vitalik wrote an existential essay today that is entirely worthy of such a birthday milestone.
It's ironic how as a child that day brings such effervescence (if fortunate enough) and as you grow into adult it brings a sobering clarity about the navigation you currently follow in a time limited existence.
the link:
vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/01/31/end.htmlwhile I don't agree with all of his declarations, I certainly resonate with the ones that 'matter' most to me personally.
crypto.. you beautiful, ugly, chaotic, optimistic, filthy bastard. I love you so dearly and yet you irritate me to no end it seems.
the divisiveness of crypto proliferators is par for the course of current times - dev, content creator, lead, narrator - we continue the human folly of ignoring spectrum manifestation. but vitalik worded it beautifully in about 4 paragraphs.
we need complimentary opposites. it's the only way this thing gets built 'meaningfully'. and it's early enough to still be accomplished.
man, I love an existential essay from thoughtful humans - it was just the thing I needed today!!!
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calm before the [2nd hurricane in 10 days]
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self portrait
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manifesting™
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world computer artists ™
[insert two lives quote]
keep going
naivety of the innocent ™
permissionless
[Chelsea] & cereal ™
now is won through hindsight ™
mints > likes
i bought this shoe w sparks (not really but it sounds cute don’t it)
heat map
dev did something
bears are fucked
not an adidas ad ™
cypherpunk
the magic app ™
vessel
money, drugs, & women
brain interface
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usdc
make. be. live.
luxury hard drive
dark mode
long-term thinking cap
more yield same question
heads will roll
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wowow
don’t take the black pill
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signs from ze divine
my product mock ups are getting uglier but the ideas are getting better
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Higher Pilled.
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Font. Logo. Splash.
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my love
Because every time I say one thing
it does
It's very own thing
The stars
Above
They're making me understand
"I came I was"
Knowing what once was
It never does
The thing you expect right now
Or when it was
You thought about the game
The stage
The love
You've thought about the fame
The name
The grudge
You thought about the slain
The fame
The nudge
They want carnage my brotha
The game
The buzz
They want pain
They don't want love
1988
Talking crazy
People standing on divine time
Getting lazy
Fools think there's one kind of magic
Getting hazy
Man I've been about this
Talking ages
Are you really about this life
Can you say it?
Really look me in my eyes
And make me feel it
Cuz all i see are charades
For your play skit
Noises from those lips
But can't say shit
So let's try
try
try
try
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It's all house money my love
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try
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try
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fly
fly
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Alive
How to survive now, don't die
Just yet.
Just yet.
Just yet.
Gotta thrive now, don't I?
All this time now, won't I?
Press my line now, shon't I?
Gotta thrive now, so high.
All this time now, could fly.
Realize the past is, a lie.
Memories flash by, like dye.
Moving fast now, so shine.
Wanna make a movie from the memories.
But nothing about that is me.
Motion pictures haunting we.
Thinking about what others want to see.
If I stand on business, would you leave?
Take my hands, and reach?
Talking heights, never before seen.
The worlds our oyster, at least that's what they told me.
So I wanna see.
What this life is meant to be.
What a mind is like at ease.
Who I am when I'm me.
Just me.
Just me.
Just me.
Just me.
Just me.
Just me.
You'll see.
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all of these actions are a 'yes' from one another.
it's the scale of the yes that changes
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it's higher aligned (on-high)
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we had a figma file open talking about base memetics and what the future could look like.
in that convo the term 'builder' was redefined to be more accurately inclusive to those that help build layer 2s such as base - with their goal of bringing 1b engaged individuals onto the chain.
since then Base has helped Leighton and myself get Based Management off the ground but there's been much deliberation on where this headless org best expresses itself.
personally I need aesthetics to align before I get to the real unlock on creative direction. this evening those pieces finally fell into place and I was reminded of this first conversation.
BM is appropriately named ironically enough. It is here to help manage the process of bringing 1 billion builders onchain.
BM
and then today a flash of insight hit me.
'change the blue, stop trying to mimic base directly'
'find a unicode symbol'
'be left curve about it not right curve'
and thus we finally hit the breakthrough, with me immediately publishing it on all the channels unlike the last attempt
blue code: #0500FF
unicdoe: 🟦
slogan: "things worth doing on Base"
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it revs me up so much even if none of my port is in spot.
