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What started as building a web3 Dropbox on Arweave Ecosystem has turned into something way bigger. And as a tri-state native, I couldn’t believe what I saw in Times Square tonight, even if it was just for a few brief moments. It’s just a reminder - from the loud,... show more

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These lines are just for you, a whisper of my soul spilling onto paper, meant to reach only you. I write them as if you are already here, reading between the words, feeling what I cannot say aloud. Every thought of you turns ordinary moments into something tender, something I want to hold close forever. I remember your laughter, the way it lingers, the way it makes me believe in light even in quiet shadows. I write to you because my heart cannot stay silent. I write to you because love is alive in the spaces between my words, and these lines, these small fragments of me, are meant to carry all that I feel, just to you.

These lines are just for you, a whisper of my soul spilling onto paper, meant to reach only you. I write them as if you are already here, reading between the words, feeling what I cannot say aloud. Every thought of you turns ordinary moments into something tender, something I want to hold close forever. I remember your laughter, the way it lingers, the way it makes me believe in light even in quiet shadows. I write to you because my heart cannot stay silent. I write to you because love is alive in the spaces between my words, and these lines, these small fragments of me, are meant to carry all that I feel, just to you.

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13,331 views • 7 months ago

There is a state park by me that closes when the sun goes down for safety reasons. I always see people find a way in there to do what they need to do. No matter what they do mayor be add a gate or even have more law enforcement, there’s no stopping it. These people are sitting in their car. They see people walking in and out of the woods while they are sitting there eating and chatting. The people going in and out look so out of place, like they are in a zombie apocalypse. If I saw people just struggling in and out of the woods, looking dirty, no flashlights at all. I would think they are up to something. Especially for the hikers making their way back and hearing rumbling and voices I would be creeped out too.

There is a state park by me that closes when the sun goes down for safety reasons. I always see people find a way in there to do what they need to do. No matter what they do mayor be add a gate or even have more law enforcement, there’s no stopping it. These people are sitting in their car. They see people walking in and out of the woods while they are sitting there eating and chatting. The people going in and out look so out of place, like they are in a zombie apocalypse. If I saw people just struggling in and out of the woods, looking dirty, no flashlights at all. I would think they are up to something. Especially for the hikers making their way back and hearing rumbling and voices I would be creeped out too.

SonnyBoy🇺🇸

1,158,215 views • 2 months ago

At OptimAI Network, we believe the true power of AI Agent comes from the data behind it—and that power shouldn’t rest in the hands of just a few. That’s why we’re building a decentralized ecosystem with you, our community, at its core. Using EVM Layer-2, DePIN, and your collective efforts, we’re creating smarter, faster, and continuously evolving AI agents. Through our DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure) Network, your nodes are the backbone. You provide the computing power, data sourcing, storage, and bandwidth that keep this system resilient, scalable, and truly distributed. It’s not just infrastructure—it’s a movement powered by all of us. Then there’s the DeHIN (Decentralized Human Intelligence), where your insights shine. As a global community, you validate and refine data, ensuring our AI models stay accurate, diverse, and grounded in real-world perspectives. This isn’t about top-down control; it’s about harnessing the intelligence of many to make AI better for everyone. We’re not just dreaming of a decentralized AI future—we’re building it, together. This is your network, your impact, and your chance to redefine what AI can be. Let’s keep pushing forward. Learn more at:

At OptimAI Network, we believe the true power of AI Agent comes from the data behind it—and that power shouldn’t rest in the hands of just a few. That’s why we’re building a decentralized ecosystem with you, our community, at its core. Using EVM Layer-2, DePIN, and your collective efforts, we’re creating smarter, faster, and continuously evolving AI agents. Through our DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure) Network, your nodes are the backbone. You provide the computing power, data sourcing, storage, and bandwidth that keep this system resilient, scalable, and truly distributed. It’s not just infrastructure—it’s a movement powered by all of us. Then there’s the DeHIN (Decentralized Human Intelligence), where your insights shine. As a global community, you validate and refine data, ensuring our AI models stay accurate, diverse, and grounded in real-world perspectives. This isn’t about top-down control; it’s about harnessing the intelligence of many to make AI better for everyone. We’re not just dreaming of a decentralized AI future—we’re building it, together. This is your network, your impact, and your chance to redefine what AI can be. Let’s keep pushing forward. Learn more at:

