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Introducing Atlas: Web3 Data Provider Performance Dashboard

We are excited to announce Atlas, a dashboard tool for comparing web3 data providers. Our goal in building Atlas was to help developers make informed decisions on which provider to use based on their specific data needs and for researchers to gain accessible insights into how well each provider fares across chains, regions, and data types.https://atlas.1kx.capital/What is AtlasAtlas is a filterable, time-indexed dashboard that compares the latency of data providers across different chains and...

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Prediction Markets: Bottlenecks and the Next Major Unlocks

endoftheworld.txt :: Crypto x AI

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Joining 1kx as an EIR: Meet Rafael Morado

Introducing Atlas: Web3 Data Provider Performance Dashboard

Safe: Unlocking the Era of Programmable Ownership

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Prediction Markets: Bottlenecks and the Next Major Unlocks

Summary of Content How Prediction Markets Work Bottlenecks Preventing Greater Adoption of Prediction Markets - Supply Side - Demand Side Solutions to these problems - Supply Side - Demand Side Other ways to increase adoptionPrediction Markets: Bottlenecks and the Next Major UnlocksAugur, the first on-chain prediction market, was among the earliest applications ever launched on Ethereum. The aspiration was to allow anyone to bet any size on anything. Plagued with issues, Augur’s vision fell sh...

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Prediction Markets: Bottlenecks and the Next Major Unlocks

Summary of Content How Prediction Markets Work Bottlenecks Preventing Greater Adoption of Prediction Markets - Supply Side - Demand Side Solutions to these problems - Supply Side - Demand Side Other ways to increase adoptionPrediction Markets: Bottlenecks and the Next Major UnlocksAugur, the first on-chain prediction market, was among the earliest applications ever launched on Ethereum. The aspiration was to allow anyone to bet any size on anything. Plagued with issues, Augur’s vision fell sh...

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endoftheworld.txt :: Crypto x AI

AI is an accelerationist technology that will significantly alter social trends while simultaneously transforming economies, reshaping industries, and providing new form factors for interacting online. While many have pronounced crypto’s incursion into the world of AI as unnecessary, we see it as a vital and synergistic relationship. The tightening of restrictions around the production and distribution of AI models has seen a remarkably fast-paced and anti-authoritarian open source community ...

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Joining 1kx as an EIR: Meet Rafael Morado

Rafael Morado is a product builder and strategist who has been developing products in the web3 space for the last 8+ years. He recently joined 1kx as an EIR, where he will focus on games, incentive systems, and consumer products. Most recently, he spent a year at Lattice, where he worked on strategy for MUD and Redstone and was the product lead for Sky Strife. Prior to that, he spent five years at Dapper Labs, from the early CryptoKitties days to the release of Flow and Topshot. Before web3, ...

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endoftheworld.txt :: Crypto x AI

AI is an accelerationist technology that will significantly alter social trends while simultaneously transforming economies, reshaping industries, and providing new form factors for interacting online. While many have pronounced crypto’s incursion into the world of AI as unnecessary, we see it as a vital and synergistic relationship. The tightening of restrictions around the production and distribution of AI models has seen a remarkably fast-paced and anti-authoritarian open source community ...

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Joining 1kx as an EIR: Meet Rafael Morado

Rafael Morado is a product builder and strategist who has been developing products in the web3 space for the last 8+ years. He recently joined 1kx as an EIR, where he will focus on games, incentive systems, and consumer products. Most recently, he spent a year at Lattice, where he worked on strategy for MUD and Redstone and was the product lead for Sky Strife. Prior to that, he spent five years at Dapper Labs, from the early CryptoKitties days to the release of Flow and Topshot. Before web3, ...

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ETPs: Expanding Investor Access to Crypto

Exchange-traded products (ETPs) offer a convenient, regulated, and low-cost way for both retail and institutional investors to access a range of underlying investments — and crypto is no exception. Since the launch of the first bitcoin tracker in Sweden in 2015, crypto ETPs have grown from a largely European phenomenon to an expanding global footprint and from a range of just 17 products at the end of 2020 to circa 180 trading today. As more TradFi institutions join the crypto-native firms in...

