04.27.2021 - By Laura Shin
Devin Finzer, co-founder and CEO of NFT marketplace OpenSea, talks all things non-fungible. Check out the whole show to hear Devin answer the following questions:
First Half: Breaking Down NFTs
Why did he become so interested in NFTs ?
What is an NFT? Why have NFTs become so popular recently?
Who is creating NFTs? Who is purchasing NFTs?
Are we in an NFT bubble?
How is the NFT ecosystem going to evolve over the next few years?
What are people purchasing when they buy an NFT?
Second Half: OpenSea Q+A
What is OpenSea?
How will OpenSea maintain its competitive advantage in the open-source blockchain ecosystem?
How does OpenSea make money?
Are artists making money on OpenSea?
How is OpenSea planning on integrating with layer 2 solutions on Ethereum and other blockchains?
How do royalties work on OpenSea? Why are they hard to enforce?
What can be done about content being minted on OpenSea without an artist’s permission?
What issues in the NFT world still need to be resolved?
How is OpenSea handling the environmental concerns surrounding NFTs?
What’s next for OpenSea?
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Episode Links
Basic Links
Devin’s Twitter
https://twitter.com/dfinzer?lang=en
OpenSea
https://opensea.io/
Devin Finzer
Content
Podcast appearances
https://www.owltail.com/people/YzIoa-devin-finzer/appearances
The NFT Bible
https://opensea.io/blog/guides/non-fungible-tokens/
Blockchain gaming (2018)
https://www.coindesk.com/the-emerging-trends-in-the-blockchain-gaming-world
OpenSea
Profiles
Fortune
https://fortune.com/2021/03/18/nft-art-crypto-marketplace-opensea-amazon/
CoinDesk 50 for 2020 (#47)
https://www.coindesk.com/the-coindesk-50
Recent announcements
scaling solution w/ Immutable X (Mar 31)
https://www.coindesk.com/nft-opensea-immutable-layer-2-protocol-ethereum
https://decrypt.co/65828/immutable-x-ethereum-nft-gods-unchained
A16z investment (Mar 18th)
https://a16z.com/2021/03/18/investing-in-opensea/
updating terms of service (Mar 13)
https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1370895902068637697
taking down the hacker NFT (Mar 9)
https://www.coindesk.com/hacker-selling-cybersecurity-exploit-nft
unlockable content (early March)
https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1366780226416631817
Tezos collab (Feb 10)
https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1359519631275352064
creating NFTs for free (Dec 29)
https://opensea.io/blog/announcements/introducing-the-collection-manager/
https://twitter.com/xanderatallah/status/1358848443356221445
recent usage:
https://duneanalytics.com/rchen8/opensea
2018 investing round
https://www.coindesk.com/ebay-cryptokitties-raises-2-million-star-vcs
https://opensea.io/blog/announcements/opensea-raises-2-million/
Other
Terms of service talk
https://www.reddit.com/r/opensea/comments/m12uh4/do_i_keep_the_rights_to_any_nft_i_sell_on_opensea/
Stats
https://www.forbes.com/sites/youngjoseph/2021/03/29/nft-market-rages-on-nfts-market-cap-grow-1785-in-2021-as-demand-explodes/?sh=2974862a7fdc
https://duneanalytics.com/rchen8/opensea
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