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Story Network Goes Live: IP Licensing on an EVM Layer 1

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

Story mainnet launched in February 2025, treating intellectual property as native on-chain objects with registration, licensing, and royalties. The EVM-compatible chain uses CometBFT consensus for 2-3 second blocks and single-block finality. It raised $80M in Series B funding led by a16z.

Meridian48 take
The real test is whether developers and IP holders will actually use this chain for licensing rather than sticking with traditional legal contracts.
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