Two years ago, at 1kx, we started to expand our focus into consumer investing.

Algorithmic randomness applied to physical production processes enables a new class of consumer and luxury goods.

Crypto has created a new field of interaction design for consumer experiences.

Roughly two weeks ago, on the 25th and 26th of May in Lisbon, we held ‘The Summit‘, a gathering focused on onchain game developers, founders, and community members.

Proving machine learning (ML) model inference via zkSNARKs is poised to be one of the most significant advancements in smart contracts this decade. This development opens up an excitingly large design space, allowing applications and infrastructure to evolve into more complex and intelligent systems. 

Web3 infrastructure networks have emitted > $ 10 Bn in rewards over the past years, yet little research is available to understand how these emissions have been paid out and how different emission schedules look like. With this first article in a series we’re trying to bring a bit of light into the dark.

Each new computing paradigm has historically unlocked a new set of possibilities for games:

The world's most recognizable consumer intellectual property (IP) brands are incredibly valuable. Pokemon has grossed over $77 billion in lifetime revenue, while Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse, Star Wars and Anpanman have all crossed the $50 billion figure.

NFTs. Real-time 24/7 collaboration. Global experiments from day one. Open and permissionless innovation. Rapid advancements in research. Self-sovereignty and control of personal data and property. Community and creator empowerment. Transparency by design.