OptimAI Network

21,362 views • 1 year ago

$If you were sharing this video from the US Capitol building on January 6 and claiming that police “escorted tourists into the building,” then you are either being dishonest, or you didn’t see what was actually happening outside the building. 1) It is almost certain that these police officers are trying to get these people out of the building not into the building. When there’s thousands of people trying to get into one location and they’ve already busted into the building, you have to escort these people through the building to get them out. 2) There were 2500 people illegally in the Capitol. There was a small fraction the number of police. What did you expect these officers to do? Try to arrest them all or try to control the situation and make sure things didn’t get out of control? Picking and choosing 30 second clips out of 44000 hours of video, including video of people busting windows, breaking glass, unlocking doors, and attacking police is disingenuous and ignorant.$

If you were sharing this video from the US Capitol building on January 6 and claiming that police “escorted tourists into the building,” then you are either being dishonest, or you didn’t see what was actually happening outside the building. 1) It is almost certain that these police officers are trying to get these people out of the building not into the building. When there’s thousands of people trying to get into one location and they’ve already busted into the building, you have to escort these people through the building to get them out. 2) There were 2500 people illegally in the Capitol. There was a small fraction the number of police. What did you expect these officers to do? Try to arrest them all or try to control the situation and make sure things didn’t get out of control? Picking and choosing 30 second clips out of 44000 hours of video, including video of people busting windows, breaking glass, unlocking doors, and attacking police is disingenuous and ignorant.

Brian Krassenstein

2,783,511 views • 2 years ago

Spencer Pratt is spot on — we’re still in the lead, and we’re fighting every legal step of the way. He’ll find a legal way to win the mayoral election in Los Angeles just like he’ll find a way to save the City of Angels. I believe in Spencer Pratt. Do you? (Video: AI)

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274,106 views • 2 months ago

As I was leaving Fasig-Tipton tonight, I saw a trainer’s last moment with their horse. From humble breeding to a $3M sale—years of work and emotion distilled into a quiet goodbye just like so many moments along the ride… alone in the dark. The side of this game we rarely see.

As I was leaving Fasig-Tipton tonight, I saw a trainer’s last moment with their horse. From humble breeding to a $3M sale—years of work and emotion distilled into a quiet goodbye just like so many moments along the ride… alone in the dark. The side of this game we rarely see.

Chance Moquett

139,269 views • 9 months ago

SOMEONE TURNED THEIR TEAM'S TASK TRACKER INTO A 3D ISLAND instead of a boring list of tasks, your teams work is a little island that grows as you get stuff done > you assign tasks right in slack, just type who its for, the points, and the due date > finish a task and you get to place a building on the island > get your work rejected and the building collapses into rubble > the rubble stays there forever, so everyone can see it > each new sprint starts a fresh island so over time the island fills up with buildings for all the work your team actually finished, and the rubble is a reminder of what got rejected. its open source, so any team can set it up. way more fun than staring at a to do list all day

SOMEONE TURNED THEIR TEAM'S TASK TRACKER INTO A 3D ISLAND instead of a boring list of tasks, your teams work is a little island that grows as you get stuff done > you assign tasks right in slack, just type who its for, the points, and the due date > finish a task and you get to place a building on the island > get your work rejected and the building collapses into rubble > the rubble stays there forever, so everyone can see it > each new sprint starts a fresh island so over time the island fills up with buildings for all the work your team actually finished, and the rubble is a reminder of what got rejected. its open source, so any team can set it up. way more fun than staring at a to do list all day

Om Patel

12,910 views • 1 month ago

Crazy to think of all of the sweat, tears, & even a little blood that has been put into Bengal Stadium for over 20 years and realize in 5 days it’s about all gone. We are building back better! We will never forget all of the people that have paved the way for what is coming.

Crazy to think of all of the sweat, tears, & even a little blood that has been put into Bengal Stadium for over 20 years and realize in 5 days it’s about all gone. We are building back better! We will never forget all of the people that have paved the way for what is coming.

