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Why Crypto Needs Its Own Wikipedia: A Lore Protocol

I have been thinking about something that's been bugging me lately. We're all about "not your keys, not your coins" especially post a major hack like Bybit. Well, I think it's time we apply that to our history too.

Let me paint a picture: Imagine if the folks who actually lived through crypto's biggest moments could tell their stories, on-chain, and get rewarded for it.

I'm talking about the OGs who were there when Satoshi disappeared, Silk Road users, the degens who watched Cobie's legendary buy wall during the COVID crash or the traders who rode the rollercoaster of Luna's collapse.

We've got people dropping half a mil to put WIF on Sphere (wild amounts of money being thrown at events that are unlikely to happen), so clearly there's an appetite for preserving and showcasing crypto culture.

But we're missing something bigger - a decentralized record of our history that we actually own and control.
That's where Lore Protocol comes in. Think of it as crypto's historical record, but with a twist. Instead of relying on volunteers begging for donations (looking at you, Wikipedia), we're creating a system where:

1. Community members pool capital to fund the protocol (Giving back to what helped you make bank)
2. Contributors get actual rewards for adding quality historical entries
3. A combo of respected crypto OGs (via a multisig) or existing token holders validate entries for each movement
4. Everything gets stored on-chain, safe from censorship or manipulation*

The cool part? This isn't just about the big headlines. It's about capturing the weird, wonderful, and sometimes wild aspects of crypto culture. The tin foil hat theories about Satoshi's identity? Yep. The rise of Ordinals and the drama it caused? Absolutely. Those smaller nations quietly stacking sats? You bet.

I get it - some might say "just use Wikipedia" or "AI can handle this." But if you've been in crypto longer than a hot minute, you know that our history is way more nuanced than what you'll find on those platforms. We need something that captures the actual culture, the memes, the inside jokes, and the real stories that shaped this space.

We're literally making history every day in crypto. Isn't it about time we owned how that history gets told?

Here's the thing - right now, crypto's history is scattered across Wikipedia pages (controlled by who knows who), random Twitter threads that'll probably disappear tomorrow, some good books and AI-generated slop timelines that are driven by engagement farming threadooors. 

Not a great plan for a movement that's literally reshaping money, culture and society right?