Elon Musk Considered Creating Blockchain-Based Social Media Firm Before Offering to Buy Twitter

Sep 30, 2022

A series of text messages released as part of ongoing litigation over the failed $43 billion Twitter acquisition deal reveals Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s vision for a social media platform that would charge users to put short messages on a blockchain. “The Hash” panel discusses Twitter on the blockchain and Musk’s Web3 push.

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