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Why Starbucks is putting the future of coffee on the blockchain

With 30 million members, Starbucks' loyalty programme is one of the most successful in the world. Randy Ginsburg explains why the coffee giant is turning to NFTs for a programme that accounts for over 50% of its sales.

The blockchain entrepreneurs going after AWS and Google to decentralise the last mile of the internet

Most of today’s most popular apps and websites rely on centralised servers to thrive. That's a problem for everyone, but particularly decentralised applications in web3, that aren't as decentralised as they might seem. Randy Ginsburg explores how Aleph provides truly decentralised solution to secure the web.

Spexi: building a fly-to-earn drone economy

Bill Lakeland has long dreamt of building a network of drones to capture important earth imagery. He’s using the blockchain to bring his vision to life. Randy Ginsburg dives into Spexigon, the fly-to-earn platform bringing a new model to the aerial imagery industry.

Music licensing is broken, and Dequency is fixing it in a way that only web3 can

Dequency has been making waves since launching last year. Web3’s flagship sync-licensing marketplace conducted the first ever music licence onchain and is leveraging web3 tools to build a better licensing system. Clovis McEvoy speaks to founder and CEO, Keatly Haldeman, about why he made the transition from web2, how to fix royalty payments, and crowdsourcing musical taste.

How YCombinator alum Chris Castig is reinventing Discord for the blockchain

Chris Castig has always sought to give other people a voice. An educator before becoming an entrepreneur, his first company taught people to code in 30 days. He speaks with Leo Nasskau about his new mission at Console, giving communities better tools to collaborate by “super-powering the chat” and using blockchain to disrupt web3's own darling: Discord. Lea Rose Emery tells the story.

Diving into Golden: using web3 to equip the world with all the knowledge it needs

Wikipedia is one of the world's greatest examples of human collaboration. But it's not without its flaws. By giving contributors ownership of their contributions, Golden lets them profit from their insight and wants to offer knowledge on every topic that world needs. Ekin Genç speaks to Jude Gomila about how he's building it.

Decentralised data storage means Google can never delete your photos

“It is the one obvious use case that billions of Internet users can be exposed to before the rest of web3.” Advocates have high hopes for decentralised file storage, which is already being used to ensure the integrity of documents from presidential handovers to NFT assets. Ekin Genç asks whether the sector is worth the hype.

New developments on the block: why the $10 trillion real estate industry should run on blockchain

Real estate is a $10 trillion sector, and too much of it is done on paper. With blockchain, NFTs, and smart contracts, web3 has much to offer one of history's oldest industries. Ekin Genç dives into some of the companies bringing web3 into real estate and explores some of the key benefits that blockchain offers the sector.

How Arpeggi is supercharging music collaboration online with blockchain

Music sampling created our favourite songs, reshaped the music industry, and inspired the hip-hop genre. But it's broken, dominated by web2 labels who charge crippling fees. Clovis McEvoy speaks to the team behind Arpeggi, the a16z-backed startup that's aiming to fix it.

Clovis McEvoy

July 5, 2022

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Why Starbucks is putting the future of coffee on the blockchain

The blockchain entrepreneurs going after AWS and Google to decentralise the last mile of the internet

Spexi: building a fly-to-earn drone economy

Music licensing is broken, and Dequency is fixing it in a way that only web3 can

How YCombinator alum Chris Castig is reinventing Discord for the blockchain

Diving into Golden: using web3 to equip the world with all the knowledge it needs

Decentralised data storage means Google can never delete your photos

New developments on the block: why the $10 trillion real estate industry should run on blockchain

How Arpeggi is supercharging music collaboration online with blockchain

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Why Starbucks is putting the future of coffee on the blockchain

The blockchain entrepreneurs going after AWS and Google to decentralise the last mile of the internet

Spexi: building a fly-to-earn drone economy

Music licensing is broken, and Dequency is fixing it in a way that only web3 can

How YCombinator alum Chris Castig is reinventing Discord for the blockchain

Diving into Golden: using web3 to equip the world with all the knowledge it needs

Decentralised data storage means Google can never delete your photos

New developments on the block: why the $10 trillion real estate industry should run on blockchain

How Arpeggi is supercharging music collaboration online with blockchain

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