The current standard is "ICOs" (initial coin offerings). The strategy there is typically to develop a new protocol/service that's openly shared, and selling of

The current standard is "ICOs" (initial coin offerings). The strategy there is typically to develop a new protocol/service that's openly shared, and selling off a currency tied to an organization responsible for spearheading it. The currencies being some mixture of credit, stock, and increasingly abstract forms of value. Decentralized protocols still have plenty of room for centralized organizations that extract value from acting as a focal point for community and services built on top of the protocol.