Brylan Markel (@himzelwashington) • Hey

Tech and web3 game god. I can show you a thing or two.

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Learned about basic fundamentals and features of @LensProtocol on the @orbapp.lens app, and got a dope NFT 🌿 #orb #orbapp #orbsbt
Lots of cool things being built on top of Lens. Excited for the future.
We need more courses on Orb learn 🤓
The acquisition phase of exiting a company is intriguing. Learning a lot 📝💡
Tech Crunch vibes 🔥
Bird app algorithm (left) vs Lens algorithm (right):
Decentralized finance platform Zerion has raised $12.3 million in a Series B. The round is led by Wintermute Ventures and other backers — including Mosaic, Coinbase Ventures, Alchemy and Placeholder. [Wintermute Ventures leads Zerion's $12 million raise to shake-up crypto wallets](https://www.theblock.co/post/176187/wintermute-ventures-leads-zerions-12-million-raise-to-shake-up-crypto-wallets) Decentralized finance platform Zerion raised $12 million to disrupt the crypto wallet landscape — with backers such as Mosaic, Alchemy and Placeholder.
I like the new filters on @lenster.lens 👀👀👀 Well done @yoginth.lens and team, keep building doing a brilliant job. #lenster
STATISTIC: Over $3 billion has been stolen this year as a result of cryptocurrency hacks.
Late night work session vibes 🧠🎶 [Episode 568 Radio Station on Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/station/episode-568/ra.1647616462) Hear where the music takes you. Listen to Episode 568, a streaming radio station on Apple Music.
Class is in session 📚: [Age of Wonders: NFTs, Art, AI, Cycles of Computing](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0mAyyIaB2eaaremAQX5OY1) Listen to this episode from web3 with a16z on Spotify. with @kevinrose @cdixon This wide-ranging discussion is a tour through tech trends and hot topics both within and beyond crypto – including art, AI, the evolution of mediums including blockchains; a deep dive on NFTs, artists, communities; debates around cc0, modding and copying on the internet, royalties; plus role of brands, DAOs, wisdom of crowds; and much more. The hallway-style conversation took place this week between Chris Dixon (founding general partner of a16z crypto, former entrepreneur) and Kevin Rose (co-founder of Proof Collective, Digg, more). Their discussion is not just a journey through time (long cycles of computing, web2 to web3) and place (LA, SF, NYC), but into "the age of wonders". Are we at the end of (computing) history, or the beginning? You decide... but only after listening to this conversation. As a reminder, NONE of this is investment, business, legal, or tax advice -- nor is it directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund – also, please note that any a16z investments and portfolio companies mentioned are not representative of all a16z investments; you can see a16z.com/disclosures for more important information, including a link to a list of our investments.
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In the crypto market, everything happens very quickly, so timing it at the right time to invest is of the utmost importance. To do that you need to accumulate enough knowledge to recognize the changing waves below market.
nxyz announced a $40M Series A led by Paradigm, with participation from Coinbase, Greylock Partners and others. nxyz ingests data directly from blockchains and their associated applications, giving developers a performant API suite to use data. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221012005434/en/nxyz-Raises-40M-Series-A-Led-by-Paradigm-to-Enable-Faster-Blockchain-Indexing
Today's episode features @stani.lens for an end-to-end guide on web3 social. We discuss how creators make money on Lens, utilizing your social graph outside of the protocol, user-generated content as an asset class, and much more. Enjoy. 👇 https://levychain.substack.com/p/the-creators-ultimate-guide-to-web3?r=62qb9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Today's episode features @stani.lens for an end-to-end guide on web3 social. We discuss how creators make money on Lens, utilizing your social graph outside of the protocol, user-generated content as an asset class, and much more. Enjoy. 👇 https://levychain.substack.com/p/the-creators-ultimate-guide-to-web3?r=62qb9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Black Creators DAO was born from hundreds of conversations we had in Twitter Spaces & Discord with Black creators, entrepreneurs and founders. We need resources. We need capacity. We need support. ➡️ Join our community at bit.ly/BCDAO
Reinventing the creator economy with #Lens We sat down with @christina.lens and @bradorbradley.lens to talk about @lensprotocol and @lenster.lens and the future of Web3 social and the creator economy! Its full of alpha without any of the noise! 🎬 Go check it out and maybe even collect it for later. This might become meaningful in the future! 🌱 Thank you so much for joining us @christina.lens and @bradorbradley.lens ✨ We had a blast!
