the role of ai in art marketplaces isn't just to give context on the art, the artist, or the collection.
it's to interpret the taste profile of the collection in the wallet i've connected and give tailored context to how a piece fits in with what i've already collected.
an nft listing blink, but now that action chaining is available, you can program automatic splits to give the person that shares the blink a percent of the transaction.
this opens up new possibilities and markets to incentivize people sharing blinks.
it might not be your listing, but if you're persuasive enough, you can permissionlessly earn a cut based on your distribution.
there's a world powered by crypto where artists and event organizers can sell tickets directly to their fanbase—in a social feed, in an email, or any other channel used for direct communication.
embedding programmable transactions into a URL (in this case, using solana blinks), a fan can purchase directly in an email, triggering a wallet confirmation.
you could also program the blink to whitelist fans that meet a certain criteria (i.e. collected a special edition thing).
it doesn't currently exist, but i imagine if adoption of something like blinks increases, wallet interfaces will form around it.
you could select the city of the artist's tour, number of tix, etc from the wallet (present day, we construct transactions in an app or website).
and on the other side of the equation, the fan has full control in this reality.
they're not beholden to ticket platforms, fees, or closed network marketplaces.
they can transfer or resell tickets as they please, and if royalties are enforced, the artist benefits, not the intermediaries.
crypto doesn't enable better ticketing platforms, it eliminates the need for them entirely.
i suggested a really dumb campaign idea to the uniswap team to show the sidebar as an irl thing that's always there when you need it and it was rejected for obvious reasons.
but i already made the assets and need something to mint today.
the uniswap extension as a sidebar is thought provoking.
in it's current state, it makes interacting with the chain while using apps less obstructive. for example, if you want to mint this design everyday, you mint and watch the animation without any visual obstruction.
but it also makes me think about the future of a wallet extension's form factor.
the sidebar reminds me of a shopping cart, and i've always loved the idea of a universal shopping cart powered by crypto.
imagine adding items from multiple websites, paying with any token, and the shopping cart can make suggestions based on what's in your cart across any website on the internet.
the numbers on polymarket's buttons have always been confusing to me.
it presents the price per outcome you want to bet, which is the least useful information, imho.
i always feel embarrassed by how much time it takes to realize that the price per bet corresponds to the percent of that outcome (i.e. 64¢ means 64% odds).
i also have no desire to think about betting in terms of "shares." i just want to bet $100 on yes or no and quickly determine how much i'd make if i win.
there's gotta be a way to abstract on/offramping so you can just connect smart wallets and spend directly from your bank and when that becomes real you'll be able to control permissions from your bank app instead of your wallet.
onchain notifications makes it really easy to discover what your friends are minting. i wish the same was true for apps my friends are using so i can find new apps to use.
let's assume we get to the point where most of our browsing data, purchase history, media we own and other personal information is onchain (privately, of course).
what if you could stake your data to train AI models and earn a revshare?
now that the sec has backed off ethereum, can we bring back tumblers for registered businesses so that i can buy my coffee with usdc without you all tracking my whereabouts?
interoperable music makes things interesting. yesterday i explored what it might look like to play your music nfts in any environment you enter, like in your uber ride.
but what would it take for this to be economically feasible for artists?
it might not make sense for an artist to sell cheap open editions that allow permanent streaming rights.
so maybe there's a way to time box use while maintaining a permanent record of ownership (for social purposes).
i know very little about the music industry, so this could be completely off base, but i wonder how realistic it is for an artist to rent their songs for non-commercial use using subscription nfts ("non-commercial" is the key word here).
that could ensure the artist gets paid directly while giving you the ability to play their song on any app and across any website.
it could open up an entire new ecosystem of streaming players and streaming use cases:
+ play a song on your profile + use a song for your video post + use a song as an input for ai music generator
fred again is playing his first stadium show, the biggest of his career after his meteoric rise.
before the show, he personally tracked down the 150 people that attended in 2021 before he blew up and invited them to a secret listening party.
if ticketing was onchain, fred would always know who his early fans were and which shows they attended without needing to rely on ticketmaster, dice, etc.
at its core, onchain ticketing is basically a public database of attendance that no single company can own or gate keep.
it’s not always about coins and their prices.
sure, if you had a ticket to one of fred’s early shows you could probably sell it for a lot of money.
but…
not only would fred be able to immediately identify you as an early fan, but he’d also be able to automatically send an invitation to one of these secret shows.
he could program conditions around the invitation too. for example, he could say every person that attended my first LA show will receive a NON-TRANSFERABLE ticket to my secret listening party (as a way to combat toxic resellers).
he could perform in any city and program merch sales so that anyone that attended a previous show gets free merch.
you can probably imagine an infinite number of scenarios. there are so many creative possibilities for artists to express their gratitude for early fans.
and on the flip side, it gives fans the opportunity to express their gratitude too.
i personally traveled to multiple cities just to see fred perform on his 2022 tour.
i wish i had a way to prove that and signal my fandom, even if it had no financial upside.
i haven’t thought too deeply about why exactly but it feels good to make my enthusiasm for his music known.
his music has powered a lot of memories that mean a lot to me.
we’re a ways away from this happening, but i hope someday he’ll continue creatively rewarding his early fans. and i hope im one of them.
siri/app intents can stitch together web2 and web3
examples:
+ create trade conditions based on news + send usdc to a contact from a calendar event + mint an image from the photos app + send cal invites to holders of a token + purchase something when exercise rings are closed
collecting vinyl records have become a deliberate act of preserving music culture.
it's hard to imagine a future where record collecting doesn't evolve into music nfts.
some thoughts 🧵
record collecting revolves as much around displaying as it does creating.
the thrill of the hunt and the art of crate digging (searching for obscure artifacts, often by thrifting) is a core part of the experience.
crate digging is about discovering rare and obscure records that few others have.
It's about uncovering hidden gems through hours of searching.
and everyone loves a good hidden gem. why?
first, it's way to demonstrate superior knowledge, taste, and status through the rarity and eclecticism of their finds.
collecting can often be a status game.
but hidden gems also have financial value.
if you're reading this, you've likely collected an nft, so i don't need to explain the social and financial upside of owning rare/coveted artifacts.
*especially* if you collect something from an artist before they become more popular.
music nfts not only add new possibilities to the form factor of collecting, but they also add new possibilities to the way they can be collected.
it might not be the dominant way we discover and consume music, but there will inevitably be limited releases of music at some point in the future via music nfts.
imagine exclusive tracks:
+ airdropped to top streamers + claimed at a live show + sold as a limited-edition release
and the only way to hear the track/album is by owning it.
the entire meatspace becomes a giant crate to dig, not just secondhand record stores.
learning musical history and connecting to a genre's culture becomes more fun and spontaneous.
and if that ever happens, there's bound to be an ecosystem of products that form around these new music collectibles: both hardware and software.
things we display in our homes and personal spaces, where we most express our taste and identity.
the interfaces will focus more on displaying the historical provenance of a collectible than on the playback experience.
the core part of the ux is the story behind the track, and the ease of displaying and sharing with others.
at some point in the future, it becomes a cultural artifact. proving you were there when kitty resurfaced will have social value and surely some financial upside.
the ability to mint anything (read: capturing some material from a moment in time) adds a new dimension to collecting—what is considered a basic human instinct.
instead of vinyl records, stamps, sneakers or baseball cards, $imagine you can tell a richer story about yourself with moments.
because that's why we collect anything at all, isn't it?
we want to evoke memories and tell a story, and ultimately use that to connect with others who share our interests and values.
maybe someday we'll get to a point where peeling off a small piece of a moment on the internet can become completely ubiquitous.
the blockchain is great for verifying successful transactions, but sometimes you just want to confirm the recipient saw the funds or media you sent to them.
psychographic personas are a massive and underrated design unlock.
i'll demonstrate why, using michael saylor and ansem as examples for a trading product:
users should be at the core of every design decision.
but how do you do that, exactly?
by creating fictional characters based on real data to tell compelling stories about user needs.
psychographics are a necessary ingredient for rich and actionable storytelling.
unlike demographics (like age, gender, and location), psychographics (personality, values, and interests) dive deeper into motivations and tendencies.
let’s use a really simple framework to create our personas—the Big Five personality traits:
1. openness: curiosity, imagination, and willingness to try new things.
2. conscientiousness: being organized, dependable, and self-disciplined.
3. extraversion: sociability, assertiveness, and tendency to seek stimulation.
4. agreeableness: being cooperative, compassionate, and trusting.
5. neuroticism: tendency to experience negative emotions like anxiety, depression, and mood swings.
now let's plot ansem and saylor along this framework.
(idk much about their personalities, so i'll make a guess)
for the sake of argument let's just say saylor is more conscientious and ansem is more open and extraverted.
because saylor is less open, we can assume he likes things that are familiar and straightforward.
the ui should look and feel like other financial tools he's used to, avoiding any experimental interface designs.
ansem would hate that.
being very open and extraverted, he loves new experiences and actively seeks out stimulation.
it would be worth investing in dynamic visuals, animations, and interactive elements to keep him engaged.
with low conscientiousness and moderate neuroticism, ansem tends to be impulsive and seeks instant gratification—so it's worth making real-time price action the focal point.
he'll also respond well to gamified features, so there's reason to prioritize ideating ways to gamify P/L.
impulsive tendencies can also often translate to a willingness to move fast and emotionally, which means we can assume any over the top security features will become a frustrating burden for him.
i'd probably prioritize mobile since he's most likely not using a hardware wallet.
whereas saylor's personality is more conservative, he'll go out of his way to use a hardware wallet.
he also requires more detailed and structured data because of his high conscientiousness.
he'll prefer high info density with sections and tabs to stay organized.
give him a web ui. he'll never use mobile for important actions.
he moves deliberately, reads whitepapers, and researches thoroughly so he'll appreciate an easy way to navigate technical data.
because he's not neurotic or agreeable, you can expect him to be skeptical and prefer clear, unemotional messaging in the ui.
saylor's low extraversion means he might have a hard time taking social features seriously.
but a product with forums, chat, and social proof will be much more sticky for someone with ansem's extraversion.
this exercise hopefully shows how vastly different a product might be when you prioritize one over the other.
there is certainly no way to appeal to both, and that's an incredible design constraint.
