Content Tokens: Speculation or Hope?
Base founder Jesse believes that content tokens can reflect the value of content and empower creators; Solana founder Toly questions their lack of revenue mechanisms, suggesting that 80% of the tokens may go to zero. The Zora platform has minted social content as tokens and traded them on the Base chain, sparking heated discussions.
Content Tokens vs Meme Tokens:
Content Tokens: Concrete, pointing to specific content (such as tweets), emphasizing value capture, and can be reused across contexts.
Meme Tokens: Abstract, carrying emotions/consensus, driven by speculation, with concentrated liquidity.
Fundamental Debate:
Optimists: Tokenization incentivizes creators, and there may be millions of content tokens in circulation in the future.
Skeptics: Mostly speculative, lacking sustainable value support.
Neutrals: Potential exists, but mechanisms are needed to filter quality content, and an open ecosystem is more critical.
Impact on the Base Chain:
Opportunities: Content tokens increase transaction volume, attract creators, and create a narrative of a “creator economy.”
Challenges: High speculation risk, Zora's closed-loop model limits content diversity, requiring a more open structure.
Prospects for the Creator Economy:
Short-term: Driven by speculation and attention, similar to meme tokens.
Long-term: Needs to balance financialization with cultural value; the younger generation may view token trading as a daily expression.
Key: Filtering mechanisms, ecosystem openness, and public chain performance (such as Base's cost advantages) determine success or failure.
Content tokens embody both speculation and potential; if Base optimizes its mechanisms and embraces openness, it could become a new hub for the creator economy.
Do you think content tokens are a bubble or the future?
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