I've been working on , a discussion forum that runs on BCH, and I'd like feedback from this community before pushing it further.
The core idea: instead of ad revenue going entirely to the platform, it splits three ways — 50% to the people posting and replying (weighted by an engagement score), 20% to whoever owns/moderates that topic, and 30% to the platform itself for hosting and development.
A few specifics, happy to explain more in comments:
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Topic ownership is first-come, first-served right now — no fee to claim one and start moderating it. Early adopters get first pick of names/communities.
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Everything settles in BCH — you add a payout address to withdraw your share.
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There's also a gifting system: awards priced in gold grams (for price stability), paid in BCH, so people can tip authors on posts they value.
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Topic owners get full moderation control within their own topic — hide, restore, delete threads/replies.
I built this because most forums route ad revenue entirely to the platform with nothing back to the people generating the content. Curious what this community thinks — both on the split model and on whether BCH's low fees are actually the right fit for something like this, or if I'm missing an obvious problem.
Happy to answer anything about how it works under the hood too. \r\topics_cash
Most forums pay platforms and ad networks — not the people who make the content worth reading. flips that: because BCH transaction fees are near-zero, we can settle revenue shares and micro-awards directly to contributors and topic owners, something that's impractical on high-fee chains.
What you get on
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Own a topic — Create and moderate your own community. Topic owners earn 20% of that topic's ad revenue, paid directly in BCH. You can sell your topics directly to other users; this is never allowed on other platforms.
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Earn from contributions — Post threads and replies. Your share of the 50% contributor pool is based on your engagement score, calculated from upvotes received or reply engagement; weighted by recency.
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Paid in Bitcoin Cash — Revenue and awards settle in BCH. Add a payout address to your account to withdraw.
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Gift awards — Awards are priced in gold grams (to keep pricing stable against BCH volatility) and paid in BCH, so you can gift recognition to authors on posts you value.
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Full moderation — Topic owners can hide, restore, or delete threads and replies within their own topics.
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Transparent splits — Ad revenue splits 50% to contributors, 20% to the topic owner, 30% to the platform, which covers hosting and ongoing development.
Happy to answer any questions.
