Earlier this year, we launched Story mainnet, laying the foundation for a programmable IP economy.
Since then, our engineering team has shipped major updates driving us closer to Chapter 2: becoming the AI-native infrastructure for IP.
Our latest technical update ↓
In the past few months, we’ve launched two new products: IP Portal and Story Attestation Service. Both showcase the core capabilities of the network and the value it brings to the broader ecosystem.
Aug 8 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Introducing the Story Network Security Council.
The launch of Story's Security Council is a major step towards safeguarding the network and accelerating the path to full $IP tokenholder governance.
Details ↓
Story’s Security Council is an independent cohort of up to 11 security experts responsible for rapid response and proactive network monitoring.
These members will be responsible for safeguarding network upgrades and emergency responses, ensuring the integrity of IP as an onchain asset class.
Jul 22 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Robots, AVs, voice systems – the future of AI exists in the real world.
Real-world data is one of the most valuable subsets of IP and physical AI's biggest bottleneck.
Today, @psdnai launches out of Story with a $15M seed round led by @a16zcrypto to try to solve just that ↴
Poseidon is working with the world’s leading AI companies to power the next wave of AI innovation with infra for collecting, curating, and licensing high-quality, real-world training data.
Starting with physical AI, Poseidon supplies rights-cleared data at scale, powered by Story.
Jul 10 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Chapter 2 starts today.
AI's next leap isn't about bigger models. It's about IP and its most valuable category: Real-world Data.
Story is building the AI-native infrastructure for this $70T IP economy.
Here’s what’s ahead ↓
Since launching mainnet, we’ve been heads down building Story to make IP programmable, enforceable, and monetizable at internet speed.
Story's next phase focuses on:
• Data pipelines for training physical AI
• Tokenizing global IP beyond music & fashion
• Turning viral chaos into owned, monetizable IP
Jun 12 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The IP Portal isn’t just where you register IP. It’s where your IP monetizes.
Integrations with @ABLO_Official, @verio_story, & @Posterdotfun unlock new ways for IP holders to generate revenue and expand reach on a growing network of apps.
Explore ↴ portal.story.foundation
Make custom apparel from the IP you love on @ABLO_Official.
You can now license an expansive library of IP directly from the Portal and turn it into merch at the click of a button.
Get creative with Ablo's AI tools, and open up new revenue streams for your work.
Mar 5 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
The Big Bang Block is here!
At block 1,580,851, token emissions on Story have officially begun.
Story’s time-weighted staking model, inspired by DeFi mechanics, incentivizes community members that are here for the long-term.
Details ↴
Staking secures the Story blockchain and fuels the future of IP.
With token emissions now live, each block distributes 1.9477989871 IP tokens, totaling 55,555 IP per day at a 3-second block time.
Feb 23 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Just for you 🫴 a Story Ecosystem starter pack.
From DeFi and IPFi, to AI tools, consumer apps, AI agents, games, and Sci-Fi franchises, the Story Ecosystem's got range.
Dive into a rundown of apps live on Mainnet, and stay tuned for more coming soon from the full lineup ↴
DeFi & IPFi Apps on Story Mainnet ↴
@Aria_Protocol is tokenizing sensational K-pop IP:
➤ Yeah Yeah Yeah by BLACKPINK
➤ Ready For Love by BLACKPINK
➤ & more below..
With IP RWAs, you can listen (and dance) to your portfolio.
Why the music of BLACKPINK? They were the first female K-pop group to:
➤ Win a VMA
➤ Headline Coachella
➤ Top the Billboard 200
➤ Reach 1 billion views on a YouTube video
➤ Surpass Justin Bieber's subscriber count on YouTube
Feb 13 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Homer, our Public Mainnet, is live.
Welcome to a new era of ꧁IP꧂
Learn more ↴
The rise of AI demands a scalable IP solution that empowers both IP holders and AI products alike.
Enter Story: A L1 blockchain that's purpose-built to reinvent the $61T IP asset class.
Our Public Mainnet marks first-ever instantiation of a global, programmable market for IP.
Feb 7 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Introducing $IP, the native token of Story's L1!
In the age of AI, $IP will play a critical role in tokenizing the $61T IP asset class.
58.4% of $IP will be devoted to Ecosystem & Community, Foundation, and Initial Incentives.
More on ꧁IP꧂👇
AI is transforming the $61T asset class of IP — from science to creative works.
The current IP system cannot scale to meet the explosion of intelligence that AI powers.
Story's Peer-to-Peer IP Network unleashes the latent value of IP, allowing ideas to be monetized seamlessly.
Feb 4 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
The financial crisis inspired Bitcoin, a Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash Network.
The rise of AI demands Story, a Peer-to-Peer Intellectual Property Network.
The Story whitepaper is out! More below ⬇️
Story's Layer 1 is powered by an innovative multi-core execution environment.
A main execution core coordinates several specialized execution cores.
Each specialized execution core is optimized for specific requirements such as speed, scalability, or privacy.
Jan 27 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Calling all Odyssey Badge Holders!
Grab your Commemorative ꧁IP꧂ Community NFT, which celebrates our community's journey during our Odyssey Testnet.
Can’t grab this one? Don’t worry, we'll have more moments to celebrate!
Got badges? This moment is for you⬇️
- Mushy
Using over 100 pieces of ꧁IP꧂ from the community during the Odyssey Testnet, this Commemorative ꧁IP꧂ Community NFT celebrates the incredible contributions that have helped us grow and shine. If you see your artwork featured, celebrate it!
While we plan to create more opportunities for the wider community in the future, this one is dedicated to our Odyssey Badge Holders.
Thank you for being a part of the Odyssey!
Dec 16, 2024 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Introducing Agent TCP/IP:
An experimental framework that lets agents trade IP with each other.
Agents can now exchange their training data, creative style, investment strategies, and more, ushering in an intelligence economy. 👇
We will integrate with @ai16zdao 's Eliza, @0xzerebro 's ZerePy, @crossmint 's GOAT, and @virtuals_io 's GAME to ensure that all agents can trade IP.
Read the latest version of our Agent TCP/IP whitepaper here!
1/ Announcing $140M in total fundraising to build Story, the World’s IP Blockchain. 2/ Intellectual property (IP) is one of the world’s biggest asset classes.
Training data, AI models, memes, UGC videos, game assets, character traits and more are all IP.
Everything is IP.
Jul 9, 2024 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
Introducing Story Network, the World's IP Blockchain.
Story L1 enshrines the Proof of Creativity protocol, tokenizing a multi-trillion dollar asset class into Programmable IP legos
In the era of AI-powered creativity, Story is powering an IP legoland👇
IP is a multi-trillion dollar asset class. But what is IP?
Pepe is IP. AI models are IP. Beyonce's voice and likeness are IP. A blueprint for a new invention is IP. Mickey Mouse is IP. A Fortnite skin is IP.
IP is everywhere, but it's locked & trapped behind closed platforms.
May 28, 2024 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
The Story Protocol SDK allows you to contribute to the programmable IP layer in Javascript + Python.
Here are some of the most common functions 🧵
0. Setting up the SDK
Before we dive into any functions, you must properly set up the Story Client! This will work for both backend (ex. Node.js) & frontend (w/ Metamask) applications.