DAOs and the Token Paradox

https://gaby.mirror.xyz/zqchiBQhWWS49gaabLU92-BUUwfBL5aHCtNT88VTI8o The problem here — in what I call the Social Token Paradox — is that with this mental model, tokenized communities are incentivized to uphold exclusivity. Let’s work backwards: if you want your community to be valuable, you need your community’s token to go up in price. This makes sense, sure. But to make the

Sleepminting NFTheft

https://nftheft.com/ https://nftheft.com/woman-with-stick-cat/ https://news.artnet.com/opinion/sleepminting-nftheft-monsieur-personne-1960744 Some corporations have convinced you, that provided on Ethereum, NFTs are unique and secure and would solely belong to you if you chose to purchase them. Well… surprise: this is nothing but a carefully constructed hoax to make you feel “privileged” by owning a digital art piece. Your trust is being abused

GANs AND NFTs

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/features/gans-and-nfts-1234594335/ Artists whose work uses generative adversarial networks (GANs)— algorithms that pit computers against each other to produce original machine-made output approximating the human-made training data—have turned to crypto platforms not only to sell their work, but also to explore ways of critically and creatively engaging the blockchain.

Andy Warhol NFTs

https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/52962/1/see-the-andy-warhol-nfts-that-just-sold-for-over-3-million-christies Five NFTs of Andy Warhol’s work have just sold for an eye-watering $3.4 million at auction.

Buying a pink NFT cat was a crypto nightmare

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57273904 Bright, colourful digital-only art that is selling for millions – who wouldn’t be intrigued? But my first experience of investing in this world was a nightmare – with far too much time, money and stress wasted on… well, not very much. Because an NFT doesn’t have a physical representation like a painting, it exists