On this week's episode we dive into Leyla's recent thread asking people what frustrates them about our space. Replies included the constant pivots at the expense of the culture, an over emphasis on institutional recognition, the insane operational speed and of course the constant bag shilling. 

There were unsurprisingly too many comments to go into every single one, but the entire thread is linked bellow. Welcome to the first Verse therapy session.  

00:44 - Addressing community concerns  

01:42 - Platforms pivoting to oblivion 

04:30 - A pivot or an evolution 

09:00 - Understanding the technical infrastructure

11:44 - Responsibility for preservation and the loss of individual control 

12:44 - The cultural implications of fragile storage 

13:46 - Pandering to the traditional art world at the expense of our own culture 

16:45 - How institutions engage with and understand web3 culture 

19:05 - Digital art for a digital world 

20:20 - Artist responsibility and the weight of maintaining collector relationships 

25:50 - Overly safe curation and the reality of sales 

30:45 - Leveraging the network effects of the space 

32:08 - The power of the cabal 

33:45 - Building legacy level art at TikTok level speeds 

37:55 - We're still building, we're still learning 

38:54 - Verse rundown 

41:35 - Artist highlights 

Mika Ben Amar: https://x.com/100o111

Erik Swahn: https://x.com/erikswahn 

Parker Ito: https://x.com/creamydreamy

Mother Louisiane: https://x.com/motherlouisiane 

Leyla's art therapy thread: https://x.com/verse_leyla/status/1939098021058560393