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Dondo retweeted
The Vega upgrade is live, as set out in the January roadmap. Four things to know.
1. AI models are pretty good now. What sets one apart is context: what the model knows about the person asking. AI tools and agents look that up thousands of times a day. Every one of those lookups is your data moving. That is data portability.
2. On the internet, your data moves instantly. It moves between platforms without you in the loop. Vana moves your data where you choose and keeps your permission on record. The Vega upgrade brings that to the same speed: about a twentieth of a second.
3. Governments need the same thing. Most countries have laws that allow you to take your data with you. Almost none had a working way to do it until Vana wrote the standard for how personal data moves. It is now hosted by the Linux Foundation, and governments globally are already scoping national implementations.
4. The Vana network has always earned when pooled datasets were accessed. As of the Vega upgrade, it also earns every time one person's data moves. Every data portability transaction pays the network. Someone moves their data to an app. The app reads it. The network earns.
Want to know more? 🔗👇
Dondo retweeted
Vana presented at the Davos of internet rules last week.
The Global Digital Collaboration Conference in Geneva: the Swiss government, the Linux Foundation, IEEE, W3C, ISO and regulators from around the world, in one room, deciding how the internet works.
1.5M+ people already run on Vana. Now it's on the world tech stage.
🤖 Made with AI
Dondo retweeted
What's the most-copied AI rule in the world?
It is not the EU AI Act. It is not California's deepfake law. It is not anything from China.
I analysed 2,482 AI laws and policies from 91 countries, to find out. 🧵
How it works: I connected my ChatGPT data with github.com/vana-com/data-con…, instructed the agent to reference github.com/vana-com/vana-con… (and docs.vana.org).
Dondo retweeted
1/ Grain, oil, and equity began as messy local exchanges before standards were set. We’ve yet to see this for training data.
Today’s data deals remain opaque and ad hoc, from News Corp with OpenAI ($250M+), to Reddit with Google ($60M per year), to HarperCollins with Microsoft ($5,000 per book).
In a new paper with @Annakaz for @vana & @open_data_labs, we chart a path forward.
Dondo retweeted
In episode 25 of Launch Pad, I talk to Charles Allen, @Charles_BTCS, CEO of BTCS - an Ether treasury company. Charles talks about:
- working in the early days of Bitcoin
- pivoting to Ethereum
- staking with @Rocket_Pool
- what sets BTCS apart from DATs
and much more!
Check Linktree in the bio for links to watch/listen elsewhere.
Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Charles Allen and BTCS
03:02 Charles Allen's Engineering Background and Early Career
05:26 Transition to Crypto and BTCS's Origins
11:10 Challenges and Strategies in Early BTCS
13:02 Pivoting to Bitcoin Mining
18:58 Developing a Digital Asset Strategy
21:07 Exploring Ethereum and Its Potential
25:08 Public Perception of Bitcoin and Crypto
29:48 The Boom of 2017 and M&A Deals
33:03 Navigating the Staking Landscape
36:50 Communicating Risks to Investors
38:06 Exploring Revenue Strategies
41:11 Regulatory Challenges in Staking
43:41 The SEC's Impact on Operations
50:07 Innovations with Rocket Pool
59:01 The Evolution of Digital Asset Treasury Strategies
01:04:32 Navigating Market Dynamics and Shareholder Interests
01:07:07 Investor Focus: Beyond Stock Prices
01:08:58 Leveraging DeFi: The Aave Strategy Explained
01:14:39 SEC Ruling Impact: Opportunities for Liquid Staking Tokens
01:18:53 The Future of Rocket Pool and Ethereum
01:22:56 The Evolution of Blockchain and Institutional Adoption
01:27:00 Ethereum's Role in the Future of Finance
01:32:37 Looking Ahead: BTCS's Strategic Vision
01:34:11 Personal Reflections: The Journey and Future Aspirations
Dondo retweeted
Spotify data, owned by users.
Licensed on Vana. Trained by SoloAI.
We’re proud to partner with @vana and @UNWRAPPED_DATA to launch a new era for ethical AI, where communities own the data that fuels the future of generative entertainment.
Breaking News: Spotify Users Vote to Sell Their Data
@UNWRAPPED_DATA and @SoloAI_Agent Close Historic AI Dataset Deal
Another win for user-owned data.
newswire.com/news/spotify-us…
Dondo retweeted
Breaking News: Spotify Users Vote to Sell Their Data
@UNWRAPPED_DATA and @SoloAI_Agent Close Historic AI Dataset Deal
Another win for user-owned data.
newswire.com/news/spotify-us…
Dondo retweeted
Your ChatGPT chat history just got a lot more valuable.
The GPT Data DAO is finally live, powered by @vana!
Contribute your ChatGPT history and start earning $GPT points, which will convert to tokens at TGE. 🪂
Steps are simple:
1️⃣ Export your ChatGPT data
2️⃣ Visit our website
3️⃣ Connect your wallet
4️⃣ Upload your data & earn
Your late-night rambles, shower thoughts, love letters to AGI, they all count.
Take control back over of your data and get rewarded for it.
👉 Start here now: gptdatadao.xyz/contribute
Dondo retweeted
Vana (@withvana) is the biggest investment I've made at Not Boring Capital.
Back in March 2022, before AI was cool, @annakaz pitched a vision that user-owned data would become more valuable as AI/ML proliferated.
From my memo (inspired by Anna's insight, not my own): "As we use AI/ML to do more things, users’ data on Vana (much of which is currently private and inaccessible to large language models like OpenAI’s), will be a valuable input to those models and will provide an ongoing income stream to users’ whose data feeds the models."
She saw the future by living in the guts of both crypto and AI/ML.
Through a crypto winter and an AI spring, Anna, @artieart88, and the Vana team have stayed laser focused on the mission: AI x crypto for a reason -- to let people own and benefit from their own data -- before AI x crypto was the meta.
Today, Vana launched on mainnet, a huge milestone and fuel in the tank to bring more data DAOs and more data on to the Vana network.
It's awesome to see. Anna saw the future, built towards it, and ended up in the right place at the right time.
The thesis on Vana was pretty simple (from the memo):
"Anna, the founder, is truly world-class. This is as much a bet on her as it is on her idea... There are very few people as well positioned to build at the intersection of web3 and AI/ML than Anna."
I believe it even more after almost three years of watching her work. Long Vana.
Dondo retweeted
Today we release the Vana Whitepaper.
Vana unlocks data as a new asset class, accelerating AI progress while restoring data sovereignty in the age of AI.
In the original vision of the internet, users maintained full control, even wearing their personal data on them (pictured)
ALT MIT researchers designed devices to store their personal data with them, expecting that's how the internet would play out
📥 Introducing the Vana whitepaper: An Open Protocol for Data Sovereignty.
Authored by @annakaz, it explains Vana's vision and enabling technology for the future of AI, powered by user-owned data. Here's the TL;DR: 🧵
Dondo retweeted
🚨 Announcing another exciting step towards mainnet! 🚀
🌟 ⚛️✨ VANA DATA HUB ✨ ⚛️ 🌟
🪐 Data Hub will be your new portal to explore Vana’s Data DAO ecosystem and earn rewards for your data contributions 🏆
🧑🚀 Pre-register ahead of mainnet launch to secure your spot as a Data Hub Early Explorer 👇
Dondo retweeted
On this day, 7 years ago, RPL's ICO went live.
In those 7 years the @Rocket_Pool protocol has added nearly a quarter of all Ethereum nodes and multiple billions USD in ETH staked.
14th largest protocol in all of crypto.
Happy 7th birthday ❣️
