Stephen Hess 🦾 @meta_hess Twitter profile

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Stephen Hess 🦾

@meta_hess

3 years

A Solana transaction uses less energy than two google searches. Big and true. 🌎❤️

Solana’s Energy Use Report: November 2021

The average Solana transaction takes less energy than many other common household activities.

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Biggest mint of the year and #Solana is cruising along at ~3-4k TPS. Major congrats to the core devs for addressing the network congestion issues we've seen with past drops.

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📈 $1 billion in USD tokenized on @solana

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"Money Boy Shess" 🙏 @SolanaMoneyBoys

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First NBA team to ape into #SolanaNFTs 👑

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#SolanaNFTs are one of the fastest growing markets in history. This week, we passed $3 billion in total GMV facilitated by the 12.5 million NFTs minted with @metaplex . Well done fam 📈

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. @metaplex is minting ~2k NFTs / hour

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2 years

Just bought a @DegenTrashPanda on @OpenSea . Probably nothing. @pit_the_panda how'd I do?

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Bear market sliver-linings: it now costs ~$.15 cents to mint a #SolanaNFT with @metaplex . Never been a better time to get started as a creator.

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3 years

1/ Something I'd love to see come out of #Solana Ignition hackathon is a lottery system for NFT drops. It could give anyone the ability to participate regardless of time zones or commitments and would mitigate the impact of front-running and bots.

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4.5 million SOL in NFTs sold with @metaplex Candy Machine

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2 years

That's a lot of candy..

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#NewProfilePic . S/o @MetaHuntersNFT

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3 years

The world needs more Hacker Houses

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3 years

Solana Labs is hiring its first in-house designer! Join our growing team and play a key role in showing the world what happens when world-class UX meets sub-second finality 🔥

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2 years

(1/7) Today we made the difficult decision to part ways with several members of the Metaplex Studios team.

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2 years

You shouldn't need a launchpad or developer to start your NFT community. Soon.

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2 years

What’s your favorite way of describing the value prop of NFTs to normies?

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2 years

Key insights.. 1/ the community is ready. The future NFT economy will include multiple asset classes, some of which hard enforce royalties at the protocol level.

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@metaplex

2 years

To the more than 600 brains who joined our spaces tonight THANK YOU for such an insightful convo and WE’RE SORRY the plug got pulled mid comment! Guess there is a limit on hour 6 😏 Closing thoughts from @meta_hess momentarily 🤝

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think a @metaplex art gallery in LA is becoming inevitable. energy here is crazy.

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Who are the best game streamers that also get crypto?

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1 million NFTs minted on @metaplex in the last 21 days.

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3 years

Vibes. Thank you for having us @howiemandel 🙏🏻

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Can't wait for the first generative project on #Solana to push the edge and do 100,000 supply. Or maybe 1 mil. Why not?

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@Bardstocks @R89Capital @tofushit888 @MetaplexFndn @y00tsNFT @0xPolygon @frankdegods @kevindegods Why though? When we started this, it was the same energy. There were millions of reasons not to drop on Solana. There weren't even Solana NFTs to begin with.. You don't attract creators and build community by taking a zero sum mindset and shitting on them when they go another way

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3 years

Are you a game developer looking to build in the #Solana ecosystem? HMU! Would love to talk.

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3 years

Wonder if this blockchain stuff will ever be useful

teej - blurt.gg

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. @RepJohnCurtis making history being the first congressman to purchase something with Solana Pay on @MtnPay #onsolana @mtnDAO making it happen

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My new boss asking why her college fund is all in JPEGs

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Hit a record on March 15th.. 35k #SolanaNFTs minted in one day with @metaplex . Now at 1.5m active wallets growing 3-5% every week.

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3 years

The @metaplex Hacker House is going global. Where should we pop up next?

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📈 4M SOL deposited in #Solana stake pools in the first two months. Don't sleep on @MarinadeFinance @SoceanFinance @gopartyparrot .

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3 years

The collabs and cross-community support between NFT projects on #Solana has been amazing to see. WAGMI. Apes, athletes, llamas, photographers, kaijus, monkeys, pixel dudes, badgers and all.

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3 years

Any visual artists out there interested in freelancing on #Solana NFT projects? Would love to connect. We’re getting an insane amount of inbound from #NFT projects that are looking for creative support.

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5 months

I am Tensorian⚡️🦾 Big congrats @_ilmoi @0xrwu @KRTrades_ and the entire @tensor_hq team. From cNFTs to royalties to lighting up Core in a land speed record, you can always count on Tensor to double down on Solana NFTs when it matters most. Higher.

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2 years

@metaplex Dear press, this is my official headshot from now on.

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3 years

@Bitdealer_ - More Rust and Solana devs - Open source @unity3d and @UnrealEngine libraries - More stake pools w/ DeFi for pool tokens - Mobile apps/wallets - More DAOs - Apps gated by NFTs - No/low code analytics tools - Token management programs - Enterprise services for NFTs and tokens

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“Solana loves chaos”

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2 years

Not a drill. Found a lost ape and trash token in a burner wallet. Where do I go to mint again?

