Blockchain Curated

Blockchain Curated is a project by Zach Segal

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Blockchain Curated is a project by Zach Segal

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Blockchain Curated is a project by Zach Segal twitter that makes the best blockchain-related content more accessible to the world. We curate the top 1% of cryptocurrency articles and convert them into free weekly podcasts that are emailed to our listeners. Now, you can keep up with the best of cryptocurrency without ever reading a single line of text.

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Blockchain Curated

Maker

Thanks for the kind words @bentossell, and hello ProductHunt! Blockchain Curated is a weekly cryptocurrency podcast with a twist. I curate the top blockchain-related articles and convert them into audio. Subscribe via email, iTunes, or your favorite podcast app.

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8yr ago

@zosegal congrats, Zach!

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8yr ago

@zosegal this is awesome! Nice work Zach!

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8yr ago

Nice one @zosegal When curating articles, do you filter out any promo stuff? There is a lot of noise from vested interests out there, so curating with a view to objectivity and diversity of views definitely helps the average Jill (or Joe).

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8yr ago

Blockchain Curated

Maker

@ravsydney Fantastic point Ravi - I'll write about this on the site. You're right about the heavy biases and vested interests in cryptocurrency. I will maintain as neutral of a position as possible, and will uphold strict editorial standards such as disclosing whether I, or the authors, have vested interests in the tokens mentioned. There will also be *no filtering* of topics. A good example would be seeking out a fair of a comparison of the pros and cons of Segwit 2X or Bitcoin Cash, both of which are highly contentious. My goal is to establish Blockchain Curated as a trusted, curated source for the best of all blockchain content, not just the content certain people agree with.

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8yr ago

@zosegal Awesome. Good luck 👍🏽

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8yr ago

Playbook

this is awesome! Let me ask you about the logistics, do you have to get permission from every author?

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8yr ago

Blockchain Curated

Maker

@sanelyinsane_ Hey Jaime, thanks a lot! I reach out to every author before publishing content. As you can imagine, some people are *really* difficult to get ahold of. In these cases, I use @balajis's product 21.co to pay $1-$20 to reach each author. If I still can't reach the authors, I'll go ahead and publish the content anyways but will remove the content immediately upon request if asked. As you can tell, it's not exactly a profitable strategy, but my interests are in growing the broader cryptocurrency community. Naturally, the authors and I tend to find alignment on that common ground and they're happy to expand their reach. I'm happy to share that all the authors I've contacted and received replies from (which is most of them) have given me permission to publish.

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8yr ago

While I applaud the effort, the execution as a podcast is lacking. First is the choice of hosting company that isn't a dedicated podcast hosting company. Sure, they make a nice music player, but there's lots of integrations that just aren't possible unless a dedicated hosting company (Libsyn, Blubbry, others) is used. Second is the audio quality. The narrator is fine, but the recording quality is sub-standard. We've been podcasting for 13 years now, and it's not hard to make any at-home recording environment sound great. Third is the batch-releasing of content. Podcatchers are typically set to download only the most recent episode. If the future plan is to drip out a new episode daily, great. But if the plan is to dump them all in batch, it'll be less handy. Now for a personal note: While I'm excited to see publishers adopting audio, I'm not convinced (nor have I seen evidence to the contrary) that written text translates all that well to narrated audio, especially long form. Sure, I'm aware of the success of audiobooks. And I know Medium (and likely others) are offering audio version of their articles. I've even advocated bloggers narrate their own articles to give their readers their own voice. I'm a crypto newbie, and I'm in the market for something _like_ this. Perhaps future refinements will put the content more in line with what I'm looking for. (See? It wasn't just another bitchy podcaster ranting.)

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8yr ago

Blockchain Curated

Maker

Hi @evo_terra, thanks for the constructive feedback. Hosting: The audio is hosted on SoundCloud and Podiant. I'm not sure which integrations you're talking about - if you could elaborate by contacting me on Twitter [zosegal] or email zosegal at gmail I'd appreciate it. Audio quality: Expect the podcasting setup to improve as I invest in professional equipment. I've never podcasted before, and am living remotely with limited equipment. This MVP has shown that there's high demand for this type of content, so I'll be putting much more time into the production. Batch-releasing: Great point, and something I've been giving some thought to. Stay tuned on this.

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8yr ago

amblewalking

I've been using this for about a week. I've found it to be a handy resource for consuming high-quality blockchain content throughout my day. Nice work @zosegal. Where do you see this going?

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8yr ago

This is great, especially the podcast format. Wondering if you guys could do a beginners series for blockchain? I see that there's a Fundamentals section but there's no getting started with blockchain/bitcoin series.

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8yr ago

you have to seek your best source of info on the subject matter.

Pros:

easyer way to do.

Cons:

is it true? what to do.

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8yr ago

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