{"id":12334,"date":"2017-06-28T23:15:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T03:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/?p=12334"},"modified":"2017-06-28T23:15:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T03:15:26","slug":"group-wants-to-use-the-blockchain-to-reinvent-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2017\/06\/28\/group-wants-to-use-the-blockchain-to-reinvent-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Wants to use the Blockchain to Reinvent Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"

This seems like an interesting — and also ambitious — project aimed at developing a kind of crowdsourced journalism infrastructure based on the crypto-currency Ethereum. Instead of a traditional advertising-based model, the group is proposing to monetize the project (known as Civil) using Ethereum “tokens” or virtual currency that could be exchanged in a variety of ways.<\/p>\n

We propose a solution called Civil, an Ethereum-based decentralized platform that can be used to create \u201cnewsrooms\u201d and \u201cstations\u201d?\u2014?blockchain-based marketplaces where citizens and journalists form communities around a shared purpose and set of standards, financially support factual reporting and investigative work, and substantially limit misinformation through effective collaborative-editing methods. The net result is a self-sustaining global marketplace for journalism that is free from ads, fake news, a<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Civil: Self-Sustaining Journalism — Medium<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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This seems like an interesting — and also ambitious — project aimed at developing a kind of crowdsourced journalism infrastructure based on the crypto-currency Ethereum. Instead of a traditional advertising-based model, the group is proposing to monetize the project (known as Civil) using Ethereum “tokens” or virtual currency that could be exchanged in a variety … <\/p>\n

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