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Growth @avara . formerly co-founder @______jpg______ and @dod_berlin @ethberlin / sometimes contributor @forbescrypto and others

Joined March 2018
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
1 month
Omg time for a professional announcement! I’ve joined @avara to work in Growth :) 🤝 I’m on my lane, moisturised, focused and as I like it best, onchain. So very lucky to be able to join @StaniKulechov @parisrouz @0xChristina and so many hyper talented people. I want to share
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
Lord grant me the confidence of a 20 something tech bro tweeting about art history.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
The saddest thing you'll see today is, once again, brought to you by Christie's.
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maria paula
3 years
We’re all part of this man’s middle life crisis. Just get a full back tattoo and leave us the fuck alone bro.
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
3 years
Working with Doge devs to improve system transaction efficiency. Potentially promising.
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@MPtherealmvp
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4 months
Successful M&A achieved today ✅📈
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
5 years
Companies that are hiring: - @ZeppelinOrg - @golemproject - @AragonProject - @neufundorg - @gnosisPM - @Chainzillaio - @web3foundation - @ParityTech - @BeaxyExchange We’re putting up a list for the people downsized. Are you hiring? A lot of talent is on the loose! DM me!
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
6 years
I made a meme.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
4 years
Pregnant lady: hey I’m going into labor a week before expected. Noone: Nobody: Link Marines: a Chainlink oracle solves this.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
5 years
Due to my tax advisor’s gross negligence, on Thursday while trying to pay for a burrito, I found out my main bank account was seized by the tax authorities. You may wonder why I’d make this public. Well, read this thread.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
6 months
Love the Coinbase ad. I got a better one. Here’s 200 USD in Argentine Pesos, mostly in the second largest denomination available.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
LOL yes this is what happens when you’re bidding on sold out NFTs.
@VinnyLingham
Vinny Lingham
3 years
This is why Ethereum is broken...I just tried to mint an NFT on a new drop.
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@MPtherealmvp
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4 years
I’ve gotten a fair share of comments and DM and different view points on the topic of DeFi being hostile to women. I’ll explain shortly why we feel this way now, and didn’t before. Thread:
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
5 years
Bitcoin’s not gonna save Argentina. DAI is also not gonna save Argentina. DAOs are certainly fucking not gonna save Argentina. Nothing we build can ever save a country like Venezuela or Argentina because the problems are more than 100 years old and our tools are futile still.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
2 years
Ironically, in order to read about the 3AC asset seizure, you gotta solve a yatch themed captcha.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
5 years
Ps: ETH is money.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
There's no such thing as DeFi on Bitcoin, but honestly, there is so much versatility on Bitcoin you don't actually need it. Like you can have Bitcoin on Bitcoin, or Bitcoin, and maybe also Bitcoin. You can collect your Bitcoin, or trade your Bitcoin.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
*"the crypt" does not mean anything but this looks like Tales from The Crypt, the background squiggle will haunt my dreams, and really the monitors? the placement? the Lindsay Lohan Mykonos nightclub is a better curated experience than this.
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@MPtherealmvp
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11 months
NFT bros threading the history of Louis Vuitton and using the term Maison is my own personal hell.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
6 years
Hey @_Kevin_Pham while you’re holding @VitalikButerin responsible on the ETH price, i’m buidling on ETH and focusing on code, tech, inclusion, diversity and community. What has fucking bitcoin done for this?!! Just wondering. We’re hardworkers not speculators.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
The past week in NY has showed me that “going into web3” now means selling out your NFT drop, and that “joining a DAO” means joining a discord and vibing. Not mad just sad we’ve been working so hard through a long bear market towards collective cognitive dissonance.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
6 months
We're winding down JPG. I am so proud to have built, together with the best team and co-founder I could ever wish for, meaningful tools and an incredible community.
@______jpg______
JPG (pronounced jpeg)
6 months
1/ The end of an era 💔💔 With super heavy hearts, today we’re announcing that we’ve begun to wind down JPG as a company. As you know, we sunset our existing products in June/July looking to pivot into a new direction.
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@MPtherealmvp
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10 months
Lil' humble personal announcement - i've started contributing to @ForbesCrypto :) My first story is all about experimentation in NFTs w/ @sara_ludy @entangledothers @steviepxyz @_keiken_ @FeltZine and @jonas_lund
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
4 years
I don’t know who needs to read this but: it’s about time you unfollow Nick Szabo.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
2 months
The last months I've been interviewing and eating humble pie, as, 7 years in crypto yet I feel I'm not a culture fit anywhere because of the loss of identity in our industry. There are teams asking as requirement that you have experience in management consulting (????????)
