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Creators 8ncient Gardener and Eternal Caretaker join Kevin to chat about ZENFT Garden Society, their 8,888 unique procedurally generated 3D bonsai trees. They discuss their influential time spent in Tokyo, the unconventional rarity ranking within the community, and what the future road map and community building look like for this ever-evolving project.
SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
- ZENFT Garden Society
- ZENFT Garden Society | Discord
- ZENFT Garden Society | Twitter
- 8ncient Gardener | Twitter
- Alchemix – DeFi Loans That Repay Themselves with Scoopy Trooples | Modern Finance 16
- A Cute NFT Project | Chubbies
- The Bored Ape Yacht Club
- How to Grow a Bonsai Tree, for Beginners | Bonsai Empire
- What Is Augmented Reality (AR)? | Investopedia
- What Is USDZ and Why You Should Care: Apple’s AR Kit Explained | Vectary
- The Meebits | Larva Labs
- Metaverse Social Club | Last Slice Collective
- Xeta's Decentraland Gallery
- Home of the Hunt | LandVault
- User-Generated Crypto & Blockchain Games | The Sandbox Game
- Voxel | Merriam-Webster
- Rethinking Automotive Design | CryptoMotors
- 12,000 Unique NFTs Living on the ETH Blockchain | Gutter Cat Gang
- The Coolest NFTs on the Blockchain! | Cool Cats
- Explore Bonsai by ZENFT Traits | rarity.tools
- ZENFT Bonsai Trees Sell Out in Less Than One Hour! | NFT Culture
- Monstercat's NFT Debut Generates $180,000 in Just Two Minutes | EDM.com
- Send Cryptocurrencies on Discord & Telegram | tip.cc
- Roots of Rage by ZENFT | OpenSea
- Silent Mountain by CS LIM: ZENFT Curated Collection | OpenSea
- Zen Masterpiece by CS LIM: ZENFT Curated Collection | OpenSea
- ZENFT Community Art Contest | Notion
- The Key to the Metaverse | Metakey
- ZENFT Bonsai AR Viewer Guide | Notion
- We Print NFTs | Infinite Objects
- NFT Displays | Nifted
- The World's Leading Holographic Display Company | Looking Glass Factory
- What Is Ikebana? The Japanese Art That’s Making a Comeback | Artsy
- LEGO Bonsai Tree | LEGO Shop US
- Bonsai Society of San Francisco (BSSF)
- Portland Japanese Garden
- Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- 5 Teachings from the Japanese Wabi-Sabi Philosophy That Can Drastically Improve Your Life | Omar Itani
- Art That Changes Over Time | Async Art
- What Is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization, and How Does a Dao Work? | Cointelegraph
- Chromie Squiggle by Snowfro | Art Blocks
- Flamingo DAO – What You Should Know About Decentralized Autonomous Organizations With Priyanka Desai And Aaron Wright | Modern Finance
SHOW NOTES
- What is ZENFT Garden Society? [00:28]
- Who are 8ncient Gardener and Eternal Caretaker, and what inspired the creation of ZENFT Garden Society? [02:20]
- How long did it take for 8ncient Gardener, Eternal Caretaker, and Seed Meister to settle on bonsai trees as their theme? Do any of them have a background in real-world bonsai tending? [03:50]
- How did 8ncient Gardener, Eternal Caretaker meet? [05:58]
- What forward-minded features were conceived from the start to make ZENFT stand out in the NFT space? [06:43]
- ZENFT's engagement with metaverse communities. [09:38]
- What is LandVault, and how did its creators make an offer the ZENFT developers couldn't refuse? [12:32]
- Were all of ZENFT's 8,888 unique bonsai trees hand-drawn, or were they generatively created? [14:54]
- Traits of the bonsai: from rare types of bark to what collectors seem to seek out. [16:30]
- Selling out all 8,888 bonsai trees in less than an hour at launch, How was the ZENFT community built? [20:26]
- On how the $WATER token came about, how it can be used, and the Roots of Rage that were planted along the way. [22:48]
- What projects have kept the ZENFT team busy lately? [25:24]
- Is there any benefit to holding more than one ZENFT bonsai? [28:07]
- What are Forest Spirits? [28:49]
- What are the many ways people are displaying their ZENFT bonsai online and in the real world? Is there a ZENFT app? [30:11]
- Thoughts on enabling bonsai maintenance and additional traits in the future. [34:11]
- Is there room for ikebana among the bonsai? Or LEGO? [34:48]
- Real-world bonsai talk. [35:49]
- How the aesthetic of ZENFT is unique enough to hook people who wouldn't otherwise be exposed to the world of NFTs. [40:00]
- Do the ZENFT developers practice Zen Buddhism in the real world? [40:32]
- How might ZENFT bonsais mark the passage of time or reflect a transfer of ownership in an interesting way? [42:40]
- Parting thoughts and ideas on the horizon. [45:23]