter, it would require the process of "mining" to be tightly connected with the creating of content and have burning mechanisms to ensure inflation won't increase dramatically through time.