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46,259 views • 2 years ago

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Hungry Lion - SA

259,207 views • 11 months ago

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Back when I had nothing… I was a nobody to most people. TBH, my parents didn't even see me getting to where I am today. It's just the truth, the chips were stacked for my sister. Not me. But it's just not the reality today. However, there was ONE person in my life that didn’t see me that way. My significant other saw something in me before a lot of things. Before all my wins. Before the $. Before any proof. And honestly… that means a lot to me, if not the most of all. I’ve always been wired a little different. I’m a mix of finance, engineering, and tech, with a sprinkle of obsession. I learned and studied from the best. Warren Buffett for how to invest. Elon Musk for work ethic and where the future is going. And once I saw it… I went all in. Bc when you truly understand what you own… you don’t need 20 bets. What you really need is conviction and just a few bets. That’s how I approached everything in my life. All the way from Apple… to Tesla… to 𝕏… to xAI… and now SpaceX. I believe I have an eye for spotting the best entrepreneurs and companies early, before it becomes obvious to everyone. And when I see it, I back it 100%. That’s just who I am. I don’t need a big circle. I’ve already got my day ones. I don’t need approval. I grew up my whole life with doubt and hate, so what’s one more? At this point, the levels are just too different. And yeah… it's true, it actually gets harder to make new friends when you’re moving like this. So I stay loyal to the ones who were there when I had nothing. I made it with Apple - youngest in, youngest out. Then I made it with Tesla… while people were laughing, doubting, calling me crazy, telling me I was going to go bankrupt with Elon. Fast forward to today, now I'm heading into something even bigger. If the story plays out the way it’s shaping up… SpaceX could have the largest IPO in history this year. The company is talking about raising over $75B… at a $1.75-$2 trillion valuation. For context… the biggest IPO ever - Saudi Aramco - raised about $29B. This would be more than double that. Let that sink in deep. To me this is more than just an investment. This is owning a piece of the future of space, energy, AI... extending the light of consciousness forward in case something happens to Earth. People can call me crazy. People can call me cocky. Arrogant. But the people that actually know me know the truth - I’m just real AF. I say what I believe, and I stand on it. And I genuinely don’t care what people think. I have two middle fingers always held high for those kind of people. That’s probably why I’ve been able to win the way I have. My significant other tells me to slow down sometimes. And I get it. But for me… What’s the point of life if you play it safe? If you see an opportunity that can change everything… and you just sit back? That’s not me. I’d rather go all in on something I believe in… live with intensity… take the hits… and actually feel alive and live life with fulfillment. Laugh if you want, doubt if you want. Some play it safe, a few go all in. You can call it risky. You can call it stupid. You can call it crazy. I call it living. Bc at the end of the day, I'd rather go all in on something I believe in and fail... than spend my life wondering "what if."

Teslaconomics

29,404 views • 4 months ago

I am in the church of American consumerism. The fact that I'm telling you this probably tells you what store I'm in. It isn’t a Tesla store. Think bigger. Way bigger. That you have to show your club card to get in. Just like if I say, "What kind of shoes was Tiger Woods wearing?" you probably would get that right too. What other brands have such a strong memory in everybody's head? I remember my boss taking me to Price Club back in the 1980s. Which is what Costco used to be called. “Don’t tell anyone about this place. It will put us out of business.” The family store I used to work at is gone. If you talk to a Tesla fan all you need to say is “triangle” and we know exactly which vehicle you are talking about. At the Tesla Oasis, which is in the middle of nowhere in California north of Los Angeles, the solar panels are at the same angle. Why I notice these things? I have hung out with brand designers and storytellers at the highest level. Oakley treats its designers as better than everyone else. It has special equipment that deposits a layer a few atoms thick as glass and plastic. That is how it gets to reflect light in such a colorful way. If you see them you know they are Oakleys. Can’t wait for a pair to come out from some tech company that basically say to everyone “yes I am wearing a camera.” Whoever turns that negative into a club will have a huge moat. Like Harley Davidson turned its negative image into a brand that the Governor of Texas once talked to my partner about for more than an hour both with very fond tones. My friend says Cybertruck is a failure. I say that will be a very popular vehicle on Robotaxi. Just watch. Once you are inside for a ride you will understand. As for the glasses, Zuckerberg had plans long ago to have us play games with our friends in the street. That kind of club.

Robert Scoble

30,103 views • 1 month ago

I JUST MADE $610K IN A COUPLE OF DAYS I’m only 23, and so much has changed in my life, it’s hard to believe that at this age I’ve managed to make over $15 million in meme coins. $FWA has made me over 5,500% in just a few days. I still can't believe i turned $10k into a fucking $600k. It’s been years of hard work, dedication, and sweat. Believe me, a winner is just a loser who tried many times.

I JUST MADE $610K IN A COUPLE OF DAYS I’m only 23, and so much has changed in my life, it’s hard to believe that at this age I’ve managed to make over $15 million in meme coins. $FWA has made me over 5,500% in just a few days. I still can't believe i turned $10k into a fucking $600k. It’s been years of hard work, dedication, and sweat. Believe me, a winner is just a loser who tried many times.

