Elena Silenok

Tech founder turned fund investor.

[Elena Silenok @silenok]

1/ Why the Hermes Birkin bag is the OG CryptoPunk. 👇

[The DATA Foundation @datafdn]

The financial crisis inspired Bitcoin, a Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash Network.

The rise of AI demands Story, a Peer-to-Peer Intellectual Property Network.

The Story whitepaper is out! More below ⬇️

[Elena Silenok @silenok]

@skominers Love! The perfect square for the perfect year 🤩

[Scott Kominers @skominers]

Did everything feel a bit more mathematical this morning? That's because 2025 is a perfect square ✅!

Yes, 2025 is 45² = (1+2+...+9)².

It's the first square year since 1936, and the next one is 2116.

But that's not all… read on ⬇️👀

[Scott Kominers @skominers]

An #Eclipse2024 puzzle 🌑🧩 – in two versions!

Different answers to the same question: What does the eclipse bring us?

In both, to uncover the answer, you must find and follow the eclipse's path….

First version art by @sendrock; second by @RTFnfa 🙏

Solve either; submit below 👇

[Elena Silenok @silenok]

What do Taylor Swift and Harvard have in common? Find out in @skominers paper👇

[Scott Kominers @skominers]

Excited to announce a new paper with Piotr Dworczak, @marco_reuter, and @ChanghwaLee_:

We give a framework for "𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻" – with applications to everything from concert ticket and NFT sales to college admissions/affirmative action policy.

(Did you know that Taylor Swift and the Harvard admissions office are solving versions of the same fundamental math problem? 🧑‍🎓👀)

[Scott Kominers @skominers]

Join us tomorrow evening at 1800 EDT to talk 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 NFTs!

👇🎧👀

[Elena Silenok @silenok]

@mfBRAT_eth @skominers @1337skulls I am excited! 😆

[Elena Silenok @silenok]

@flashrekt @skominers @1337skulls Thank you! 😊

[Elena Silenok @silenok]

@skominers @1337skulls Thank you for the warm welcome @skominers and for your very kind words! Very excited to be a part of the @1337skulls community 🥰

[Elena Silenok @silenok]

@HipCityReg grade inflation 💯

[Elena Silenok @silenok]

How the iconic Hermès bags are made - everything is still produced by hand in their ateliers in France:

https://t.co/cgd6vNBTF2

via @voguemagazine

[Nass Eddequiouaq @nassyweazy]

.@cdixon wrote the reference book to explain people around you why web3 is and always was the natural evolution of the Internet with highly programmable highways that enable tomorrow's sustainable economies.

Incredible book by an incredible mind.

[Avichal Garg - Electric ϟ Capital @avichal]

Want a free copy of @cdixon's new book "Read Write Own" ?

@curtis0x, @ElectricCapital, and I are giving away 1401 books.

Just fill out the form: https://t.co/eWI4OwpFjB

DEADLINE: 11:59PM Pacific Time, Feb 1 (today!)
NOTE: We can only ship to the US

[Chris Dixon @cdixon]

My new book is finally here -- published today in the U.S.! 🟧

I hope you pick it up, share it, debate it with me.

Looking forward to your feedback.

More editions in more languages coming soon.

[Steve 🤙 @SteveKBark]

Do yourself a big favor and spend seven minutes watching @cdixon be an absolute wizard on @CNBC.

Kudos to CNBC for giving Chris, who is a phenomenal representative for Web3, the space to really dig in and answer their questions.

📘Read Write Own📘 is a must-read.

[Elena Silenok @silenok]

Great new book on everything NFT from the geniuses @skominers and @NFTbark 🤓 very excited to do a deep read!

cc @a16zcrypto

[Scott Kominers @skominers]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧, coauthored with @NFTbark -- available for pre-order now 📚👀

We attempt to demystify NFTs and explain why they’re valuable -- and what they mean for the future of business. https://t.co/DiV0r7OkJ6

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

The Techno-Optimist Manifesto -- please read and Ask Me Anything! Post questions as replies to this xeet. https://t.co/5ZKjiUG8de

[Chris Dixon @cdixon]

For the last 12 months I’ve been working on a book. I’m excited to talk about it for the first time today. 📘

Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet (March 2024, publisher: Random House)

Pre-order here: https://t.co/r2i9W4kloY

[John Collison @collision]

As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity *everything* requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects.