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Stephen
Metaplex
@meta_hess
founder @metaplex prev head of product @solana
Oakland, CA
Joined February 2011
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    Stephen
    Metaplex
    @meta_hess
    Sep 17, 2025
    Live tomorrow with @adamq_q and @TuomHolmberg, founders of @_portals_ and @Collector_Crypt! Will be talking lessons learned from teaming up on Genesis, how to launch the right way on @solana and what's next for the ICM
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    Blockworks
    @Blockworks
    Sep 17, 2025
    LIVE TOMORROW at 12pm EST Genesis: The Internet Capital Markets Launch Protocol [sponsored by Metaplex] x.com/i/spaces/1mrGm…
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    Stephen
    Metaplex
    @meta_hess
    Nov 24, 2021
    A Solana transaction uses less energy than two google searches. Big and true. 🌎❤️
    Solana’s Energy Use Report: November 2021
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    Stephen
    Metaplex
    @meta_hess
    Sep 6, 2022
    Biggest mint of the year and #Solana is cruising along at ~3-4k TPS. Major congrats to the core devs for addressing the network congestion issues we've seen with past drops.
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    Stephen
    Metaplex
    @meta_hess
    Apr 19, 2021
    📈 $1 billion in USD tokenized on @solana
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    Stephen
    Metaplex
    @meta_hess
    Mar 3, 2022
    "Money Boy Shess" 🙏 @SolanaMoneyBoys
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    Stephen
    Metaplex
    @meta_hess
    Dec 23, 2021
    First NBA team to ape into #SolanaNFTs 👑
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    Stephen
    Metaplex
    @meta_hess
    May 25, 2022
    #SolanaNFTs are one of the fastest growing markets in history. This week, we passed $3 billion in total GMV facilitated by the 12.5 million NFTs minted with @metaplex. Well done fam 📈
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    Stephen
    Metaplex
    @meta_hess
    Oct 13, 2025
    Sold out! Congrats @playsolana. 13,265 SOL (~$2.6m) in $PLAY sold onchain to 1,672 backers in < 5 minutes Onchain Silicon Valley not showing any signs of slowing down
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    Stephen
    Metaplex
    @meta_hess
    Feb 6, 2022
    .@metaplex is minting ~2k NFTs / hour
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    Stephen
    Metaplex
    @meta_hess
    Apr 7, 2022
    Just bought a @DegenTrashPanda on @OpenSea. Probably nothing. @pit_the_panda how'd I do?
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    Stephen
    Metaplex
    @meta_hess
    Jun 13, 2022
    Bear market sliver-linings: it now costs ~$.15 cents to mint a #SolanaNFT with @metaplex. Never been a better time to get started as a creator.
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    Stephen
    Metaplex
    @meta_hess
    Sep 2, 2021
    1/ Something I'd love to see come out of #Solana Ignition hackathon is a lottery system for NFT drops. It could give anyone the ability to participate regardless of time zones or commitments and would mitigate the impact of front-running and bots.
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    Stephen
    Metaplex
    @meta_hess
    Sep 27, 2024
    Replying to @Sheng_Thao51 and @MayorShengThao
    Losing three pro sports teams and then renaming the airport to “SF Bay Area Oakland” because you’ve killed the city’s brand equity is an all time L
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    Stephen
    Metaplex
    @meta_hess
    Feb 7, 2022
    4.5 million SOL in NFTs sold with @metaplex Candy Machine
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