granted, this is an oversimplified example. but it hopefully demonstrates how a small amount of personality context can go a very long way in the design process.
these insights can be applied to the design strategy (how it should work) and also have tangible implications on the ui (how it should look).
there is no one way to present a persona. as long as it's based on real observations and, most importantly, prioritized, it will help you tell a story.
in the early stages of the design process (before testing and prototyping), stories are the ultimate measure of success for a design.
it's a shared reference across everyone working on a product, a guiding force and lens to evaluate a design.
it's the basis for decision-making.
while psychographics remain a debated tool (they can create unnecessary bias, be too ambiguous compared to other user-centered methods) they're my secret weapon for early stage ideation.
i recommend giving it a try. if you want more tips on how to get started, shoot me a dm.
i lost my ID and it's been a pain to get a physical replacement.
what would it take to make having a digital version of your documents (IDs, insurance cards, etc) secure, private and easily accessible across devices?
because, you know, wallets are for more than money.
my first mint from 0xdesigner's Design Everydays Season 2. it's rad. i've never been interested in minting purely artistic NFTs really but this is different, I dig it!
the only way to truly verify the authenticity of a photo is to directly mint onchain at the point of capture.
embedding wallets into cameras can assure that a photo's metadata—including device, location, timestamps, etc.— is recorded onchain before it's edited or tampered with.
if you could have a piece of all the content you consumed, over a long enough time horizon you would surely have some upside on things you discovered early.
ok hear me out: sometimes i want to try a new wallet but i don't feel safe importing private keys.
what if i could generate a new, delegated wallet that can pull funds from my primary wallet and passes all mints back to my primary (non-imported) EOA wallet.
i realized it too late but a better example of a neighbor score would have been on zillow, where you could see if you had any interests in common with your neighbors based on onchain history.
what if we used zkproofs to opt-in to email lists without revealing our contact info?
this would allow brands to reach us (via some private messaging relayer) at whatever preferred communication method without worrying our info will be shared/leaked/sold to other spam marketers.
i'm absolutely blown away by @WilsonCusack and the smart wallet team's work with magic spend—transacting with your exchange balance without needing to transfer to your wallet.
i may be jumping the gun here, but if you can pull funds from an exchange at the point of transaction, couldn't you also technically pull funds from your bank or other fiat sources too?
(by bundling both the exchange onramp and onchain transfer)
eigen layer recently introduced the idea of an "intersubjective work token."
why are many excited about this? intersubjectivity has been a thing that smart contracts have had difficulty accounting for: an objective outcome that requires opinion and consensus. and this mechanism provides a way to make forking easier based on social consensus.
but why should anyone care? are there consumer use cases?
here's one: imagine a membership token where the group wants to revoke the membership for an individual.
they can vote to fork the token with an updated balance that excludes the exiled.
i'm by no means an expert icon designer, but we need a universal symbol for publishing content onchain.
whatever it ends up being needs to illustrate the concept of creation and authenticity, scale to small sizes, transcend cultures, and use clean and bold lines.
the best part about trading memes is doing it with friends—making and losing money together, sharing laughs, etc.
but between checking group chats, doing due dilligence, copy and pasting addresses and triple checking that everything is correct, sometimes it's just too much work.
it would be great to just let my friends trade for me a bit when i'm tied up or experiencing swap fatigue.
sure, you can set up a party wallet and delegate trades to one or more people, but then that's yet another place where i'd have to navigate to and check balances.
i'd rather just hand over funds to a friend for a bit.
a marketplace dedicated to memecoin trading, where you can see key pricing metrics alongside more qualitative attributes like active members and onchain memes associated with the token.
the receive button in most wallets should be a request button.
usually receive means copying an address, and there are more efficient ways to retrieve that.
request should send a push notification to another user for a venmo-like payment request.
it can be done using something like xmtp (which coinbase wallet and a few others use) network level consent for preventing spam and filtering for trusted contacts.
warpcast can continue to differentiate itself from twitter once and for all by incorporating onchain activity into the feed.
obviously, you need to give the user control to opt in and out of surfacing wallet activity in the feed. but often times mints and trades are the most authentic forms of content.
using social proof and visual cues to increase high-effort replies:
research has found that simply seeing faces, even briefly, activates the part of our brain that recognizes friends, priming us to be more social and engaged.
seeing familiar faces within proximity of content in the feed of friends provides a powerful social motivation, incentivizing people to interact.
when users see their friends have interacted with a post, they perceive the content as more valuable and are more motivated to engage with intent.
once users are primed and motivated to engage, the interface should adapt and nudge the action. in this case, it could be as simple as presenting the input directly within the content (eliminating the extra click).
a study from NIH found that users were significantly more likely to provide a well-formed, substantive response to an open-ended question when presented with a prominent text input.
in short, pairing familiar faces (social proof) and prominent inputs can potentially improve users' motivation to engage with high-effort replies.
Internet addiction is an equally beautiful and terrifying thing.
On the one hand it’s a trait a lot of people in the crypto universe share and that common way of being in the world brings folks together across different backgrounds. On the other hand, being so hyperconnected can wreck your mental health and attention span so much that you can’t focus on anything other than doomscrolling.
