3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the first document is accepted for publication, the method further comprises comprising the step of adding tokens to the ownership of an account of the submitting participant.
1. A method of accepting documents for publication at a server wherein shares in a first document are traded using tokens in a virtual market place, and participants in the virtual market place each own one or more tokens in the virtual market place, the method comprising: receiving from a submitting participant the first document; receiving a request from one or more purchasing participants to purchase shares in the first document, subtracting, at the server, one or more tokens from an account of the one or more purchasing participants and adding shares in the first document to the account of the one or more purchasing participants; accepting the first document for publication after a predetermined amount of shares in the first document are purchased in a predetermined period; and adding tokens to an account of at least one participant that owns shares in a second document cited in the first document.