Discovery
Public Access to Past and Present Dialogue.
Information Accessibility
In crypto's early days, public forums like BitcoinTalk and Reddit served as the primary gateway for newcomers. These open archives—still accessible today—created a natural onboarding funnel where curious outsiders could observe discussions before diving in.
Today's reality is different. The most valuable conversations happen behind token-gated Discord servers and Telegram chats. While this shift has benefited holders and founders by filtering out bad actors and fostering genuine community connections, it has created an unintended consequence: discovery has become nearly impossible for newcomers who can't see past the #no-access walls.
Nevertheless, plugins and bots make Discord/Telegram a compelling home-base for teams and communities. And some conversations are meant to remain private among holders, so token-gating makes sense in many cases. However, these gates have operated on a binary system—you're either in or out. Badger+ introduces nuance to this model, blending the exclusivity of private chats with the accessibility of public archives.
Here's how it works:
Users connect a wallet for on-chain verification of their holdings. We then issue community badges based on holdings, keeping privacy intact by obfuscating specific NFT traits and token balances—preventing wallet tracing while maintaining verification.
This creates selective exclusivity: only badged users can post or comment on Community Pages, while non-holders get read-only access to observe and learn from the sidelines.
Improving the discoverability of Bitcoin assets is much needed if we want this space to attract newcomers and grow. Publicizing the snippets of alpha and camaraderie that holders share among themselves provides a sort of of 'window shopping' experience for passersby, who can then make better informed decisions before actually entering the marketplace.
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