Thread by @grugonion

Are YOU into the #Metaverse?

8-tweet thread as a beginner's guide into the Metaverse: what it is, where to find it and the connection to #blockchain.

TLDR: An industry built by creators for everyone. A win-win for everyone involved.

Comment if you learn something⤵️
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What is the Metaverse?
The conceptions of the metaverse emerge from science fiction as featured in Ready Player One or The Matrix. Same way it was hard to think in the 90s how the Internet of 2021 would be, we don't know how to describe it, but we can identify features
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Feature #1: ℙ𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥
The metaverse cannot be turned off or put away. It never resets or pauses or ends, it just continues indefinitely.

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Feature #2: 𝕊𝕪𝕟𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖
The Metaverse will be a living information sharing environment that exists consistently for everyone and in real time.

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Feature #3: 𝔽𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪
Everyone will be free to create, own, invest, sell, and be rewarded for work that is recognized by others participants.

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Feature #5: 𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪
Interoperability of items, assets, content, and so on across each of these experiences.

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SO WHY DOES THE METAVERSE MATTER?

The Metaverse will create a trillion dollar value, making it a new data platform and medium that will provide a great new work platform. The value of a major participant, such a system is obvious~

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So Where does Crypto Meets the Metaverse?

What crypto does is lay the foundation for a self-governing financial system, as well as an open creator economy and even more a universal layer of digital representation and ownership via #NFTs.

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