So, conventionally, this is about the time I'd start a podcast.
But I prefer bold experiments so I've been chasing partners and people all summer to try something that has never been done before
What is that?
2/ This fall, with the help and forebearance of the teams at @unicmetaverse and @oncyber, and the most amazing roster of guests and instructors, a team of us are going to try to run a university course 100% on-chain and in @OM100m.
What does this mean "on-chain?"
3/ What it means is that someone will be able to enroll in, attend the course, attend the lectures, graduate from the course and do it 100% with NFTs as the database of record (no centralized database).
It is hard to do!
4/ Let me get the basics out first because @unicmetaverse already tweeted them and then come back to the "what does on-chain mean"
32/ Also, I am still thinking about some additional guest lecturers.
I need to sleep on it for a day or two but we have some small gaps still - I am going to send some DMs and if by next week I am not fully satisfied I am going to ask for community help.
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tl;dr - some will work, most will not, collectors will be fine if they approach it with the right mindset, artists need to think through them a bit more carefully.
also, I am generally chill about them.
2/ Let's start with tradart for a second.
You can buy a Keith Haring 1/1, a Keith Haring limited edition print or a Keith Haring open edition poster.
All are fine, so long as you know what you are getting with each one.
3/ I have collected both limited editions and posters from the same artist, sometimes in chronological sequence (e.g. a bought a Warhol soup can poster many years before I bought the "real thing"), sometimes simultaneously - I have Haring editions, NFTs, posters.
2/ For most of the history of the The Memes, we announced the artist right before the drop.
This was not due to some giga-brain thinking about allowlist management but because we were scrambling to get ready for the drop date.
We are now more organized, more ahead.
3/ As we got more ahead, there were logical calls to give everyone more warning, particularly the collectors of the participating artists, so they could prepare, learn how we mint, be available for the drop.
Since a lot of people are pinging me, a public reply for efficiency.
First, I have no idea what the right price is for a Meme Card and I do my very best not to think about it.
The mission will work fine at any price point I think
2/ In general, I don't know what the price of stocks, bonds, bitcoin, eth, punks, xcopy, ringers, fidenzas, nouns, toadz, mfers, pepes or anything else will be from day to day
Only thing I know for sure is that the price of NFTs is very volatile and will go up and down a lot
3/ In general my advice to NFT enjoyooors is to:
a) only buy what you love
b) that you are willing to hold for a long time
c) in quantities that you can afford stress-free
d) even if price does the exact opposite from what you hope, as it often does in crypto
e) don't lever up
1/ The Meme Labs contract is live with the first mint by @6529er
Reminder: The Meme Labs contract is an experiment zone for Meme Card artists to do (or not do) whatever they like.
The 1st NFT is an edition of 39 for the SZN Meme Card artists (transfers coming manually)
2/ As @6529er said, without the artists, there is no SZN1, so THANK YOU
🙏
3/ A reminder, The Meme Labs are a "no rules apply" experiment zone.
Style, edition size, goal, distribution plan, price, primary/secondary royalty revenue share with the project and *every other parameter* is 100% up to the artists, individually or in collabs.