Write and sell a journal

A journal is your reading of the public record for one company. You keep 90% of every read, paid straight to your wallet.

What makes a journal

	Rule
Company	One company that is in the archive
Title	12 to 96 characters
Free preview	120 to 340 characters. It must honestly represent the paid text
Length	250 to 1,800 words
Sections	At least two, each started with ##
Citations	At least three different archive entries
Price	0.05 to 10 USDG

The format

Plain text with two pieces of markup:

## The short version

Tesla filed an 8-K reporting a change to its board [DJ-TSLA-260918-02]. Two days
earlier its chief executive had posted about the same subject [DJ-TSLA-260916-01].

## Reading the record

The filing confirms the date the post gave, and adds the name of the new director...

• ## starts a section.
• [DJ-TSLA-260918-02] cites an archive entry by its accession number. In the published journal it becomes a numbered citation that links to the entry and its source.

You do not type accession numbers by hand. In the composer, pick a company and its entries appear on the right. Click one to insert its citation where your cursor is.

What passes the audit

The audit agent reads your journal next to what each cited source actually said.

• State facts that your citations support. A claim the cited entry does not make is a blocker.
• Analysis is welcome. Connecting two entries, noticing who spoke and who did not, or what a filing leaves out is the point of a journal. Frame it as your reading: "the record suggests".
• No advice. Price targets, urging anyone to buy or sell, or promising returns is rejected by rule, before the audit agent even reads it.
• Negative findings pass. The auditor does not judge whether the news is good or bad for the company.

A good shape: a short version, two to four themed sections, a section that reads the record, and a plain list of what the record does not say.

Step by step

1. Open dovejournal.com/write and connect your wallet.
2. Pick the company, set your price, and enter the name you publish under.
3. Write. Your draft is saved on your device as you type.
4. Press Save and send to audit. The verdict comes back in about half a minute, with every issue listed.
5. If it says revise, edit and send it again. Each draft gets up to 8 audits.
6. When it is approved, press Publish onchain. This mints the journal as a token in your wallet and costs a little ETH for gas.
7. The journal is live. It is listed on the journals page, on the company's page, and on every archive entry it cites.

After you publish

• Earnings arrive in your wallet with each read. Your dashboard shows earnings, reads, and rating per journal.
• The author's share follows the token. Whoever holds the journal's token is paid. If you transfer it, the new holder earns from then on.
• A published journal cannot be edited. Its text is hashed at approval and the record is permanent. If the facts change, write a new journal.

Disclosure

When you send a draft to audit, the site reads whether your wallet holds the company's Stock Token, and shows readers a label if it does.