Mainstream platforms like Beehiiv and Substack nail features and UX—no denying it. Yet Paragraph, built onchain, delivers what they can't: open payments without middlemen and seamless composability with Ethereum's crypto legos. Here’s why Paragraph deserves another look, especially with its newest release.👇 ~~ Analysis by @wmpeaster ~~ Writer coins In July 2025, @paragraph_xyz introduced post coins, giving writers the ability to earn without ads or paywalls by tokenizing their articles and letting readers support their favorite writers in $1, $5, or +$10 increments. Advancing upon this approach, the Paragraph team just unveiled writer coins this week. This system is analogous to "creator coins" on @zora and their relationship to Zora content coins. On Paragraph a writer can now pair their writer coin with all their post coin releases, creating a tight ecosystem of tokens. Readers can choose to directly support their favorite writers at the article level, the profile level, or both. The floodgates aren't open yet. @donnelly_b's BRANDON and @ethdaily's DAILY are the first writer coins to launch, but more will arrive over the weeks ahead. Onchain legos Writer coins and post coins support direct patronage without centralized cards or high platform fees. But Paragraph is also compelling because of its open composability. You don't have to wait to be invited to launch a writer coin to pair a personal token against your Paragraph posts. You can do this today by pairing your Zora creator coin with your articles, as Paragraph and Zora are open to each other. Another composability avenue is the Paragraph mini app for Farcaster's onchain social network. The mini app lets you easily reach Farcaster's active crypto userbase in-feed. They can read, subscribe, and buy your post coins without leaving Farcaster. Here's a personal example. I posted a longform X article, "Midjourney Style Primer." Farcaster supports quote-cast embeds of regular X tweets but doesn't support native X article embeds yet, so only the link appears in the cast. This route is fine if you're in a hurry, but it doesn't offer readers a native embedded mini app where they can read articles directly within their feeds or pay to support posts straight from their Farcaster wallets in seconds. If I wanted to better reach Farcaster users, I could upload this X article into Paragraph and share the Paragraph link on Farcaster where it would natively embed as an easy-to-surf mini app. Slick UX Beyond open payments and composability, Paragraph offers: ➢ email, Farcaster, or wallet signups ➢ a good text editor ➢ customized themes ➢ SEO optimization ➢ custom domains ➢ team member roles ➢ importing posts + subscribers ➢ automated crossposting ➢ automated emails ➢ reader remixing These aren't all that Paragraph offers, but they're enough to make the platform worth serious consideration, even for people who aren't crypto experts. Anyone can use Paragraph, and anyone can earn here. So whether you have new content you're planning or old content that needs a new home, this platform is the best place to put your words onchain right now. Worth a try!