Published in Dapper Labs·PinnedThe Future of [X] is DecentralizedDapper Labs acquires Sequoia-backed Brud, forms Dapper Collectives with Trevor McFedries as CEO to bring decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to Flow Blockchain — Brud is creating community-owned media and collectively-built worlds –brud.fyi We’ve had a busy few weeks at Dapper Labs: raising $250M additional capital from the world’s top investors; announcing incredible new partnerships with the NFL and La Liga; welcoming Dwyane Wade and celebrating #HBDTopShot by trending all day on Twitter.Blockchain5 min read
Published in Dapper Labs·Dec 25, 20212021: the Year Web3 and the Open Metaverse Became InevitableYear in Review from Dapper Labs and Flow blockchain — featuring NBA Top Shot, NFL All Day, Genies, Ballerz, and more. — A little over a year ago, on October 16, 2020, Dapper Labs launched the open beta of NBA Top Shot into a very different world. …Flow4 min read
Published in Dapper Labs·Mar 25, 2021Flow x Alchemy: Blockchain At Internet ScaleFlow blockchain is today home to apps like NBA Top Shot, Viv3, and MotoGP – Alchemy Developer Platform will help thousands more developers build for mainstream consumers — Alchemy is the leading blockchain developer platform, powering over $25 billion in transaction volume as well as the majority of NFT and DeFi projects including CryptoKitties. That’s why I’m so proud and excited Alchemy has chosen Flow as the next public blockchain they will support with their entire developer platform.Blockchain3 min read
Published in Axiom Zen Team·Feb 23, 2021Better Code, Faster: ZenHub Helps the Best Software Teams Stay FocusedZenHub raises seed financing to build out developer platform including automation, better sprint planning, and easy project management without leaving GitHub — Too many software development teams are still wasting time on administrative work instead of writing code. ZenHub is building a future where nobody has to “do” project management. Where developers can simply focus on the code without sacrificing organizational clarity into project status.Github4 min read
Published in Dapper Labs·Oct 23, 2020Presenting HaCKittieZ: Hackatao x AsyncArt x CryptoKittiesThe future of art is personal, digital, and interactive — here are two ways you can make your mark right now — “Despite everything, we live in the most incredible of times. You just need to know how to live it” –– Hackatao (EradiGirl) Our lives today are increasingly digital, bringing us closer and teasing the possibility of an infinite future––a metaverse free for anyone to explore, play with, and build…Art3 min read
Published in Dapper Labs·Oct 1, 2020NBA Top Shot takes sports collecting to the next level — only on FlowFirst-of-its-kind officially-licensed NBA experience comes out of private beta with over $2 million in pack sales and tens of thousands of trades on the secondary market — Our biggest launch ever: NBA Top Shot is open to the public! High flying dunks. No look dimes. Game saving blocks. The level of drama and skill in NBA basketball is simply unmatched in the sports world. Now you can own a piece of that action.NBA5 min read
Published in Dapper Labs·Sep 1, 2020Muse x CryptoKitties: Introducing Marty and Mibbles, the first officially-licensed music collectibles for the MetaVerseThese Limited Edition CryptoKitties are inspired by the immersive, creative, visual world in Simulation Theory, the band’s latest hit album — “Without my music, where would I be You taught me how to cry and still remain a G” – Nate Dogg Music is at once deeply personal and unabashedly social. From band posters on dorm-room walls to Spotify playlists, from t-shirts bought at concerts to autographed LP covers, the music…Blockchain4 min read
Published in Dapper Labs·Jul 21, 2020Dr. Seuss digital collectibles on Flow, by the creators of CryptoKittiesThe experience will include all of the most popular places and characters in the Dr. Seuss universe including Cat in the Hat, Grinch, Lorax, and more. — EDIT: We got mucho press 🙏 —awesome interview with our Dr. Seuss partners in Decrypt and articles in TechCrunch, Fortune, VentureBeat! This one is personal. My family moved around a lot when I was a kid — awesome in retrospect, but disruptive in the moment. Dr. Seuss was a constant foundation in a sea…Flow4 min read
Published in Dapper Labs·Jun 5, 2020Listening and LearningIn the spirit of transparency, this is an internal note to Axiom Zen, Dapper Labs, and ZenHub staff. Team, The events of the past few days have sent shockwaves across the planet as people across the world recognize and internalize how oppression, systemic racism, and injustice have impacted Black communities…Black Lives Matter2 min read
Published in Dapper Labs·Oct 7, 2019Open Worlds on FlowCryptonetworks will enable a new generation of open applications — Ali Yahya, partner at Andreessen Horowitz’ crypto fund, posted an awesome thread on some of his thinking supporting @withflow_ this morning: Business of Crypto Apps We describe Flow as a decentralized, permissionless network built to support a new generation of games, apps, and the digital assets that power them. This new generation of…Blockchain5 min read