A decentralized, gamified version of Wikipedia where contributors are incentivized with tokens for their contributions, innovations, and content quality. This aims to increase participation, innovation, and potentially transform Wikipedia into an immersive experience with features like a 'meme layer'.
Opportunity6.3
Why now
The 'financialization of everything' suggests people may be less willing to contribute without compensation. Web3 technologies offer the ability to incentivize contributions and ownership, potentially unlocking a new era of collaborative knowledge creation.
Market gap
A decentralized, token-incentivized, and potentially gamified platform for collaborative knowledge building, which could allow for new features like immersive experiences or a 'meme layer' not possible with the current non-profit model.
Business fit
Type
Web3 platform/DAO
Target
Current Wikipedia users, Web3 enthusiasts, creators, and individuals seeking compensation for contributions.
Revenue
Unknown (token economics, potential for premium features or advertising revenue in a Web3 context)
Founder
Web3 entrepreneurs, blockchain developers, community builders, and gamification experts.
Scores
Problem
7.0
Feasibility
5.0
Why now
7.0
Go-to-market
5.0
Confidence
9.0
Proof signals
The question of whether Wikipedia is 'all it could be' and if it's held back by lack of incentives (0:22:45).
The current state of Wikipedia needing donations ('third of the website is like give us money') (0:22:15).
The potential for 10x more contributors, developers, designers if incentivized (0:24:45).
Gamification (leaderboards, play-to-earn) as a driver for engagement and quality (0:26:00).
Alexis Ohanian's Cerebro at 776 gamifying internal value add as a precedent (0:27:00).
Keyword demand
Keyword
Volume
Growth
Web3 Wikipedia
20/mo
-67% YoY
play to earn knowledge
no data
no data
decentralized knowledge base
no data
no data
DAO
27,100/mo
-18% YoY
US English Google Ads volume from DataForSEO; growth uses returned monthly search history.
Source episode
Forecasting the Future of Tech with Scott Belsky | Where It Happens0:25:20
what if you made wikipedia into like a play to earn game greg um and you had to kind of like buy some number of wiki tokens in order to be a kind of builder and contributor on the platform and then you can earn them for contributing well and innovating around it (0:25:20)