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Audius' mission is to create a fully decentralized community of artists, developers, and listeners collaborating to share and defend the world’s music.
Using Audius, creators can generate immutable and time-stamped records for your creative works and register your assets to the their network. Because the network is decentralized and secured by blockchain technology, the metadata attribution remains safe, verifiable and immutable.
Providing a transparent network in a space traditionally controlled by third parties, Audius builds a bridge between creators and consumers. Discover new content or verify authenticity, authorized through a truly transparent system of attribution.
They use blockchain technology to ensure that artists get paid safely & instantly as consumers listen to content. Choose from preexisting license terms or create your own and automate the payments, transfers, and issuance of licenses.
Working at Audius:
"We're a remote-first team building on Web3 and the cutting-edge of what is possible in streaming technology. Our team is as decentralized as our users. And while flexibility and remote work are vitally important to our team, so are the connections we build IRL."
Also see: Discogs
Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties, NBA Top Shot, and the Flow blockchain, uses blockchain technology to bring NFTs and new forms of digital engagement to fans around the world paving the way to a more open and inclusive digital world starting with games and entertainment.
Nyan Heroes is a AAA play-and-earn third person shooter (TPS) built on the Solana blockchain. In Nyan Heroes, you play as a Nyan cat piloting a Guardian Mech set in a futuristic world where elements of fantasy and science fiction intertwine.
Their goal is to create a rich gaming experience, backed by a fair, sustainable in-game economy, that players deeply enjoy, regardless of skill or investment. They are dedicated to building a sustainable rewards system that substantially and equitably benefits players and developers - not just the studio. They chose to build on the Solana blockchain because it is a carbon-neutral blockchain and can support all of Nyan Heroes on-chain activities with minimal impact to our planet.
Launched in 2021, Nyan Heroes has quickly become one of the most anticipated games in GameFi. There are currently more than 50 team members across the world with two-thirds of their team coming from AAA-rated gaming studios and titles.
In addition to reshaping the future of gaming, they are committed to creating the top gaming studio culture founded on kindness and their love of cats! Nyan Heroes has already donated $250,000 from its first NFT sale towards our mission of saving 1 billion cats.
Working for Nyan Heroes:
They're are a well funded-blockchain gaming studio seeking talented, motivated team members to help build an industry defining title on PC from the ground up. They are gamers themselves, and believe in allowing talented people to express their own creative freedom. They are looking for many experienced gaming heroes to help build and craft a AAA rated game with a unique innovative twist on the standard formula.
Also see: Anino, Inc.
O(1) Labs is a blockchain technology company that has successfully incubated the Mina Protocol. Using Mina, they are now building a private and secure way to access Web3 as the world’s premier zero-knowledge application platform. Founded in 2017, they are a remote and global company.
OpenSea is the first and largest peer-to-peer marketplace for non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. Applications for NFTs include collectibles, gaming items, domain names, digital art, and many other items backed by a blockchain. They are an open, inclusive web3 platform, where individuals can come to explore NFTs and connect with each other to purchase and sell them. Their team has backgrounds from Stanford, Pinterest and Google, and is funded by YCombinator, Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, 1Confirmation, and Blockchain Capital.
What OpenSea says:
"At OpenSea, we're excited about a brand new type of digital good often referred to as a non-fungible token, or NFT. NFTs have exciting new properties: they’re unique, provably scarce, liquid, and usable across multiple applications.
We’re proud to be the first and largest marketplace for user-owned digital goods, with everything you need to buy and sell them in one place."
Also see: Rarible
Pinata Technologies, Inc. is building the tools and infrastructure for a more free and empowering Web3 generation through InterPlanetary Filing Systems (IPFS). Their vision is to create a sense of place for every creator on the internet that is uniquely theirs. Their fully remote team comprises engineers and designers, builders and creators, and overall kind humans with big dreams. They believe in a culture that fosters honesty and teamwork, laughter and trust, and their work is meaningful and challenging in the best ways every day.
Pinata secures and moves data with IPFS for blockchain and crypto applications. More than 130 million files have been pinned with their Non-Fungible Token (NFT) multimedia solution. They have been used by over 240,000 developers and creatives. They are on a mission to build the most accessible NFT platform for creatives to manage, share and monetize their media.
Also see: Rarify
Proof of Play is a small group of veteran game developers and entrepreneurs creating games using blockchain technology. Their vision is simple: to create generation-defining games that fundamentally grant power and ownership to the players who play them.
Proof of Play's team has decades of experience building games at the scale of 100M+ players. Their team hails from Epic Games, Zynga, EA, and Activision, where they led $1b+ franchises like “FarmVille”, “Mafia Wars”, and “Command and Conquer.” They’ve also been active as founders and investors in crypto since 2013 and are backed by world-class investors.
What Proof of Play says:
"We are a small group of veteran game developers and entrepreneurs creating games using blockchain technology. Our vision is simple: to create generation-defining games that fundamentally grant power and ownership to the players who play them."
Also see: The Sandbox
QuickNode simplifies blockchain infrastructure for teams big & small. A lightning-fast global API provides instant access to Ethereum, Bitcoin, Matic, BSC, Fantom, Optimism, Celo & xDai networks. Access chain data via JSON-RPC over https:// or wss:// (websocket) endpoints. Monitor usage with analytics dashboard and ship faster with tools like 1-click WebHooks (for smart-contract events). Thousands of nodes launched in over 10 locations worldwide; trusted by top blockchain projects; helping the blockchain ecosystem grow since 2017!
Wave brings people together through virtual entertainment. Their shows enable artists and audiences to collaborate in the creation of the most interactive live performance experiences in the world. Waves are live, interactive and immersive shows that are unlike any virtual concert you have ever experienced. They combine the best of live music, gaming and broadcast technology to transform the live music experience. Waves are live streamed globally on wave.watch and across popular social and gaming platforms including YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, TikTok, Facebook and Roblox.
