March 17, 2022
Collector Spotlight: NFT Alpha with Derek Edward Schloss of Flamingo DAO
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 Sch...
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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]