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- I just claimed my $BONSAI reward on @lens/orb!
- I just watched a recap of Google's I/O conference.
As always, it was loaded with innovation. They're going all-in on AI and related tech.
My takeaway: UX will be essential for AI and Google is well-positioned with their existing products.
Watch here: https://io.google/2023/
- AI is going to significantly impact the creative economy.
Imagine songwriters and ghostwriters using AI-generated vocals to “perform” their music.
This could unlock massive, previously untapped revenue streams for them.
A game changer.
- Utility will always outlast speculation.
I was just comparing the peak of web3 in 2021-22 with AI in 2023.
The difference: They're on opposite ends of the utility-speculation spectrum.
Web3 needs to become more utility-driven to fulfill its potential.
This is the only way.
- Top stories from last week in web3:
HIGHLIGHTS ⚡
→ Blur Lending (aka BLEND)
→ @soundxyz_ Mobile App Early Access
→ @glassxyz New Protocol on Ethereum
→ Thirdweb Wallet SDK
OTHER STORIES 📰
→ Sui Network Mainnet Launch
→ Sotheby's Secondary NFT Marketplace
→ Sports Illustrated NFT Tickets on Polygon
→ @zapper On-chain Web3 Activity Feed
→ @seedclub Consumer Crypto Accelerator
→ @rabbithole Quest Terminal
→ @blockworks GovHub Platform
→ Backpack Wallet Public Beta
And more. ↓
https://goplatformless.xyz/013-the-week-in-web3
- Crypto's consumer moment is coming, and today we're officially going all in. **World, say hello to The Consumer Crypto Accelerator.**
We're committing $2M (for now ) to early-stage teams building a more interesting internet. Applications for our first cohort are now open for 2 weeks. Program begins in June.
Our mission is to relentlessly support the most promising founders building at the intersection of blockchains, tokens, culture, and community. Over the past 3 years we've run 5 cohorts and worked with 100+ teams doing just that.
We’ve seen the magic that happens when you bring passionate founders together alongside critical resources and expertise. Not only does it meaningfully increase the odds of success, but building becomes a drastically more fun and connected experience.
We've learned a ton, and have never been more excited by the opportunities that exist in these weird and optimistic spaces. Krause House, Cabin, Poolsuite, Metalabel, Boys Club, Cohart and the rest of our portfolio are portals into the future.
There are moments in every builder's journey when it feels like the world is suddenly changing All the work you've done puts you in the perfect place to take advantage of it.
This is our biggest swing yet. Accepted projects will receive up to $200k in funding & build alongside the support of our core team, insane roster of advisors, & network over the 3 month program.
The program culminates at Demo Day where projects share what they’re building with an audience of thousands of investors, operators, & consumers.
Builder, apply to the Consumer Crypto Accelerator. Applications open through 11:59pm PST May 15 ⇣ https://seedclub.xyz/interest#top
Mint our open edition commemorating our biggest swing yet. It may or may not be the start of something fun ⇢ https://seedclub.xyz/mints/0x783f2d9cc6d245c9346a1ae1e23015ef8ab15f8b
Read our full announcement for the Consumer Crypto Accelerator ⇣ https://seedclub.xyz/posts/introducing-the-consumer-crypto-accelerator
- “The worst” is not the enemy of “the best”, “just fine” is.
- “The worst” is not the enemy of “the best”, “just fine” is.
- I'm 100% a utility maxi.
However, I understand the importance of memes to lit up new projects.
This is even more important in an attention-driven economy.
Memes start movements.
Utility sustains them.
- “I test in prod” — Andre Cronje
Easily one of my all-time favorite quotes in crypto.
In real-life, we all test in production.
- 50% of becoming anything is believing you are.
- Progress is usually invisible.
It's 10X harder to see than final results.
Stay till the end.
- “Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.”
― Oprah Winfrey
- You're allowed to reinvent yourself.
Don't worry about the past, it's essentially irrelevant.
Focus on your future self.
- 🚀 We’re excited to announce our open-source public @gitcoin.lens beta grant round is live!
Support our work on building open-source video-sharing social media infrastructure by contributing at https://lenstube.xyz/gitcoin or by collecting this post. Your support is invaluable! 💪 🎥 🌿
#Lenstube #OSS
- “Once the motivation stop the discipline kick in.” ― Babyface Ray
- “Once the motivation stop the discipline kick in.” ― Babyface Ray
- There are two levels of comfort on either side of discomfort:
1. Where you are now.
2. Where you should go next.
Embrace discomfort to move to the next level.
