Good morning and welcome back to another edition of Inspiration Friday! Today I have 4 articles (once again) covering 3 totally random topics. I definitely learned a lot from these and am inspired to try some new things and explore the area because of them. So let’s jump on in!
BitClout creator launches 'Decentralized Social' blockchain with $200 million in funding from a16z and others
It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned BitClout so a quick refresher. BitClout is this Twitter-like social media that is completely decentralized. So instead of a company running it, it’s run by the people using the platform. Totally censor-proof and expandable. That last part is what excites me the most. People can just go and build any sort of app or extension to the product and release it and people can immediately start using it! It’s so cool! They even have a poker app now where we can go and play texas hold’em and win crypto.
Well, this past week on September 21st some huge news happened. The creator of BitClout (who formerly was known only as Diamondhands) has come out of hiding, revealed himself, and also revealed that BitClout is now part of an even bigger blockchain called “Decentralized Social” or DESO.
This is very exciting news for BitClout as it means it is now part of a bigger ecosystem that could very well be the main network for any and all decentralized social media in the future! They will all be connected in one massive ecosystem. The founder has some amazing ideas and vision, not to mention a ton of capital to work with now.
Also, after this news, the price of $CLOUT (now called $DESO) skyrocketed from $60 to about $115 in like a day. So that’s exciting on its own!
25 Fun Things to Do in Durham, North Carolina
https://jenonajetplane.com/things-to-do-in-durham-north-carolina/
This was a fun article because I had no idea how much Durham has to offer! We apparently have a ton of historical sites, museums, and some really neat places to visit. My favorite snippets are the story of how we became known as the Bull City and the fact that our bull downtown actually has a name! We definitely have to go see the Duke gardens, they are massive! Also, I don’t know if y’all knew this, but outside of Madagascar, Durham has the largest population of lemurs! I wanna go see that! All in all, I learned there is a lot more to explore in Durham that I realized!
Creating Online Courses
https://www.thinkific.com/blog/10-steps-creating-successful-online-course/
These two articles cover the same idea: selling online courses.
As y’all know, I’m working on writing a book to sell and am making some great headway in that arena! Another thing I just stumbled across is online courses.
Apparently, people are actually doing quite well making online courses for a side gig. I had no idea! I definitely want to try and come up with some unique courses to create. I always liked teaching and explaining things so why not create a course of some of the things I’ve learned. I particularly would love to learn some of this blockchain programming stuff and create fun courses around that. But we’ll see!
Alright! That’s it for this week! Short and sweet. Hope y’all have a great weekend and I’ll talk to y’all next week.