Hey there,

We're back with a 3rd installment of our weekly digest, highlighting a few hand-selected great pieces of writing over the past week or so.

Check them out below & let us know which was your favorite!

The Festival Advantage: Empowering Crypto Films and Decentralized Projects

Anaroth highlights how film festivals can boost crypto-funded indie content by providing visibility, recognition, and distribution opportunities. As demonstrated by Nouns Fest’s growth and Will Anderson’s award at Annecy, decentralized productions are gaining traction and diversifying the creative landscape.

Coop Records Anniversary

Cooper Turley looks back on the first year of Coop Records and some of their accomplishments: 300 records onchain from nearly 100 artists and generated over 130 ETH in revenue.

An onchain record label is more than just putting music onchain.

It's about building a community and a culture that transcends both worlds - and creating a system for the two to amplify one another. (From

Curator Economy, Not Creator Economy

In a world where anyone can self-publish, Tom Beck makes the case for "publishers" to add value through curation (among many other topics).

The trick is that we've separated publication and curation. Creators publish. All on their own; when they're ready; as little or as often as they wish. "Publishers" curate. They pick out what they like and boost its exposure.

Grant Theft DAO: Grant programs are broken, can we fix them?

Eylon dives into the inefficiencies of current grant programs due to centralization, administrative chaos, and misuse of funds. As a solution, inspired in part by web2 models (e.g., AWS Activate), he advocates for focusing on funding critical needs, implementing matching investments with "skin in the game," and conducting audit grants to increase effectiveness.

Rethinking Secondary Royalties for Onchain Ebooks

Cryptoversal recounts how the early 2000s ebook revolution promised lower prices and higher author royalties but was undermined by traditional publishers and restrictive licensing. Emerging blockchain technologies offer hope for revitalizing the industry by restoring author and reader rights through innovations like secondary royalties, decentralized storage, and onchain authentication, with the “right of reclaim” standing out as a promising solution to ensure fair compensation for authors.

Farcaster Needs Door Games

To increase user engagement on Farcaster, william makes the case for "door games" to encourage regular visits, a concept originating from early Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) in the 1980s and later seen in Facebook games by companies like Zynga.

That's all we got for this week — what did you think of these recommendations? What great writing did we miss?

Let us know what you think!

See you next week,
Paragraph team