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Derek Edward Schloss of Collab+Currency and Flamingo DAO joins Kevin to discuss his philosophy on the value of scarce digital objects and how this value can be measured for future projects.
LINKS
- Connect with Derek Edward Schloss: Twitter
- Crypto-Focused Venture Fund | Collab Currency
- A Flamboyance of NFT Collectors, Curators, and Artists | Flamingo DAO
- The 2007–2008 Financial Crisis in Review | Investopedia
- Eugene, OR
- Authentic Digital Art Marketplace | SuperRare
- What is Web3? The Decentralized Internet of the Future Explained | Free Code Camp
- NFT Mastermind Created Ethereum Because Warcraft Nerfed His Character | Polygon
- Collect and Trade Moments in NBA History | NBA Top Shot
- Tracking NBA Top Shot Moments | NBA Top Shot
- Comparison of Blockchain Protocols | LeewayHertz
- Objkt and Its Path to Becoming the Largest NFT Marketplace on Tezos | PROOF
- A New NFT Ecosystem for Culture & Creativity | Palm NFT Studio
- Chromie Squiggle by Snowfro | Art Blocks
- CryptoPunks – The NFTs That Started It All. Their Origin Story and Future Plans | Modern Finance
- Art Blocks – Generative NFT Art with Erick Snowfro | Modern Finance
- Punks, Squiggles, and the Future of Generative Media | Medium
- Autoglyphs | Larva Labs
- Proof Grails Protoglyph and the Secret of the Pig Numbers Treasure Hunt | PROOF
- The Devil Wears Prada | Prime Video
- Chromie Squiggles Explorer
- Fidenza by Tyler Hobbs | Art Blocks
- Artist Spotlight: Ringers with Dmitri Cherniak | PROOF
- PROOF Collective
- Show Your Collection to the World | Gallery.so
- The Ethereum Blockchain Explorer | Etherscan
- ABSOLUTELY DO NOT MINT Collection | OpenSea
- do NOT mint | Twitter
- Burnable Labs Dissects ABSOLUTELY DO NOT MINT | Twitter
- Mint ONLY if you TRUST the process | Twitter
- Collector Spotlight: Chris, Flamingo DAO member | PROOF
- Mathcastles | Twitter
- Randomized Adventurer Gear Generated and Stored on Chain | Loot
- Paris Hilton, Jimmy Fallon Show Off Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs | Vulture
NOTES
- After sharing some background, Derek explains what drew him to the world of NFTs. [01:59]
- How does Derek describe the importance of NFTs to the uninitiated? [07:36]
- What was Derek's first NFT purchase, and how does he evaluate which NFTs are worth collecting? [10:20]
- How Derek saw value in collecting early Top Shots that Kevin missed. [14:30]
- Derek's considerations about what each blockchain has to offer and how this factors into his investments. [18:02]
- Kevin covets Derek's Chromie Squiggles collection. How did Derek get bitten by the Squiggles bug, and what other two projects does he consider to be equal in historical value? [20:28]
- A deep dive into Chromie Squiggles' attribute rarity, and weighing the value of visible versus invisible traits. [28:52]
- How does Derek seek out the next big NFT project worth an investment? [35:38]
- A recent project that aroused Derek's attention. [43:30]
- How does Derek know when something is too geeky? [52:13]
- Parting thoughts. [57:50]