I want some philanthropic whale to start an open source program where people are payed to read history books and verify their knowledge. 

You read and understand a book. You take a test online. You have 4 seconds to answer each question-not enough time to ask Siri. If you don't answer, you miss the question.

If you understood the material, you get $5 worth of sats.

Paying for information is a scam. Pay people to educate themselves and this world will be unrecognizable in 3 years.