This project could have a lot of potential.
My main question is: How do you plan to be more attractive than wikipedia when there will be advertisements?
Definitly watching for the ICO, will you only accept ETH or BTC as well?
I think there's a built in assumption here. What problem specifically do you see with ads?
Only ETH since the crowdsale uses a smart contract.
Indeed, my assumption is: People prefere any website content without ads if they have the choice.
Therefore this project needs an additional incentive to get people from established platforms, especially wikipedia, to move to an alternative. This would be a challange even without ads.
I think it will be accepted as long as readers receive more value than the cost of their attention. Bitcointalk, Reddit, Youtube, Quora, and even Google search has ads but people still use it because the tradeoff is worth it and having an internal economy helps the ecosystem overall. That said, one huge advantage of this platform is that there will be a lot more content you can't find elsewhere and much higher quality, peer-reviewed content since people are rewarded for their efforts. Content contributors are willing to go to greater lengths when they're rewarded. Also, it's not a stretch to say that you can cite these articles in academics since all submitted information requires a source.