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🚨 Big news in the #NFT world!

We're excited today to officially announce a partnership w/ @soltype_io, Solana's first platform for #LiteraryNFTs.

This partnership will introduce the world's first truly decentralized unlockable ebooks!

Here's a 🧵 on why this is important:

If an NFT reps ownership in an ebook, but a platform token gates that content, they're recreating Kindle's centralized model of locking content in walled gardens & selling illusory ownership.

Darkblock's mission is to provide ownership of digital assets via decentralized access.

"Decentralized content means users hold the keys to the content and choose where to consume it, not the other way around."

- Chris Seline, Darkblock CEO (@dumbfounder)

All #LiteraryNFTs minted on Soltype will have their EPUB/PDF files encrypted, stored on @ArweaveEco & immutably attached to the NFT via Darkblock.

This means all current/future owners can be confident their digital assets will be there w/out worry re 404s & broken Dropbox links.

“We believe decentralizing content is the future of digital ownership & we’re excited to partner w/ Darkblock to give our users the freedom and security to forever own and access their ebooks, no matter what happens to us."

- Paco Puylaert, Soltype CEO (@puylaert_paco)

Kudos to Soltype for recognizing that decentralizing content is the only way to provide true ownership to readers, immutability to an author’s work, & prevent over-zealous censorship of literature.

This partnership w/ Darkblock solidifies that commitment.
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The first Literary NFT to benefit from Darkblock's tech will be DRACARI by @E_R_Donaldson, which is a 140-edition beta test mint. It will be the world's first truly decentralized unlockable ebook.

But this is just the beginning!

Stay tuned for Soltype's launch of RIGLAN, an ebook NFT by award-winning Marvel writer @b_earlwriter, on March 1.

This will be the first major mint of a decentralized unlockable ebook.

The Darkblock & Soltype teams will host a Space today at 12pm EST to discuss the partnership, #LiteraryNFTs, and what true ownership of digital assets means. Please join us to learn more about how this collaboration will revolutionize #LiteraryNFTs.

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