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ETPs: Expanding Investor Access to Crypto

Exchange-traded products (ETPs) offer a convenient, regulated, and low-cost way for both retail and institutional investors to access a range of underlying investments — and crypto is no exception. Since the launch of the first bitcoin tracker in Sweden in 2015, crypto ETPs have grown from a largely European phenomenon to an expanding global footprint and from a range of just 17 products at the end of 2020 to circa 180 trading today. As more TradFi institutions join the crypto-native firms in...

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Modding worlds: Building Hexcraft with Downstream

Composability allows us to build significantly more with less. While composability, modding, and extendability are often discussed as core reasons for building fully onchain games and worlds, there has been very little real-time experimentation around those properties. Is fully onchain worth it? Do we need to architect games to be composable from the very start, or is pure emergence enough? Can we leverage composability to create compelling net new entertainment systems? ‘Modding worlds’ is a...

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Modding worlds: Building Hexcraft with Downstream

Composability allows us to build significantly more with less. While composability, modding, and extendability are often discussed as core reasons for building fully onchain games and worlds, there has been very little real-time experimentation around those properties. Is fully onchain worth it? Do we need to architect games to be composable from the very start, or is pure emergence enough? Can we leverage composability to create compelling net new entertainment systems? ‘Modding worlds’ is a...

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Autonomous Worlds Game Jam (AA24 Recap)

Last week, during 16-18th of April we brought together 132 builders and players of fully onchain games together for a game jam purely focused on modding games, with participants represented across the following games, projects and teams: Ackee, Amegakure, Biomes, Briq, Cartridge, Cloudlines, Dope Wars, Eleven Yellow, Equilibrium, Ethereum Foundation, Etherplay, Footium, ggchronicles, ggQuest, Grugslair, Guildly, IDTheory, Inco, Interface, Jaw Drop Games, Lightshift, Magic Block, Mask, Mithrae...

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A Brief History of Memecoins: Their Past and Future

Memecoins, the intersection of digital currency and internet culture, have captivated participants throughout crypto cycles. Once again, they have captured the zeitgeist for their approachability, viral spread, and alluring potential for lucrative returns. In this article, we'll cover:The origin of memecoins: proof-of-work meme blockchainsHow memecoins have evolved through cycles: ICOs, tokens, DeFi summer, SolanaHow NFTs have influenced the memecoin landscapeRecent developments and emer...

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Autonomous Worlds Game Jam (AA24 Recap)

Last week, during 16-18th of April we brought together 132 builders and players of fully onchain games together for a game jam purely focused on modding games, with participants represented across the following games, projects and teams: Ackee, Amegakure, Biomes, Briq, Cartridge, Cloudlines, Dope Wars, Eleven Yellow, Equilibrium, Ethereum Foundation, Etherplay, Footium, ggchronicles, ggQuest, Grugslair, Guildly, IDTheory, Inco, Interface, Jaw Drop Games, Lightshift, Magic Block, Mask, Mithrae...

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A Brief History of Memecoins: Their Past and Future

Memecoins, the intersection of digital currency and internet culture, have captivated participants throughout crypto cycles. Once again, they have captured the zeitgeist for their approachability, viral spread, and alluring potential for lucrative returns. In this article, we'll cover:The origin of memecoins: proof-of-work meme blockchainsHow memecoins have evolved through cycles: ICOs, tokens, DeFi summer, SolanaHow NFTs have influenced the memecoin landscapeRecent developments and emer...

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Evaluating token economics for DePINs: cost estimation

Summary of contentKey Takeaways What are DePINs and why talk about costs The framework to come up with a cost estimate: Step 1: Identify network contributors Step 2: Assess cost components Step 3: Evaluate differences in cost structures and aggregate ExamplesKey takeawaysTo ensure continued participation of nodes in a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN), it is crucial for network stewards (founders, DAO members, etc) to consider costs incurred by operators when running nodes...

