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Get ready for Neal Stephenson’s open metaverse as Lamina1 unveils Avalanche Web3 plans

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Neal Stephenson has unveiled the plans of his Lamina1 blockchain company for an open metaverse in partnership with the Avalanche chain.

Now as breathless as that sounds, it doesn’t mean Stephenson’s virtual world of Snow Crash — the 1992 novel in which he coined the term “metaverse” — is coming soon. But this launch of Lamina1’s Layer 1 blockchain on Avalanche is a necessary part of the infrastructure.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.