+ in /bullposting on purple (by six) and it occurred to me that the mood I get in when prices are higher is a lifestyle choice I can employ regardless of financial markets.
thus /higher is born - with ↑ as the memetic icon (h/t jacob for that)
Higher.
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Wallets should be browsers first, then wallets.
browser 1st: find cool mint on internet, click link that opens browser, hit mint, done.
wallet 1st: find cool mint, copy link, open wallet, click browser, paste link, hit mint, done.
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at the beginning of the year I wrote about generational wealth, and the personal twist was a realization that certain generations (factoring in emergent technologies and global affairs) assault previous generations wealth vehicles/generators.
Read here if interested: lght.mirror.xyz/-L95REJh9xdp_oNMvfCN72eE7-4TGN0k00ubeMUM8vY
crypto majors (BTC, ETH, SOL) are permissionless systems that aggregate this wealth assault on tradfi. Stocks become tokens. Bonds become NFTs. Web2 servers become IPFS/Arweave metadata tracked by erc 1155s.
Who knows what will come after crypto. But it's undeniable that if you're in the game now you are in a once in a multi-generational opportunity.
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mobile app that only aggregates a feed of bullish sentiments
Direct to Wallet & Onchain Notifications
direct to wallet offers & notifications for onchain happenings
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networking client based on caster rank overlap in common channels
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a frame for bidding on/nouns builder auctions
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Need a client that just has a text box and lets me cast, no scrolling.
Could even be a chrome extension for web
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PEPE MONROE
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I believe this venn diagram is incredibly potent for figuring out starting niches and eventually expanding into resonant verticals from there (regardless of player type)
time will tell though
BM APP V1 IDEA
as bm continues to expand into other arms (bm1, based associates, and now based ventures) it seems that a mobile app makes sense eventually
allow people to access all parts of the ecosystem in one app, let them vote, create, build, propose, and network on their phones
this is early contextualizing
Based Ventures
ETH Denver w/ Beam & Based Management
Bird, Air Bnb, & WETH Selling for Sports Cars
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At the time, L2s, Fabric, GPT, and Perplexity were not familiar or even around yet. Midjourney was in it's 'gathering data' output phase.
Now the serendipity machine puts it back on my plate. The fifth and final project (for now). A healthy balance to cycle through, diverse enough as to properly leverage 'ruts', while covering the bases I like to run on.
Shadows, next to BM, is the longest time horizon project I'm currently working on. Thanks to Fabric the pacing will be approachable and items will be delivered at the same increment.
Core of the idea is to have a story told to me. Not for me to tell a story. And thanks to the tech stack, I can truly let my imagination creative direct, letting ai fill in the pages.
An emergent sci fi novel. Tailored around the memes and conversations most resonant. Building an onchain discography of the book as it's being built.
How exciting!
How to join: hypersub.withfabric.xyz/collection/shadows-bju72cqjtm2o?tab=subscription
PROLOGUE VIII
FREEDOM
MUSE
EUPHORIC
ONCHAIN
Memecoins w/ Jacob.eth
thanks to tokenization - whether that's a tokenized ticker ($DOGE) or tokenized art (XCOPY) they could all be conceptualized as 'memecoins'
CRMNL
what is freedom? what is a 'human right'? at what point does 'one' need to control 'many'? and what is 'law' when leveraged toward malice and retroactively attributable 'reason'?
the word 'criminal' is so broad. it's memetics so potent. and yet, when traveling the world I often question would these environments not promote 'criminality' in the pursuit of self sovereignty?
CNQRR
the tiger is 'sensitive'. stalking it's prey, searching for jugulars to sink it's teeth into.
in this context art is a dance. a battle in the abyss. a hunt in the infinite void. and sensitivity is how we 'eat'.
PRPHT
in this context gatekeeping is more akin to key-keeping. and you can always make more keys.
LGHT®
I enjoy 'meta'. The abstract that pervades the seemingly mundane. The influential in the often marked insignificant. It's like playing telephone with God for me.
so when the words 'business' or 'brand' or 'markets' are throw across conversational aisles they typically mean something entirely unique to me. I am looking for clues in this game I've been playing.
LGHT (man how I wish I was a few years earlier for light lol) - I have made peace with the meme -- light without the 'I'; meaning the dualistic particle and wave abstraction that helps heat the earth, nourish the plants, and reveals the darkness. And it's expression best funneled without 'I' (hence pseudonymity)
But business is booming, thank god. I have found a place in this wild industry, and I need an insignia. A meme that touches the 'meta'.
