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Let It Rip

  • RAMP UP
  • Game Plan
  • RIP IT
  • ROLL ON
  • Interviews
  • MEET UP
  • Raffle
  • Sponsored
  • SHOUT
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    • RAMP UP
    • Game Plan
    • RIP IT
    • ROLL ON
    • Interviews
    • MEET UP
    • Raffle
    • Sponsored
    • SHOUT
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    Let It Rip

    • RAMP UP
    • Game Plan
    • RIP IT
    • ROLL ON
    • Interviews
    • MEET UP
    • Raffle
    • Sponsored
    • SHOUT
    • …  
      • RAMP UP
      • Game Plan
      • RIP IT
      • ROLL ON
      • Interviews
      • MEET UP
      • Raffle
      • Sponsored
      • SHOUT
      SHOUT
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      • CRYPTO ONRAMP

        Crypto for Everyone | Rip It

      • RAMP UP | Turn Your Costs to Revenue & Ownership

        Here's the Basic Game Plan:

        1

        List Your Costs

        Make a list of the products, services, and things you pay for, including the 'free' things that adverstise to you. Music, rent/mortage, payment systems, employment services, etc.

        2

        Find Crypto Versions

        Do a little research to find the "Web3" version of these products and services, and projects that let you unlock the value of your time & assets. Search "Web3 Music" or "Web3 browser."

        3

        Start the Switch

        Start using the Web3 versions products where you can. They won't be as slick or easy, but often offer ways to earn by using them or contributing (listen to music, share, create, etc.).

        4

        Let It Rip!

        Go further / deeper / faster. Explore new projects, services and products. Find those you like and dive in. Often the communities and ownership is open connect to broader ecosystems.

        5

        Roll on...

        You've created a wallet, funded it, put NFTs in it. You're earning and owning by particiapting. Connect to marketplaces, exchanges to take earnings, reinvest, support others!

      • RIP IT | Playbooks & Patterns

        Find What You Like To Do:

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        Listen to Music?

        Try Audius

         

        Earn by listening, curating playlists, sharing, and of course creating. Are you a small biz paying big fees?

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        Enjoy Spirits?

        Try Baxus

         

        Find good deals and rare bottles, share price info, trade and enjoy great 'liquidity'!

         

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        Hire / Get Hired?

        Try Braintrust

         

        Looking for work or a project? Need to hire for specific job? Earn ownership in your 'agency'.

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        Use a Browser?

        Try Brave

         

        Do you use the Internet? Like privacy? Want to earn by browsing the web vs being advertised to?

         

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        Want # Go Up?

        Try Delphia

         

        Into investing? You partcipate, you earn. And your activity makes the product better!

         

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        Pay for Space?

        Try Helium

         

        Pay rent, lease, or a mortage? Have an internet connection? Personal or small biz locations work.

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        Drive a Car?

        Try Hivemapper

         

        Map the world's roads while training AI. Share real time traffic info and earn from participation.

         

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        Use a Phone?

        Try Helium Mobile

         

        Pay more than $20 a month for unlimted voice / data? Earn from mapping & run a hotspot from your home / business.

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        Take Payment?

        Try Solana Pay

         

        Small biz, entrepreneur, or have a side gig? Instead of paying fees on each transaction, earn/gain/stake.

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        Gamer?

        Try Render

         

        Into gaming or video editing? Use a graphics card on your rig? Need a project rendered?

         

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        Into Sports?

        Try Socios

         

        Spend time watching or following sports? Ever dream of owning part of a team? Yes, in IRL.

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        Create Stories?

        Try Story DAO

         

        ALPHA: Watch movies, read stories? Want to create, and own, with top-flight talent?

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      • ROLL ON | Use Cases & Examples

        Show Me:

         

        What if instead of paying for things, you earned from using things. That's what crypto does for you. It's what an ownership economy means. You don't need to spend a lot / any money, you can get ownership/revenue by participating in communities and engaging with products and services.

         

        Crypto isn't only coding, trading, and art. It's a business model that unlocks new ways to work together / new plays for unlocking the value of assets, making the most of your time, activity, or the things you rent/own. Imagine the opportunities for individuals, entrepreneurs, and small business owners. Crypto can power your biz and open up new ones - either online / digital or In Real Life / physical spaces.

