BitClout family, today is a very big day for the project. Perhaps the biggest day since we launched in March.
Today, several critical things are happening:
* The blockchain powering BitClout, and the over 100 apps building on top of it (bithunt.com/explore), will now be known as the DeSo blockchain, short for "decentralized social." Check out deso.org!
* We are creating a non-profit called the DeSo foundation that will support the blockchain, and further a broad mission of decentralizing social media.
* The foundation will use a $200 million treasury raised from Sequoia, Social Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and many others to support its mission. There is also a strategy to support everybody from developers, to NFT artists, to smaller creators and their coins, and we're very excited to announce all of those plans very soon.
Why are we doing this? 👇
There are few images that so artistically define an era and, I think, end up hung on walls and revisited throughout the decades.
Credit where credit is due @elonmusk Tweeted this; it's not an NFT.
I'm a fan of history in appreciating our future; of learning from it - learning how to innovate.
This echoes of the construction workers sitting on skyscraper iron works. It reminds me of Le Voyage dans la Lune, created by Georges Méliès in 1902.
It's art deco, it's black and white, it's old; and yet, it's now and the future.
The BitClout Blockchain — Officially 50k Blocks & Counting! 🎉 🎉
BitClout is about content creators; this piece represents the intersection of art and technology. It was generated using the data available to all on the platform to represent one of the basic underlaying transactions: UPDATE_PROFILE. I announced it 100 days ago, here is is 👇.
At block #️⃣20,000 I generated this snapshot of 256×256 profile pictures 👤, to remain in history 🏛️. This immortalize the first 65,536 accounts on @BitClout.
"Stand out from the noise"
At block #️⃣20,000 I generated this snapshot of 256×256 profile pictures 👤, to remain in history 🏛️. This immortalize the first 65,536 accounts on @BitClout.
"Stand out from the noise"
🚨 EMERGENCY ALERT 🚨
bitstoday.medium.com/f78fd54063ec
Last week, 30+ BitClout accounts were compromised and ~$30,000 in funds were misappropriated. The manner in which a bad actor was able to compromise these accounts has now been *fully identified*.
The executable versions of the applications @cloutspy and @bitwatcher both include malware that can extract your seed phrase, allowing their developer to access your BitClout account. If you use these applications and / or still have them on your computer, stop using them and delete them *immediately*.
For FULL DETAILS and important next steps on how to secure your account if compromised, please read the special edition in full. A @BitCloutPulse stage with additional information and discussion will also be live soon: discord.gg/bitclout
Myriad thanks to @tijn, @dgsus, @smartalec, @automatic, @BitCloutPulse, @HunterPaulson, and @PaulBurke for spearheading this investigation.
I went to the National History Museum today, snapped some photos of the T-Rex and with the new photogrammetry API on macOS Monterey, I turned this into a 3D model in 1 click.
Pulse is LAUNCHING TODAY!
They built a lightning ⚡ fast and secure platform to trade creator coins
TON of functionality you don't get on bitclout
Comment with the creator you think has the BEST "investment" 📈 upside
And I'll invest $5K in one tonight!
Now I wish we had a bookmark feature.
Influential writers everyone should know.
John Reed, Lenin's journalist
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Walter Duranty, Stalin's journalist
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Edgar Snow, Mao's journalist
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Herbert Matthews, Castro's journalist
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The feature you've all been waiting for is finally here: DARK MODE!
Big thank you to @carsenk for his contribution, and to @chafreaky, @tijn, @ludo, @paulburke, cfayard, and connerdouglass, for reviewing.
Proud to be a part of this community.
