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@metopia × Unlock is live 🔓 Learn how Unlock works through quests, explore the DAO, and earn rewards along the way. No fluff — just hands-on onboarding. Start here 👇 https://metopia.xyz/project/unlock

Unlock DAO 2025 Wrapped → 2026 Kickoff! Thanks to @trigs.eth, we just dropped our first newsletter of 2026. A literal recap of everything we built last year and a look ahead to a new era of DAO-led growth. Here are the highlights 👇 💫 Unlock Labs Foundation winds down → DAO treasury gains ~40% of token supply 💫 @stellaachenbach steps down from her Steward role to focus on her own project /thealanaproject 💫 Upcoming @incented collab for future content creator contributions to the protocol social channels 💫 More sustainable liquidity via ICHI vault brewing 💫 We wrapped last year's exciting strategic partnerships and are looking forward to our new ones this year, e.g., with @metopia Watch the full 2025 Wrapped DAO Call replay here 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/live/dyiRpIl_lmg 🧭 Read the full update: https://paragraph.com/@unlockprotocol/unlock-dao-newsletter-january-2026 #UnlockProtocol #DAO #Web3 #CommunityGovernance

More than excited for this new chapter together with @metopia 👇

Onchain tickets = no scams, no middlemen, no limits. I didn’t believe that at first either. Because buying tickets online has trained all of us to expect stress, hidden fees and fake resales. Apps that start to malfunction when you need them. Somehow, going to an event has become harder than it should ever be. The problem isn’t that tickets are digital. It’s that they’re trapped. They are trapped in platforms that control prices, in systems where resale feels risky. Trapped in rules that don’t really serve fans or organizers. So everyone just puts up with it. 🧵 🧵 🧵 👇 👇 👇

Gm Locksmiths, Join us on Monday, the 12th of January, at 8:00 AM ET as we sit down with the team from @RUMSHQ Morning Show, alongside @ceci-sakura and @stellaachenbach. We'll be chatting about Web3, community ownership, and what it truly means to build open, onchain access that people can actually use. Set your reminder, grab your morning beverage, and tune in. We’d love to have you there. Get ready to join us on X or LinkedIn 👉 https://x.com/RUMSHQ

Starting the year with real stories from real builders. ✨ In this piece, @sohobiit shares how Unlock became the invisible infrastructure behind her community, courses, and events — not as hype, but as a tool she uses every single day. Ownership. Simplicity. Freedom to build without permission. This is what Web3 is supposed to feel like. Give the article a read, and let us know your experiences and which tools you feel fulfill that same promise. https://paragraph.com/@unlockprotocol/a-powerful-blockchain-tool

Happy New Year 🥳 🎉 🥂 ! Thank you for the cute artwork @ceci-sakura 😘 !

DAOs don't just feel complex; they are, in a way. Many new joiners find it hard to orient in a DAO because everything works so differently. New tools, new words, new ways of organizing themselves. But Unlock Protocol DAO member Will T aka @kingfishersmedia makes it feel like a breeze. Curious about his journey and getting some real practical tips? Read our latest community spotlight here: https://paragraph.com/@unlockprotocol/community-spotlight-or-will-t

/farcon is awesome just by itself, but even more awesome is a community ready to walk the walk and make use of Unlock at its fullest potential by building a mini app on Farcaster utilizing open-source tech. 🎫 Get your tickets now: https://www.farcon.eu/ Big shoutout to @limone.eth and the entire Farcon Rome team 💕 !

Unpopular opinion: "If your @devcon side event tickets can’t live onchain, is it even Ethereum week?" Most Devconnect events ran ticketing on Web2-style platforms this year. With Unlock, tickets live onchain as NFTs, so organizers get verifiable tickets, no duplication risk, and programmable perks long after the event ends. Did you know spinning up an onchain event with Unlock still enables you to submit it as an ‘external platform’ event to that same Luma calendar you love using? So no loss on your end, just benefits really😉. Meme credits: @sohobiit

On a recent stream with Rob McCarthy, founder of IllustSpace, Unlock DAO Steward @stellaachenbach talked about how Unlock Protocol has become her go-to tool for staying independent from centralized platforms as a creator. Watch the session excerpt and let us know in the comments what frustrates you most about centralized platforms these days.

