You may have missed this.
But a 19 year-old just created Art Blocks for musicians:
Listen to entire 🎙 episode: pod.link/15281869342/ After touring the world as a jazz trombonist in highschool, @bennyconnn enrolled in the Manhattan School of Music.
During the first year, Benny realized the life of a jazz musician wasn't worth it.
So he dropped out. Learned to code. And enrolled in a local university.
Dec 1, 2021 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
1/ When @yowitzer was 12, he played an Amazon on Diablo II. A stranger on Battle.net promised to teach him how to dupe. Joined a lobby and followed the instructions. Howie's body exploded and all his items dropped to the ground. The stranger picked them all up.
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2/ Howie cried.
Luckily, Howie can heal his childhood Internet gaming trauma through Web3.
Howie recently left his job in finance as a quant at a stock exchange to become the game economy designer for @GuildOfGuardian at @Immutable. A Play-to-Earn NFT MMORPG.
Dec 1, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
1/ We're introducing a podcast series where we bring on friends to learn about what's happening with Web3. On this episode @Jaydchang tells us his journey cofounding @genopets - a Play-to-Earn NFT MMORPG.
Here's what we learned: 👇
2/ VCs invest in crypto companies using SAFTs (Simple Agreement for Future Tokens).
Similar to the traditional VC model with SAFEs (Equity).
Allows VCs to quickly invest money with the company promising to give them a % of tokens with cap/discount.
I joined @BoredApeYC yesterday and received 100+ #BAYC follows. Thanks for the warm reception! I DM'ed on Twitter to ask for advice on joining the community. Here's what I've learned! 👇
#apefollowape1. Get a hardware wallet. Never share seed phrase, QR code, or password. Don't click links in DMs/Discord. 5 apes stolen in 2 weeks alone. Read 🧵on securing NFTs by @punk6529.
Super excited to join @BoredApeYC today. I've been thinking a lot about #BAYC. Took me awhile, but I think I finally understand it. Any advice for someone new is welcome! #apefollowape
Here's what I've learned. A thread 🧵:
Sapiens came to dominate the world because it is the only animal that can cooperate flexibly in large numbers.
We've been able to do this because of our unique capacity to believe in Fiction.
To believe in Stories.
Aug 10, 2019 • 26 tweets • 12 min read
1/ Who is the Asian man running for president who wants to give everyone $1,000 who won't wear a tie?
👇To prepare for @AndrewYang's third qualified debate, like and retweet this thread to share with everyone that doesn't yet know! #Yang2020#YangGang2/ @AndrewYang built nonprofit Venture for America and ran it for 7 years. Trained entrepreneurs to help create jobs in cities like Detroit, Cleveland, St Louis, Birmingham, New Orleans. Was given awards by Obama Administration and had documentary made by Netflix.