{"podcast":{"title":"Web3 Tech Brief By HackerNoon","slug":"web3-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365654","podcast_index_feed_id":6365654,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/web3-tech-brief-by-hackernoon","website_url":"https://hackernoon.com/c/web3","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/oE14NKahNVxAYFSG0eBjEan_Nk-HTHCAV1vsruoUK1k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxMTY4LzE2ODMz/MTU4ODQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"HackerNoon","episode_count":100,"summary":"Learn the latest Web3 updates in the tech world.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T06:17:35.772973+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/web3-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365654"},"episode":{"title":"How Blockchain Whitepapers Became Worldbuilding Documents","slug":"how-blockchain-whitepapers-became-worldbuilding-documents","published_at":"2026-07-09T16:01:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/web3-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365654/how-blockchain-whitepapers-became-worldbuilding-documents","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/web3-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365654","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/6c8f2be2","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/6c8f2be2/e6cdd2a5.mp3","summary":"This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-blockchain-whitepapers-became-worldbuilding-documents . A firsthand reflection on writing blockchain whitepapers during the ICO boom, and on becoming an unlikely author of futures that did not yet exist. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3 . You can also check exclusive content about #web3 , #blockchain , #ethereum , #ico , #whitepapers , #storytelling , #web-history , #startups , and more. This story was written by: @intellicorepress . Learn more about this writer by checking @intellicorepress's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . During the ICO boom, whitepapers moved from technical documents to world-building tools: part pitch deck, part manifesto, part speculative fiction. This essay revisits what it felt like to write them from the inside.","meta_description":"This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-blockchain-whitepapers-became-worldbuilding-documents . A firsthand refle…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":616,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/web3-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365654/episodes/how-blockchain-whitepapers-became-worldbuilding-documents/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/web3-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365654/how-blockchain-whitepapers-became-worldbuilding-documents.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}