Are You At Devconnect? Let's Meet ❤️ @ceci-sakura, Jonathan, me and @julien51.eth will be around at @devcon. So come say hi, do some questing with us and take some "unlocked" merch home with you! Where you can find us? Check our public schedule here and otherwise be on the lookout for our What's UP light purple bucket hats ;) https://paragraph.com/@unlockprotocol/meet-us-at-devconnect

Big things coming 👀 We’re joining forces with @metopia to level up onchain learning, rewards & governance for our community 🔓💜 The future of participation just got a serious upgrade — stay tuned for more. ⚡

The plain truth about DAOs is that delegation is not just a fancy way of saying you're delegating your voting power to yourself or another person; it is a term used repeatedly alongside coordination and accountability in DAOs. While people in these networks humanize a technology, it can also be a point of friction if there is no aligned, outspoken mission among DAO members. With our move from founder to Lead Steward and this year from Lead Steward to a fully functional Steward Council, we have been delegating tasks previously on the shoulders of 4 people onto the shoulders of many. This month marks another task delegation: The monthly DAO Newsletter is now authored by our brand new DAO host, @trigs.eth. Please celebrate with us this next step and show your support for Trigs' first DAO Newsletter here: https://paragraph.com/@unlockprotocol/unlock-dao-call-newsletter-or-november-4-2025.

🧵 Unlock Protocol — Infra built by people, for people written by @sohobiit 1️⃣ The most powerful infra is the one you don’t notice — because it just works. Unlock Protocol isn’t “just NFTs or POAPs.” It’s the backbone of access, payments & credentials across Web3. 2️⃣ With Unlock, you can spin up memberships, subscriptions & gated access — no middlemen, no permission needed. Just a few clicks, a smart contract, and full ownership. Follow the thread 👇 👇 👇

👀 Sneak Peek: The Unlock DAO Merch Store is coming soon! Unlock DAO Stewards @ceci-sakura and @stellaachenbach are cooking something exciting… 🔓 Our community has been asking for it, and we’ve been listening — the Unlock DAO Merch Store is almost here! Sleek designs to meaningful symbols of our shared mission, each piece will celebrate the builders, creators, and supporters who make Unlock Protocol what it is. Stay tuned for the official drop and get ready to rep the spirit of open access and collaboration. 💫 Subscribe for more news & updates to our @paragraph blog: paragraph.xyz/@unlockprotocol

𝗕𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀. 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗼. 🧠 Tomorrow, we go LIVE with @leebrat (X), the Growth & Product Lead at Human Passport. Leebrat, aka Daniel, will show us how you can add Human Passport to your Unlock setup — in minutes and make sure only real humans engage with your tickets, memberships, and anything else you are offering with Unlock 💟 ! 🗓️ Oct 30 | 🕑 2PM EST | 📺 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/NUwLIMFWMYc?si=Xz8hYnefTtLuuA2_ Get ready to see how we’re building for humans — and with them.

GM Locksmiths, I hope your week is going well, especially with all the cute Warplets flooding our timelines 🥰 ! A quick BTS from our side working with Women of Web3, Sandy Martinez, and featured artist Jeannine Chanin Penn on the release of their independent art collection onchain with Unlock. At the same time I encourage you to RSVP for their event in Phoenix on the 1st of November in collab with Ethereum Phoenix: https://app.unlock-protocol.com/event/web-3-unlocked-by-women-of-web-3

GM Farcaster and happy week ahead! This seasons @giveth x @gitcoin is coming to a close way too fast 🙃 especially because we are now eligible for GIVbacks 🥳 ! Special thanks goes from us to @gpdevguild.eth for supporting us in DMs, and we are here to pay back! If you decide to support a project during this round please consider supporting at least three projects at a time, because the amplification across our ecosystem will thank it with building more free and open source tools you can use, just like Unlock 😇 . Here are our suggestions: 1️⃣ https://giveth.io/project/unlock-protocol 2️⃣ https://giveth.io/project/greenpill-dev-guild 3️⃣ https://giveth.io/project/human-passport Please consider donating as the match funding has a direct impact on feature developments and more for the next months 😘