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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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Building the World's IP Blockchain @StoryProtocol as Co-founder; Ex-CEO & Founder @radish_fiction (Sold to Kakao for $440M); Venture Partner @hashed_official

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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<Launching the World's IP Blockchain> Today one of the leading market makers told me: "SY, Story seems to be playing a radically different game from other crypto infra players like Monad and Berachain." That person was almost daring me to consider whether I can be confident

@StoryProtocol

Story Protocol

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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👇

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

(1/n) It’s been a few years since I’ve sold my last company @radish_fiction to Kakao, and I am super excited to launch @StoryProtocol with a $54M funding led by @a16zcrypto and extremely work alongside to my more capable co-founders @JasonLLevy @jasonjzhao and teammates.

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Story Protocol Launch Dinner with legends of the NFT @ZAGABOND @poopie @9gagceo @frankdegods and our @JasonLLevy @jasonjzhao @WeileiY 🙂 So lucky to have their company🙏 LFG!

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One thing I notice after entering crypto from more traditional tech. Web2 founders typically dont get any liquidity for 8 - 10 years. Web3 founders and employees seem to have it within 3 - 5 years. One adverse consequence of this short-term liquidity in web3 is that talents who

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<Narrative Discrepancy between CT vs Korean Whales> I had a chance to have a three-hour meal with one of the most recognizable figures in Korea. Won't reveal which industry he is in. Can be a famous celeb or politician. He is a big name outside Korea too. He's in an industry

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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Crypto’s first phase was about programmable money. The next phase will be about Programmable IP 🧵

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Story Protocol

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Introducing Story Protocol, the Programmable IP Layer. Story Protocol transforms IPs into networks that transcend mediums and platforms, unleashing global creativity and liquidity.

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@SmokeyTheBera @terra_money @anchor_protocol Hello Smokey, my point is that the industry is not really focused on solving real problems but is over-allocating on solving small cyclic group of crypto-native use cases that are dying out, in both attention and utility. Nobody outside our circle cares. If we go to normies and

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Had a chat with one of the smartest investors I know. Successful both in web2 and web3. He was early in BTC from 2013 and was early in Filecoin, Zcash, Luna, and etc. Someone called him the best "non-crypto crypto investor." With his killer investments across web2 and web3, he

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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<Launching the World's IP Blockchain> Today one of the leading market makers told me: "SY, Story seems to be playing a radically different game from other crypto infra players like Monad and Berachain." That person was almost daring me to consider whether I can be confident

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Inaugural Programmable IP Summit🔥 So proud of our team for making this amazing event!

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I am a HUGE admirer of what @LucaNetz has done for the industry. He is actually engaging in a positive sum game, not in a zero sum game, by driving huge mass adoption for web3. He is a real scrappy but visionary entrepreneur. It's been a huge inspiration having him as an adviser

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Luca Netz 🐧

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@StoryProtocol 🔥🔥

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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Korea’s entire crypto exchange trading volume ($456B) is larger than global US dollar volume ($445B). However, the sad reality is that there is no global web3 project out of Korea unlike what you have seen with K-pop, K-drama, and etc. When will we see the rise of

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"So what real problems do you solve?" is a great question for every web3 founder and CEO.

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“What did you get done this week” is a great question for every founder and CEO.

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Landed in Korea at 4am or so. Preparing the long day ahead of back to back meetings for @StoryProtocol with a 7am k pork belly breakfast.

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So good to welcome my two biggest supporters, friends, and mentors @simonkim_nft (Founder of Hashed) and @hitmanb (Founder of HYBE behind the global sensation BTS) at the Story Protocol Launch Dinner with @hashed_official 🙏 Also, backers of @StoryProtocol from Day 1🚀

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Enjoyed cooking KBBQ with this man @LucaNetz next to his Ktown high school 🔥🔥

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@storysylee Likewise, you guys are cooking 👨‍🍳

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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(1/n) The biggest problem in AI is the attribution, provenance, and compensation to creators. Its' the intellectual property! Today I shared Story's Programmable IP Layer in the age of generative AI at Convergence AI Summit by @1kxnetwork . Wanted to share for wider public. 🧵

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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Super humbled that @StoryProtocol is getting featured on the cover of @Forbes after @meta and Mark Zuckerberg yesterday. Although we are just starting off, we’ve been fortunate that @forbes was interested in my story of dedicating the last decade on tackling problems at the

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Story Protocol

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Chapter One - Our CEO @storysylee rises to the Forbes cover. Chapter Two calls for the creative misfits and innovators - the journey begins. It's time to transform systems, defy old rules. Are you ready?