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2 years

115k unique wallets that have created #SolanaNFTs with @metaplex

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. @metaplex is.. the base layer for #SolanaNFTs a decentralized commerce protocol building the physics of the metaverse but more importantly, we exist to empower independent creators and developers. That's our heartbeat and always will be.

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2 years

gmmm what are we building this #SolanaSaturday

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3 years

$2.5 mil in sales in 5 minutes.. 😳

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4 years

@EricG1247 Funny watching Republicans learn what free markets are all about in real-time .. and how none of them seem to understand the 1st amendment either.

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3 years

The mau5verse

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3 years

NEW: @deadmau5 and @gregorysiff are creating a @solana NFT collection at the upcoming Red Rocks Music Festival in Colorado. @elitanjourno reports

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3 years

Party time @afpnft

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3 years

Working at @solana , I've started to see "decentralizing big tech" as part of the mission. Could we build a mega corp with tons of hierarchy? Sure but why? More interesting to design how independent teams can be empowered and connected to capital, customers and market incentives.

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2 years

@tofushit888 @MetaplexFndn @y00tsNFT @0xPolygon Obviously bummed to see the news but will never blame or FUD a creator for doing what they think is right for their project. @frankdegods and @kevindegods will always be Solana NFT OGs imo and genuinely hope the collections continue to grow and thrive on w/e path they take them.

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1 year

Sincere thanks to everyone who reached out and engaged with us on this over the last couple days. We won't get everything right the first time but committed to iterating until we do.

Metaplex 🦾

@metaplex

1 year

1/ We appreciate the community’s feedback around the Token Metadata immutability plan and have a few updates: - No fees on Update, Verify, Freeze & Thaw (fee will only be on Create) - Fees will be adjusted if SOL dramatically increases More thoughts on community feedback 👇🧵

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3 years

The craziest part of this is the TAM. At least $2 trillion for USD alone. The winning network(s) will have low fees, high throughput, great on/off ramps, mature DeFi applications, airtight censorship resistance and repeatable playbooks for new providers.

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@SolaniansHub

3 years

#Numberoftheweek #1 $1 billion in USD tokenized, a significant milestone for @solana ☀️ USDC SPL ~ $470M ☀️ WUSDC ~ $47.5M ☀️ USDT ~ $190M ☀️ WUSDT ~ $356M $SOL #SOL #SOLSZN #SOLSUMMER Many thanks to @stphnhss for the info

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The metaverse is here. 📈

Google Trends

See interest over time on Google Trends for Metaverse - United States, Past 5 years.

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2 years

@beeple Hi Mike, I want to sincerely apologize here. This was the result of a miscommunication between the orgs involved, but these were my words in the keynote, so I should have confirmed the consent, directly with you, of what was announced. (1/3)

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Solana isn't going to continue its breakout velocity by convincing a bunch of maxis to switch over. It'll do it by breaking fully out of the crypto bubble and CT.

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Dreaming on the streets of Lisbon 📸

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👀 gm @deadmau5

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2 years

The first "democratized" marketplace. FOH. Closed source, anon founders, NFTs are escrowed and rips off creators by not paying royalties. If you're going to be shady, at least don't insult the community by trying to pretend this is some sort of moral stand.

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3 years

Grateful for the builders. Less than a year ago, we could fit the entire ecosystem in a single graphic. Now we're headed to outer orbit and there's no slowing down. 🚀🪐

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3 years

11M SOL in NFT sales through @metaplex . Future of commerce is p2p.

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$2b now in #SolanaNFT commerce (from 0 in less than a year)

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(6/7) Moving forward, we will be re-focusing our efforts on a few key initiatives: Royalty Enforcement, Creator Studio, Fusion, Compression and continued improvement of dev tools and SDKs.

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(5/7) These former team members are truly exceptional, which made this decision even more challenging. If you see “Metaplex Studios” on a resume, I highly encourage you to give this person your consideration.

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Stephen Hess 🦾

@meta_hess

6 months

Took us a year to get to 15 mil mints after we introduced the first Solana NFT standard. Over 120 mil last month. Up.

◢ J◎e McCann 🧊

@joemccann

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NFT usage on @solana exploded in February.

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1 year

Just crossed 6.9 million compressed NFTs minted with @metaplex . A short metrics breakdown 👇

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3 years

2/ You buy a ticket, which effectively locks up your funds. At the drop time, the winners get selected randomly and sent an NFT. Everyone else gets refunded and/or sent some type of participation NFT.

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3 years

Been awesome seeing all the Solana swag hit the twitterverse. A few ideas that we left on the cutting room floor..

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@meta_hess

2 years

What a waking dream.. thank you @ROSGO21 @rajgokal and #sxsw for the opportunity to share stories of #SolanaNFT creators and explore what’s next.

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@AlexaDotEth

2 years

@sxsw Featured panel: NFT Renaissance is just beginning for creators with @rajgokal @meta_hess @ROSGO21 🌈

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2024 is about completing the vision and giving the people what they want The warm-up = fully immutable on-chain Solana NFTs

Metaplex 🦾

@metaplex

9 months

1/ Introducing Metaplex Inscriptions and Engravings, a new standard for fully on-chain and immutable digital assets on Solana 🦾

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@tofushit888 @MetaplexFndn @y00tsNFT @0xPolygon 👋 we partnered with y00ts to roll out Candy Machine v3. We thought it was a great way to showcase the candy gaurd system bc you need an NFT (t00b) to mint which is pretty unique. We don’t typically charge projects when we’re collabing on rolling out new products together.

