Editorial: A Kerfuffle Over Decentraland Usage Statistics

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. —quote popularized by Mark Twain, origin unknown On October 7th, 2022, the CoinDesk crypto news website published an article by Cameron Thompson, titled It’s Lonely in the Metaverse: Decentraland’s 38 Daily Active Users in a $1.3B Ecosystem: This article led to some animated discussions … Continue reading Editorial: A Kerfuffle Over Decentraland Usage Statistics

Metaverse Fashion Week in Decentraland, March 23rd to 27th, 2022

I’ve already written about the Metaverse Fashion Week virtual catwalk shows previously held in Second Life here, but I also wanted to mention that the blockchain-based virtual world Decentraland is hosting several days of virtual fashion events as part of its own Metaverse Fashion Week. The Fashion Bible Vogue reports: MVFW, which starts this Thursday 24 … Continue reading Metaverse Fashion Week in Decentraland, March 23rd to 27th, 2022

Mario Gabriele Does a Deep Dive into the Start-Up History, Current Value, and Potential Future of Decentraland

Mario Gabriele is the founder and editor of The Generalist, a self-described “free newsletter for deep thinkers, serious builders, and imaginative investors”, with over 53,000 subscribers. On January 9th, 2022, Mario wrote a long and wide-ranging article (what he calls one of his “briefings”) about one of the very first blockchain-based virtual world projects, Decentraland … Continue reading Mario Gabriele Does a Deep Dive into the Start-Up History, Current Value, and Potential Future of Decentraland

Decentraland Introduces a Royalties System for Their Blockchain-Based Virtual World Platform

The blockchain-based virtual world Decentraland has announced the implementation of a royalties system for items such as avatar wearables, a proposal originally suggested by their community (and passed by an overwhelming majority vote). According to the official announcement on the Decentraland blog: Up until now, when a wearable creator made a sale in the primary … Continue reading Decentraland Introduces a Royalties System for Their Blockchain-Based Virtual World Platform