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May 12, 2025

If patronage is the goal, why not just let people pay writers directly?

It’s the most consistent (and valid) critique we’ve heard about coins.

This post is a reflection on that question, and the first in a series exploring the biggest critiques of coins and how they may dovetail into opportunities.

Are Coins Better at Enabling Patronage?

Below is the first in a series of posts that explores the best critiques on coins as a way to help writers get paid, and how that dovetails into some compelling opportunities and areas we'd love to experiment.