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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Thank you to 3,200+ people who came in to join the programmable IP movement today through our X spaces. You are our OGs.

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Just bought the ticket to attend @psy_oppa ’s SUMMERSWAG next month. Throw back to when I hosted him at the @OxfordUnion during the Gangnam Style craze in 2012. Here’s the Youtube video address of me. You can see me younger me introducing him at the start.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

Really enjoyed attending @starlordyftw ’s @0n1force event last night. It was very encouraging to see someone so passionate about the intersection of storytelling and NFT. Cant wait to attend more events from @0n1Force team!

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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big stuff coming.

@StoryProtocol

Story Protocol

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Tomorrow. The wait is over. Notifications 🔔 on.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

5 months

What an incredible feat for the @StoryProtocol team. 10% of the Eth Denver projects built on Story, and 20% of the Eth Denver General Hackathon winners came out of Story! Programmable IP is the next step for crypto after programmable money🚀

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Story Protocol

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Incredible way to end @EthereumDenver with @kaisekai_eth , @0xrandom_hash and @nboostt taking the top prize in the BUIDLathon with their project built on Story Protocol! The Programmable IP era is here 🔥 A huge round of applause to the @joinsekai team for a tremendous effort!

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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Really masterful response to @JuhyukB 's question by addressing: "1. Bitcoin/Ethereum vs Story, Programmatic vs Intersubjective Consensus 2. Money’s Intersubjectivity Problems vs IP’s Intersubjectivity Problems 3. Dispute Module and how it works" I think you are a thoughtful

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Jason Zhao (꧁IP꧂)

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Just woke up, guess I don’t need a coffee! I feel like you just wrote the pitch for Story by describing all these problems in IP. First off, thanks for checking this out. I’m extremely grateful when people deep dive into our docs and point out questions or concerns they have.

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We're cooking something very big and can confidently say it will be the hottest event venue + space during Frieze & Korea Blockchain Week:) Please let me and @0xNock know if you're interested in partnering.

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Nock

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NOW THAT ETHCC IS OVER It's time to talk about ASIA @StoryProtocol is cooking in Seoul for Korea Blockchain Week DM me if you'd like to get involved

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Anyone can feel the energy when you have a world-class team pulled together to work on arguably the most important problem facing the internet content economy in the age of generative AI - IP provenance, attribution, and compensation.

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Vera 🍌💕🐒

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This is who you are trading against! Worked in the @StoryProtocol office a bit today and I have to say, these are the working vibes you want to be in. Especially when they have yummy Japanese snacks! 10/10.

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@StoryProtocol I can guarantee that this is not another crypto infra masturbation with some slight esoteric technical tweaks.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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"So what real world problems are you solving?"

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Story Protocol

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Yesterday’s tweets by @storysylee might need a bit of... interpretation 😅 But one thing is clear: Story is doing things differently. "So what real world problems are you solving?" Co-founder @jasonjzhao breaks down our L1 Story Network in this explainer video👇

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Programmable IP meets HK🇭🇰

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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Congrats to @simonkim_nft @Hashed_HongPro and other Hashed team members who worked incredibly hard for this partnership. Incredible to see the parntership between Korea's top venture firm and Abu Dahbi !

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South Korea Crypto Investment Firm Hashed Expands to Abu Dhabi

Hashed Ventures is the latest digital-asset company to expand its footprint in Abu Dhabi, where an advantageous regulatory environment has made it one of the hottest global crypto hubs.