When @LensProtocol opens to the masses, how will we make sure bots don't exist? What do we have in place for this ? #lensfrens
#237 Ready to welcome some new joiners this week 🌿 #prepareYourGMs
Hi, we are Coconnect🥥👋🏻 We are a new way to earn, connect and earn on Web3 We help brands save time when launching marketing campaigns with content creators. Collect this post for future news!👀
I crunched all the data on how people are using Lens. Here are 5 key insights I found 👇 1/ The most popular time to engage (ie. make a post, comment or mirror) on Lens is 3pm UTC on Monday.
Good thread on FB vs IG 📚 [Aakash Gupta 🚀 Product Growth Guy on Twitter](https://twitter.com/aakashg0/status/1579817767972528134) “How has Instagram surpassed Facebook’s ad revenue? 1. The power of focus 2. The trust problem 3. Reels and stories 4. Staying cool 5. Growth 6. Brand Let’s break it down:🧵”
❇️Google Partners With Coinbase to Accept Crypto Payments for Cloud Services 🔸The tech giant will also use Coinbase's custody service, Coinbase Prime.
Hustler music 🅿️🛠️ [My Turn by Lil Baby](https://music.apple.com/us/album/my-turn/1498988850) Album · 2020 · 20 Songs
Whereas most technologies tend to automate workers on the periphery doing menial tasks, blockchains automate away the center. Instead of putting the taxi driver out of a job, blockchain puts Uber out of a job and lets the taxi drivers work with the customer directly.” Vitalik Buterin
Class is in session 📚 [The Social Web3 | Protocols for a Digital Society | POAP, Lens Protocol, Disco.XYZ](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3nKQpOk8ycjiZc3gFNUYdT) Listen to this episode from Bankless on Spotify. Web3 social media? Decentralized identity? Digital society in the metaverse? On this episode, we unpack the future social world in the metaverse and the protocols that will help shape it. To discuss exactly that, we brought on: Evin McMullen, who's building the world of digital identity, off-chain assets, and metaverse reputation at Disco.xyz, Christina Beltramini from Lens Protocol at Aave, a brand new primitive for Web3 social media platforms, and Isabel Gonzalez, COO at POAP, the Proof of Attendance Protocol. ------ 📣 OPOLIS | Sign Up to Get 1000 $WORK and 1000 $BANK https://bankless.cc/Opolis ------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/ 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/ ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🍵 MATCHA | SMART ORDER ROUTING https://bankless.cc/Matcha 🚀 SLINGSHOT | LAYER 2 SOCIAL TRADING https://bankless.cc/Slingshot 🏦 GEMINI | TURN FIAT INTO CRYPTO https://bankless.cc/Gemini 🦁 BRAVE | THE BROWSER NATIVE WALLET https://bankless.cc/Brave 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING https://bankless.cc/UniGrants ------ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 5:30 Introductions & Discussion Foundation 11:42 Web2 Days Are Numbered? 16:44 Bringing More People to Web3 23:15 Preventing Social Dystopia 25:44 Disco.xyz 31:42 Lens Protocol 37:01 POAP 45:20 Web3 Roadmap Debate 53:34 Onboarding 8 Billion People via Social? 1:00:54 Web3 Social in 5 Years 1:06:30 Disclaimers ------ Resources: Evin McMullen on Twitter https://twitter.com/provenauthority Disco.xyz https://www.disco.xyz/ Christina Beltramini LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-beltramini/ Lens Protocol https://twitter.com/LensProtocol Isabel Gonzalez LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/izgnzlz/ POAP https://poap.xyz/ ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures
📊 Polygon is a partner of the world's leading brands. Major premium brands have launched their NFTs and, in the case of Starbucks, their NFT-based loyalty program on the Polygon network.