         

        Don't believe it? Here's a case study we did: The LongTail Building | Louisville, Kentucky.

         

        We turned a drug den into a mixed-use space for under $500, with no coding, accessible to anyone.

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        In this use case, the Longtail Building showcases the power of Helium | The People's Network to rejuvenate space, impact community, and unlock new business models by turning cost centers like rent and mortgage into revenue generators. More broadly, crypto allows virtually anyone, anywhere, to repeat this model and expand its impact, transforming business models and innovation, public goods, and community.

         

         

        Here's the Deets:

         

        The LongTail Building started in 1860 as a graveyard, a home for orphans, then a bank, grocery store, and a bourbon bar named after a Triple Crown-winning horse, Whirlaway. Located in an Opportunity Zone, down the street from Churchill Downs, next to the University of Louisville. The space had a variety of illicit activities, including paraphernalia-related fires, and was a community eye-sore, neighborhood safety risk, and government / law-enforcement expense / issue.

         

        Rather than bulldozing the historic building and building mini-storage or a parking lot, a small plastic box from Helium was run, a device costs under $500 and requires wifi/cell service and a computer/phone to use an app. Helium uses very little energy and relies on proof of coverage, meaning it creates a network that prioritizes new places / physical locations, especially those often off the beaten path. In other words, being outside traditional power hubs like San Francisco and New York was a benefit. The lower costs of spaces and services in fly-over county, coupled with Helium's business model that prioritized geographic diversity, created an extraordinary impact.

         

        The earnings from the Helium node were able to cover the cost of the building, the adjacent spaces, the renovation, furnishings, outdoor green spaces, trees, plants, landscaping, and a host of services, both technical and traditional. Today, the building is fully renovated, with outdoor carbon-positive green spaces and historical murals from local art students. It currently serves as offices for crypto funds and companies and hosts various educational and art/cultural events.

         

        Crypto benefitted the local neighborhood and created jobs, including tech finance, research, and ops positions, but also created revenue for preexistent jobs and small businesses like construction, maintenance, clerical and legal, all sourced locally. The change impacted the community by reducing safety risks, historically restoring a beloved regional icon, increasing the tax base for an at-risk geography, and physically transforming private and public spaces through clean-up, new sidewalks, lighting, and art.

         

        The neighborhood is transforming and now boasts new student housing with every potential for continued rejuvenation from additional retail, food, and entertainment. All this was done privately, independently, and quietly, requiring minimal initial resources but merely an awareness of the new opportunities for crypto as a business model. In this case, crypto serves as an economic engine to make difficult problems and questionable economics for IRL projects viable for transformation, recreation, and renaissance - real-world impact.

         

        Early adoption pays, and crypto prices are volatile, but this use case shows the power of the crypto as a business model. The horse, Whirlaway, was nicknamed "Mr. Longtail," and the name of the new space is the Longtail Building, in a wink and a nod to that heritage. Mr. Longtail was known as "The People's Champion." The Longtail logo uses a horse's tail drawn as a distribution curve, representing access, impact, and opportunity for people along the long tail, white-collar, blue-collar, everyone.

         

        TLDR: Onramping to crypto pays. It's early days. Knowing a/bt & participating opportunities are key.