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Get on the next big ecosystem👇

@StoryProtocol

Story Protocol

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Story Ecosystem Map: From IPFi, to AI, to consumer and social, grateful to the 200+ applications building on the World's ꧁IP꧂ blockchain with a market of 20 million+ IPs. Tokenize the world's creativity on Story. Get Started👇

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@SmokeyTheBera @terra_money @anchor_protocol So what real world problems do you solve? The industry really has to go beyond another defi circle jerk with some "novel" liquidity bootstrapping mechanics and infra masturbation with slight technical tweaks.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

5 months

Please join the onchain renaissance🔥

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Story Protocol

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Below is our schedule at @EthereumDenver Come connect with our team and learn more about Programmable IP! Details and event pages in the 🧵

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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(17/n) IPs themselves have to become networks. As our lead investor @cdixon .eth says, “The killer app of the internet is networks. The web and email are networks. Social apps like Instagram and Twitter are networks. Marketplaces like Uber and Airbnb are networks.”

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So proud of our lead investor @cdixon for picking Korean as the first of international versions of his book “Read Write Own”🔥

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Out today: Read Write Own in Korean. (First of many international versions)

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AI is artificial abundance. Crypto is artificial scarcity. Ironically, generative AI created circumstances where web3/crypto is needed more than ever especially with regard to content/IP/data provenance, monetization, and attribution.

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<BUIDL Together: Highlighting Our Early Builders> It is truly a special feeling when you're building for a common mission together with other dedicated builders, including those who had incredible exits (10M+ and $200M+ exits), those who are operating an app with millions of

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Real world use cases are ꧁IP꧂ Here’s just a few of the epic builders that are tokenizing the world’s creativity on Story

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Great turnout for the event with @roham at @dapperlabs & @flow_blockchain , moderated hy @iamjunpark 🔥

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Story = The World's Creative Computer

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Jason Zhao (꧁IP꧂)

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Story L1 is the world's Creative Computer. ✅ Tokenize the multi-trillion dollar IP asset class, making IP liquid ✅ Transform content into IP legos w/ a monetization API, making IP programmable ✅ Track IP usage in AI & reward the original creators, making IP multiplayer

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(30/n) I want to conclude by thanking our backers. Especially, @cdixon , @sriramk , @carrawu , @eddylazzarin at @a16zcrypto made the very first commitment when I was just by myself and helped me build an all-star co-founding team.

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I love it when healthy debates happen: 1. @JuhyukB brought good thoughtful points that a lot of smart people when first trying to understand our blockchain/protocol/product, mainly pointing to the murkiness of the IP system + enforceability + dispute issues. 2. @jasonjzhao

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@jasonjzhao Thanks for the response. Had me rethink about many points, especially where I dismiss efforts for innovation. As a fan of many indie musicians and a creator myself I love seeing people paving ways for the small guy. Just got the impression on how this could exactly work, but

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I have been getting so many questions from so many crypto OGs on how we managed to get @asiangirlintech 🔥 Very fortunate to have someone who rolls up the sleeves not only for Story but also for the broader mission of the industry🙏

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Sam

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So exciting to connect with fellow community builders helping devs @BuildOnCircle @asiangirlintech is an absolute bright light in this industry. She does so much behind the scenes to help propel communities forward. Looking forward to working closely in the months to come

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In the end, we all want the same goal - web3/crypto mainstream adoption and proliferation of our values. I guess we agree to disagree on the way to get there.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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@SmokeyTheBera @terra_money @anchor_protocol Hello Smokey, my point is that the industry is not really focused on solving real problems but is over-allocating on solving small cyclic group of crypto-native use cases that are dying out, in both attention and utility. Nobody outside our circle cares. If we go to normies and

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Excited to see the Story community taking root globally and infiltrating my home country🔥 @0xProfessorJo has been relentless in educating people on latest web3 innovations and we are super excited that he launched a Korean telegram channel for Story. Link to the group below

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

18 days

Study @jasonjzhao and @StoryProtocol at Programmable IP Summit👀👀

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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I really love that these sorts of debates are happening. You can imagine such discussion happening around defi, but not IP. The world is IP. Intellectual property is the world’s biggest asset class, and it’s not only Hollywood movies and billboard charts: IP means AI models,

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Jason Zhao (꧁IP꧂)

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How it started vs How its going Join us for the Great IP Debate! Link in bio

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IP vs Programmable IP

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tradfi vs. defi

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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The best thing you can watch to understand Story!