So, what is the solution here? How do we stay online but reclaim some ability to concentrate on meaningful activities, whether that is work or play? I think the answer has more to do with sticks than carrots and that is what we’re trying to explore with Proof of Focus.
This concept works in several steps.
First, select behaviors you want to avoid (and for a specific window of time). For example, checking TikTok on your phone over the next 3 hours. Second, stake ETH as collateral for the purity of your attention. Let’s say 0.1 ETH here because you have an important memo you need to write for work. Third, if you participate in any of the behaviors on your blacklist during the specified window, that staked ETH is slashed. Check TikTok? Say goodbye to the ETH.
What this offers people is a mechanism for putting digital skin in the game. Do you really want to concentrate? Then bet on yourself. When you’re tempted to break your workflow and go check social media a ‘Proof of Focus’ stake would create an actual cost to that interruption, and the hope is that would be enough to keep you (more) on task.
life after memecoins. i have an idea, hear me out:
i think we can build an attention economy on top of open editions.
let me explain.
we formed markets around the variations of erc-721s, some metadata was valued more than others (i.e. hoodie punk is better than mohawk punk).
they were more expressive and created new status games on the internet, which made crypto fun because it pushed it into mainstream culture.
but the problem is the jpegs are far less liquid.
so we went back to trading attention around erc-20 tokens (aka coins). the coins could be bought and sold a lot faster and with less effort.
but what we gained in velocity and liquidity, we lost in social expression (the thing that arguably made nfts so fun).
so here we are on two extreme ends of the degen spectrum.
but what if there was something in the middle? pictures with high fungibility that can be traded like shitcoins but also let you visually express your taste.
what’s the difference between trading $wif and trading a million erc-1155 pictures of dog wearing the hat?
i’ll tell you what the difference is. with 1155’s we can trade actual media like shitcoins.
boom. that’s it.
now instead of trading tickers, we can not only trade memes but we can trade ART, MUSIC, WRITTEN ESSAYS, PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENTS or whatever the fuck else we’ve been minting as worthless open editions the last few years.
and we can trade them at the same velocity as highly fractionalized tokens that alsooooo have the visceral material that we can connect to emotionally (a fancy way of saying “jpegs” basically).
how fucking cool would that be?
why can’t we create market makers for a @jshorne essay, a @jackbutcher or @0xlght art piece, an @rac or @imdanielallan track, a @ufo__club or @chaserchapman podcast episode, those creepy looking @farcaster_xyz protocol upgrades?
we should normalize minting onchain media with a supply in the bajillions so they have the liquidity of these lame coins we’re sloshing money around in.
the thing that’s missing is a user-friendly marketplace or AMM protocol, an idea i’ve explored before and honestly thought was really stupid until now… 🤔
it adds another substantial dimension to this attention economy that we're all trying to create generational wealth in.
that added dimension creates space for culture, all kinds of culture, especially the ones that transcend crypto twitter.
it opens up the market for all kinds of creative output.
and gives power to tastemakers, curators, and tribes and gives us the chance to relate to one another via ownership again.
future of advertising: ad networks are inevitable, but crypto unlocks more control over what you see across the entire web (not just a single platform)
What if there was a single interface that showed what your friends have been up to onchain?
So and so was last seen in January getting liquidated trading $BONK perps.
That girl you met at ETHDenver was last seen minting 3 NFTs from a new photography collection.
0xngmi was last seen scanning his eyeballs in Worldcoin orb #14 for an airdrop.
And so on.
There is something so fun and social about being able to passively check in on people you know. We already do this by tracking the music our friends are listening to on Spotify, seeing the games folks are playing on Steam in real time, and even following location updates in Snapchat, but there is no intuitive way to do this for onchain activity.
a playable fighter avatar as an erc-404, with tokenized units of health that are burned in-game and can be regenerated by purchasing on a decentralized marketplace.
designeverydays
232 teleporting buttons
231 add music
230 for you
229 collection match
it's to interpret the taste profile of the collection in the wallet i've connected and give tailored context to how a piece fits in with what i've already collected.
228 founder mode
227 blink broker
this opens up new possibilities and markets to incentivize people sharing blinks.
it might not be your listing, but if you're persuasive enough, you can permissionlessly earn a cut based on your distribution.
226 mute price notifications
225 friend wins
224 coin filter
223 friend reviews only
222 dynamic island connect
221 derivative notification
220 sport mode
219 streaming energy bill
218 portable messages
217 instant connect
216 post and mint blink
215 blink hover preview
214 renew anywhere
212 crypto jukebox
211 solarm
210 pay with higher
209 blink alert
instead of opting in to blinks in the wallet, you should have the option to do it on a session basis.
208 direct ticketing
embedding programmable transactions into a URL (in this case, using solana blinks), a fan can purchase directly in an email, triggering a wallet confirmation.
you could also program the blink to whitelist fans that meet a certain criteria (i.e. collected a special edition thing).
it doesn't currently exist, but i imagine if adoption of something like blinks increases, wallet interfaces will form around it.
you could select the city of the artist's tour, number of tix, etc from the wallet (present day, we construct transactions in an app or website).
and on the other side of the equation, the fan has full control in this reality.
they're not beholden to ticket platforms, fees, or closed network marketplaces.
they can transfer or resell tickets as they please, and if royalties are enforced, the artist benefits, not the intermediaries.
crypto doesn't enable better ticketing platforms, it eliminates the need for them entirely.
