Recently, I wrote an article about monetizing content production on the Internet that also examined and compared tipping and micropayment options in the cryptocurrency and fiat currency spaces.
In the article, I covered two crowdfunding platforms, Patreon and Beacon Reader, as they both were recurring fundraising models and specifically focused on funding content creation.
An examination of crowdfunding overall is also warranted as the global industry is massive and growing fast, expanding from $6.1 billion in 2013 to $16.2 billion in 2014. For 2015, researchers have predicted that the industry should more than double again to $34.4 billion. This trend suggests that crowdfunding will even surpass venture capital funding in 2016. In comparison to raising fiat currency, crowdfunding in the digital currency ecosystem has had mixed results.
Read more:
http://allcoinsnews.com/2016/01/26/the-mixed-results-of-digital-currency-powered-crowdfunding/
