I don't know about you, but I'm tired of all the videos on X, not to mention all the bot replies, and the never ending amount of slop in general.

The problem is when you're on a platform that's free to use, it's also easy to abuse.

Clearly, there's room for different types of social networks out there. Twitter started by focusing on short text based messages. Instagram focused on pictures. Snapchat was all about disappearing videos, and Substack caters to writers who want to paywall their work.

POW aims to differentiate itself by focusing on leveraging micropayments to filter out as much noise as possible while giving people the freedom to earn, the freedom to spend, and the freedom to preserve their privacy.

Since this platform runs on eCash rails, we never have to ask for any personal information in order for you to get paid. The eCash blockchain takes care of all of that. Payments are sent peer-to-peer minus a 6% platform fee, and POW never takes custody of your funds.

Every action on POW (post, reply, like, repost, publish, unlock, mint) has to be paid for. Posting is cheap, but it's not free, so it helps fight bots and noise. I'm also hoping it changes the incentives. When you reply to a post, the person you're replying to gets 94% of what you pay. Could that lead to less arguing and fighting online? I hope so.

You can also publish articles and charge people anywhere from 100 XEC to 1M XEC to unlock the paywall. No more asking for a reader to commit and sign up for a subscription. Every article can be unlocked individually. Browse the Front Page rail to see which articles are trending.

The goal is for POW to be a true marketplace of ideas. A place where anyone with internet access and a Cashtab wallet with as little as a penny's worth of XEC can post to their hearts' content. No need to reveal your name, phone number, or even an email address. Your identity can be your wallet address, or pay for a POW Handle NFT that's yours to sell or keep since you hold it in your wallet, never on the platform itself.

How POW evolves from here remains to be seen, but instead of begging X or Substack to add XEC, I decided to build something that takes the best of both but runs on crypto rails. What's easier? Putting in the plumbing after you've built a house, or building the house once you've figured out the plumbing?

It's truly early days here at PROOFOFWRITING.COM. If you're reading this, I consider you a pioneer. Thank you for reading and posting and being part of the new frontier.

Nothing behind the paywall this time, but if you want to comment, you have to pay!

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