207 bump for context
206 chain migration
205 superchain usdc
there's a lot of jargon around the idea of a superchain, but this is one example of a use case chain interoperability unlocks.
204 platformless tv
203 video attachment
202 cmd shift click
201 voice signature
200 edition balance
199 pnl
198 coinbase marketplace
197 dumb campaign idea
but i already made the assets and need something to mint today.
196 proof of fitness
195 salary
194 copy trade blink
193 venmoon
192 blink store
191 social chart
190 rent a citizenship
- naval, 6/23/2016
189 flip a bitcoin
188 smart chores
186 unicart
in it's current state, it makes interacting with the chain while using apps less obstructive. for example, if you want to mint this design everyday, you mint and watch the animation without any visual obstruction.
but it also makes me think about the future of a wallet extension's form factor.
the sidebar reminds me of a shopping cart, and i've always loved the idea of a universal shopping cart powered by crypto.
imagine adding items from multiple websites, paying with any token, and the shopping cart can make suggestions based on what's in your cart across any website on the internet.
luv this one 111111 $enjoy185 bet balance
184 polymarket buttons
it presents the price per outcome you want to bet, which is the least useful information, imho.
i always feel embarrassed by how much time it takes to realize that the price per bet corresponds to the percent of that outcome (i.e. 64¢ means 64% odds).
i also have no desire to think about betting in terms of "shares." i just want to bet $100 on yes or no and quickly determine how much i'd make if i win.
which of these button patterns accomplishes that?
183 smart date
182 outage
181 growth chart
180 de-comments
179 vampire attack
178 group chat betting
a private betting market could be a great place to start.
177 polymarket 8 ball
176 crypto shazam
175 image search
174 polymarket deposits
173 smart contract work
172 stack to split
171 handshake
170 donation blink
169 reveal
168 wallpaper
167 chaincard
you don’t have that kind of creative freedom with digital postcards. but if they’re onchain, you might.
you can take it with you anywhere on the internet to display and remix.
166 curator score
165 dating app
164 calculator
"oh you're the guy that makes things like 'when i open my calculator app i should be able to connect my wallet!'"
163 infinite mint
162 marketplace listings
list once, post everywhere.
161 bank permissions
160 bank smart wallet
159 web3 social
it's not about creating a new social platform, it’s about making every app a social platform.
158 broadcast signatures
157 leases
156 web2 airdrop
155 smart limits
154 data ownership
153 pump dot calm
152 train-to-earn
what if you could stake your data to train AI models and earn a revshare?
151 airdrop tip
150 merchant tumbler
149 holder nearby
148 rent this song
but what would it take for this to be economically feasible for artists?
it might not make sense for an artist to sell cheap open editions that allow permanent streaming rights.
so maybe there's a way to time box use while maintaining a permanent record of ownership (for social purposes).
i know very little about the music industry, so this could be completely off base, but i wonder how realistic it is for an artist to rent their songs for non-commercial use using subscription nfts ("non-commercial" is the key word here).
that could ensure the artist gets paid directly while giving you the ability to play their song on any app and across any website.
it could open up an entire new ecosystem of streaming players and streaming use cases:
+ play a song on your profile
+ use a song for your video post
+ use a song as an input for ai music generator
etc.
147 stream anywhere
for instance, uber could let you play music nfts during your ride without needing spotify's permission or paying for their api.
it's your music. you can play it wherever you want.
of course, at the point in time this becomes a reality, we won't be calling them "music nfts" but i'm using the term we know now to make a point.
and obviously a lot needs to change in the music industry before this becomes real.
someone still needs to be paid when a song is played. something i'll explore tomorrow.
146 fan reward
fred again is playing his first stadium show, the biggest of his career after his meteoric rise.
before the show, he personally tracked down the 150 people that attended in 2021 before he blew up and invited them to a secret listening party.
if ticketing was onchain, fred would always know who his early fans were and which shows they attended without needing to rely on ticketmaster, dice, etc.
at its core, onchain ticketing is basically a public database of attendance that no single company can own or gate keep.
it’s not always about coins and their prices.
sure, if you had a ticket to one of fred’s early shows you could probably sell it for a lot of money.
but…
not only would fred be able to immediately identify you as an early fan, but he’d also be able to automatically send an invitation to one of these secret shows.
he could program conditions around the invitation too. for example, he could say every person that attended my first LA show will receive a NON-TRANSFERABLE ticket to my secret listening party (as a way to combat toxic resellers).
he could perform in any city and program merch sales so that anyone that attended a previous show gets free merch.
you can probably imagine an infinite number of scenarios. there are so many creative possibilities for artists to express their gratitude for early fans.
and on the flip side, it gives fans the opportunity to express their gratitude too.
i personally traveled to multiple cities just to see fred perform on his 2022 tour.
i wish i had a way to prove that and signal my fandom, even if it had no financial upside.
i haven’t thought too deeply about why exactly but it feels good to make my enthusiasm for his music known.
his music has powered a lot of memories that mean a lot to me.
we’re a ways away from this happening, but i hope someday he’ll continue creatively rewarding his early fans. and i hope im one of them.
and i hope its tokenized so i can brag about it.