@lay2000lbs
Leighton 🛡
2 months
This cycle we need to not hire the ex meta / google people who don't understand crypto. Stick with the crypto natives
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
I said I skipped Paris cause I was minding my own business. Well now I’m minding it publicly. After years and years of working for protocols, I’m now a protocol co-founder, on the intersection I love the most, art + tech. It feels unreal, it feels right, and I’m so proud.
@______jpg______
JPG (pronounced jpeg)
3 years
GM. Today’s the best GMs of them all as you’ll wake up to a live JPG, Deep Time exhibition + (sold out) SALT gift shop. Wake up and smell the cultural infrastructure of the future, frens.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
4 years
Please help your elderly neighbors. Leave a note on the stairs or doors offering your help buying groceries and other necessities - and leaving them at their doorstep. If you’re healthy, you can do this and it might save lives and decrease anxiety and feeling of helplessness
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
2 years
NFTs are only NFTs if minted on Ethereum otherwise they’re just sparkling jpegs.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
11 months
Been here since 2017 and the space feels like a very stupid ouroboros. Never learning always extracting, celebrating the wrong actors. Don’t know how to fix this. The goals and technology are meaningful and necessary. But the hype and grifters problems won’t let us grow.
@dabit3
nader dabit
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having worked in the blockchain space for ~2.5 years I've formed some unpopular opinions that I'd like to share. 1. the problems with security are laughably underestimated by almost everyone here. most people act as if losing your identity and all of your money because you
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
4 years
Hey girls come to DeFi it’s a super welcoming space!
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@josephdelong
joseph.eth
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Ethereum UX Roadmap 2024 ERC-4337 -> EIP-4844 -> EIP-3074 -> EIP-5003
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
2 months
Little art/wedding thread concerning the Deal Toy that @steviepxyz x Clearmount made for @dennnnnnnnny and i's wedding (and you can mint as souvenir below)
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
4 months
Every once in a while this panel pops up. I was so terrified of speaking at Art Basel - fresh off the 2 years of covid lockdowns and travel bans. I did quite well tho. Next week I’m marrying one of these people (not Holly unfortunately!)
@hollyherndon
Holly Herndon
3 years
The NFTs in the Art World panel discussion @ArtBasel with @dennnnnnnnny @MPtherealmvp of @______jpg______ and Dan DeNorch of @foliafoliafolia is now online!
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
1 year
Almost ready! @______jpg______
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
1 year
Mike Hanlon (from Germany) Global Executive CEO from Uniswap Community SYSTEM
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
5 months
Hey, who’s hiring? Asking for myself. Only reply if your crypto project/company is wholesome. My wholesome profile can be found here:
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
1 year
Everyone visiting NYC needs to cancel whatever the hell they’re doing and just go to MoMa for the video show. Really.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
Imagine being such a shithead.
@maxkeiser
Max Keiser
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Nocoiners after #Bitcoin crosses $100,000
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
Vitalik's an incredible person and we're lucky to have him, but this should be obvious. Last Sunday, one of the cornerstones of the India dev community and a friend of many within Ethereum died at 31. Dog tokens --> @CryptoRelief_ , period. And thank you @sandeepnailwal & co.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
1 year
Maria Paula vs the Goerli new community, colorized
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
1 year
Just dumped 200k goeth again - Denver needs cheap testnet eth. This time I donated the fresh ETH to Turkey and Syria Earthquake Relief Fund via @endaomentdotorg - and you can also donate Goeth directly :)
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
1 year
This is incredibly upsetting. The Argentinian National Bank is banning fintech from offering crypto. In a country with 104% inflation crypto is life saving. Latin America doesn’t only do crypto. They need it to survive.
@pbarbieri
Pierpaolo Barbieri
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La Comunicación “A” 7759 del BCRA publicada recientemente prohíbe a las billeteras virtuales (PSPCP) como @uala_arg ofrecer criptoactivos. Esto nos fuerza a suspender la posibilidad de operar Cripto, donde ya contamos con más de 300.000 cuentas abiertas. Nos duele mucho.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
1 month
Rarely use Twitter for these things lately - I feel what I post here can be weaponized against me very quickly, but what the hell: Seeing a whole hospital cease to exist, 400 more people massacred including humanitarian workers, should not be tolerated by anyone, no matter
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
11 months
In 2021 in NFTs we celebrated innovation and weirdness. Experimentation and concept came first. In 2023, none of that matters. People celebrate “grails” aka safe investments, & remove anything that’s good & interesting from those works by inventing some lame ass solemnity.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
21 days
You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
Well, Pomp is actually right. If this dump continues, we're all gonna end up delivering pizza.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
Imagine joining this team. Well now you can cause we’re hiring and I promise we’re as fun as we look! We need a design lead + devs. Dms open
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
6 months
Hi I'm back helping organize @ETHBerlin 2024, and I'll be looking after sponsorships. So remember all those DMs asking me about ETHBerlin when I was no longer at ETHBerlin? Well, now you can resume them.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
1 year
Performance art.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
4 years
1/ Stop hacking DeFi for a minute please (whether ethical or not) - free audience research! With @83TB & co we had a really fun 4 hours researching audience and personas for the web3 ecosystem yday and I made them into memes for more #MemeDrivenDevelopment . Let’s share them!