KAIKO (🐵,🍌) | legend.eth

117,655 views • 17 days ago

Been building this little brand for almost three years now with Grant Eastey and Ejay ODonnell. That’s my wife and I packing our first orders in our tiny garage that couldn’t even fit a car. But in the end the garage found its purpose. There’s something special about just going for it. We just wanted to make some hats for dads that we didn’t see out there for ourselves. Everything else was dad bod humor, mowing the lawn, ugly sneakers, etc. Being a dad is so much more than that. Being a dad really isn’t any of that funny stuff. That’s just the weird brand social media has given us. We’re about to cross half a million hats sold soon and still see ourselves in that tiny garage. Just trying things. Seeing what happens and doubling down if it works. The brand has become so much more than we ever imagined. I don’t enjoy the notion of becoming a “DTC brand”, just become a brand. Become a community and movement. You should see the notes we get from customers saying our hat helped them become better parents, our hat helped them keep trying to have children, our hat brought their kids joy when their dad passed away, our hat showed up and changed the life of someone deciding if they wanted to go on. I don’t care about the metrics. Obsession over CAC and ROAS won’t create this. Building something with meaning is so beyond any of the acronyms we see here on a regular basis. At the end of the day it’s all about trying. You just need to try. It’s as simple as that. I used to think there’s so much to risk by trying. At the end of the day it’s usually ego or fear. And two things are true. Ego decisions are solely based on your perception of what you’ll look like to others, which will never matter in the end. The second thing is fear. Fear usually only lives within YOU. Nowhere else. You make it up and decide how to act from it. Greatness is on the other side of fear. There’s no pressure over here. I was born into project buildings in Poland. “Making it” happened long before the brand started. Making it was getting out of Poland and into the US at the age of 7. On our pod yesterday Nate Lagos📈 asked me why I even stay on X when having a successful brand. The answer is simple. I personally want to give away as much free game as possible. I don’t know it all, not even close. But I want to help others break through and get their ideas into motion. Everyone is charging for courses and slack access. I get it, but it’s not how I care to move. There’s plenty to go around for everyone and if I can help then I’d love to. Gate keeping is weird. Pass it on. Help others win. Looking back at my time in that tiny garage I miss it. The excitement of a new idea forming. Hand packing every order and writing notes. Not caring if it works but trying and having fun. Going for it. To this day. 95% of all creative is Canva and iPhone. Free Shopify theme. I run all marketing. No employees. Great partners. It’s beautiful. One more time. JUST GO FOR IT.

Bart

10,542 views • 1 year ago

Life is one big classroom. Mistakes are inevitable. We all face moments of self doubt, wondering if we’re good enough, thinking people won’t like us, feeling unsure if we’re even capable of what we hope to achieve. But the beauty is in the imperfections- the cracks in the glass that allow light to shine through, each in a unique way. So don’t hide from who you are and what you stand for and believe in. Tear off the tape and speak it out loudly. The world needs your voice now more than ever, and the truth cannot be silenced. #truth #freedom #liberation

Life is one big classroom. Mistakes are inevitable. We all face moments of self doubt, wondering if we’re good enough, thinking people won’t like us, feeling unsure if we’re even capable of what we hope to achieve. But the beauty is in the imperfections- the cracks in the glass that allow light to shine through, each in a unique way. So don’t hide from who you are and what you stand for and believe in. Tear off the tape and speak it out loudly. The world needs your voice now more than ever, and the truth cannot be silenced. #truth #freedom #liberation