145 gift ideas
144 smart wallet paymaster
143 connect to EOA
what if there was a way to associate a smart wallet with your EOA so you can spend existing balances without moving funds around.
142 mint hunter
also hello from deform.cc
141 siri app intents
examples:
+ create trade conditions based on news
+ send usdc to a contact from a calendar event
+ mint an image from the photos app
+ send cal invites to holders of a token
+ purchase something when exercise rings are closed
140 mattress
i wonder what other obscure objects can serve as hardware wallets.
139 vinyl records
it's hard to imagine a future where record collecting doesn't evolve into music nfts.
some thoughts 🧵
record collecting revolves as much around displaying as it does creating.
the thrill of the hunt and the art of crate digging (searching for obscure artifacts, often by thrifting) is a core part of the experience.
crate digging is about discovering rare and obscure records that few others have.
It's about uncovering hidden gems through hours of searching.
and everyone loves a good hidden gem. why?
first, it's way to demonstrate superior knowledge, taste, and status through the rarity and eclecticism of their finds.
collecting can often be a status game.
but hidden gems also have financial value.
if you're reading this, you've likely collected an nft, so i don't need to explain the social and financial upside of owning rare/coveted artifacts.
*especially* if you collect something from an artist before they become more popular.
music nfts not only add new possibilities to the form factor of collecting, but they also add new possibilities to the way they can be collected.
it might not be the dominant way we discover and consume music, but there will inevitably be limited releases of music at some point in the future via music nfts.
imagine exclusive tracks:
+ airdropped to top streamers
+ claimed at a live show
+ sold as a limited-edition release
and the only way to hear the track/album is by owning it.
the entire meatspace becomes a giant crate to dig, not just secondhand record stores.
learning musical history and connecting to a genre's culture becomes more fun and spontaneous.
and if that ever happens, there's bound to be an ecosystem of products that form around these new music collectibles: both hardware and software.
things we display in our homes and personal spaces, where we most express our taste and identity.
the interfaces will focus more on displaying the historical provenance of a collectible than on the playback experience.
the core part of the ux is the story behind the track, and the ease of displaying and sharing with others.
138 thoughts on minting
"i wish i could mint this"
at some point in the future, it becomes a cultural artifact. proving you were there when kitty resurfaced will have social value and surely some financial upside.
the ability to mint anything (read: capturing some material from a moment in time) adds a new dimension to collecting—what is considered a basic human instinct.
instead of vinyl records, stamps, sneakers or baseball cards, $imagine you can tell a richer story about yourself with moments.
because that's why we collect anything at all, isn't it?
we want to evoke memories and tell a story, and ultimately use that to connect with others who share our interests and values.
maybe someday we'll get to a point where peeling off a small piece of a moment on the internet can become completely ubiquitous.
Such a great moment! Watched the entire stream! 741 $ENJOY137 read attestation
136 tokenized agent
135 ui skins
goat 500000 $ENJOY134 psychographics
133 find my friends
132 supply chain variances
if the food supply chain is onchain, we'd be able to see the exact ingredient sources and have dynamic food labels.
131 fingerprint signer
130 documents
what would it take to make having a digital version of your documents (IDs, insurance cards, etc) secure, private and easily accessible across devices?
because, you know, wallets are for more than money.
129 proof of capture
128 point of capture
embedding wallets into cameras can assure that a photo's metadata—including device, location, timestamps, etc.— is recorded onchain before it's edited or tampered with.
127 tradable content
at what point will the content in our feeds become tradable?
126 streamint
125 streaming buffet
endless shrimp bankrupted red lobster. crypto fixes this.
let's form a DAO, buy the company, drop a token, and replace all-you-can-eat shrimp with streaming token payments.
who's in?
(i think i'm officially out of ideas)
124 programmable etf
123 skip the line
2000 $enjoy
122 default connected
the browser already knows your primary.
121 recall
it's impossible to find things i've minted more than a few days ago and would be nice to have a semantic search.
120 swap to utility
119 car wallet
i'm not sure i nailed a good use case here, but it's a good thought experiment to consider:
+ how would you interact with other drivers?
+ what dapps could be useful?
+ what kind of streaming payments could be made?
etc.
118 context
117 swipe staking
literally—you should have to stake funds in order to match and have it slashed if you don’t respond within 24 hours.
116 condom
what if i could generate a new, delegated wallet that can pull funds from my primary wallet and passes all mints back to my primary (non-imported) EOA wallet.
115 neighbor score
(anonymously, obv)
114 email opt-in
this would allow brands to reach us (via some private messaging relayer) at whatever preferred communication method without worrying our info will be shared/leaked/sold to other spam marketers.
113 car mode
112 node
111 block explorer filters
110 listening to
109 fedex oracle
108 POAP airdrop
107 tip the dev
106 sticky notes
105 gift tracker
1111111 $ENJOY zynjoy104 tap to tip
love these! 77777 $enjoy103 boomerang funds
the problem is most of them require a balance to fully experience (i.e. to mint things, swap, etc).
what if you could load a wallet and have funds automatically returned after a trial period?