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
5 years
Really not understanding the “ @ConsenSys has done nothing” narrative prompted by @forbes . We basically rely on @infura_io while they are vocal we need more options. @metamask_io is used by ALL. Sure some spokes are superrandom but those 2 alone do so much...
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
11 months
PoV you’re at chris dixon’s office
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
1 year
NYC roll call! We’re co-organizing a few events and would love to invite you! Lmk who’s in town and i’ll send some cool events your way ❤️❤️
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
9 months
My latest feature for @ForbesCrypto is all about defending the choice for anonymity/pseudonymity. Thank you @kenshokenji @SHL0MS @0x113d for reflecting about your choices with me for this article!
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
2 years
1/ OMG it's time for my pERsOnaL AnNouNcEmEnt: Bit bittersweet but I want to share that two days ago, I resigned to the MD position of @ETHBerlin / Department of Decentralization. But there are really good news on that front, so tHrEaD:
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
1 year
Crypto twitter is soulless and i know this because nobody posted about Tina Turner, well here’s my Trezor, Tina Trezor in 2017 RIP my queen
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
1 year
I’m actually working in making sure the next testnet that’s born next is free and stays free.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
4 months
Hello, it's us again and we're as confused as everybody else about our crypto ecosystem :) Join us, you won't regret it:
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
5 years
Luckily I have a bank account elsewhere. And my savings in DAI. Otherwise my life would be ruined for at least four months.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
5 years
This
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
Lol the curator @ most commercial art gallery in Berlin has called NFTs a pyramid last Saturday and this week (!!) opened an NFT sale on Decentraland. NFTs are a scam unless the middlemen are in. Makes sense, right?
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
8 months
Really excited to learn how to onboard the next billion users from underserved countries and unbanked communities to crypto for only 999 USD per conference ticket price!
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
11 months
A hard decision but the necessary one to ensure the longevity of what we've been building so far. Something more important than a product, a shift of the mindset of the NFT ecosystem. A proposal, a quest to find cultural value, and a truly unstoppable community and brand.
@______jpg______
JPG (pronounced jpeg)
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An announcement. The JPG products have been paused. But our brand and community carry on, because they're truly unstoppable. Stay tuned for what comes next. We're strong and optimistic. We hope you stick with us.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
@emmakennytv @Qantas I’ll take ignorance about how medicine and immunization works for $200, Alex
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
8 months
NEXT WEEK IN BERLIN - Market Makers, the exhibition comissioned to @______jpg______ by Berliner Volksbank What to expect - NFTs, blockchain art, and trad art from the Bank's collection. Opening on 5/10 6pm - wine for everyone.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
2 years
The ugliest watch in the world doesn't exist, it can't hurt you. The ugliest watch in the world:
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@MPtherealmvp
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@FingerprintsDAO
Fingerprints
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@claracxw @shamrock_xyz @MPtherealmvp is co-founder of JPG and has worked in the blockchain space since '17, having consulted/worked with many prominent projects across the Ethereum ecosystem. She has curated many art shows and writes about tech and art topics, including curation, communities, and more.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
2 months
Wow this escalated - now i’m more humbled by how kind everyone is. Like I said: i’m all good doing cool stuff enjoying my bags and playing with all the amazing stuff being built out. But seeing the job listings presenting crypto as FAANG, and how as a generalist that has had
@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
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The last months I've been interviewing and eating humble pie, as, 7 years in crypto yet I feel I'm not a culture fit anywhere because of the loss of identity in our industry. There are teams asking as requirement that you have experience in management consulting (????????)
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@MPtherealmvp
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8 months
I think what this space needs is for people to put their money where their mouth is. Pay the few curators there are because they are getting burned out. Support projects that foster curation and context, don't leave them on read. But sure - its the curators.
