Bonding is also like a prediction bet - "I bet this piece gets fully funded / I bet it doesn't." That's all they're doing, right, or would bonders be like a record company who would fund and endorse some type of content, so it's like a stamp of approval or provide expectation/goodwill to a piece pre-release?
Why not just have a standard group-funding model, and then run prediction betting alongside it separately?
Anyway, I was thinking - what would be the most valuable piece of information to back, while also being the most minimal? A password? What's behind the password? How about a new album to download from a webpage with HTTP Basic Authentication?
How about backers who want some information to NOT be released before a deadline? That could be pretty funny, or would it be like blackmail?
It's like Pieces is where you go once you've got the NOC list.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v8P1T1pgOjU
Some people want the information released, some people want the information suppressed.. who wins? Is it really the NOC list or a fake?
WikiStopLeaks / SpyNation. Make sure that hard drive is in a secret location and fully purged!
It's really about getting another person involved in a Piece, rather than waving something semi-cloaked in front of people.
I suppose being pre-release and post-built is the sweet spot you'd be looking for - even if it's been built by someone else.
So you'd add a field - "third-party recipient" and they'd be notified of the piece once it goes live. They could also claim that piece if they wanted to actually cooperate.
An AskMeAnything setup by fans would seem like the most obvious use-case but really anything goes. So the Claimant (or creator?) would post a link to the forum for the AMA and the Piece concludes at that.
There was some discussion I was in a number of months ago about bounties. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44654489 - it was said "wish there were more solid options. It's an interesting space and there's a lot of opportunity for people who can get it right"
Best of luck with it, once again.
You hit the nail on the head regarding the "AI slop" worry. I think the majority of it will be AI agents in the future and/or heavily assisted with AI. To filter out that noise, Pieces tracks a creator's lifetime volume and uses a weighted rating system where only actual participants in a Piece can affect the rating. That should help a little, but still needs to be proven in practice.
The "pipeline of ideas" concept is interesting. I'll definitely reach out to some DJs and see if this would interest them.
Really appreciate the ideas and the brainstorm!