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I’ve been thinking about creator compensation models for an agentic future. Content isn’t just posts or tracks — it’s an automated business. No middlemen. No guesswork. Just code. I call it Agent-Mediated Value Capture 🧵🧵
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1/ Creator Identity SBT: Each creator issues a non-transferable soul bound token representing their digital identity. Agents must reference these tokens when using creator content. Ex: Eth SBT for writers. Solana CNFTs for meme creators.
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2/ ZKP Usage Tracking: When an agent uses a creators content, it generates a zk-proof of usage without revealing specific user data, logged to the blockchain.
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3/ Value-Based Triggers: Compensation flows when Rather than flat subscription fees, compensation flows based on three factors: Attention value: time spent engaging with creator derived content. Utility value: actions taken based on creator insights. Transformation Value: new content generated using creator works as inputs.
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4/ Retroactive Royalties: It's essential creators are retroactively rewarded. Smart contracts track downstream value created. Examples: - If an agent helps a user make $1000 using a strategy, the creator receives a percentage. - If agent-generated content influenced on creator style goes viral the OG creator is compensated.
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5/ Reputation Multipliers: Creator compensation adjusts based on audience feedback, incentivizing continued quality and engagement rather than one hit wonders. Example: 4.8/5 rating --> 12% compensation boost.
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6/ How could it work? - Micro-streaming payments via ERC-4337 enabled accounts. - Reputation credentials/oracles that aggregate cross-platform signal. - Self-sovereign data stores where creators control their content terms of use.
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7/ Real-World AMVC: Financial Content - Farcaster thread leads to the creation of a successful trading bot. The original creator gets a percentage of gains automatically distributed.
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8/ Real World AMVC: Video Content - Dance move posted on TikTok --> used in Billboard Top 10 music video --> zk proofs used for tracking --> % of video streaming revenue and sync license fees sent to the original creator.
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9/ Real World AMVC: Fashion - Sneaker design minted as SBT with associated creator credential --> produced in mass by major brand --> geolocation proofs lead to per-unit royalty percentage.
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10/ Why AMVC Works -Creators earn on all derivatives, not clicks - Transparent attribution (no algorithmic black boxes) - Quality > virality incentives
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11/ The vision: creativity becomes a self-sustaining economy. - Poems fund AI-generated songs. - Podcast clips auto-license to films. - Unified dashboards track cross-platform value.
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12/ AMVC turns passive content into active equity. Every derivative action becomes a revenue stream. The more layers of reuse (memes --> ads --> merch) the more compound value flows back to the OG creator.
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13/ The best part is the future of creator economies is buildable now. @Arweave stores it. @storyprotocol tracks it. @AlchemyPlatform powers it. @Optimism pays it.
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