      • KEEP ROLLING | Hear from Icons & Plebs

        Tech, Art & Biz Folks on Why Crypto & What It Means for You

        @ConsciousCups /

        @AlecJoseph21

        At #SolanaMiami

        8D Audio Visual Artist

        @AxelRollerboy /

        Axel

        At #SolanaMiami

        Video Game Creator on Unity

        @NotRyanKim /

        Ryan

        At #SolanaMiami

        Partnerships at @Holaplex

        Zach /

        Twitter Anon

        At #SolanaMiami

        In the Community

        @0xNFTy /

        Brandon

        At #BitcoinConference

        Analyst at @GalaxyDigitalHQ

        @XicoSR /

        Xico

        At #SolanaMiami

        Deep in @Solana Ecosystem

        @Redacted_J /

        Jordan

        At #SolanaMiami

        The Wizard Behind @Metaplex

        @Alevtina_Y /

        Alevtina

        At #SolanaMiami

        Growth Lead at @Solana

        @Isaac_ZKSpace /

        Isaac

        At #Permissionless

        CIO at @ZKSpaceOfficial

        @SindyYTang /

        Sindy

        At #Permissionless

        With @UniXGamingGuild

        @BWelch13 /

        Ben

        At #Permissionless

        With @TracerDAO

        @AdityaTaday /

        Adi

        At #Permissionless

        Blockchain at a MAJOR Trad-Fi

        @Luke_Spotlong /

        Luke

        At #Permissionless

        Special Ops at @BanklessHQ

        @0x21ram /

        James

        At #Permissionless

        With @BobaNetwork

        @CryptoZach_ /

        Zach

        At #Permissionless

        Intelligence at @Borderless_Cap

        @SchezHugo /

        Hugo

        At #Permissionless

        Growth at @DuneAnalytics

        @DylnDrake /

        Dyln

        At #Documentary Shooting

        Bro of #ETH Guy #JustinDrake

        @StepvhenH /

        Stepvhen

        At #Permissionless

        Contributor at @IndexCoop

        @0xsiri /

        Siri

        At #Permissionless

        Events Master at @LensProtocol

        @Weny1_Official /

        Wendy

        At #Permissionless

        Head of BD at @CyberConnectHQ

        @MarissAlarcon /

        Marissa

        At #Permissionless

        In the Community

        @NicoleAdarme /

        Nicole

        At #Permissionless

        Marketing Lead @MetaMask

        @Mike_Stelzner /

        Mike

        At #Permissionless

        Founder of @SMExaminer

        @Ximena_ns /

        Ximena

        At #Permissionless

        Ecosystem @MoonbeamNetwork

        @16bitJon /

        Jon

        At #Permissionless

        Guild Sherpa at @Splinterlands

        @ReindlJordan /

        Jordan

        At #Permissionless

        Community & Gov at @1inch

        @AlephDao

        At #URBITASSEMBLY

        @kuudereplus /

        ~am

        At #URBITASSEMBLY

        Director at reciprocal.ltd

        anonymous

        At #URBITASSEMBLY

        @dachus_tiprel

        At #URBITASSEMBLY

        @DanielGKuhn

        At #URBITASSEMBLY

        Editor & writer at @CoinDesk

        @g_shullenberger

        At #URBITASSEMBLY

        Editor at @compactmag_

        @jason_merenda

        At #URBITASSEMBLY

         

        @default_frien /

        Katherine dee

         

        At #URBITASSEMBLY

        Journalist at default wisdom

        @default_frien /

        Katherine dee

        At #URBITASSEMBLY

        Journalist at default wisdom

        @sicdev_pilnup /

        Kenny

        At #URBITASSEMBLY

        @bea_pam_a  /

        Pam Beardsell

        At #URBITASSEMBLY

        Engineer at @viennahypertext

        @rovnys  /

        Theodore Blackman

        At #URBITASSEMBLY

        @vincentevoid

        At #URBITASSEMBLY

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        Wanna Talk? 

        Have Something to Say?

        Hit us up at the next event!

        We'll be around... Stay Tuned

      • MEET UP | Join a Community Event

        Right Here:

         

        Catch us at places like #Permissionless, Solana #HackerHouses & local Speak-Easy #meetups.

         

        We're into whatever it takes to onramp folks into crypto, like running "Not-Quite Genius Bars" for n00bs, putting on pie-eating contests (winners get chicken dinners/badges of honor), and raffling off NFTs for free just to get folks into space.

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      • RAFFLE THIS

        Sample NFTs from stellar artists we've purchased & given away to support creators & onramp folks:

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        VALENTINE

        PANCHIN

        NFT Artist

         Linktree

         

        @b2kdaman

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        ALYX

        MCCLAIN

        Street Art / Muralist

         

        Portfolio

         

        HOLAPLEX ONRAMPING

         

        NFT unlocks Physical Artifact

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        KEIFER

        MOORE

        Unique 1 : 1 NFTs

         

        Site

         

        HOLAPLEX STORE

         

        @Koygo_

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        KID ON THE

        PHOENIX

        Holaplex Ambassador

         

        Linktree

         

        @kidonthephoenix

      • Communities & Events We've Backed

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        #MiamiHackerHouse

        1st SOL HackerHouse in the US

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        #ChicagoHackerHouse

        1st SOL HackerHouse in Flyover Land

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        #SolanaMiami

        1st SOL Street Fair

      • SHOUT

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