‘Father’ of the Metaverse Neal Stephenson launching metaverse blockchain

At LAMINA1, Neal Stephenson will focus on “helping get artists and other value creators paid properly for their work, helping the environment [...] and seeing a truly open Metaverse get built,” noted co-founder Peter Vessenes.
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