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# #702 | Report Launch, Consumer Crypto & Rethinking Ownership
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/702-report-launch-consumer-crypto/
- Published: 2023-05-05T12:03:50.000Z
- Updated: 2024-05-14T15:25:20.000Z
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Supplement, #Migrated-1715700289252, #Import 2024-05-14 15:25

The countdown has begun folks … [DIRTY WORDS #4 \[COMMUNITY\]](https://dirtywords.protein.xyz/?ref=protein.xyz) — our beautiful collaboration between [Protein Community](http://protein.xyz/?ref=protein.xyz) and [Protein Agency](http://proteinagency.com/?ref=protein.xyz) — is launching with a special online event on**[ ](https://dirtywords.protein.xyz/?ref=protein.xyz)**[Monday 15th May](https://dirtywords.protein.xyz/?ref=protein.xyz).So, if you want to understand what ‘community’ means today and be the first to get your hands on the full report (as well as some tasty extras), then sign-up below and tell your friends, as you won’t want to miss it:

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It’s a slightly shorter Supplement this month, as we’ve been focused on getting ready for Season 6 and a bunch of *exciting new initiatives*, but more on that next month. In the meantime, if you’re looking to earn, learn, and grow with a bunch of other culturally curious creatives, Protein Membership applications are[ open again](https://airtable.com/shrPXzhJhKM9FKjeE?ref=protein.xyz), and before we get to the links, here’s a brand new track by our very own [baby guava](https://www.instagram.com/7babyguava7/?ref=protein.xyz) (note: maybe don’t play this on the office Sonos, as the lyrics are 😳)

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**[🤖・ai](https://discord.gg/protein-796712320565772301?ref=protein.xyz)**

- [Spellpage](https://www.producthunt.com/posts/spellpage?ref=protein.xyz) is an AI-powered self-completing to-do list
- The New Yorker says there’s [no AI](https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/there-is-no-ai?ref=protein.xyz)
- [MidJourney 5.1](https://twitter.com/RunGreatClasses/status/1654143782638571524?s=20&ref=protein.xyz) is here and it’s nuts

**[🤝・community](https://discord.gg/protein-796712320565772301?ref=protein.xyz)**

- Some [essential reading](https://twitter.com/forefront%5F%5F/status/1654172895340265483?s=20&ref=protein.xyz) from the folks at Forefront (gated)
- A visual ode to Hungary’s declining [pub culture](https://www.huckmag.com/article/a-visual-ode-to-hungarys-declining-pub-culture?ref=protein.xyz)
- And also what happened to the Salford community in [1963](https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1652591870432649216?s=20&ref=protein.xyz) and [1980s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twnPosztKys&ref=protein.xyz)
- [Post Office](https://www.p-o.space/?ref=protein.xyz) is a cooperative space to prototype our collective futures

**[🪑・design](https://discord.gg/protein-796712320565772301?ref=protein.xyz)**

- A timeless manual from 1974 on how to design and [build your own living structure](http://letsremake.info/PDFs/k%5Fisaacs.pdf?ref=protein.xyz)
- And also [this](https://syllabus.pirate.care/library/Enzo%20Mari/Autoprogettazione%5F%20%28221%29/Autoprogettazione%5F%20-%20Enzo%20Mari.pdf?ref=protein.xyz) by Enzo Mari in the same year for any table makers out there
- Don’t call it a *mood board*, it’s a [world](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/style/mood-board-world.html?ref=protein.xyz)

**[👍・misc](https://discord.gg/protein-796712320565772301?ref=protein.xyz)**

- Timeless tips from Steve Jobs on [brand storytelling](https://www.worldbuilders.ai/p/steve-jobs-storytelling-framework?ref=protein.xyz)
- A useful list of [online tools](https://iamnotjoaoeira.notion.site/Steph-Smith-s-Big-List-of-Tools-c2306c34791e4521be80a214ba5f625f?ref=protein.xyz) for any content producers out there
- Musicians will own the next generation of [creative agencies](https://twitter.com/VictoriaFutures/status/1646574689177964544?s=20&ref=protein.xyz)

**[⭕・ownership](https://discord.gg/protein-796712320565772301?ref=protein.xyz)**

- Radical Xchange on [rethinking art ownership](https://www.radicalxchange.org/media/blog/rethinking-art-ownership/?ref=protein.xyz)
- IKEA experimenting with [time as a currency](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq4d0rdv6Io/?ref=protein.xyz)
- Li Jin and Jesse Walden on designing [ownership experiences that people want](https://open.spotify.com/episode/34Ev6OzNoJ63gp0TzPmJjK?ref=protein.xyz)

**[🙌・web3](https://discord.gg/protein-796712320565772301?ref=protein.xyz)**

- [.SWOOSH](https://www.swoosh.nike/?ref=protein.xyz) successfully completes [its first drop](https://www.swoosh.nike/collections/our-force-1-poster?ref=protein.xyz) and we couldn’t be more proud
- Seed Club goes all in on *[consumer crypto](https://www.seedclub.xyz/posts/introducing-the-consumer-crypto-accelerator?ref=protein.xyz)* and we’re here for it
- a16z’s [2023 State of Crypto](https://a16zcrypto.com/content/article/state-of-crypto-report-2023/?ref=protein.xyz) is worth a read
- A [good case study](https://www.charterless.com/p/a-starbucks-odyssey?ref=protein.xyz) on how Starbucks is using NFTs to boost brand engagement
- And what web3 could mean for [sports](https://pageone.gg/p/sorare-and-the-growing-crypto-x-sports?ref=protein.xyz)
- We’ve just ordered [one of these](https://iyk.app/shop/disc?ref=protein.xyz) for our upcoming Protein events 👀
- Manifold now allows you to [burn multiple NFTs](https://twitter.com/manifoldxyz/status/1646238993628135425?s=20&ref=protein.xyz) to create a new unique token
- [Zora Zine](https://zine.zora.co/?ref=protein.xyz) is a printed NFT

**[💀・final word](https://discord.gg/protein-796712320565772301?ref=protein.xyz)**

- Satoshi’s original Bitcoin whitepaper is [hidden in every copy of Mac OS](https://waxy.org/2023/04/the-bitcoin-whitepaper-is-hidden-in-every-modern-copy-of-macos/?ref=protein.xyz)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/71/fc716215-5729-441a-bd07-e2b50bc413b1/content/images/2024/05/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f0bf15c74-6cca-45b4-ba2b-8f7ad474bfef_1024x729.png)

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**THANKS**

We [give 200 $PRTN](https://discord.gg/JvdCStw2Wb?ref=protein.xyz) for any link that makes the Protein Supplement. So, a big shoutout to the following members, we’ll be in touch shortly to sort your tokens:

**7babyguava7, Andrea Brena, Super\_Fiction, weekendhacker, AnaRoman, AmirCaten8ted, Super\_Fiction, gursharan, paktin**

Until next month, your friends at [Protein](https://protein.xyz/?ref=protein.xyz) 💚

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