Non-Fungible Rebels

Blockmuse and I had many conversations before on Twitter Spaces and most of them have been deep and thought-provoking.

This time we livestreamed it and now you get to watch/listen to the recording.

In this episode we spoke about:

• How did he get into the NFT art space
• Why he did not give up and leave
• His failed attempt to write a fluffy poem
• How did Blockmuse deal with the courage to share his art
• Punching back at the world
• Humanizing tech through experiences
• Creating art and vulnerability
• NFT artists vs degens
• Relational art

If you want to learn more about what Blockmuse is about please check out his substack and his website.

There are many exciting things we’ve been working on that I can’t wait to share with you but I can’t yet. I can’t wait to do it too - patience has never been among my strong features.

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Today I spoke to Kaloh.

We discussed:

• How did he get into web3 
• Why did he start and grew his newsletter
• What are NFTs and why do people say they are dead
• What’s the real state of the NFT market
• Promoting your NFT art 
• Having diverse interests and Niche-ing down
• Takeaways from hosting a podcast
• How he runs all his content onchain
• How to find genuine NFT artist communities

This week I spoke to Amit Pradhan. Amit is the Founder/CEO of Rainfall and the General Partner at JetVentures.

In this episode we spoke about:

• shifts between Web3 & AI 
• the importance of WHY and FOR WHO vs WHAT
• why web3 matters
• the VC world and investing in startups
• who’s the enemy of decentralisation
• AI and personal data 
• Rainfall

This time I spoke to Kate Baucherel.

Kate is a writer, speaker, and digital strategist specialising in the application of emerging technologies, with a focus on the use of blockchain and cryptocurrency.

In this episode we discussed:

• How did Kate end up in this space
• Back then vs now
• ICOs
• Tokens and their impact on projects
• Kate’s sweet spot in this space and how is she able to keep up with everything
• Writing and communicating in web3
• Kate’s fiction series
• Women in tech
• Memecoins (and how they impact the perception of this space)
• Web3 gaming
• Mass adoption

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In this episode I speak to Rizzn - who according to his Twitter bio is a journalist and crypto-anarchist.

We discussed:

• What brought him to this space and what kept him here for so long
• How much has the culture changed since the early days of Bitcoin and what it was like at the very beginning?
• Bitcoin: is it store of value or means of exchange?
• DAOs
• Ross Ulbricht’s story 
• Why did he end up in prison
• How does the future of this space look like

I spoke to VESA last week. He’s a digital artist and a true OG in the space. He has deep understanding of the space but also the courage to dive into intense artistic experiences and experiments.

In this episode I speak to Nock Almond from FactoryDAO.

In this episode we discussed:

• DAOs
• which stage are they at
• why are they inevitable
• founder’s egos
• lack of DAO success stories
• crypto cycles
• absurd valuations and their consequences
• price vs value of digital assets
• ICOs
• bad actors and lack of accountability in the space
• token utility
• good communities in the space
• airdrops

I’ve got a new podcast for you today. This time I am speaking to Anna Maria Caballero: a writer and poet who since a few years have consistently minted her literary art and one of her works was recently been auctioned by Sotheby’s.

In this episode we spoke about:

• Anna journey
• how she navigates the web3 space
• balancing between creating art and promoting art
• relationships between artists and collectors
• pricing your NFT art
• competition
• the role of traditional galleries in the web3 space
• Anna’s auction at Sotheby’s
• the importance of IRL events and engaging with online communities

today I speak to Mila Lolli the founder of NFTUK.

We discussed:

• Mila’s juggle and final choice between being an artist and the founder of NFTUK
• The NFT hype cycle times
• The origin story of NFT UK
• Cyber bullying
• Being anonymous in the space
• Building a genuine community

This time I am speaking to Paul Dylan-Ennis.

Paul is is a lecturer/assistant professor in the College of Business, University College Dublin. He is the author of the forthcoming book "The Absolute Essentials of Ethereum". Paul writes about Ethereum culture and values.

If you have read Vitalik Buterin’s fantastic piece Make Ethereum Cypherpunk Again - Paul was the one who reviewed and provided feedback for that one.

In this episode we talked about:

• how and why was Ethereum created
• previous cycles and is it going to be the same ride when the bull is back
• what did NFT hype bring into this space
• projects that have a soul
• cypherpunk culture
• possible scenarios of what Erthereum’s will be like in the future
• thoughts about the future of this space

That's it for now.

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