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Jason Zhao (꧁IP꧂)

12 days

The vision behind the World's IP Blockchain. My keynote at the Programmable IP Summit on: - Why we're applying Medieval solutions to godlike tech - 3 critical market failures around IP - How to turn the internet into a composable IP legoland

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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Fantastic explainer by @BanklessHQ 🙏 on “What real problems do you solve?”: “The answers to these questions remain to be seen, but Story Network is diving in here in unprecedented fashion and looking to revolutionize the future of digital IP through the cryptoeconomy. As the

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Bankless

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IP remains stuck in an outdated legal system that makes it difficult to license, monetize, & trade effectively That's where @StoryProtocol comes in -- a new blockchain that aims to transform IP into liquid, programmable, & ownable digital assets A 101 Explainer👇

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Thanks for the balanced coverage of both sides. This is just a beginning. We will showcase “real” use cases and solutions one by one in the near future. Hope you guys can cover that too.

@FourPillarsFP

Four Pillars

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: : [Opinion] Can Story Truly Revolutionize the Existing IP Market? Opinion by @Jaylovespotato & @Steve_4P (Full Text) 1. Background On July 10, 2024, with the announcement of Story's Layer 1, CEO @storysylee addressed the "problems" that highly anticipated projects like

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논란의 "정리"라고 되어있지만, Despread와 @JuhyukB 의견만 엄청 500자 가까이 정리(?)되어 있고, 스토리팀을 대표하고 있는 공동창업자 @jasonjzhao 은 글은 "4. 그 외 읽어볼 주장들"이라고 써있다. 전혀 정리가 되어 있지하고, 링크만 복붙했다. EthCC에서 현재도 아침 이벤트를 정리하느라

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SOSE | Despread (💙,🧡)

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요즘 핫한 스토리 프로토콜 논란 정리 @StoryProtocol 이란? IP 문제를 해결하기 위한 레이어1 블록체인으로 a16z, Hashed, Balaji Srinivasan(전 코인베이스 CTO), 방시혁 하이브 의장, 크래프톤 김창한 CEO에게 투자 받은 프로젝트입니다. 국내에서는 업비트와 관련있는 기업인 하이브, 크래프톤,

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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We will actively share investor around AI x Crypto as we continue to release our State of AI x Crypto Report with @polychaincap !

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Jason Zhao (꧁IP꧂)

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Created a database of the top builders & investors in AI x Crypto. Sharing this as a public resource to connect those interested in the space. Let me know if I'm missing anyone! Link in bio. (h/t to @whattheljw , our Researcher in Residence, for help compiling)

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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We’re just starting

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JP Mullin (🕉, 🏘️)

18 days

Quite literally, my entire timeline is @StoryProtocol launch content. Insanely impressive stuff. I'm very aligned with what @jasonjzhao & @storysylee are saying about trying to solve real-world problems. Best of luck, gents; the space needs more pioneers like you! 🫡

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

16 days

Balanced analysis👍

@FourPillarsFP

Four Pillars

17 days

: : [Opinion] Can Story Truly Revolutionize the Existing IP Market? Opinion by @Jaylovespotato & @Steve_4P (Full Text) 1. Background On July 10, 2024, with the announcement of Story's Layer 1, CEO @storysylee addressed the "problems" that highly anticipated projects like

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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So great to work with Allen, who built the world’s largest social network of writers and readers. We were once competitors and exited around the same time. Its a huge pleasure working together like this. Been always been an admirer of the bottoms-up community and amazing network

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Allen Lau 🇨🇦

11 months

Earlier today, @twosmallfishvc announced our follow-on investment in @StoryProtocol . TLDR - Story Protocol is “Git for creative IP.” We first invested in late 2022 and doubled down in this @a16z led round. The company has raised over US$54M.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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Hot take by @jasonjzhao ! On a more broad level, study what Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger said about the airline business. It is great and gives great utility for the world but is a terrible business in and of itself with a terrible margin. OpenAI vs Claude vs Gemini will

