The more people hating on SGA, the more I start to actually like him.
Similar with Panini BC. The more people telling me, that I need to buy Panini BC stuff, the more I actually don't want anything of that.
psychological reactance?
@bbleezy2k3@singingbridgeky@SkillGameNBA@NBATopShot I think this is a really good point. All I read on my timeline about Panini BC is about "making money", "big sales", "we are going to be so rich" etc. No one ever talks about the sport itself.
Third straight Cooper Flagg Rookie Revelation sale of over 4k!
There will ONLY ever be 1,682 Cooper Flagg Rookies on NBA Top Shot!
Find the perfect Flagg rookie for your collection below! 👇
NBA Top Shot Moments will now be permanently stored on IPFS, a decentralized network, making each one a collectible that exists in perpetuity – independent of any single entity.
Every video highlight, the thumbnail, and metadata.
Built in collaboration with the NBA and Dapper Labs, this is expected to be announced this week.
Explainer follows.
IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is a decentralized, peer-to-peer storage network used to store, share, and access files and data without relying on central servers.
IPFS is made of multiple IPFS nodes, so no one entity can control what is shared on the network, this allows immutability (unchangeable data) and permanence - but only if the data is pinned to at least one node.
Pinning is what turns "accessible in theory" into "accessible permanently."
The more a Moment is requested, the more nodes it passes through, and the more opportunities for it to be pinned organically by others.
This can also be done deliberately through a pinning service as well, and Dapper Labs would likely use one or several of these to ensure redundancy.
Whenever a node wants to share content on IPFS, it runs the content through a cryptographic hash and returns a CID (Content Identifier).
The CID is tied to the content itself – change anything at all, and you get a completely different CID – this is what makes it tamper-proof.
Moments will have a public CID, so anyone can independently verify the media is authentic and access the original files directly – no middleman needed.
Moments will become decentralized IPFS-pinned assets to ensure they remain accessible forever, so even if Dapper Labs ceased operations, your collectibles would still exist and be retrievable, no matter what.
A small beauty that we take for granted in digital collecting – instant liquidity.
A collector jumped on the secondary marketplace and grabbed a sealed Freshman Gems Case Topper pack for $625 – the original owner was able to cash out their investment with a nice monetary gain and the buyer took a shot.
The Reveal: #1 Freshman Gems Kon Knueppel 💎
There was already a standing $1,900 offer on the Moment, but within minutes, another buyer slid in and grabbed it for $2,007.
On-chain transparency, instantly settled, all in under an hour.
The market moves at internet speed, not postal speed.
No grading backlog or 'lottery' on grade.
No shipping risk.
No “lost in the mail.”
No insurance claims or chargebacks.
No wondering if the corner got dinged in transit.
No return fraud.
No “item not as described.”
No worrying about scamming from the buyer after delivery.
Just instant provenance, instant liquidity, and instant flex.
Seems like we are now seeing this all the time. People act like digital collectibles have no utility, but this is a major component of the utility. SECURITY!!!