@CryptoGorilla@waleswoosh Recently, it’s the slop marketplaces funded by the same VCs that close shop, due to failed product strategy and seemingly bad advice.
Digital collectible marketplace done well is more valuable than any casino/perps hybrid, in any timeline and time frame.
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One of the best recent reads on the current NFT state-of-affairs.
NFTs didn’t decentralize attention. They mostly decentralized access to speculation: visibility, cultural legitimacy, and support still concentrate around platforms, influencers, whales, and social proof.
Digital collectibles don’t magically create community, attention, or fandom. This is why 99% of collections got rinsed and are irrelevant today. It has to be a memory marker inside a living IP ecosystem: content, games, achievements, social identity, lore, drops, status, and participation. Story before everything---and that can include broader brand narrative and history.
If attention is still centralized:
Why would people keep caring when the market is quiet? We ask ourselves that question all the time. Lord knows we've operated most of our lifecycle as an NFT brand in a market that was quiet, and yes we've grown. We've proliferated, and we actually created a system of die-hard fans and collectors.
When kingmakers operate in unison, often behind the scenes, what's your edge? You have to create a game that IS decentralized and permissionless.
The real mote is meaning.
That's a game we can win.
characters people love, stories people follow, collectibles with provenance, status that compounds, community roles that feel earned, experiences that make ownership emotionally useful.
That shit done correctly doesn't need incentives or behaviour hacking, nor does it rely heavily on KOLs. It is substance, and substance is long term.
Culture built on speculation is not culture; but pure culture welcomes and attracts speculation. That's the key difference, and one I believe will define the winners of our industry.
Human Resources @Tabcorp_HR by @TaborRobak may be the most misunderstood, yet genius NFT collection released in years. To understand, it takes more than a quick glance.
This thread is an attempt to help spread information on the timeline, that is only found on the website.
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