8 Web3 Platforms for Writers

Josephine Inika -

Web3 is often seen as the next step in the evolution of the internet, building on Web2 to offer more opportunities for various user groups, including writers.

Here’s a list of writing platforms for Web3 that writers can explore to earn money from sharing their work:

  1. Cent
  2. Ecency
  3. Hashnode
  4. Mirror
  5. Nuance
  6. Paragraph
  7. Readl
  8. Sigle

Cent

Cent is a platform where writers can turn their content into cryptocurrency. It allows users to tip writers directly in crypto, providing transparency about earnings and fostering a more direct connection between writers and their audience, aligning with Web3’s philosophy.

Writers can earn cryptocurrency on Cent by simply creating quality content. Readers can tip writers they find valuable, creating a direct relationship between content creators and their supporters. However, because the platform is still growing, the number of potential readers is limited, and the value of tips can vary based on the platform's popularity.

Ecency

Ecency is a platform built on the Hive blockchain, known for its sleek design and unique features. One standout feature is Decks, which lets writers view different communities, accounts, and content in side-by-side panels.

By publishing on Ecency, writers can earn Ecency Points and HIVE tokens when their content is upvoted by other users. These points can be redeemed to boost and promote posts within the Ecency community. Additionally, Ecency allows you to onboard friends and earn referral bonuses.

Hashnode

Hashnode is a niche blogging platform tailored for software developers and technical writers. While it has some Web2 features like KYC verification and email signup, it hosts a large community of Web3 users.

Hashnode provides several tools to support writers, including SEO support, automatic GitHub publishing and backup, an inbuilt editor, and a newsletter subscription service.

Mirror

Mirror is a decentralized publishing platform that leverages blockchain technology. It offers features like tokenized ownership and DAO governance, giving writers more control over their content and enabling direct support from users.

However, newcomers might find Mirror less intuitive, and the success of a publication often depends on how well an author can market and sell their tokens.

Nuance

Nuance is a publishing platform fully powered by blockchain technology. It allows writers to have a say in how the platform operates, reducing platform risk and empowering creators.

Nuance applies Web3 benefits to a content hosting platform with a Web2 feel, offering anonymity, self-sovereignty, censorship resistance, community governance, and tokenization. This ensures a decentralized and secure environment for both writers and readers, free from ads.

Writers can receive appreciation and crypto through Applause, lock exclusive articles behind NFTs, and offer subscription models for ongoing support.

Paragraph

Paragraph is designed for writers who already have an established audience. It allows them to monetize their community by offering subscription plans tailored to different stages of growth. Writers with 100, 1,000, and 5,000 members can choose plans costing 0.05, 0.1, and 0.5 ETH, respectively.

Each post on Paragraph is minted as an NFT, and authors can further monetize their best posts by turning them into collectibles, granting buyers full ownership of the post.

Readl

Readl offers a straightforward proposition: writers can sell their articles, books, and other literary products as NFTs. While the literary NFT market is still small, it has the potential to disrupt the e-book market currently dominated by platforms like Amazon.

Writers can publish e-books as gated content in the ePub format, with the platform taking only a 2% cut of sales. NFT books can be resold on secondary markets, offering writers additional income opportunities.

Sigle

Sigle is built on the Stacks protocol, a Layer-2 solution that brings NFT and smart contract functionality to the Bitcoin blockchain. Instead of using traditional Ethereum NFTs, Sigle uses Bitcoin ordinal inscription technology to store content on the Bitcoin network.

Sigle’s user interface is as simple and user-friendly as its Web2 counterpart, Medium. It also offers writer support tools, including a built-in editor, a custom SEO-optimized blog domain, and an intuitive dashboard.

Like Mirror, Sigle allows writers to earn revenue through token-gating and literary NFTs, with the added flexibility of choosing the currency in which to receive earnings.

To Round Up

So that’s it, 8 different platforms to check out as a web2 writer pivoting to web3, an established web3 writer, or just a writer looking for new spaces to publish their work (and earn from it, of course)

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