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27 Sep, 11 tweets, 2 min read
A short thread on how to NOT get burnt buying the next hot Potato #NFT that will disappear in 5 days.

Thread 1/ 👇
2/ Some truths,

- We're investing/creating in a HIGH RISK space. It's new, mostly unchartered and little data.

- Not referring to Art here. Mostly other utility/avatar projects.

- Hot potatoes are everywhere, you'll prob end up buying some. Let's just aim to buy less.
3/ Difference between? There’s no set rule, just indicators of likelihood.

Potato - Less active team/whale dominated/influencer shilled, etc.

Non Potato - Active team/community way beyond presale event, lots of non floor talk, depth.
4/ Team.

Potato - All anons, no Twitter links, little communication, talk/announce floor, hype price.

Non Potato - public, (or AT LEAST link to an aged social/twitter), talk about product, inviting, credible.
5/ Concept.

Potato - Nothing new, lots of copy pasting, no real 1yr+ plan, little to no development yet.

Non Potato - Innovative, unique, product in motion, goal and milestone oriented.
6/ Communication

Potato - Announcements about pumping floors, price, hype, pump “partnerships”, slower updates when prices are slow.

Non Potato - Announcements about product, real partnerships(with plans), screenshots of WIP, regular updates.
7/ Community

Potato - Everyone talks about price, flipping, sales, influencers. “Wen moon”, kick up a stink when prices slow down or drop.

Non Potato - Many talk about product, contribute, DM founders to help, want to mod/art/share.
8/ Influencers

Potato - Scream and shout on Twitter about floor. Get sour when prices drop. All rocket ship talk.

Non Potato - Have critical and non critical takes, write disclaimers, write threads, many diverse “influencers” not just one with a big bag.
9/ Ongoing discord members joining.

Potato - New people entering is quite low after hype dies down, no one says much when they enter.

Non Potato - continuous stream of interested people. Coz concept is compelling, excited to get started.
10/ Road map

Potato - “We’ll start a discord when we sell out 20%”…🙄…bruh…, copy pasted, usual “metaverse lingo”

Non Potato - Discord ASAP, community managing 1 or 10,000, project will go on, unique road map or at least not blatant copy paste. Some strong milestones hit.
11/ Keeping this one short. Got any other qualities you look for? Feel free to add !

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22 Sep
How to get #NFT rich without getting lucky.

A short thread 👇

1/
2/ Get Money.

You limit your opportunities in this space by saying "I'm just going to test with $100".

Better to find a consistent revenue source to make sure you can take MANY shots.

P2E games, discord admin, make art, many opportunities to earn here, (if you need to).
3/ Work harder than others.

Most can't be bothered crossing hurdles, learning Metamask, learning Art, gaming, diving deep into discord, etc. That's opportunity for those that DO.

Hurdles are the universes way of filtering the worthy and non-worthy, (through effort).
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Alright, SCAMS are getting out of control in NFT land.

Here's a short thread on the different scam types I've seen and some thoughts on keeping safe.

1/ Thread. 👇
2/ Please correct/add to any of these tweets.

If you think there's a better way - add. If you've seen something else - add.

This thread is just what I've personally seen.
3/ First let's go through a bunch of different types of scams.

- The discord DM. Whether it be from a "known" person or brand. ALWAYS check if something is dodgy.

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DON'T VISIT THE LINK IT'S FAKE
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There's been some recent 6-7 figure Rare Pepe & Spells of Genesis sales.

Here's a thread on Why + What + Data + How to buy.

Pepe's may take over the internet in the coming months,

Thread 1/
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3/ What are they.

Early Art/game cards, etc on a protocol called "counterparty" built on the Bitcoin blockchain.

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$6M for a punk instead of a beautiful house?

Is it Money Laundering?

Is it legit?

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NFT = each item has a unique ID, indivisible, etc. (Non Fungible).

The below have FUNGIBLE characteristics.

Enjin items,
The sandbox items,
Twitters release,
Rare Pepe’s,
Curio Cards,
Metakey,
80%+ Rarible art,

1/
2/ for example these Twitter tokens have the same ID, (3), and are the erc-1155 standard which allows you to batch them.

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Twitter themselves refer to them as NFTs and the cheapest is $100k+ ImageImage
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When in the future that might change.

“Semi-Fungible Token?” (SFT)?“Cryptocollectible?”
“Cryptoart?”
“Smart-collectible?”

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👇
1/ Be open minded.

Try new things, it’s fun and expands the mind.

You also stumble upon way more opportunities and ways to get involved.
2/ Spend money.

Getting free stuff is cool, but you make real money when you spend real money.

Maybe it’s just my experience.

But utilise wealth to build more wealth. It’s more scalable.
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