By Jihad Esmail - May 3, 2023
Economic Models for Tokenized Communities
How do we create sustainable cash- or value-flow for tokenized communities? This essay outlines 9 strategies and their pros and cons.
By Chris Carella - May 3, 2023
The Opportunities and Limitations of Nounish DAOs
Nounish DAOs represent a groundbreaking development in the DAO landscape, melding technical advancements with a distinct cultural foundation.
By Jihad Esmail - May 3, 2023
Dropping as a DAO
One way DAOs leverage their collective power is through Droposals – originally coined by Gami – which are proposals made by the DAO to create and release products or collectibles, often in collaboration with artists, that generate revenue for the DAO while fostering user engagement.
By Forefront - Feb 2, 2023
Tokenized Communities Year in Review
This report, written and curated by the Forefront team, covers the journey the tokenized community ecosystem has taken from 2020 to today, highlighting the remarkable progress we made last year.
By Javi park - Oct 24, 2022
Rise of The Collector Economy: How Crypto is Reinventing the Music Industry
In this essay, Javi Park breaks down the Collector Economy and explains how different "levels" of collectors will continue to grow and make an impact on artists around the world.
By Julia Pepper - Sep 15, 2022
Digital Rest: Blockchain Leisure Culture
Crate Digger is a series by Forefront editor Julia Pepper on how the blockchain is affecting and creating internet subcultures. You can follow her on Twitter at @julia_pepper23.
By Mashal Waqar - Sep 1, 2022
Rethinking Community Design to Build Better Communities
Forefront Journal publishes essays from the frontier of web3 social and tokenized communities. This is a guest essay from Mashal Waqar.
By Maxwell Kanter and Scott Moore - Aug 23, 2022
An Exploration of Internet-Native Organizations
Forefront Journal publishes essays from the frontier of web3 social and tokenized communities. This is a guest essay from Scott Moore and Maxwell Kanter of Gitcoin.
By Liv Pasquarelli - Aug 18, 2022
Tezos: Web3’s Gritty Underground Art Scene
In this essay, Liv Pasquarelli takes us on a tour of the Trash Art movement, particularly in the Tezos ecosystem. Liv goes deep on how this subculture was shaped and how that has impacted NFT artists in the space.
By Reka.eth and Jihad Esmail - Aug 16, 2022
Platformless Quests: The Missing Piece of the Community Equation
Forefront Journal publishes essays from the frontier of web3 social and tokenized communities. This is a guest essay from Reka.eth, co-founder of Guild, and Jihad Esmail, Forefront core contributor.
By Allen Taylor - Aug 9, 2022
How Social Tokens Can Transform Book Publishing
Forefront Journal publishes essays from the frontier of web3 social and tokenized communities. This is a guest essay from Allen Taylor, author of Cryptocracy.
By Julia Pepper - Aug 1, 2022
Eating Through the Internet
In this first essay of her Crate Digger series exploring web3 subcultures, Julia Pepper goes deep on the web3 food scene and how communities are re-exploring our relationships with food and eating.
By Azeem Khan - Jul 26, 2022
Music NFTs Breakout Moment?
In this essay, Azeem Khan reflects on his experiences in the music industry and web3 and asks what it will take for Music NFTs to have their breakout moment as they steadily gain popularity amongst creators.
By Forefront and Esha Bora - Jul 19, 2022
The Decentralized Science Movement
Exploring the potential of blockchain technology and tokenized communities in taking academic research to the next level.
By Jihad Esmail - Jun 30, 2022
What Makes Tokenized Communities Valuable?
The goal of this essay is to further explore what makes tokenized communities valuable.
By Nir Kabessa - May 30, 2022
EVM Network Effects
Ethereum (as most know it) is simply one implementation of the Ethereum blockchain. The Ethereum Virtual Machine, on the other hand, is open-source blockchain-based software that allows developers to create decentralized applications.
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