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Carly Reilly (Overpriced JPEGs) joins Kevin and Derek to talk about Derek’s latest Medium piece, Reddit Super Bowl NFTs, Ordinals, Multichain NFTs, and AI Art. Plus, a sneak peek of the next PROOF Artist Spotlight on William Mapan.

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0:00:00 Intro

0:02:00 Carly Reilly: OPJ Tour

-Tour Information | https://twitter.com/carlypreilly/status/1617693349594689536?s=20&t=ZjFkd0gNoOxdRC-2oQrVOA

0:04:39 Derek’s Medium Post: Storing Value In Digital Objects

-Article | https://medium.com/collab-currency/storing-value-in-digital-objects-a92f54fa98cc

-Linking Digital and Physical

-The Attention Economy

-Digital Assets as Membership Tokens

-Models for Soulbound Tokens

0:27:35 Reddit Super Bowl NFTs

-Super Bowl Collectibles | https://www.reddit.com/avatar/claim/nfl_superbowl_2023

-Web2 with Web3 Tech

-Gamer Attitudes about NFTs

-Has Polygon Won?

0:36:20 Ordinals and Multichain NFTs

0:56:50 Artist Spotlight Preview: William Mapan

-PROOF Artist Spotlight goes live Tuesday, Feb 14

0:59:18 AI Art

-Life In West America | https://lifeinwestamerica.com/

-What to Look For When Buying

-VonMises14 on Twitter | https://twitter.com/VonMises14

Justin Mezzell (Cofounder, PROOF) chats with French artist mcbess (Matthieu Bessudo) about storytelling, creating art through various mediums, and his projects The Dudes and Cel Mates.

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0:00:00 Intro

0:01:27 Background and Inspiration

0:04:00 Storytelling

Panos Casmatos | https://twitter.com/panoscosmatos

Mandy | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6998518/

0:14:07 | Creating Art Through Various Mediums

0:22:35 | The Dudes

Dudes Factory | https://twitter.com/dudesfactory

0:36:00 Mcbess’ Voice

0:48:15 Cel Mates

Cel Mates | https://twitter.com/cel_mates

0:55:10 Web2 vs. Web3 Communities

1:02:25 How Web3 Empowers Creatives

1:10:23 Art Styles and Training

1:20:34 Outro

On today's podcast, Sam interviews Isaac "Drift" Wright, a former US Army special operations veteran who found solace in urban exploring and capturing cities from unique perspectives. Despite being one of the world's top-selling NFT photographers, he was unjustly arrested and incarcerated without bond, facing discrimination based on his race and military background. 

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Kevin, Sam, and Derek discuss security practices for NFT collectors, and Kevin gives an inside look at his new collecting thesis. Derek tries to make sense of bitcoin NFTs, and Sam reviews the state of the open editions market. The trio chats about AI art and a notable upcoming drop, and finishes up by exploring the world of Doodles 2.

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Proof of Conference

-Buy tickets here

-Beeple’s Live Everyday Announcement

Security Practices for NFTs

Kevin’s New Collector Thesis

-Delegate.cash

Lack of Liquidity for High-End “Grail” NFTs

-Context.app

-Soho.xyz

BTC NFTs

-Ordinals

-Blockworks article: Bitcoin Hates NFTs

Open Editions: Playing the game vs. collecting the art

-Jack Butcher: Checks

-Nyan Balloons

-Loot

AI Art

-Claire Silver

-BrainDrops

-Pindar Van Arman

-Quantum Dreams

-Helena Sarin

Upcoming PROOF Artist Profile: McBess

-Justin Mezzell

-McBess

-Celmates

Doodles 2 on Flow

-Doodles

-Jordan & Carly Episode

Jack Butcher is a designer and entrepreneur known for his product design, branding, and marketing work. He is the founder of Visualize Value, a company that creates visual explanations of complex ideas, such as economics, finance, and technology.

Twitter's blue verified checkmark was a symbol of distinction for active, noteworthy, and legitimate accounts of public interest, but in November 2022, under the leadership of Elon Musk, the significance of the checkmark was altered to be accessible to all users at the cost of $8. Jack Butcher created "Checks," an open edition NFT piece based on the checkmark, sold through the Ethereum blockchain for $8 following the change in Twitter's verification process. The project has since become a runaway success.

Sam, aka NFTStatistics, chats with Jack about the birth of VV Checks, Its burning mechanism, and Jack's marketing take on web3.

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Sam and Derek dive deep on the Open Edition meta taking over NFTs, Memecards building supply and value at the same time, what makes Yuga succeed time and time again, and the huge early success of the latest Curated Art Block. Sam quizzes Derek on what makes Art Blocks projects succeed over the long haul.

00:46 Grails

7:57 Meme Cards

19:40 Open Editions and VV Checks

27:28 Sewer Passes and Yuga’s success

37:44 The Harvest by Per Kristian Stoveland

46:20 What makes artists successful over longer-term

Kevin and Derek go down the rabbit hole of the Wolf Game. Derek has collected an impressive number of Art Blocks Friendship Bracelets. Cold Storage Delegation could be the solution to the majority of hacks.

The Rabbit Hole of Wolf Game

Minting Do Not Mint

Mutant Hound Collar

Lior.Eth

Moonbirds Season 1 Playing Cards

Punk 6529 + Grant Yun

Art Blocks Friendship Bracelets

PROOF of Conference

BasedAF

Cold Storage Delegation

Shopify

Trey Ratcliff is an accomplished fine artist who has been featured by the Smithsonian and has sold millions of dollars worth of physical artwork to collectors, including celebrities such as Edward Norton and Leonardo DiCaprio. His latest project consists of 1,000 unique, one-of-a-kind NFTs featuring photography from his travels across all seven continents, each with its own unique story.

https://opensea.io/collection/trey-ratcliff-1k1k-project

Kevin and Derek kick off the 2023 100 PROOF season with Sam, aka NFTstatistics. Kevin announces the UTA partnership to extend Moonbirds far beyond their existing Web3 audience. The crew makes their predictions for the 2023 Market, and Sam does a deep dive into NFTFi.

Daniel Allan, a pioneer of Music NFTs, outlines his struggles navigating the LA music scene and how NFTs allowed him to flip the industry on its head. Daniel's sound is undeniably catchy, and his NFT sales are a clear strategic success story.