137 - How Cryptocurrency Can Improve Content, with Ryan X. Charles

Ryan X Charles is the founder of Yours.org, a social media platform that uses cryptocurrency micropayments to incentive creators and support better content. Topics Discussed: - What the X means - What got Ryan interested - Deciding to go full-time into Bitcoin in 2013 - The idea for yours.org - The problems with micro-payments - Working on payment channels for Yours - Changing the infrastructure from Bitcoin, to Litecoin, to Bitcoin Cash - How the payments work on Yours.org - The different ways of creating value on social media - How economics helps create better content on the internet For full show notes visit isaacmorehouse.com/podcast