Honestly, I'm not an anarcho-capitalist idealist about Blockchain. I don't think it's going to usher in an anarchist utopia of consensus voluntaryism rainbows. And I'm kinda glad for that.

The reason I'm here is much more mundane: I like the idea of micro-payments for content creation that can maybe actually support people without advertising. I follow a number of active YouTube creators and the degree to which their fates are controlled by the slightest whim of a tweak in an advertising algorithm somewhere is truly frightening. Most of them would be completely wiped out without Patreon, which acts as a subsidy for YouTube's terribleness.

And YouTube is one of the best around in terms of actually giving content creators a financial cut. It's kinda sad. :-)

I want to be able to support the content creators I support in a simple, low-cost, low-friction way that cuts advertisers out of the equation entirely.

And hey, if I can make some money myself along the way with random blogs where I rant about things, I'll take it!