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150,869 views • 1 year ago

Holy shit. Four and a half years. My role as Marketing & PR Manager at Syscoin has officially ended, and I needed to write this before I posted anything else. So please, stop DM'ing me about Binance AMA's for $200 and telegram trade groups that have all the alpha, and 100k "active" members in them lol. The day I knew web3 was going to be the industry I live and die in started in Dubai. Binance Blockchain Week, March 2022. We threw what I still think was one of the best side events in blockchain history at the time, and from that night forward we had a standard. Syscoin stayed the true web3 vibe that everyone else strayed away from for casinos and meme tokens that died 2 years later. We always had the vibe. The right room, the right people, the right energy. That became the rhythm of the next four years for us. Syscoin stayed imitated but never duplicated over the next four years. Austin. Nashville. Las Vegas. Colombia, Singapore, Dubai, Davos. Medellín, where I first met Fernando Paredes at Devconnect, in a room full of builders who were actually building. Conferences and events all blur together when you've been to enough of them. But the side rooms don't. The 1am conversations don't. Those are the moments that built the network. Those are the moments I'll carry. Through every one of those rooms I had the honor of working alongside some of the biggest names in this industry. VC's, Founders, exchange leadership, protocol engineers, journalists, influencers and KOLs who actually move markets, builders shipping in silence. The kind of access most people in this space never get and with current industry conditions may actually never get again. I never took a single one of those rooms or connections for granted if you can't already tell by my X following. Behind all of it, the receipts that don't fit on a tweet. Over 400 terabytes of content, video, graphics, strategies, brand systems, blueprints, four years of building the marketing engine for a chain trying to scale Bitcoin without compromise. Thousands of hours, research, everything we needed to make it through cycle after cycle with our integrity, honesty and trust intact. Hundreds of strategies and playbooks that never even made it to market. There were good times. There were bad times. Anyone who tells you a four-year run inside a top-tier crypto project was all good times is selling you some straight bullshit. The project came out the other side. The team came out the other side. The work continued. That matters more than the noise. To everyone who made this run what it was. Every founder who picked up a call, every KOL who actually showed up, every journalist who took the meeting, every member of the community who never asked for anything but stayed loyal anyway. Thank you. So what's next for me? This astronaut isn't leaving the field. He's walking into the Wasteland of what he's had to watch our industry become over the last decade. Somewhere out there is the oasis. I'm going deep into AI. AI infrastructure and AI-native marketing, the place where autonomous agents, content systems, and Web3 product strategy actually meet. The next decade will define what the next century holds and I'm here to capture that. I've spent the last two years quietly building in that lane and I'm ready to make it the lane. If you're still in Web3, AI, or the seam where the two collide, my DMs are open. What a ride. — 1DC

1DC

14,875 views • 3 months ago

What started as simple admiration turned into something so deep, so real, we didn’t even see it coming. You didn’t just let us in as fans, you became home to so many of us. You deserve all the love the world has to offer, Klarisse De Guzman. 🫰🏻

What started as simple admiration turned into something so deep, so real, we didn’t even see it coming. You didn’t just let us in as fans, you became home to so many of us. You deserve all the love the world has to offer, Klarisse De Guzman. 🫰🏻

KLANGOTS OFFICIAL

29,375 views • 1 year ago

I spent a decade in TradFi, managing $1B+ at Canada’s largest bank. I began to realize that the system was designed for the institutions running it, rather than the people. My frustration pushed me into Web3. Since then: - Mined Ethereum & invested across the crypto ecosystem since 2018 - Went deep into DeFi in 2022, built one of the first tokenized credit facilities - democratizing access to credit - Joined founding team Nesa in 2024 at intersection of AI × blockchain - empowering building with AI in fully private & sovereign way. There is a lot more I will share along the way. Stay tuned for what’s ahead for Nesa as we continue to scale and deliver.

I spent a decade in TradFi, managing $1B+ at Canada’s largest bank. I began to realize that the system was designed for the institutions running it, rather than the people. My frustration pushed me into Web3. Since then: - Mined Ethereum & invested across the crypto ecosystem since 2018 - Went deep into DeFi in 2022, built one of the first tokenized credit facilities - democratizing access to credit - Joined founding team Nesa in 2024 at intersection of AI × blockchain - empowering building with AI in fully private & sovereign way. There is a lot more I will share along the way. Stay tuned for what’s ahead for Nesa as we continue to scale and deliver.

Stefan

86,163 views • 7 months ago

Gregory Ferrand, the artist responsible for painting the cover art for the vinyl and deluxe versions of ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’, posted excerpts of the painting process in celebration of the album's 5th anniversary: “Hard to believe that it's been five years since (Tyler, The Creator) released ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ and used my commissioned painting as the cover for the vinyl release! It's definitely still surreal (and startling) to see my painting just sitting up on a display of records when I walk into a record store!”

Gregory Ferrand, the artist responsible for painting the cover art for the vinyl and deluxe versions of ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’, posted excerpts of the painting process in celebration of the album's 5th anniversary: “Hard to believe that it's been five years since (Tyler, The Creator) released ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ and used my commissioned painting as the cover for the vinyl release! It's definitely still surreal (and startling) to see my painting just sitting up on a display of records when I walk into a record store!”

