Journalism “Isn’t Free,” Can Decentralized Technology and Cryptocurrency Solve Funding P…

There is an ongoing discussion on the compensation systems in the world of journalism today. A post on twitter by The New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow attracted some responses that have led to the debate on the best ways to compensate content creators for the work that they do.

Generally, people usually log on to news sites or other sources of information on the internet and click away to consume content for free. Meanwhile, the content creators and everyone involved in producing content do so as professionals who have both personal and corporate bills to take care of. Most of the websites result to secondary means such as ads and sponsorships to cater for their bills and pay authors. What about a direct system to settle these bills?

I don’t know how people expect me to respond when they say they would love to read my column, but the @nytimes has a fire wall and wants them to subscribe. I will never tell you what to do with your money. But, journalism is a…