polyfield
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this tech giant lost over $80 billion chasing the metaverse
mark zuckerberg rebranded facebook to meta in
2021 for his vision of the next internet
horizon worlds became the main vr social
platform powered by quest headsets
at its peak reality labs was burning billions yearly building immersive worlds and experiences
this operation ran from huge server farms trying to connect people across the globe in a virtual universe
low adoption massive losses and the ai boom led meta to pull the plug on the vr side
the quest vr version of horizon worlds shuts down june 15 2026 moving fully to mobile

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@Polyfielder need more projects like you guys
when site? asking for a friend
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this guy got $117,670,000 from donations, sales, profits, gifts
Ross Ulbricht built the silk road which gave a real utility to orange internet coin
built Silk Road so people could use internet coin to buy stuff, you know, anonymously
the site has vendor ratings, escrow, reviews, over 1.5 million transactions
made $213 million in sales as a result he earned over $13 million as commissions
FBI agents arrested him in a library in 2013 and seized his laptop with the admin panel
sentenced to 2 life terms plus 40 years without parole, this sparked the Free Ross movement
auctioned prison writings and art works as nfts in 2021 and raised $6.27 million
in prison he grew a plant and named it "leaf ericson" in his cell
gave up his claim to 50,676 orange internet coins from the 2013 silk road hack, now worth nearly $5b, and the government used them
trump pardoned him on 21 January 2025 on his first full day as president
got around 300 orange internet coins donation roughly worth $30 million at that time
scarce city auctioned his prison id card, sleeping bag, note book, oil painting and prison clothes and raised $1.3 million to fund his new life
now he's enjoying his time travelling more, advocating for unity, liberty and decentralisation

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this colombian drug lord controlled 80% of the world's cocaine
pablo escobar was the boss of the medellín cartel in the 1980s
at its peak his cartel supplied 80% of all the cocaine smuggled into the united states
you can get up to $420 million flowing into his pockets every single week that's over $20 billion a year
this operation served the massive us market (and beyond) from huge processing labs hidden in the colombian jungle
you will get netflix's narcos, dozens of documentaries, and books with all the information about his insane empire and dramatic downfall
this one man was literally connecting colombian coca farms with the direct global customers who craved the product

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this 21-mile wide strait controls 20% of the world's oil
the strait of hormuz is the narrow passage between iran and oman connecting the persian gulf to the gulf of oman
at its narrowest it's just 21 miles wide (shipping lanes only 2 miles wide each way)
you can get nearly 21 million barrels of oil flowing through here every single day - about one fifth of global seaborne trade plus a ton of LNG
this chokepoint serves major producers like saudi arabia, uae, kuwait and iraq heading mostly to asia
you will get live ship tracking dashboards with all the information about the tankers passing through
this tiny strait is literally connecting middle east oil producers with the direct global customers who need energy

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