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Jason Zhao (꧁IP꧂)

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What is the future of consumer AI? Sharing my experiences from DeepMind: A different model paradigm beyond may be needed to address what @DavidCahn6 at Sequoia has powerfully called AI's $600B Question: the $600B (and growing!) gap between infrastructure buildout and consumer

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3 months

Get on our rocket🚀 Lots of exciting things that we’re cooking at the intersection of AI, Crypto, and IP/Consumer🔥

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Jason Zhao (꧁IP꧂)

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STORY IS HIRING We're growing our world-class team across engineering, marketing, BD, and product. Our vision is to transform the way that creativity grows and monetizes in the age of AI. This the most fast-paced team you can join. Everyone, by virtue of both necessity and

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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Humans are storytelling animals. We know how to tell fiction and how to rally other humans around fiction. That is the biggest competitive advantage of the human race, says Harari. Good guest post on @BanklessHQ on the basis of @harari_yuval 's notion. "But why is all this

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Bankless

11 days

Proof of History: Culture as Blockchain Lifeblood 🩸 A Guest Post by @nftpricefloor Co-Founder @cryptodiario

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

3 years

So proud of how far @seojoonkim and @hashed_official team have come. Honoured to be a returning investor to their second fund.

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Baek Kim | HASHED

3 years

Thankful for the founders who've entrusted us as their partners past 4 years Excited to continue to work with @hashed_official as a General Partner in building a platform that will live on for centuries. 0/

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

19 days

@SmokeyTheBera @SmokeyTheBera Thanks. Have healthy skepticism about defi chains after my fellow Korean brother Do Kwon’s @terra_money . Hope you guys can pull it off, and who knows... Proof of Liquidity may be sustainable... unlike @anchor_protocol .

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

10 months

Feel weird to be next to the most famous Korean out there.

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Story Protocol

10 months

CEO/Co-Founder Spotlight: S.Y. (Seung Yoon) Lee @storysylee Prev: CEO/Co-Founder of Radish, a mobile serialized fiction app, sold to Kakao for $440M Education: BA in Philosophy, Politics & Economics @UniofOxford Fun Fact: Was First East Asian President of @OxfordUnion and

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

1 month

Memes are the most internet-native form of IP. Its essence is viral propagation through replication and remixing. The man who invented the word wrote on this 50 years ago. "When you plant a fertile meme in my mind you literally parasitize my brain, turning it into a vehicle for

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

4 months

Excited to be speaking at the AI stage at the HK Web3 Festival🇭🇰

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 days

Story fixes this.

@coinbase

Coinbase 🛡️

11 days

The internet is broken. Want to update it with us?

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

@cdixon @sriramk @carrawu @eddylazzarin @a16zcrypto (32/n) I also want to thank my longtime friend @simonkim_nft for co-leading the earliest round and initially introducing me to the world of web3. Massive thanks to @baekkyoumkim @iamjunpark @iamjosephyoung at @hashed_official .

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

4 months

Thrilled that @StoryProtocol is partnering with @myshell_ai to empower their community of 1M+ users The Cambrian explosion we're seeing from generative AI has only just begun. MyShell has been at the forefront of this and understands the need for Programmable IP

@StoryProtocol

Story Protocol

4 months

Announcing our partnership with @myshell_ai Story Protocol will empower over 1M AI creators on MyShell via Programmable IP MyShell model & app creators can: 📑 Register their AI models as IP on-chain 💰 Set usage/monetization terms for model licensing 🗃️ Track model outputs

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

5 months

The biggest elephant in the room for AI is IP: - How do you compensate all the IPs that are being inputted to create a new IP? - Is copyright the right model for IP compensation in the age of generative AI? - Is an AI model an IP? Is an AI chatbot an IP? Is prompt an IP?

@myshell_ai

MyShell

5 months

Crypto grants IP sovereignty and liquidity, while AI liberates individual creativity. At MyShell, we're excited to see the Programmable IP Layer advancing the synergy between crypto and AI. Thrilled for the journey ahead with @StoryProtocol !

