Mint Season 4 episode 20 welcomes Mark Dawson, co-founder of Quixotic, the largest NFT marketplace on Optimism, and MusicFund, a community that finds, funds, and supports up-and-coming artists.

This conversation took place during Eth Denver so there’s a lot to unpack from the week itself, let alone all the cool stuff he and his co-founder are building, so let’s just dive right in.

In this episode, we discuss:

• 01:08 - Intro
• 07:05 - How Do Creators Get Started in crypto?
• 12:55 - What is Quixotic trying to solve?
• 17:45 - NFT Derivatives and Copy-cat projects
• 19:11 - About MusicFund
• 23:21 - Current State of Music and Web3
• 36:52 - 2022 is the year for Layer 2s
• 38:03 - What is Layer Two Community Culture Like?
• 40:39 - The NFT Landscape in 2022
• 42:12 - The Most Interesting Music NFT Use Cases
• 46:37 - Mark’s Thoughts on Web3-native Music Royalties 
• 48:40 - Outro

…and so much more. 

I hope you enjoy our conversation. 

Mark Dawson - https://mobile.twitter.com/web3mark

Learn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint

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