1,000 True Fans 💿

GM builders,

T-3 days before we kick off Ready Player 3: a 4-week gaming hackathon for you to build web3 games & win up to $100,000+ in prizes! Register here.

And now, back to your regularly scheduled programming with thirdweb weekly: where we highlight how web3 is disrupting everything from venture capital to digital art. 🚀

Let's get into it.

EVEN Empowers Fans to Support Their Favorite Music Artists — and Get Rewarded for It 🎵

It's no secret that the music industry is broken, and that streaming revenues aren't earning creators a living wage. With 97% of artists failing to make $1,000 from their music in the last year, something had to change.

EVEN was built to solve this problem: empowering fans to support their favorite artists through NFT-enabled music albums — which unlock exclusive rewards like early access to the artist's music, tour tickets, merch, and even album royalties.

To execute on their vision, EVEN soft-launched their platform with emerging artist LaRussell. Within just 2 weeks, LaRussell sold $95,000 worth of NFT albums through the support of 4,000 fans. To compare, his music would've needed 24 million streams to make the same amount on streaming platforms.

Learn more about how EVEN is disrupting the music industry with web3 — bringing artists closer to their 1,000 true fans & enabling them to get paid their fair share:

🕹️ Ready Player 3 Gaming Hackathon: Jan 16th – Feb 13th

Calling all builders & game developers: we're partnering up with Coinbase to bring you Ready Player 3: a 4-week hackathon for you to build the next generation of web3 games, and to win $100k+ in prizes & rewards in the process.

This is a choose-your-own-adventure hackathon, with tracks for everyone from total beginners to seasoned pros. 3 days left to sign up — learn more & register today:

🗓️ Ready Player 3 Hackathon: Week #1 Events Schedule

Hackathon Kickoff & Intro to GamingKit | Monday, Jan 16th

Getting Started with thirdweb | Tuesday, Jan 17th

Create AI Generated In-Game NFT Assets with Scenario.gg | Wednesday, Jan 18th

thirdweb & Coinbase Code-Along: Build a Web3 Game | Thursday, Jan 19th

Get the full events schedule here.

📹 YouTube Tutorial: How to Create a 3D NFT Asset and Render It in a Web3 Game

In this video, we'll show you how to create 3D NFT assets that you can render in web3 games as playable & interactive objects. We'll take you step-by-step through:

• Deploying an NFT Collection smart contract to the blockchain in 1 click

• Creating 3D objects in a Unity game that reflect your NFT's metadata

• Rendering your NFTs inside of a Unity game using thirdweb's GamingKit

📚 Guide: How to Build a No-Code NFT Minting Website

In this guide, we'll show you how to create a website for your audience to mint NFTs, with no code required. We'll take you step-by-step through:

• Deploying an NFT Drop smart contract to the blockchain in 1 click

• Building a website using Makeswift, a no-code Next.js site builder

• Allowing users to mint NFTs from your site using Makeswift's thirdweb integration

🔥 Web3 Innovation: The State of Web3 Infrastructure

Have a great rest of your week shippin'! 🚢 🛠️

And if you're ever looking for 30,000+ other builders to learn from & share your web3 journey with, look no further than our Discord community 🤝