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

13 days

Marcus Devrelius knows how to make amazing graphics too. Absolute emperor.

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Marcus Devrelius ꧁IP꧂

13 days

story, the world's IP blockchain: explain like i'm five (inspired by the amazing @SuhailKakar 🫶)

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

(5/n) We supported fantastic journalists like @peterjukes who crowdfunded his continued expose of @rupertmurdoch and his lieutenants and had fun going through extensive security checks to meet, interview, and deliver lamb kebab for @JulianAssange_ at the Ecuadorian Embassy.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

6 months

- First-time founders: spend all their time chiselling their products - Second-time founders: obsess with securing the right distribution - Third-time founders: focus on meaning, purpose, and vision Of course, if you are talented like Zuckerberg or Gates, you don’t even need

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

5 months

. @StoryProtocol is announcing our partnership with @ritualnet to build the Programmable IP layer for AI models This will unlock the rails needed for provenance, monetization and attribution of IP in the age of AI More on this 🧵

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Story Protocol

5 months

Announcing our partnership with @ritualnet We are bringing crypto and AI together. AI models on Ritual can be registered seamlessly as IP Assets on Story Protocol Programmable IP 🤝 AI Learn more below 🧵

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

17 days

Great conversation in our inaugural PIP summit🔥

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Story Protocol

17 days

One of the highlights of the Programmable IP Summit was profound insights from @ClaireSilver12 , delivered via her avatar, on the future of AI, IP and Creativity - moderated by @JennSanasie "If influence is theft, then all artists are thieves" Stay tuned for the full interview

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

4 months

Open source on steroids is crypto. Story ushers in the era of open-source IPs but make sure the creators/owners of IP share the upside of open-source innovations with its programmable IP layer.

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Jason Zhao (꧁IP꧂)

4 months

Closed source has value capture, but no open innovation Open source has open innovation, but no value capture Crypto is open source innovation with value capture built in

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

18 days

Love this healthy discussion between our protocol lead dev @jwpark02 and Sui maxis. It is also refreshing to see them be open-minded enough to dispel their initial skepticism once we give fair answers! Please ask me and our team more questions.

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Jongwon 👨‍🍳🇰🇷

18 days

@josemvcerqueira @iamknownasfesal @storysylee @SuiNetwork The alternative is running an adjacent system outside L1 to provide these features, which will strictly be less decentralized than the L1 itself. By making these features native to L1 (validators), we can have sufficient decentralization, guaranteed execution, and less system to

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

Amen. Lets realize the future of frictionless peer-to-peer, composable IP ecosystem. Crypto will have as tremendous impact on the world of IP as it will on that of finance.

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Simon Kim

11 months

@hashed_official @StoryProtocol @a16z @storysylee @jasonjzhao @JasonLLevy 10/ I believe that this is a project that can pursue the following level of vision: - Bitcoin: Peer to peer electronic cash, store of value - Ethereum: Decentralized computing network layer - @StoryProtocol : Trusted, neutral and open network layer for IPs

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

@BenEnowitz , Ari Emmanuel, Ryan Draizin, and the team at @Endeavor have been a huge help from day one and were incredible at helping us navigate the creative landscape as a web3 protocol in stealth. Forrtunate to have them on board. In fact, one of the earliest to commit to us.

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Ben Enowitz

11 months

Excited to support @storysylee and the team at @StoryProtocol !

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

5 months

This silent disco style presentation is very new to me but it was fun🔥 Thanks for the invitation @OraProtocol @daofive @0xKartin @tekinsalimi 🔥

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

17 days

Thanks for covering both sides of the debate! 🙏 Covering both supportive and critical.

