Bitcoin Offers Monetising Solutions for Online Publishers
Nick Chowdrey is a business and technology writer and proud digital native. Currently based in Brighton, UK, he is a technical writer at Crunch Accounting and co-founder of Brighton-based bitcoin community Bitcoin Brighton. Here, he explores how bitcoin can play a part in the business of online content. Making money from online content is hard work. A variety of different models and tactics have been tried down the years, but a solid solution is yet to be found. Could bitcoin be the answer everyone is looking for? Before the Internet age it cost a lot of money and resources to publish....
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