Trends #0050 — Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
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What Critics Don’t Understand About NFTs
The complexity and arbitrariness of non-fungible tokens are a big part of their appeal.
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The Furry Lisa, CryptoArt, & The New Economy Of Digital Creativity
Over the last year I became the proud owner of The Furry Lisa, among several other one-of-a-kind digital creations often referred to as…
a16z Podcast: All about NFTs - Andreessen Horowitz
From "I've never seen anything like this before" to "is this like ICOs all over again" to "it's just a jpg I don't get it" to "but what about the energy use!" -- this special deep-dive episode from the a16z Podcast network breaks down everything you need or want to know about NFTs... while cutting through the noise for what’s hype/ what’s real and answering top of mind questions.
The Non-Fungible Token Bible: Everything you need to know about NFTs - OpenSea Blog
Discover unique NFTs and receive news, updates, tips, and tricks on the world’s first and largest NFT marketplace. Welcome to the OpenSea’s Blog.
A beginner's guide to NFTs — Mirror
Non-fungible token (NFT) is a term used to describe a unique digital asset whose ownership is tracked on a blockchain, such as Ethereum. Assets that can be represented as NFTs range from digital goods, such as items that exist within virtual worlds, to claims on physical assets such as clothing items or real estate. In the coming years, we will see NFTs used to unlock entirely new use cases that are only made possible by crypto.
💻🌃🧙♂️Crypto Will Change Value, NFTs Will Change Society
Note: “Crypto” is a catch-all term for assets like bitcoin and blockchain protocols like Ethereum. Note 2: The “Metaverse” is a virtual environment where people live, work, and play. Crypto is going to radically alter finance, value, organization, governance, the internet, money, and more. But it’s non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that will radically alter human society and culture.
Proof of Passion
Creators, Communities, and the Gray Space in the Middle — Nichanan Kesonpat
How David Bowie presciently described the breakdown of barriers between creators and their audiences, the future of digital communities, and experiments in NFTs and social tokens.
NFT subculture — Mirror
Established art cultures online and in the physical world won’t be early adopters of NFTs. A crypto-native subculture will emerge around the medium first.
NFTs make the internet ownable — Mirror
Before tech, I was an artist manager in music. When I started the firm, I believed one thing about the music industry very firmly: ownership endows power. Typically, labels had ownership over the music, and thus, power over artists.
Stories, Scarcity and Mimetic Desire
NFTs (non-fungible tokens) have recently exploded onto the mainstream in a way that nothing else has in the history of our industry…
1,000 True Fans
This is an edited, updated version of an essay I wrote in 2008 when this now popular idea was embryonic and ragged. I recently rewrote it to convey the core ideas, minus out-of-date details. This revisited essay appears in Tim
NFTs and a Thousand True Fans - Andreessen Horowitz
Non-fungible tokens offer fundamentally better economics for creators by removing rent-seeking, enabling granular pricing, and reducing customer acquisition costs.
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Down the Rabbit Hole with Ronen by NFT Radio
Put on a blue dress and blonde wig because tomorrow we are adventuring down the NFT rabbit hole. In this philosophic discussion, we’ll be covering everything from medium, art, and auctions to economics, memes, and singularity. We’re on something. We’re on to something. Join us.
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How the worlds first high street DAO is operated — The General Store DAO
All the little details necessary to run a DAO. From legal to setup.
What is a DAO? | Hacker Noon
Understanding Governor Bravo
A review of key changes versus Compound’s Governor Alpha contract
The Era of Legally Compliant DAOs
OpenLaw releases its first vertical OpenLaw DAO to enable the creation and deployment of “limited liability DAOs” in minutes. Creating a…
DAO – A Decentralized Governance Layer for the Internet of Value - The Bitcoin News
Blockchain advisors George Samman and David Freuden teamed up to co-author DAO: A Decentralized Governance Layer for the Internet of Value. The
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Joystream: The video platform DAO
Joystream is a video platform controlled, owned, and operated by its users.
Introduction To The Royalty Exchange Marketplace – Royalty Exchange
An introduction to the Royalty Exchange marketplace and where investors can find royalty assets
BAND Royalty Music NFT Royalties on Ethereum Blockchain
Band Royalty NFTs give you direct access to music royalties,
With BAND NFTs staking, instead of just listening you can stake your NFTs into royalty pools that potentially earn whenever that platinum selling song is played. Tap into the unique utility of these BAND NFTs to get the opportunity to share in the performance rights of various songs and artists.