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Four Pillars KR

17 days

: : [오피니언] Story 는 과연 기존 IP 시장을 혁신할 수 있을까? Opinion by @jaylovespotato & @Steve_4P (본문) 2024년 7월 10일, 스토리 프로토콜의 레이어1 발표와 함께, 스토리의 이승윤 대표가 현재 업계에서 가장 큰 주목을 받고있는 모나드(Monad) 베라체인(Berachain) 그리고 그 외의 웹3

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

19 days

Study @jwpark02

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Jongwon 👨‍🍳🇰🇷

19 days

@KEMOS4BE @StoryProtocol Good question! - Improved graph traversing for efficient IP graph search - Future validator-enshrined L1 tech like native oracles for NFTs and offchain RWA IPs (Cosmos SDK vote extensions) - Max composability by having license data onchain, allows for 10s of IPs to remix at once

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

(18/n) I envisioned a model where IPs became a network of fans and creators - evangelizing and contributing to the growth of the IP with skin in the game. Your audience brings the best ideas to improve your IP. Even the distribution and capital to bootstrap your IP.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

16 days

It’s the missionaries and visionaries like Satoshi or Vitalik who won, not the ones who are designing the latest scheme to maximize bigger TVL.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

16 days

@0xkydo I like @matthuang @FEhrsam too:) However, one thing stuck to me when I was speaking to a complete web3 outsider but has been observing the industry from far. He is a very big figure in the music industry. He said there are always missionaries and mercenaries, but the stark

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

10 days

So good to have a new superb teammate who has been thinking deeply about our vision for long time.

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timtimtim.eth

11 days

Actually, it’s my birthday today, time to do the drop. As promised, this is a big announcement. I have joined @StoryProtocol as the Infra Partnership Lead. I am still very bullish on FLock, for sure. But to me, Story is very different. Before getting into the details, I want to

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

4 months

Fantastic explanation by @profjoeyg ! 핵심은 AIGC를 생성하는 input의 compensation, attribution, and provenance입니다. "이런 관점에서 블록체인 기술의 활용은 AI 콘텐츠 저작권 문제를 해결하는데 중요한 역할을 할 수 있습니다. 결국 원본 콘텐츠의 주인을 명확하게 하고, 그에게 합당한

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Professor Jo

4 months

<AI 기술이 없다면, 우리는 돈을 어떻게 벌 수 있을까> 생성형 AI 기술이 급속도로 발전하면서, 단순한 텍스트부터 그림, 음악, 영상에 이르기까지 다양한 콘텐츠를 손쉽게 생성할 수 있는 시대가 도래했습니다. 몇 가지 단어를 입력하는 것만으로도 기존의 저작물을 쉽게 변형시키거나, 심지어는

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

5 months

Very excited about this session with @skominers and @jasonjzhao ! Super thankful for @a16zcrypto for connecting us. He has been one of the most inspirational advisers along this channel and is the perfect person to moderate this panel of introducing @StoryProtocol as the

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Story Protocol

5 months

What is Programmable IP and why does it matter? Find out from our co-founders @storysylee and @jasonjzhao in a special X Space, hosted by the brilliant @skominers 📅 THU Feb 22 ⏰ 6pm PST

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

You've been a huge inspiration for our project. Your true pioneering work at @dapperlabs gave me the confidence that web3 has so much to offer for the world of IPs and mainstream audience. Thank you again for your backing and precious advice so far @roham !

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roham

11 months

Love to see a new wave of builders using crypto for real-world applications that make the web better for everyone Congrats @storysylee and team on an awesome launch! Proud to support you at every step

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

(2/n) Media industry is always the most visibly impacted by technology. I’ve dedicated the last decade of my life to fixing business models of journalism and media.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

(8/n) It took several years to get learnings around producing hit IPs. Like many startups, it was an overnight success on the 2,000th night. Fortunately, we achieved significant growth and got acquired by Kakao.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

5 months

Memes are the most internet-native form of IPs, constantly being remixed and recombined. We will soon power memes with our programmable IP layer. Imagine having that programmable IP graph for the viral meme you started or participated in🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Marcus Devrelius ꧁IP꧂

5 months

Less than 24 hours since the discord launched and sure the discussions are great but the memes are just 🔥🔥🔥

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

5 months

1. Printing press = first-ever content abundance = copyright law as an IP layer 2. Generative AI = content abundance on steroids = smart-contract-driven + blockchain-powered Programmable IP layer as a new IP infrastructure to inject scarcity, provenance, attribution, and value

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@veratheape

Vera 🍌💕🐒

5 months

AI boosts content creation speed, Crypto shapes the on-chain economy, Programmable IP unites both realms. Enter the new era of the creator economy with @StoryProtocol !

