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What is the 'open metaverse'? These blockchain companies have different answers

A metaverse owned by companies taking a cut will never reach its full potential. Open metaverses built on decentralised blockchains unlock new possibilities for creativity and commerce that would not be realised in a centralised experience. Randy Ginsburg contrasts two organisations building the early stages of that vision.

Webaverse: creating a metaverse platform that's open to everyone

With $120bn investment in 2022, the metaverse has soared ahead of the crypto space. But with attention from major players like Facebook and Microsoft, it's natural to worry how original the technology will be. Randy Ginsburg dives into Webaverse, the democratised, interoperable, and cross-platform software that CEO Ahad Shams plans to turn into the operating system of the open metaverse.

Protect Protocol: the fight against art theft in web3

Billions are lost to scams in web3. One of the most underappreciated is the simple theft of digital art and selling it as your own. Everyone else suffers: artists, who are not compensated for their work, and collectors, who thought they were joining an artist's community. Ekin Genç explores DeviantArt's Protect Protocol, which has alerted artists to over half a billion potential thefts.

A blockchain use case is already here – how Lewis Capaldi and Ticketmaster run token-gated events

Ticketing is an industry with glaring problems, from scalping to fraud to scams. Ekin Genç explores how NFTs present a fundamental fix to a major industry and speaks to the builders working on scaling a technology that has already been adopted by the likes of Lewis Capaldi, Ticketmaster, and UEFA.

Ekin Genç

June 22, 2022

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What is the 'open metaverse'? These blockchain companies have different answers

Webaverse: creating a metaverse platform that's open to everyone

Protect Protocol: the fight against art theft in web3

A blockchain use case is already here – how Lewis Capaldi and Ticketmaster run token-gated events

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What is the 'open metaverse'? These blockchain companies have different answers

Webaverse: creating a metaverse platform that's open to everyone

Protect Protocol: the fight against art theft in web3

A blockchain use case is already here – how Lewis Capaldi and Ticketmaster run token-gated events

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Implement

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Visual

Music

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