Enjoy each level as you progress.
- Top stories from the last week in web3:
Featured Story 🔥
→ @opensea OpenSea Pro
News 📰
→ Reddit Gen 3 Avatars
→ Bugatti NFT on Bitcoin
→ Magic Eden Ordinals Launchpad
→ Ralph Lauren Store To Accept Crypto
→ NFT100 Nominations by nftnow
→ FIFA Game Could Integrate NFTs
Products 🚀
→ MetaMask NFT View
→ Magic Eden Live on Ethereum
→ @bonfire Bonfire Pro
→ @paragraph Paragraph AI
→ Lore.xyz Public Beta
→ Foundation Drop Presales
→ @Catalog Creator Splits
→ @soundxyz_ Email Sign Up
→ Collection.xyz Launch
Drops 🖼️
→ Gemesis by @OpenSea Pro
→ KodaPendant by Otherside (Yuga Labs)
→ Iron Paw Gang by Adam Grabowski
→ Placeholder by Yinkore
→ Mech Army by Javier Arrés
→ I Love This Shit! by @BlackDave
→ LiveArtX Membership NFTs
→ List3n DAO Genesis Pass
And much more. ↓
https://goplatformless.xyz/010-the-week-in-web3
- If you're not greedy, trading perpetual futures can be rewarding.
Key rules:
1. Don't use too much leverage.
2. Automate the management of your position/margin (if possible).
3. Account for the impact of fees and funding rates.
4. Close trades at reasonable prices.
**NFA**
- If you're not greedy, trading perpetual futures can be rewarding.
Key rules:
1. Don't use too much leverage.
2. Automate the management of your position/margin (if possible).
3. Account for the impact of fees and funding rates.
4. Close trades at reasonable prices.
**NFA**
- Hyper-financialization will reduce the cultural excitement around NFTs.
- Day 1 of Beat Snippets from Heno. as a FREE COLLECT to my growing community for the month of April. Will also make songs from the ones that get the most engagement. Collect today!
Much love to @beatsapp.lens & @lensprotocol.lens!
- Just realized that we're all “traders”.
Basically everything we do involves exchanging something for another.
• Work: Time + Skills → Money
• School: Time + Money → Knowledge
• Twitter: Time + Attention → Content
We trade time every second.
- Censorship is the greatest barrier to creativity.
And you know the worst kind?
Yup, self-censorship.
Free your mind. 🙏🏾
- gm!
Is anyone else having issues with Google Docs?
Can't edit my docs, only able to view them.
- Don't tell me it's shitcoin season again. 🤦🏾♂️
- Top stories from last week in the web3 creator economy:
Featured Story 🔥
→ Metaverse Fashion Week 2023 by Decentraland
News 📰
→ Gucci & Yuga Labs Collab
→ Ticketmaster NFT-gating Feature
→ y00ts & DeGods Migration From Solana
→ PROOF Curated by PROOF Collective
→ Binance Facing CTFC Complaints
Products 🚀
→ Polygon zkEVM Mainnet
→ @soundxyz_ Sound Swap
→ Magic Eden Launching on Ethereum
→ @bonfire Drop Notifications
→ Escher by @tessera Launched
→ Art Blocks NFT Marketplace
→ Bicasso by Binance NFT
→ @zerion Wallet Perks
Drops 🖼️
→ S.2122 by Beeple
→ Doodles Genesis Box
→ Inspired by Ledger
→ Blooming Connections by GALLERY
→ FWB FEST 2023 Passes
→ hedsTAPE 12 by hedsDAO
→ Faster by @tkthelegend
→ Spent by @reocragun
And much more. ↓
https://goplatformless.xyz/009-the-week-in-web3
- Censorship is the greatest barrier to creativity.
And you know the worst kind?
Yup, self-censorship.