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

(7/n) Later, I pivoted to Radish, focusing on mobile serial fiction, helping storytellers produce lean IPs, gain insights on every chapter, and monetize through micropayments. We became a serialized content platform on steroids with some top IPs updating multiple times daily.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

(3/n) Below is my journey from journalism platform @Byline_Media and serialized fiction app @radish_fiction to @StoryProtocol + why @StoryProtocol ’s infrastructure that turns IP into a “network” can offer solutions to the structural challenges facing the content and IP industry.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

(19/n) That is why I started @StoryProtocol , and web3 finally gives all the tools to assign ownership to network participants like fans and contributors at scale.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

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@0xkydo I like @matthuang @FEhrsam too:) However, one thing stuck to me when I was speaking to a complete web3 outsider but has been observing the industry from far. He is a very big figure in the music industry. He said there are always missionaries and mercenaries, but the stark

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

Great to see my co-founders @JasonLLevy & @jasonjzhao in a discussion with @simonkim_nft in Korean press. Thank you @reporter_web3 for your coverage🙏

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Hanna Yang

11 months

[Exclusive Interview] Simon Kim, Hashed CEO @simonkim_nft & Story Protocol @StoryProtocol @storysylee @jasonjzhao @JasonLLevy raises $54 million led by Hashed & a16z @a16zcrypto [단독 인터뷰] 김서준 해시드 대표, '5000억 엑시트' 청년 CEO 새 도전에 투자 -

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 days

25% of the Worldcoin circulating supply being concentrated on one Korean exchange is wild. I wrote about this already, but it was very shocking to me when I learned about this about this notable figure in Korea, and now the data seems to back it up.

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DeFi^2

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Dropping my most extensive research piece on Worldcoin to date. With insider unlocks just 8 days away, I encourage you all to give it a read and stay informed.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

(6/n) Declaring a solution for journalism industry right out of college I admit was a little ambitious and too early. But it was still very rewarding to get some shoutouts for @Byline_Media from my heroes like @sirharryevans , @hughlaurie , and @HackedOffHugh .

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

4 months

(1/5) 2.5M creators can collaborate, create, protect and monetize their art like never before. Programmable IP on @Magma_com opens the next chapter of creativity 🚀 Studios using Magma have worked with Disney, Lucasfilm & major Hollywood publishers. Their platform is incredible

@magma_com

Magma

4 months

We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with @StoryProtocol , the Programmable Intellectual Property (IP) Layer. This means artists using Magma will be able to: ⛓️ Register their art on-chain 🌐 Protect, monetize & grow their IP 📑 Set transparent usage & royalty terms

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

Cant imagine embarking on this journey without @sriramk who made the commitment when I was all by myself with just a vision. @sriramk and the team at a16z have been indispensable in building this superstar team and gave strategic advice and hands-on help on every single aspect of

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

5 months

Huge honor to have this chat with the mastermind behind the NFT standard - @roham :)

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Story Protocol

5 months

Couldn't make it to our Fireside Chat with @storysylee & @roham ? We've got you covered! ⛓️ Programmable IP and our first design partners 🌊 @flow_blockchain 's ecosystem growth (& more!) ❓ Attendee Q&As 👇 Full session below 👇

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

5 months

Generative AI -> Programmable IP layer - 150 years: time it took for photography to reach 15 billion images - 1.5 years: time it took for AI-created images to reach 15 billion images - Exponential speed of content creation demands a programmable IP layer where each atoms of

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

5 months

This exponentially increases the discovery problem for content creators. They will soon be competing with hundreds of millions of content every day. You either need an insane $$$ of marketing budget or algorithmic miracle to get your content discovered.

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S.Y. Lee (꧁IP꧂)

11 months

(4/n) In 2014, I started Byline, a pre-Substack journalism platform. It aimed to utilize Patreon and Kickstarter-style crowdfunding to support journalism - an industry whose ad-driven business model was devoured by giants like Google and Facebook.

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