Things to remember for 🐻 bear markets - Plan ahead -Don't rush -Be patient with entries -Know your timeframe -Have an exit strategy -Tighten position size -Prepare for larger trading ranges -Zoom out for historical context -Cash is a position -Avoid panic, FUD, and FOMO
**Lens Creator Bytes** As the Lens fam continues to grow we are starting a new weekly series where we get members of the community to share some insights about their journey into Web3 and some alpha for our amazing creators out there. This week’s guest writer is Nick Hollins from @ufoclub.lens Q1) Tell us about yourself "I’m an artist and musician who started out in crypto in 2017 coming from journalism, broadcasting, festivals and the music industry. These days I spend my time on creative projects with friends around the world, learning and exploring ideas with DAOs and communities." Q2) Tell us about your project(s) and what is your mission? "I’m the creator and host of UFO Club, a place for revolutionary ideas. It’s a podcast experimenting with web3 publishing and community, talking with artists, musicians and web3 builders about the future. I’m a founder of voyager (https://www.voyager.xyz/) which is a collective launching artists, musicians and culture-bearers into web3 space. My mission is empowering artists and the counterculture with free internet spaces built on open protocols. Discovering what these networks and realms can produce in culture and artistic expression." Q3) What excites you about Web3? "It’s the future of the internet. An opportunity to redesign our digital environments for more positive outcomes, as the current centralised platforms have significant negative effects. When you attend Ethereum meetups or join a DAO’s discord community, you meet people from all over the world who are inspired and actively building out projects with open web3 protocols. Sharing knowledge and collaborating. The rapid rate of experimentation and a freedom to fuck around and find out is an exciting space to be in. Reimagining the internet for greater collective good is worthy of time and attention." Q4) What tips do you have for aspiring creators in the space? "At first it’s about learning all you can. Some recommendations for getting up to speed include The Defiant, Forefront, On The Other Side by Chase Chapman, Water & Music, and UpOnly. The Infinite Machine by Cami Russo is a great read about the history of Ethereum. There’s many opportunities to join projects and DAOs. Bring your skills to the space. Shifting from observation to actively contributing helps to make friends, connect with people, and build your network. Always be trying what’s new for creators. Apply for beta access to things and test out new tools, see how things connect together. Right now Lens is a space to be active." Q5) What’s next for you? "Building with the voyager collective. I’ll be continuing to experiment with publishing across the Lens ecosystem. Recording new episodes of UFO each week with projects including Metalabel, Songcamp, and Zerion. We are hearing rumours about the UFO Club — engage with us on @ufoclub.lens and Twitter for an invitation."
LensPort has launched and is live at lensport.io 🎉 It’s a social NFT marketplace built specifically for Lens Protocol Collects 🌿
Today's motivation
The Content Algorithm Maze Imagine you are in a maze. The contents in the next room are decided by the things you looked at most in the current room. You enter the first room. There are 100 people here. 1 of them is screaming for 5 minutes straight. You can't help but look. The maze decides you like screaming people. You enter the second room. There are 100 people here. 3 of them are screaming now. How can you avoid paying attention? Before long, you're in a room with 100 screaming people. You start believing that noise and anger is all there is in the world. No one is ever silent or talks. Why should you? That's social media. https://mirror.xyz/0x8156A40DFF15E2b2a1Ad693a722bE92D1E218d3A/dCwh53L_tt-Rrt1timLwULfShIQoCB4jsXGwaU-6H74
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Luscious Lens, The Magic Around Us 🌿 Inspired by "Fantastic Funghi, The Magic Beneath Us" film by Louie Schwartzberg
Good read 📚 [46% of Americans who have invested in cryptocurrency say it’s done worse than expected](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/08/23/46-of-americans-who-have-invested-in-cryptocurrency-say-its-done-worse-than-expected/) 16% of U.S. adults say they have ever invested in, traded or used a cryptocurrency such as bitcoin or ether.
Introducing Humanbound: bringing Proof of Humanity to the blockchain Class notes below 📚 The problem is: today in the world of blockchains we can’t prove someone is who they say they are. This creates a myriad of challenges in the worlds of DeFi, NFTs, and token distribution. In comes Humanbound to save the day: a protocol to prove your humanity using multifactor authentication. It allows dApps to securely and confidently interact with human identities. #crypto #tech #mantiteo #catfish
Wisdom from Chase The Great