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mikewill

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Creating NFT collections for Communities.

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mikewill·June 12, 2025

Creating NFT collections for Communities.

My thread highlights how I created an NFT collection for a community I onboarded into Polkadot, and attaches a video guide on how to create such collections using Koda Dot. Link: https://x.com/__open_minded/status/1932060450449211813

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Paraverse

mikewill·June 7, 2025

Onchain ID with Polkassembly.

My thread dogfoods the process of creating a Polkadot onchain ID, and discusses some of its uses cases for newbies in Polkadot. Link: https://x.com/__open_minded/status/1931079751118082075

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mikewill·June 7, 2025

So what would Hydration do with 2M DOT? 🤔

I break down the sectors of its DeFi environment where Hydration plans to channel these funds, and what this can achieve for the project. link: https://x.com/__open_minded/status/1930661729618276749

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Smart contract dev onboarding into Polkadot.

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mikewill·June 5, 2025

Smart contract dev onboarding into Polkadot.

My thread highlights how the combination of Open Zeppelin, Ankr, and Pop are laying the path for the new age of developers that would be attracted to deploy smart contracts on polkadot. Link: https://x.com/__open_minded/status/1928075416218083839

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mikewill·June 1, 2025

Polkafy Miami.

My thread analyses Polkadot partnership with inter Miami, and sponsorship of Business of Blockchain in Uni. Miami as strategic attempts to position Polkadot in the minds of Miami residents. Link: https://x.com/__open_minded/status/1928558610881089860

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mikewill·May 31, 2025

Play - Win - Own. On Polkadot.

My thread covers the concept of play to own in Polkadot gaming, as well as some live games with play to own mechanics in them. Link: https://x.com/__open_minded/status/1927998116353167496

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mikewill·May 23, 2025

Polkadot UX improvements.

My thread highlights some UX improvement in Polkadot, and how this change will impact onboarding. Link: https://x.com/__open_minded/status/1925817109117808979

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mikewill·May 22, 2025

Acurast “Mobile Phones” infrastructure.

A thread on Acurast, introducing its vision, and how far they’ve gone with building their ecosystem. Link: https://x.com/__open_minded/status/1925084859485036930

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mikewill·May 22, 2025

OpenGov Drama: Proposal to acquire Hydration.

My thread highlights the drama around the proposal request for Polkadot to acquire Hydration, following Hydration’s 5M DOT treasury request. Link: https://x.com/__open_minded/status/1923824311527182544

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mikewill·May 17, 2025

DOT 1.0 - 2.0 vs Evm.

I highlight some improvements that comes with DOT 2.0, comparing it with present EVM architecture. Link: https://x.com/__open_minded/status/1922216727154188687

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mikewill·May 16, 2025

Just Use Polkadot Wiki.

The thread draws yappers attention to how to use Polkadot Wiki page and its AI chatbot to verify credible information about the ecosystem while developing their content. Link: https://x.com/__open_minded/status/1921289755871920639

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Is web3 gaming missing out on onboarding players from a certain demography?

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mikewill·May 10, 2025

Is web3 gaming missing out on onboarding players from a certain demography?

I use my personal experience of limitations against joining in Heroic x Polkadot Proof of Frag tournament, to highlight an oversight in attempt to leverage gaming to drive onboarding. Link: https://x.com/__open_minded/status/1921173201335230530

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