Resources
Everything in one place: how Pieces works, how to use it, and how it compares.
Learn
View all 8The mechanics behind Pieces, explained simply.
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How Pieces Works: Creators, Backers, and Bonders
A step-by-step walkthrough of how Pieces works: creators lock content behind a funding goal, bonders stake confidence, and backers either unlock it or get refunded plus a bonus.
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What Is a Bonder on Pieces?
A bonder stands behind a creator by staking money up front to help a Piece reach its goal, earning a creator-set kickback if it funds and forfeiting the stake to backers if it does not. Here is how bonding works on Pieces.
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What Is a Refund Bonus in Crowdfunding?
A refund bonus pays backers extra when a crowdfunding campaign fails to reach its goal. Learn where the idea comes from, why it works, and who pays for it on Pieces.
Guides
View all 8Practical playbooks for creators and the people who fund them.
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The Best Kickstarter Alternatives in 2026, by Use Case
The best Kickstarter alternative depends on what you are funding: Indiegogo for hardware, Patreon for recurring income, Gumroad for finished products, Pieces for digital work funded up front.
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The Kickstarter Alternative for Artists
A guide for artists and illustrators who want to fund digital work up front, stop it from being reposted for free, and give fans a refund plus a bonus if it falls short.
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The Kickstarter Alternative for Writers
A guide for writers who want to fund a book, essay, or series up front, keep it from being pirated, and give readers a refund plus a bonus if it falls short. How to use Pieces.
Compare
View all 7How Pieces stacks up against the tools you already use.
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Gumroad vs Patreon: Which Fits Your Work, and When Neither Does
Gumroad sells finished digital products. Patreon sells ongoing membership. An honest comparison of the two, plus the third option for funding a new work up front.
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Pieces vs Indiegogo: What Happens When a Campaign Falls Short
Indiegogo lets creators keep partial funding while backers carry the risk. Pieces refunds backers plus a bonus when a Piece falls short. Full comparison for digital creators.
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Pieces vs Gumroad: Sell Digital Work Without Giving It Away First
Gumroad sells digital files directly, but anything you sell can be copied and reshared. Pieces funds and releases content through a contract that refunds backers plus a bonus if a Piece falls short. Comparison inside.
Blog
View all 7The stories and ideas behind Pieces.
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Who Posts the Bond? The One Change Pieces Made to the Dominant Assurance Contract
In Alex Tabarrok's original dominant assurance contract, the entrepreneur posts the bond that pays backers when a campaign fails. Pieces delegates that assurance to an open pool anyone can join, and that one change is what makes the mechanism practical for creators.
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If You Trade on Polymarket or Kalshi, You Already Know How to Bond
Bonding on Pieces, translated for prediction market traders: how a bond pool works like a share price, the breakeven probabilities, why moving the odds is allowed here, and the honest pros and cons of the switch.
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If You Collected NFTs to Support Artists, Bonding Is What You Were Reaching For
Why bonding on Pieces is the natural next step for NFT collectors: the same early conviction, on-chain settlement, and upside, pointed at funding new work instead of trading finished work, and why that does more for artists.