π¨ @AsyncArt - Art that changes everytime you view itπ¨
Join @conlan, the founder of Async Art, as he shares about the platform, selected pieces of artwork, and his thoughts with @AndrewSteinwold in this episode of the @zima_red podcast
π¨ Founder and CEO of Async Art
π¨ Met Andrew early on inside @cryptovoxels
π¨ Has intense passion for the space
π¨ 2nd time on the @zima_red podcast
π¨ Platform where artists can deconstruct their work into layers and tokenize individual layers of their art
π¨ Layers come with different states that can be toggled to affect the overall work
π¨Genesis piece: First Supper, a remix of Da Vinci's Last Supper painting
π¨ Async Art has an interface for controlling the layers and changing them
π¨ Control layer that controls every aspect of the painting
π¨ Server is running and monitoring the price of Bitcoin and changing the work based on its volatility
π¨ Created by @BoyaGeorge
π¨ A completely playable chessboard
π¨ Two layers (white chess pieces and red chess pieces)
π¨ To promote it during the auction, Conlan played against @MehakJainArt
π¨ Apply as an artist
π¨ Team vets the applicant
π¨ Has a tool called Async Canvas. Walks user through on how to create art
π¨ After user is done, they can test it out and toggle the different states
π¨ Submit it when they are satisfied
π΅ Decided to work on Async Music
π΅ Songs are naturally broken into layer stems
π΅ Stems could be like the background beat, synth, the piano, the lyrics, the vocals, etc
π΅ Musicians can decide what layers and states they want to offer
π΅ Is invite-only right now. Making sure musicians showcase the platform well
π¨ People can apply and mint art pieces as and when they want
π΅ Engagement πΌ on π΅ side. π½ price point for people to engage and record songs
"I could just sit down and write out like 20 ideas I'd love to build or to see someone else build. So as a founder, I'd say the biggest downside now is just not being able to build up the side projects that I want." - Conlan Rios
π¨ Partnership with @MeetMeural, which are physical-digital art displays
π¨ Has industry leading screens. The screens do not look like screens, but like paper
π¨ Phase Space #2 by @tsmoreau
π¨ Programmable comic where one can change the characters' speech bubbles, costumes, accessories
π¨ Rose Nexus by @money_alotta
π¨ NFT that pushed him over the edge into being a complete metaverse fan
π¨ Like to see another social network emerge, one where our NFT collections are integrated to
π¨ Physical displays like Meural will become more prominent
Blockchain + Web3 is revolutionary, but what is limiting their potential to change the world are the challenges involved in indexing and accessing data on the blockchain itself. @ZettaBlockHQ aims to address this issue.
Find out more in @CRE8RDAO AMA with ZettaBlock π
πBackground of the Team
β’ Has a #Web3 startup team that operates globally
β’ The team is led by two experienced co-founders, Scott Shi and Chi Zhang
πΈScott Shi (@scottshics)
β’ Has over a decade of expertise in engineering
β’ Worked at companies like @Uber, @salesforce & EA
πΈ Chi Zhang
β’ Was a product manager at @databricks
β’ Holds a PhD from @UCBerkeley
β’ Experience in building data and #AI products
β’ Proven track record of supporting data-driven
organizations
He discusses anthropology, Web3 and other subcultures, and many other interesting topics with @chaserchapman in this episode of On The Other Side π
Background
πΉ An anthropologist
πΉ Is an artist
πΉ A DAO contributor
πΉ Has a Substack, but itβs not really a newsletter, but a cultural report
Substack
πΉ Itβs more an anthropological collection of a subculture
πΉ Trying to record the why and the what behind the different projects
πΉ Important to have a birdβs eye view to see the connections
πΉ Is an obsessively curious person. Have always been searching for cool stuff
Today, I'll be sharing the book highlights of @peterthiel's Zero to One. Peter Thiel is a serial entrepreneur who helped to start up many companies, like @PayPal and @PalantirTech, and invested in Facebook.
If he has something to say about startups, I want to know. Read on π
There are 2 kinds of progress:
β’ Horizontal (1 to n)
β’ Vertically (0 to 1)
E.g. Horizontal progress is about getting existing products distributed to more places (globalization), while vertical progress is about coming up with new products (tech).
From the book's title, you should be able to deduce which is the better kind of progress. Going from zero to one will be hard, but the rewards will be way better than going from 1 to many.
π Look for companies that go from 0 to 1 instead of 1 to n.
πΉ People remember the year for all the terrible stuff that happened
πΉ Important to remember the positive events too (e.g. the merge)
πΉ The merge is a transaction inclusion time decrease
πΉ Have multiple zk-EVM implementations that will have a mainnet launch in 2023
πΉ @signinwitheth has seen massive gains in adoption
πΉ Cryptocurrency payments worked during the invasion of Ukraine
πΉ Have always recommended @KeePassXC or @Bitwarden:
πΈ KeePassXC: A completely offline tool. Reserved for extreme scenarios
πΈ Bitwarden: A secure password manager that synchronizes your password database across multiple devices
Now
πΉ Online password managers have advanced quite a bit
πΉ Every reputable password manager encrypts everything on your machine before it goes into the database
πΉ Does not recommend LastPass, 1Password, Dashlane
πΉ For people new to password managers, he recommends Bitwarden