Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 50 - Ome NFT - where play-to-earn meets health and social impact
For the 50th episode, we are excited to welcome Ian Chong, CEO and Co-Founder of OSbiome and Ome NFTs, a project dedicated to using web3 and NFTs to encourage healthier living, and to save 1.5 million lives every year.
Ian, alongside his partner Dr Maria, the Chief Technology Office and an award winning & published scientist in the microbiome space, they cofounded OSbiome & Ome NFTs to help make health accessible to everyone. Ome NFT by OSbiome is the world's first Health-to-Earn OG NFT collection. It's a collection of 1,000 unique 3D Omes, which act as your own personal virtual pet on the blockchain. By interacting with it and acting on simple health quests, owners can earn tokens and be rewarded for simply being healthy.
Five Key Takeaways
NFTs, fused with a play-to-earn approach, can help incentivize users to engage in healthy behaviors, and get rewarded for doing so.
Web3, by helping decentralize health data, can make health care more accessible for all.
Millions of lives are lost each year to conditions that can be improved with diet and lifestyle changes. Tokens can be a unique way to encourage healthy activities which can ultimately save lives.
Successful NFT projects, especially those that follow a play-to-earn model, need to be driven by the community and responsive to community needs.
Organizations that started as non-web3 companies, can find innovative ways to make use of web3 tools to advance their mission and make it more accessible to all.
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Episode Time Stamps
01:45 - What was your “Ah hah” moment that got you interested in cryptocurrency and web3?
03:41 - To start things off, tell me about OSbiome
05:50 - I’m excited now to hear about OME NFT – the first ever health-to-earn NFT. Tell me about OME NFT.
08:01 – Tell me how the average individual would acquire an OmeNFT and engage in this health-to-earn model?
09:34 - Tell me about the OmeVerse health quests – share a couple examples of what these quests look like.
11:00 – Tell me about the tokens – how can users use the tokens they acquire in health quests?
12:07 - Your mission is to save 1.5 million lives each year by encouraging healthy actions – tell me more about this.
14:48 - I understand that you are donating a portion of profits to support nutrition and food programs around the world – tell me more about this.
16:14 - What is the long term vision for Ome NFT?
19:12 - What is the best way for listeners to learn more about OSbiome and Ome NFT?
19:58 - - To wrap things up, if you could name one thing that excites you most about the social impact potential of web3, what would it be and why?
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