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Yes, though the Metaverse in "Snow Crash" very much looks and acts like a (mostly) walled garden. With Lamina1 I suspect NS is trying to connect what he envisioned with SC with the crypto/blockchain movement that was inspired by "Cryptonomicon". (Which hasn't proven to be a good fit.)

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Wow, interesting point. Read Cryptonomicon so long ago, didn't clue in to the connection with crypto/blockchain.

I think my take on it was more just that he called the virtualverse "metaverse", where 10 years before the idea behind it was in "True Names" by Vinge, as the "Other Plane", and Gibson's "Neuromancer" with "matrix"

Also, been reading your blog for years. Great stuff, and thanks for all the content!

Thanks much for reading!

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