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Earlier this year we quietly launched a private beta of a new project, a place for makers to share and help each other achieve their goals. After gathering feedback and beta testing, we’re pulling back the curtain and inviting you to the party. It looks like this:
 
We hope you find this useful for sharing your most ambitious goals (congrats Gil for submitting your new app! 👏) or more mundane achievements (hope you’re enjoying your newly grown garlic plants, Ayrton 😂). Makers is a friendly place to connect with and help fellow makers from around the world.

We also created Spaces for bloggers, podcasters, teen makers, women in tech, and book worms. We’ll be adding more Spaces soon and if you’d like to host your own, let us know.

To ensure we scale the community at a healthy pace, we’re adding new people to the waitlist daily. Sign up here (first come, first serve!). 😊

Last week, we did a deep dive into cryptocollectibles, unique digital crypto-assets that live on the blockchain.

Out of the 12 featured products, the most popular was a "simple explainer for the blockchain." Oops. 😅

So we've compiled the best tools to answer: "WTH is the Blockchain?":

👀 Blockchain Demo is a visual explanation of the blockchain
🎙️ Blockchain Curated covers the best crypto articles in a podcast
✍️ Token Daily covers all the breaking crypto happenings in a newsletter
🎒 Cryptoeconomics will teach you about token economics
👶 My First Bitcoin is a children's book about crypto from Square

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into smaller manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – Mark Twain

We built Ship to help you get started on your own startup, because not every project should need a massive engineering team to launch.

We just partnered with our friends at Stripe to secure up to $50,000 fee-free Stripe processing, available to our annual Ship subscribers.

Product Hunt runs on Stripe, and you can too. You'll also get access to the full suite of Ship tools, including:

🖥️ Landing pages: Create a lovely landing page in 60 seconds.
🔖 Surveys: Gather feedback from your users to deliver targeted emails.
💌 Email campaigns: Broadcast product updates & chat with your users.

You'll also get immediate access to Stripe Atlas, which will get your startup incorporated and legally compliant from anywhere, and up to $7,500 in free Amazon Web Services credits to host your project.

Claim your up to $50,000 fee-free Stripe processing. ⛵

Last December, cats on the blockchain broke Ethereum. Cryptokitties (which exist as unique, digital cryptocollectibles) exploded in popularity, causing Ethereum transaction fees to skyrocket. Oops. 😸

The digital collectible space is heating up, especially as digital (fake) celebrities like Lil Miquela start to infiltrate your Instagram feed and larger companies like Snapchat, Apple, and Facebook begin to fight to control your access into virtual realities and your accompanying digital identity.

NIFTYgallery just launched today to help anybody organize their digital cryptocollectibles. Share your collections on #socialmedia with your followers or on Discord with all of your buddies.

They're not the only ones. Y Combinator-backed OpenSea is a full-fledged buying, selling, and trading platform for blockchain-based collectibles. They've raised $2M+ to let you trade CryptoKitties, CryptoCelebrities, CryptoPunks, CryptoTulips, CryptoFighters, CryptoDoggies, and many more. 😻🤳😠🌷👊🐶

There’s even a tool to make it easy for you to create your own cryptocollectible.

If all of this is confusing,, here's a beautiful visual demonstration of the technology behind Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more. ⛓️📦

When was the last time you opened iTunes on purpose?

It's been years for us too. It's ok. Just don't tell Jony (🍎's Chief Design Officer).

Apple's OS X has fallen behind, with some annoying flaws (like software update notifications) and missing, much-needed features.

Fortunately, this app is here to Make OS X Great Again by fixing everything that make Apple computers annoying:

🛠️ Auto-blocking software update notifications
🎵 Stop iTunes from opening when you plug in your iPhone
🖥️ "Minimize all windows" shortcuts for when you get overwhelmed
📁 A folder that stores all of your screenshots

Give it a shot. But seriously, don't tell Jony. 😳

This isn't the only Must-Have Mac App:

📸 Screenie: drag screenshots right from your menu bar.
📑 Magnet: a window manager for Mac, with keyboard shortcuts.
☕ Caffeine: keep your Mac from falling asleep.
🚀 Rocket: Slack-style emoji everywhere on your Mac.
🙇‍♂️ Focus: block distracting websites everywhere.
⌨️ Cheatsheet: discover all of the best keyboard shortcuts.