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Solana team showing up for BTC Miami like

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British Royal Marines take part in training exercises wearing Gravity Industries’ jet suits

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A gm gratitude for @Austin_Federa . We've had more than a few fires this last year, and Austin is the best operator I've ever seen in a crisis. Few I'd rather see across the Zoom when the heat is on. Appreciate you 👑

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(7/7) Through the ups and downs, we are committed to advancing our mission of empowering creators and grateful every day for the opportunity to continue serving the Solana community as we move ahead.

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🌻 #LAHackerHouse

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7 years

@Cernovich @realDonaldTrump I don’t like this one jury decision, therefore all juries bad, therefore Mueller Grand Jury bad. Brilliant Mike.

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1 year

The next chapter for Solana will be global

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@meta_hess

3 years

Working on some @metaplex bounties for the #LAHackerHouse .. what do folks want to see get built?

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@meta_hess

3 years

gm. grateful for all the weird and amazing friends I made this year. the next leg of this run is going to be wild.

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@meta_hess

5 months

Core isn’t just a new NFT standard. It’s new core tech for digital assets on Solana. More info here on the numbers and how it works.

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@metaplex

5 months

Yesterday we announced Core, the digital asset standard of the future. We can't wait for developers, creators and collectors to start enjoying its benefits. They're still NFTs. But what makes them different? Let's dive in 👇

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When you get out of the way and let the creators cook..

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5 months

From the first to the next. Time to cook 🔋🦾

Metaplex 🦾

@metaplex

5 months

1/ Welcome to the future of digital asset ownership! Metaplex is proud to present Core, the next-generation standard for NFTs on Solana. Core is now LIVE on Devnet 🦾 Let's dive in 👇

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Rug pulls on successful NFT drops are perplexing because the community you created (and now destroyed) was 10x more valuable than the NFTs you sold. And working with a community you care about is 100x more fun than scamming people.

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gm beautiful

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@meta_hess

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btw I actually mean soon.. announcement coming tomorrow. WL spot if you can guess what we're calling it ⬇️⬇️ #MCS

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@meta_hess

2 years

You shouldn't need a launchpad or developer to start your NFT community. Soon.

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@earlyishadopter @metaplex @SolanaFndn Can say confidently we’re not going anywhere. TM immutability is moving along quickly as well and will completely decentralize the standard so it can never be censored or disrupted.

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@meta_hess

2 years

Going through old photos and found an @xNFT_Backpack

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@meta_hess

3 years

Mark your calendars. #HackerHouseSeattle

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Met @SolanaLegend the other night with @DrHollywood . Definitely lives up to the name. Big WAGMI energy.. let's go get it 🦾

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Phone died and rugged the twitter spaces 😅. Thanks everyone that joined. Just the beginning.

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(4/7) We are deeply grateful for the contributions of everyone impacted by this change, and it will be my top priority to help these former team members quickly find new roles in the ecosystem, while pushing ahead on critical path work.

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@blanksoles @JonesRoks @MonkeRejects How'd I do?

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If @metaplex dropped its own pfp collection, what would it look like?

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. @metaplex has quietly built one of the best teams in the game. The #Solana metaverse is just heating up. 🦾

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2 years

Putting on my y00tday best ✨

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(3/7) While our treasury wasn’t directly impacted by the collapse of FTX and our fundamentals remain strong, the indirect impact on the market is significant and requires that we take a more conservative approach moving forward.

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@meta_hess

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Metaplex humming along with 69 TPS in March. 4x Ethereum mainnet. Still trying to wrap my head around this but sure I guess NFTs are dead ..

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@meta_hess

2 years

The new @metaplex Digital Asset Standard gives creators the ability to hard enforce the collection of royalties. TBH I didn’t think this would be needed so soon but bear markets bring out the worst in people it seems and we’ll never stop fighting for creators and the ecosystem.

Metaplex 🦾

@metaplex

2 years

The value of #NFTs has proven itself in art & collectibles, but their potential beyond that is limitless. To unlock their abilities across other industries, we’re issuing a request for comment on a spec that sets the vision for a new Digital Asset Standard

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(2/7) Since Metaplex is the base layer of the Solana NFT ecosystem, it’s our core responsibility to ensure the long term sustainability of the protocol for the benefit of the community.

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@beeple You're an incredible artist and human and single handedly pushed the digital art space lightyears forward. I’m sorry for the confusion I caused here for you, your fans, and community. (2/3)

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@meta_hess

9 years

Inspiring words by @lessig . Congress is the problem; campaign finance is part of this but not the entire story.

Lawrence Lessig: Let's transform this election

In a Last Word exclusive, MSNBC’s Alex Wagner talks to fmr. Democratic presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig on why he ended his campaign, why he thinks campaign finance reform is critical to our...

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