102 magic payment method
i may be jumping the gun here, but if you can pull funds from an exchange at the point of transaction, couldn't you also technically pull funds from your bank or other fiat sources too?
(by bundling both the exchange onramp and onchain transfer)
101 credit card
what if you could just connect a credit card and you would be charged based on the final settled amount?
this obviously shouldn't be the primary way to transact, but should be an option for those that don't want to tolerate the friction of onramping.
100 intersubjective membership
why are many excited about this? intersubjectivity has been a thing that smart contracts have had difficulty accounting for: an objective outcome that requires opinion and consensus. and this mechanism provides a way to make forking easier based on social consensus.
but why should anyone care? are there consumer use cases?
here's one: imagine a membership token where the group wants to revoke the membership for an individual.
they can vote to fork the token with an updated balance that excludes the exiled.
099 auto-claim rewards
098 phone a friend
097 resy attestations
sure, you can tokenize the reservation and create an efficient secondary market. even cut in the restaurant on the resale.
but it would still be riddled with resellers. what if you could gate priority access for the most deserving customers?
096 mint symbol (collect)
i'm going to hard disagree with anyone proposing arrow alternatives.
what's more important than indicating the "onchain" aspect is the *creating* vs *collecting* distinction.
the visual relativity and directionality is what matters.
we use "mint" to describe both and it's confusing as fuck.
095 mint symbol (create)
i'm by no means an expert icon designer, but we need a universal symbol for publishing content onchain.
whatever it ends up being needs to illustrate the concept of creation and authenticity, scale to small sizes, transcend cultures, and use clean and bold lines.
094 starter quests
earn crypto before every purchasing !!
093 hide transaction
092 approvals
091 social block explorer
there should be an LLM powered search engine on every decentralized profile.
090 invite gating
089 refresh keys
i want to maintain wallet longevity.
i'm less worried about losing assets and more worried about losing the years of reckless (but rich) onchain history with my hot wallet.
088 social proof swaps
087 delegate trading
but between checking group chats, doing due dilligence, copy and pasting addresses and triple checking that everything is correct, sometimes it's just too much work.
it would be great to just let my friends trade for me a bit when i'm tied up or experiencing swap fatigue.
sure, you can set up a party wallet and delegate trades to one or more people, but then that's yet another place where i'd have to navigate to and check balances.
i'd rather just hand over funds to a friend for a bit.
086 wallet tooltip
085 stepper
084 single balance
083 chat roulette
082 memecoin marketplace
1000000 $ENJOY ↑081 channel pass
080 swap courier
this is sick 200000 $ENJOY079 request
usually receive means copying an address, and there are more efficient ways to retrieve that.
request should send a push notification to another user for a venmo-like payment request.
it can be done using something like xmtp (which coinbase wallet and a few others use) network level consent for preventing spam and filtering for trusted contacts.
078 reconnect
077 summarize thread
this could help dodge spam and instantly understand the context and sentiment about a topic.
076 actions
11111 $Enjoy
075 content
warpcast can continue to differentiate itself from twitter once and for all by incorporating onchain activity into the feed.
obviously, you need to give the user control to opt in and out of surfacing wallet activity in the feed. but often times mints and trades are the most authentic forms of content.
074 high-effort replies (proposal)
research has found that simply seeing faces, even briefly, activates the part of our brain that recognizes friends, priming us to be more social and engaged.
seeing familiar faces within proximity of content in the feed of friends provides a powerful social motivation, incentivizing people to interact.
when users see their friends have interacted with a post, they perceive the content as more valuable and are more motivated to engage with intent.
once users are primed and motivated to engage, the interface should adapt and nudge the action. in this case, it could be as simple as presenting the input directly within the content (eliminating the extra click).
a study from NIH found that users were significantly more likely to provide a well-formed, substantive response to an open-ended question when presented with a prominent text input.
in short, pairing familiar faces (social proof) and prominent inputs can potentially improve users' motivation to engage with high-effort replies.
073 connect options
i want the choice to only connect.
072 friend noti
111 $imagine!
071 chat suggestions
070 downvote
777 $degen
069 parental controls
memecoins aside, this applies to everyday purchases too.
it's the onchain equivalent of giving your child your credit card, which can give parents a lot more flexibility and control over spending.
067 tip the message
066 generated bio
065 shopping cart
064 security alert
063 allowance
062 you might also like
061 tuner
060 chat ticker
059 incognito mode
058 interoperable chats
057 proof of focus
On the one hand it’s a trait a lot of people in the crypto universe share and that common way of being in the world brings folks together across different backgrounds. On the other hand, being so hyperconnected can wreck your mental health and attention span so much that you can’t focus on anything other than doomscrolling.
So, what is the solution here? How do we stay online but reclaim some ability to concentrate on meaningful activities, whether that is work or play? I think the answer has more to do with sticks than carrots and that is what we’re trying to explore with Proof of Focus.
This concept works in several steps.
First, select behaviors you want to avoid (and for a specific window of time). For example, checking TikTok on your phone over the next 3 hours. Second, stake ETH as collateral for the purity of your attention. Let’s say 0.1 ETH here because you have an important memo you need to write for work. Third, if you participate in any of the behaviors on your blacklist during the specified window, that staked ETH is slashed. Check TikTok? Say goodbye to the ETH.
