In the last 20 years, content publishing platforms have proliferated to an almost insane number. There are countless places where people and companies can post articles, blogs, videos, photos, live content and so on. Despite this diverse offering, little innovation has happened in monetizing content, which still mostly remains ad-based.

We’re joined by Ryan X. Charles, Bitcoin Developer and Founder of Yours. Yours would like to address the monetization problem by allowing content producers to earnBitcoin when they create good content. Yours is an in-browser application which implements a Bitcoin wallet and enables micro-transactions through their own implementation of the Lightning Network. Content Creators are paid by Curators who attribute value to the content. Curators are themselves rewarded when content they find valuable goes viral.

Topics discussed in this episode:

Ryan’s background as the Lead Developer of BitCore, and his experience at BitGo and Reddit

What is Yours and what types of applications it enables

The technical components of Yours

The Yours application and how users post and access content

Why he chose to build Yours on bitcoin

How micropayments are implemented in Yours

How Yours addresses the issue of copyright infringement

What challenges Yours may face in order to reach critical mass

Episode links:

Yours website

Yours client

This episode is hosted by Meher Roy and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/146