@GrantYun2
Grant Riven Yun
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this space needs more good curators.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
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New story for @ForbesCrypto 📰📰 Consumer crypto, all about @BoysClubWorld and mentions to @Poolsuite and @____zine____
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
4 years
Hey! So this week was tough on me but along came $UNI and gave me a bit of extra cash. I’ve now paid it forward a bit and donated to @she_256 1000 USD because that’s approximately 1 USD per mention telling womxn to grow a thicker skin.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
2 months
HEADS UP - ETHBERLIN IS HAPPENING IN MAY!!!!!! MAY NOT SEPTEMBER!!!!!!!!! We need mentors, hackers, etc.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
5 years
I’ve always felt strongly against the system but i always coexisted. Now they cut me off. In two days, they completely changed my life and forced me to figure out alternatives. I’m so lucky I’ve learnt about the alternatives before, and that I’m working in this industry.
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2 years
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
Okay so the announcement (of an announcement) I wanted to make today is that we ( @______jpg______ ) published our website with a high level explanation of what's in store. A new, much needed primitive for NFT ecosystem.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
4 years
A day as a woman in DeFi:
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
Nobody: Absolutely noone: Justin Sun:
@justinsuntron
H.E. Justin Sun 孙宇晨
3 years
@bgarlinghouse let's support @Ripple and $XRP together! 💪
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
6 months
Just caught up with the latest NFT discourse 🤡
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
@niftynaut First I’d just throw all this to the garbage. Custom frames for aspect ratio. Dark wall. No cringe title, art blocks would just do. Wider wall (they can afford this of course, that’s just drywall). No squiggle in the back, nada. It’s just added noise. It’s not rocket science
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
Any attempt to block stablecoins is a direct attack on people’s right to economic stability: Especially those in emergent economies, victims of hyperinflation and unbanked. Don’t let pseudo-progressives fool you
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
As a skeptic and critic working in Blockchain and with NFTs since early, I find myself in a tough spot dealing with the current hype. So I picked up my books once again to try to understand, and I hope it helps other cynics too.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
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WHAT IF WE KISSED AT THE A16Z TACO STATION?? omg i had actually so much fun @a16z can organize a solid evening.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
1 year
Hi i’m in ID Germany mag styled as Anna Delvey with @abbey_titcomb @annascarroll and @fkpxls Styling by Mi Marak Photos by Ioannis Papadakis
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
Are DAOs the new Herbalife
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
7 months
Packed opening for Market Makers - 185 people (as calculated by the Bank) turned up. The party ends tomorrrow: From 5 to 7, panels by @harmvddorpel @isthisanart_ @stinalinneag @anne_schwanz @maltefr_eth @brachlandberlin + drinks + vibes. Celebrities may or might not be there
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
10 months
Lol they’re scanning eyeballs at the low tier shopping center there’s no such thing as a coincidence
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
Say it louder for the #RobinHood WSB kids in the back: FUCK STONKS BUY ETHEREUM LONG LIVE UNISWAP AND NON CUSTODIAL WALLETS.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
8 months
Look what @cigawrettepacks did with one of my tweets.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
2 years
Got back from my travels to the ultimate brain treat by Ruth Catlow @furtherfield and @pennny_rafferty 💙💙 thank you so much! Incredible book about DAOs, collaboration, art and so much more. Some favorite snippets below:
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maria paula
1 month
Lol thats not an earthquake, thats the brooklyn solana masternode getting restarted
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maria paula
3 years
@emrata @ChristiesInc Look I stan and congrats on this move, really, but red eyes stand for Bitcoin people and you’re selling an Ethereum-based token. Different chains and communities. The NFT is paid in USD, so really nothing to do with Bitcoin :)
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
5 years
Dear Crypto People: you don’t need 7 community managers, 10 technical writers, 4 event managers, 9 PR people and a douche to oversee it all. You just need at most two resourceful people that can manage all, and products that don’t suck. We are not even near needing such teams.
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
1 year
Here’s a selfie with new sunglasses that make me look like a Nouns derivative. Very timely given the fast growing @______jpg______ Derivatives canon, I believe this is now a business expense. Browse the canon here:
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@MPtherealmvp
maria paula
3 years
Hell Lindsay, you're minting in Ethereum. I never thought I'd post this but #SayEthereum
@lindsaylohan
Lindsay Lohan
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Bitcoin is the future, happening now. Support my vision of empowerment by collecting this 1 of 1 NFT from @rariblecom
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maria paula
4 years
Yo, Consensys layoffs - I’m looking for a community manager. As my new parody VC persona would say: let me know how can I be helpful. Also feel free to reach out with list of available talents and our team at @ETHBerlin can spread the word.
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maria paula
1 year
My dad’s in town visiting and i can’t believe that i’m 37 and he still asks me if I have money when i go and get us a coffee; but also I don’t, Dad, I work in fucking crypto and we’re excavating the bottom.
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