Check out the full list of Must-Have Mac Apps. 🍎

You too can buy a Ferrari. And a vintage Porsche, and an '88 Lamborghini.

Investments in vintage cars have outperformed gold, the S&P500, and NYC real estate since 2012. It's like bitcoin, except nobody can steal your hard-earned investments before you cash out.

The one issue? Buying vintage cars is really hard. You first have to find a private seller, travel to inspect the car, then transport it back on a special big-rig truck to a temperature-controlled, covered garage so its pristine paint job isn't soiled by pesky pigeons. Ufffff. 😫

Oh, and each car costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. We have a solution so you can get your very own Porsche. 😎

Rally Rd lets anyone invest in classic cars for as little as $50. Today, they're launching public trading markets so you can trade classic cars just like stocks. Get your own shares today.

How does it work? The Rally Rd team places each classic car in a single legal entity, then sells shares in the entity... which is the equivalent of buying portions of the car itself. They've already sold shares in 8 cars, like an '83 Ferrari 512 BBi and a '55 Porsche 365 Speedster. 🚗⚡

They're not the only team securitizing expensive assets. Y Combinator-backed Arthena lets you invest in a portfolio of fine art, and Republic (part of the AngelList family) lets anyone become an angel investor and invest in startups.

Last week, Twitter had a real life Purge. Influencers everywhere lost thousands of followers as Twitter removed accounts flagged as bots.

Company accounts were hit particularly hard. The Coffee Bean's follower count dropped by ~22% (almost 52,000 followers!). Twitter's Twitter account (which is @twitter) lost 7.7M followers. It's getting harder every day to determine whose Twitter accounts have real followers.

SparkScore calculates the true influence of any Twitter account using the number of likes, retweets, and followers an account racks up. Calculate your company account's score, or compete with your friends with your personal Twitter account's rating right here. 😏

Subject: Product Hunt hooked us up
To: Your boss
From: You and your team

Hi {{Your Boss's Name}}!

TechCrunch's Disrupt SF conference is coming up in September, and Product Hunt just hooked us up with a special extra 15% discount on Early Bird tickets.

Barista robots, decentralized scooters, self-driving cars, and automated food delivery bots – San Francisco is a melting pot of of cutting-edge tech.

Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber CEO), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Cyan Bannister (Founders Fund), Brian Armstrong (Coinbase CEO), Whitney Wolfe Herd (Bumble), Sophia Amoruso (Girlboss), and dozens more will be answering questions and meeting with attendees.

This will help me succeed in my role because {{of a super convincing reason}}. We have to move quickly: the discount expires July 25th.

What do you think? Link to sign up is here.

-{{Your Name}} {{Your Favorite Emoji}}

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We get it. Conference tickets, hotels, and flights are expensive... so we've partnered with TechCrunch got you a killer discount on tickets to their upcoming conference in San Francisco.

We also pre-wrote the email you should send to your boss to get the conference expensed. Our little secret.

The Product Hunt team will be there too. See you soon 👋

Today’s Daily Digest was crafted by Product Hunt (we are TechCrunch users!) and sponsored by our friends at TechCrunch. 😊

Becoming a streamer is the new “starting a blog.”

Vlogs are on the rise, and creators are finally able to monetize their work through platforms like Patreon that allow fans financially support their favorite creators. They've already raised $100M+ from Thrive Capital and Index Ventures and paid out $200M+ to producers.

But, getting started is hard. Software can be confusing. Equipment can cost thousands of dollars, and for some projects, you'll need more than one device to stream all of your various platforms: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter's Periscope, Twitch.

Cinamaker is the first app that lets you stream to all of your favorite platforms, allowing creators to connect up to four iPhones, along with 8 audio sources, controlled all from one iPad.

Shoot eye-opening documentaries, vlog like LIVE Chat guest Casey Neistat, or even produce your own news network like Cheddar. 🧀

Pixel art is the bomb, but it's painstakingly difficult to make yourself.