What this offers people is a mechanism for putting digital skin in the game. Do you really want to concentrate? Then bet on yourself. When you’re tempted to break your workflow and go check social media a ‘Proof of Focus’ stake would create an actual cost to that interruption, and the hope is that would be enough to keep you (more) on task.
hello from DeForm ❤️
056 component token
055 meme editions
life after memecoins. i have an idea, hear me out:
i think we can build an attention economy on top of open editions.
let me explain.
we formed markets around the variations of erc-721s, some metadata was valued more than others (i.e. hoodie punk is better than mohawk punk).
they were more expressive and created new status games on the internet, which made crypto fun because it pushed it into mainstream culture.
but the problem is the jpegs are far less liquid.
so we went back to trading attention around erc-20 tokens (aka coins). the coins could be bought and sold a lot faster and with less effort.
but what we gained in velocity and liquidity, we lost in social expression (the thing that arguably made nfts so fun).
so here we are on two extreme ends of the degen spectrum.
but what if there was something in the middle? pictures with high fungibility that can be traded like shitcoins but also let you visually express your taste.
what’s the difference between trading $wif and trading a million erc-1155 pictures of dog wearing the hat?
i’ll tell you what the difference is. with 1155’s we can trade actual media like shitcoins.
boom. that’s it.
now instead of trading tickers, we can not only trade memes but we can trade ART, MUSIC, WRITTEN ESSAYS, PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENTS or whatever the fuck else we’ve been minting as worthless open editions the last few years.
and we can trade them at the same velocity as highly fractionalized tokens that alsooooo have the visceral material that we can connect to emotionally (a fancy way of saying “jpegs” basically).
how fucking cool would that be?
why can’t we create market makers for a @jshorne essay, a @jackbutcher or @0xlght art piece, an @rac or @imdanielallan track, a @ufo__club or @chaserchapman podcast episode, those creepy looking @farcaster_xyz protocol upgrades?
we should normalize minting onchain media with a supply in the bajillions so they have the liquidity of these lame coins we’re sloshing money around in.
the thing that’s missing is a user-friendly marketplace or AMM protocol, an idea i’ve explored before and honestly thought was really stupid until now… 🤔
it adds another substantial dimension to this attention economy that we're all trying to create generational wealth in.
that added dimension creates space for culture, all kinds of culture, especially the ones that transcend crypto twitter.
it opens up the market for all kinds of creative output.
and gives power to tastemakers, curators, and tribes and gives us the chance to relate to one another via ownership again.
054 used items
053 friend reviews
052 data offer
051 ad preferences
050 bounties
049 multiplayer shop
048 image source
^^^^^
047 disappearing photo
046 collect call
045 pay gas from
044 last seen
So and so was last seen in January getting liquidated trading $BONK perps.
That girl you met at ETHDenver was last seen minting 3 NFTs from a new photography collection.
0xngmi was last seen scanning his eyeballs in Worldcoin orb #14 for an airdrop.
And so on.
There is something so fun and social about being able to passively check in on people you know. We already do this by tracking the music our friends are listening to on Spotify, seeing the games folks are playing on Steam in real time, and even following location updates in Snapchat, but there is no intuitive way to do this for onchain activity.
At least, not yet.
—Ben Roy
043 ringtone
042 double or nothing
041 report content
040 health meter (erc-404)
039 book a flight
all powered by @zksync.
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the most interesting thing i learned after briefly working with @zksync is it's not just privacy tech.
it makes the data across different blockchains more interoperable and efficient.
028 capture the flag
026 pinch to confirm
029 return pools
025 fractionalized profile
027 run-gating
032 fork spotify
035 vitalik also bought
i just want to know what my friends like, and befriend the likeminded.
030 airdrop radius
031 rewards staking
038 penalize devs
034 bank conversion
037 tipping
036 default wallet in tab
033 interoperable algos
015 medical records
and we can’t own our health records without private and secure blockchains.
004 frame gestures
@0xdesigner
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1mo
frames are great, but i'm sure we can all agree that the accompanying buttons aren't pretty.
instead, how about native gestures?
+ press and hold
+ swipe
+ pinch
etc
006 imessage mints
005 calendar explorer
010 gated frame
001 shotgun mint
020 txn llm
017 imessage auto-sell
016 superbowl quests
003 dm frames
now imagine what you could do with frames in direct messages.
014 erc-404
018 coin
007 physical art
019 block everywhere (b)
012 airbnb network ownership
it would have the same equity building benefits of homeownership while offering the flexibility of renting.
011 ama frame
008 vr treasure hunt
019 block everywhere (a)
013 onchain ctg
but here's why it should in the future:
so you know who your real friends are... everywhere you go.
022 translator
021 bail outs
024 tip settings
002 instant checkout
🤑 instant checkout
no more external checkout links. no more forms. user info and address at some point will be built in to our onchain identities.
and affiliate attribution is clear.
009 dating.tech
it's friendtech meets omegle, except the chat is anon and only reveals if you buy the other person’s key.
023 interoperable f/channels
you can build unique experiences around specific communities.
for instance, $imagine if peloton created a separate leaderboard for active /fitness users.