Archive Tyler, The Creator

17,770 views • 1 month ago

The Sabotaging Practice of Over Supply and Sameness in the NFT Space. The current zeitgeist of the NFT space is that the same artists are doing the same kind of work five times a year, with project after project leaving a trail of disappointment and discontent among collectors and all of us watching in disbelief as huge resources are extracted from the space over work that feels like it could be left as an "artist study." I understand that you can do what you want with your money as collectors, but we are killing the whole space with this incestuous practice. No artist is that prolific to be able to do 5 collections of 100+ pieces each every year and actually deliver innovation and some kind of creative evolution. Of course, they can pretend play that the work has something new, but there is no precedent nor proof that that has ever happened in the speed that it happens in the NFT space. Again, people are free to through away their resources on whatever they want but with this way of doing things, we more and more are going to start seeing the consequences. Oh! There are consequences? Yes. Maybe unintended, but there are. Let's see. Let's start with the loss of belief in the NFT space as somewhere where emerging artists can come and find support for their experiments. Why even bother to bring experiments, innovation, and new ways to think of art on the blockchain if the same people have all the collectors hypnotized with their magical flutes? Why even try to come to a space where taking risks and challenging the status quo (the mission of art!!!) is overlooked? This makes the NFT space a social club and not a space for art. I guess it is fine, but IMO it is a recipe for disaster. New collectors stay away because the art will slowly but surely become stale and un-challenging. Why even bother to come and see what is happening here if you can't, as a collector, see new weird and up-and-coming artists? The amount of noise emitted by the same artists doing the same art over and over, drowns out any new voices. Again. A recipe for disaster. The NFT space is becoming a space of disappointment and doubt. We think that collections going to zero one after the other, over and over, is not damaging? I feel we are kidding ourselves. Disappointment piles up, and again, the people who will hurt are the emerging artists, the new blood, the ones who are willing to risk the most and, in return, put fire in this cold space of sameness. I love this space—don't get me wrong—it has changed my life, and I believe it has a ton of potential, but things need to change for it to become a beacon of light in art. But we need to support new voices. We need to support new ideas. The challenge is huge. I hope to contribute all I can to this change. I hope more and more see how exciting it is to go out and try to discover what else is out there and move this space forward. But again, I understand the leaps of faith needed, but if there is a space that is based on that, it's the NFT space...so there is hope. We will see. 📺by Boldtron

The Sabotaging Practice of Over Supply and Sameness in the NFT Space. The current zeitgeist of the NFT space is that the same artists are doing the same kind of work five times a year, with project after project leaving a trail of disappointment and discontent among collectors and all of us watching in disbelief as huge resources are extracted from the space over work that feels like it could be left as an "artist study." I understand that you can do what you want with your money as collectors, but we are killing the whole space with this incestuous practice. No artist is that prolific to be able to do 5 collections of 100+ pieces each every year and actually deliver innovation and some kind of creative evolution. Of course, they can pretend play that the work has something new, but there is no precedent nor proof that that has ever happened in the speed that it happens in the NFT space. Again, people are free to through away their resources on whatever they want but with this way of doing things, we more and more are going to start seeing the consequences. Oh! There are consequences? Yes. Maybe unintended, but there are. Let's see. Let's start with the loss of belief in the NFT space as somewhere where emerging artists can come and find support for their experiments. Why even bother to bring experiments, innovation, and new ways to think of art on the blockchain if the same people have all the collectors hypnotized with their magical flutes? Why even try to come to a space where taking risks and challenging the status quo (the mission of art!!!) is overlooked? This makes the NFT space a social club and not a space for art. I guess it is fine, but IMO it is a recipe for disaster. New collectors stay away because the art will slowly but surely become stale and un-challenging. Why even bother to come and see what is happening here if you can't, as a collector, see new weird and up-and-coming artists? The amount of noise emitted by the same artists doing the same art over and over, drowns out any new voices. Again. A recipe for disaster. The NFT space is becoming a space of disappointment and doubt. We think that collections going to zero one after the other, over and over, is not damaging? I feel we are kidding ourselves. Disappointment piles up, and again, the people who will hurt are the emerging artists, the new blood, the ones who are willing to risk the most and, in return, put fire in this cold space of sameness. I love this space—don't get me wrong—it has changed my life, and I believe it has a ton of potential, but things need to change for it to become a beacon of light in art. But we need to support new voices. We need to support new ideas. The challenge is huge. I hope to contribute all I can to this change. I hope more and more see how exciting it is to go out and try to discover what else is out there and move this space forward. But again, I understand the leaps of faith needed, but if there is a space that is based on that, it's the NFT space...so there is hope. We will see. 📺by Boldtron

alejandro cartagena

98,261 views • 2 years ago