Thread by @harry_forj

.@borgetsebastien at @TheSandboxGame has embarked his builder journey since 2011. He has influenced many great builders and brands to come to Web3 to build in open metaverse. Over the last 12 years, not only Seb is a builder, investor, advisor, he is also an inspiring educator🧵

https://twitter.com/borgetsebastien/status/1629561724310376448

1/ From 2019's first hands-on taste of The Sandbox to 2023 NFT Paris, Seb and his team have come a long way

https://twitter.com/borgetsebastien/status/1138205133790167040

2/ In 2021, @borgetsebastien, @ysiu , @amokensuke, along with 18 authors wrote “NFT Textbook: The future where digital data becomes an asset from business, blockchain, law, and accounting”, published in Japan 🇯🇵

3/ 🇯🇵 Japan has really a LOT of education books about Web3, NFT and Metaverse.

All of them have something in common - they are all mentioning @TheSandboxGame thanks to TSB team's collaborative effort.

4/ These books cater mass Web2 audience. It goes from the example in 2000s with Second Lift to VR introduction of 2010s, to open metaverse of 2020s.

5/ Seb educates through conferences.

The most recent #WebSummit2022, Seb led a keynote on "Players, Creators, Builders, Brands - we're all contributing to making the Metaverse a reality. "

https://twitter.com/borgetsebastien/status/1591733416168673280

6/ “We believe in the near future, what we experience & own digitally will have as much - or more - value than IRL” - @borgetsebastien

7/ Seb educates institution about Web3 through contributing to the writing of @wef paper.

"Interoperability in the Metaverse " The paper aims to create cross-sector global cooperation. It took many months of work to finally get published in January 2023.

8/ "Education is the key to broaden the Web3 ecosystem" @borgetsebastien and his team took lead in the metaverse by hosting active workshops for The Sandbox builder program back since 2019.

9/ Thanks to The Sandbox builder program and these workshops, 200+ agency & studios are formed across the globe. Builders grant seed creators economy, it has led to the success of Alpha Season 3 launch of 17M unique visits.

10/ The planted seed has grown into trees. Hosted by @PANGUKENAL , @TheSandboxGame studio, hosted 🇫🇷 Architecture #VoxEdit workshops to unlock children's imagination in the metaverse.

11/ High school in HK also gets inspired. In Digital Media class, Students are opening #TheSandbox Game Maker for the first time and begin to explore the possibilities.

https://twitter.com/TheMetaEducator/status/1579341583232962561

12/ Seb is an advocate for women's education. @borgetsebastien led @TheSandboxGame grants $25M for the launch of @worldofwomennft Foundation (Mar 2022)

The foundation creates educational and mentorship opportunities for women—both within the metaverse and beyond.

13/ Since the creation, WoW has supported many educational initiatives
- Launches ‘Let’s Mint!’ Program to Gift 300 Girls Their First NFT
- Donates Over $20,000 to United For Iran

14/ Recognized by both builder and metaverse communities, @TheSandboxGame was awarded by Binance as the “launchpad project of the year”.

15/ @borgetsebastien's contribution to Web3 is also recognized by news outlet. He has been on The Cointelegraph Top 100 for the last 3 years.

16/ Grateful to have @borgetsebastien as a friend, mentor, advisor, builder in the Web3 community. We look forward to having Seb to continue to empower brands and audience adoption through Web3 education & our upcoming education initiative @TasteMakerz_XYZ 🙏🏻🫶