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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol

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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol

@thrivegiraffe

Builder. Dreamer. Change maker. Dad x2. Founder x3, CEO of @thriveprotocol.

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Joined December 2008

Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
Jul 28, 2025
It's been incredible collaborating with @hedera to fund some of the top up and coming crypto teams and founders. Neat to see the market responding!
Hedera Foundation
@HederaFndn
Jul 23, 2025
At the start of H1 we presented our vision to accelerate DeFi, AI, RWAs, and beyond on @Hedera 🛠️ Alongside our own direct work in these areas, @ThriveProtocol has acted as a strategic partner to help enable this vision for the network 🧵
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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
Feb 12, 2025
Today is my birthday. For much of my life, I hated this day. I grew up in a world where there wasn't much to celebrate. Some of you probably know what that's like. My childhood was so hard that I rarely share more than the highlights. People who were there know. Every year,
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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
Jul 5, 2025
Just hosted an epic @thriveprotocol founder dinner before leaving EthCC. Deep connection. Shared vision. A future where crypto powers real value creation built by the best builders in the world. Grateful to call these extraordinary leaders friends and partners.🌱 Left to right:
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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
Dec 15, 2024
I had the idea for @thriveprotocol way back in 2013. I even bought the domain for it the same year. But it took 8 years for me to do anything about it. 8 years. I shared the idea for Thrive with hundreds of people over those years. Nobody believed it was possible. Nobody. I
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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
Dec 19, 2024
Join me & @thriveprotocol as we announce the $70M Thrive Certified Challenge—for the inspired citizens of web3 daring to build the future of crypto. Learn how to earn up to $250K as a Builder and $500/hour as a Guardian. Also... Thrive Points! 🦒✨ 🔗
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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
Mar 24, 2025
It's official. @thriveprotocol has won with the most ever votes for a @KaitoAI pre-TGE project. Thank you!
Kaito AI 🌊
@KaitoAI
Mar 24, 2025
.@thriveprotocol is the next Pre-TGE project selected from the Yapper Launchpad! Voted for by all of you - their leaderboard coming in 7 days time 🫡
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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
Feb 25, 2025
Capital allocation in crypto is broken—hype over substance, insiders over innovators. What if we could validate real value—not just noise—at scale? That’s what @thriveprotocol enables: tokens flowing where they truly belong: fueling real builders and growing crypto’s GDP. 🚀
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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
Feb 24, 2025
🔥The results are in!🔥 After thousands of @thriveprotocol reviews, we're awarding prizes to some of the best crypto love stories: 🥂 224 stories will earn Thrive Points 🥉 100 stories will earn 0.003 ETH (tequila $$) 🥈 10 stories will earn 0.01 ETH 🥇 1 grand prize winner,
Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
Feb 18, 2025
Two days ago, I bet 1 ETH I could write a crypto love story in 45 min & get 100 organic likes—with only a shot of tequila. You made it happen. Now, I’m throwing that ETH into the arena and raising the stakes: Can we set $LIBRA and the grifters aside for a week and build
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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
Feb 21, 2025
Last night I was walking outside the biggest shopping mall in Hong Kong, and bam, there's @thriveprotocol. We've never paid for an ad. But there we are. Whoever is behind this badass ode to Thrive, thank you❤️
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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
Jan 5, 2025
When I was eight, I ran for school treasurer. I forgot my speech and stammered out a few words. The kids laughed me off the stage. I lost in a landslide. I was embarrassed — really embarrassed. But I wasn't done. The next year, I ran again. I practiced my speech until I could
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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
Aug 1, 2025
Thrive participated in a pre-TGE leaderboard competition hosted by Kaito in March. We earned a leaderboard spot in April. Around that time, a new “Yapper economy” was taking shape across X. It brought some thoughtful, ecosystem-valuable content. But it also included a wave of
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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
May 14, 2025
For too long, crypto mistook hype for progress. The @thriveprotocol whitepaper sets a new course: A real economy. Built by builders. Verified by outcomes. Intro excerpt below. Full release coming soon.🌱
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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
Apr 2, 2025
It's official. @thriveprotocol has an @KaitoAI leaderboard❤️‍🔥 Oh the places we'll go together...
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Daniel Jacobs - Founder, Thrive Protocol
@thrivegiraffe
Feb 25, 2025
f you're feeling burned by yet another crypto market correction, remember this: Speculators chase cycles, but winners chase quality. So let's issue in a flight to quality. Crypto needs it. Builders can deliver it.
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