Free your mind. 🙏🏾
- Top stories from last week in the web3 creator economy:
Featured Story 🔥
→ Metaverse Fashion Week 2023 by Decentraland
News 📰
→ Gucci & Yuga Labs Collab
→ Ticketmaster NFT-gating Feature
→ y00ts & DeGods Migration From Solana
→ PROOF Curated by PROOF Collective
→ Binance Facing CTFC Complaints
Products 🚀
→ Polygon zkEVM Mainnet
→ @soundxyz_ Sound Swap
→ Magic Eden Launching on Ethereum
→ @bonfire Drop Notifications
→ Escher by @tessera Launched
→ Art Blocks NFT Marketplace
→ Bicasso by Binance NFT
→ @zerion Wallet Perks
Drops 🖼️
→ S.2122 by Beeple
→ Doodles Genesis Box
→ Inspired by Ledger
→ Blooming Connections by GALLERY
→ FWB FEST 2023 Passes
→ hedsTAPE 12 by hedsDAO
→ Faster by @tkthelegend
→ Spent by @reocragun
And much more. ↓
https://goplatformless.xyz/009-the-week-in-web3
- Twitter vs. Lens. ⚔
Which one gets to 1k followers first?!
- Mints are the new streams
- GM! Have a great week everybody. 🙏
- Friends that do stuff for you without you asking/knowing >>>>
- Friends that do stuff for you without you asking/knowing >>>>
- Before you can change the external, you must first change the internal.
Change always starts from within.
- After humility, patience is the biggest requirement for learning.
To learn anything, take your time & don't quit.
Quite simple.
- Humility > Modesty
- “I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.”
― Blaise Pascal
- Okay, AI might actually be a problem.
I just read about a company that works with brands to create “computer-generated” fashion models.
Will they replace real-life human models?
Not sure how I feel about it yet.
- Really excited for the l2s
- Last week in the web3 creator economy:
Featured Story 🔥
→ Arbitrum nullB+ Airdrop
News 📰
→ Sony Filed NFT Patent
→ Microsoft Edge Testing Wallet
→ Coinbase Under SEC Investigation
→ Seed Club Ventures $25M Fund
→ DeFi Llama Conflicts Resolved
→ Do Kwon Arrested
Products 🚀
→ zkSync Era Mainnet Alpha
→ Reddit Upcoming NFT Marketplace
→ Gamma Ordinals Marketplace
→ Magic Eden Launches on Bitcoin
→ ERC-1155 Editions on Zora
→ Foundation New Wallet UX
→ Immutable zkEVM
Drops 🖼️
→ Balmain Sneaker NFTs
→ The Now Pass SOLD OUT
→ Sappy Seals Ordinals Collection
→ Three Steps Ahead by Botto Project
→ @dominosmusic RETURN LABEL
→ Glass Pass by @glassxyz
And more stories. ↓
https://goplatformless.xyz/008-the-week-in-web3
- Okay, AI might actually be a problem.
I just read about a company that works with brands to create “computer-generated” fashion models.
Will they replace real-life human models?
Not sure how I feel about it yet.
- Last week in the web3 creator economy:
Featured Story 🔥
→ Arbitrum nullB+ Airdrop
News 📰
→ Sony Filed NFT Patent
→ Microsoft Edge Testing Wallet
→ Coinbase Under SEC Investigation
→ Seed Club Ventures $25M Fund
→ DeFi Llama Conflicts Resolved
→ Do Kwon Arrested
Products 🚀
→ zkSync Era Mainnet Alpha
→ Reddit Upcoming NFT Marketplace
→ Gamma Ordinals Marketplace
→ Magic Eden Launches on Bitcoin
→ ERC-1155 Editions on Zora
→ Foundation New Wallet UX
→ Immutable zkEVM
Drops 🖼️
→ Balmain Sneaker NFTs
→ The Now Pass SOLD OUT
→ Sappy Seals Ordinals Collection
→ Three Steps Ahead by Botto Project
→ @dominosmusic RETURN LABEL
→ Glass Pass by @glassxyz
And more stories. ↓
https://goplatformless.xyz/008-the-week-in-web3
- 500th Lens follower loading.
GM!
- I just signed the Glass Manifesto and got early access to claim The Glass Pass. See you on @glassxyz.lens 😀
https://glass.xyz/manifesto
- In web3, tech is more popular than product.
• Ethereum (tech) >>> Uniswap (product)
• Solana >>> Magic Eden
• Polygon >>> Lens
It's not the same in web2.
Products built on AWS are much more popular than AWS.
When the tide shifts in web3, that's when you know we have mainstream adoption.
Thoughts?
- Gm to everyone learning by doing and relearning by teaching.
Knowledge is best enjoyed when shared.
- Most web3-native ideas are too early for the tech.
However, I've realized that a lot of them can actually be done without web3.
Caveat: They might not be fully-formed but value will still be delivered.
Keen to experiment with some.
- Gm to everyone learning by doing and relearning by teaching.
Knowledge is best enjoyed when shared.