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Evaluating token economics for DePINs: cost estimation

Summary of contentKey Takeaways What are DePINs and why talk about costs The framework to come up with a cost estimate: Step 1: Identify network contributors Step 2: Assess cost components Step 3: Evaluate differences in cost structures and aggregate ExamplesKey takeawaysTo ensure continued participation of nodes in a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN), it is crucial for network stewards (founders, DAO members, etc) to consider costs incurred by operators when running nodes...

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Safe: Unlocking the Era of Programmable Ownership

Our thesis on Safe, and why we are more excited than ever to stand alongside the community as it approaches a vote on token transferability. Since the fund’s inception in 2018, we at 1kx have invested in over 100 projects under the thesis that token networks, powered by software and governed by communities, have enormous potential to impact the world economy and society at large. We believe the technologies that enable this will be built under three main principles:Self-custody. Users should ...

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Safe: Unlocking the Era of Programmable Ownership

Our thesis on Safe, and why we are more excited than ever to stand alongside the community as it approaches a vote on token transferability. Since the fund’s inception in 2018, we at 1kx have invested in over 100 projects under the thesis that token networks, powered by software and governed by communities, have enormous potential to impact the world economy and society at large. We believe the technologies that enable this will be built under three main principles:Self-custody. Users should ...

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DePIN Case Studies: Evaluating the cost of running DePIN networks

Optimizing costs in DePIN networks starts with evaluating current costs. We took a look at what Livepeer, Pocket Network, and DIMO have done to evaluate the cost of running nodes on their networks. DePINs leverage token incentives to mobilize individuals to participate in infrastructure networks. These individuals earn tokens in exchange for operating nodes on these networks. Given it costs money to operate nodes, ensuring that token rewards offset operational costs is essential. The problem?...

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DePIN Case Studies: Evaluating the cost of running DePIN networks

Optimizing costs in DePIN networks starts with evaluating current costs. We took a look at what Livepeer, Pocket Network, and DIMO have done to evaluate the cost of running nodes on their networks. DePINs leverage token incentives to mobilize individuals to participate in infrastructure networks. These individuals earn tokens in exchange for operating nodes on these networks. Given it costs money to operate nodes, ensuring that token rewards offset operational costs is essential. The problem?...

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On Trust Minimization and Horizontal Scaling

Ethereum is a permissionless world computer that possesses (arguably) the highest amount of economic security at the time of writing, acting as the settlement ledger for a vast number of assets, applications, and services. Ethereum does have its limitations – blockspace is a scarce and expensive resource on Ethereum layer one (L1). Layer two (L2) scaling has been seen as the solution to this problem, with numerous projects coming to market in recent years, mostly in the form of rollups. Howev...

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On Trust Minimization and Horizontal Scaling

Ethereum is a permissionless world computer that possesses (arguably) the highest amount of economic security at the time of writing, acting as the settlement ledger for a vast number of assets, applications, and services. Ethereum does have its limitations – blockspace is a scarce and expensive resource on Ethereum layer one (L1). Layer two (L2) scaling has been seen as the solution to this problem, with numerous projects coming to market in recent years, mostly in the form of rollups. Howev...

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Wallet Infrastructure: Empowering the Next Generation of Dapps

Wallet infrastructure is playing a crucial role in unlocking the web3 experience for the next generation of dapps. So far, users have had to install additional software, source and fund it with a novel currency, and face unfamiliar confirmation screens before even making the first interaction in web3. Despite improved firewalling and a movement away from seed phrases, these hurdles are still points of high churn for decentralized applications. The environment has been ripe for innovations tha...

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Wallet Infrastructure: Empowering the Next Generation of Dapps

Wallet infrastructure is playing a crucial role in unlocking the web3 experience for the next generation of dapps. So far, users have had to install additional software, source and fund it with a novel currency, and face unfamiliar confirmation screens before even making the first interaction in web3. Despite improved firewalling and a movement away from seed phrases, these hurdles are still points of high churn for decentralized applications. The environment has been ripe for innovations tha...

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