I think I found it.
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CHANEL®
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GOOD BUSINESS IS THE BEST ART
Episode 1: Jacob.eth
He's been incredibly gracious with his time and attention - from gathering user feedback, to riffing on random ideas.
We talk a little about Zora (in the beginning) and mainly muse on the possibilities in the coming yrs.
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Zaibs is making me realize my imagination is the expansive tech enabling ai to flourish.
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PROLOGUE II.
PROLOGUE
We go again.
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ZORA
FARCASTER
1B BUILDERS
it was a realization that people who come onchain to base aren't users - they are a builder.
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Our vision is stronger than ever: to build public goods DAO tooling and bring the most amazing communities onchain.
Learn more about the upgrade: nouns.build/dao/ethereum/0xdf9b7d26c8fc806b1ae6273684556761ff02d422/vote/87
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after fucking around and finding out a bunch we've stumbled into some interesting territory. which requires more careful consideration on the branding of it.
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It's ironic how as a child that day brings such effervescence (if fortunate enough) and as you grow into adult it brings a sobering clarity about the navigation you currently follow in a time limited existence.
the link: vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/01/31/end.html
while I don't agree with all of his declarations, I certainly resonate with the ones that 'matter' most to me personally.
crypto.. you beautiful, ugly, chaotic, optimistic, filthy bastard. I love you so dearly and yet you irritate me to no end it seems.
the divisiveness of crypto proliferators is par for the course of current times - dev, content creator, lead, narrator - we continue the human folly of ignoring spectrum manifestation. but vitalik worded it beautifully in about 4 paragraphs.
we need complimentary opposites. it's the only way this thing gets built 'meaningfully'. and it's early enough to still be accomplished.
man, I love an existential essay from thoughtful humans - it was just the thing I needed today!!!
vitalik wrote an existential essay today that i...
PRPL
And in the back alleys cigarette smoke fills the air, and memecoins are gambled on to multimillion dollar market caps.
It's a onchain city unlike anything out there... and it's just getting started.
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There have been many opportunities put in front of me over the last couple of years. Conversations in rooms I would've never guessed I'd be privileged enough to attend. And in each of those moments the things that matter to me tend to resurface in my mind.
When I discovered 'web3' my intuition started screaming at me. "There is something life changing here for creatives, for the untraditional, for those with high agency."
Art3 Lotus - a play on the term web3 and my personal definition of 'art being any creation endeavor'. It felt like 'it', but it wasn't.
Then came 'hypercultures', closer but still too broad. Then the 'hyperstack', a more comprehensive illustration indeed.
Then I went on podcasts and used the opportunity to refine and stress test the thinking. Something of substance had been found but my intuition still felt a deep longing.
This month I randomly illustrated a 'hypersphere' - my personal creative circadian. And then I had a flash of insight on a better articulation of 'the spectrum'. Dominoes were in flow; leading to a graphic of 'constraints'.
When I sat in front of my figma files today to work on Zaibs I realized "holy shit I think I found all the starting puzzle pieces I needed back then."
So much work. And good work begets more good work. This is a small celebration though. From me to me.
It's only crazy until you've got something innit.
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some say it's who you want people to view you as. others say it's a canvas by which you express artistic notions.
for me, in my pseudonymity, it feels quite vague. affording myself 'privacy' is at one end the realization that human bias is inescapable. at the other it is simply a fuck you to notions of corporate 'tradition'.
who is one to tell me the dictation of my self embodiment? especially when I do my best to not disrespect another in this manner.
pseudonymity suits me. the archetype of artist most resonant, to me, is that which treats personhood as a canvas. neuroplastic.
a man, bound by time, yet unleashed into infinity. how does one express such paradox in a 400x400 social handshake?
PRCLMTNS
Manager Blue
Wojak Generator
INTERN BLUE
AI Wallet Agent
Succession Blue
Terra Blue
Giga Blue
Blue
Occupation: BM Mascot
Hobbies: Shitcoining, researching zk rollups, & creating memes
Globe as the head & a blue body. The intent is for Blue to be easy to remix and yet resonant to BM’s memetic footprint
There will be many versions of Blue hopefully
Zorb Browser
SCRN TM
HYPRCLTR
SPCTRM
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ZBS
Orgs will desperately try to convert new users and those that were 'sharpening their swords' in the bear will be cutting through the noise best.
I wish us all good fortune in this next cycle. And if I had the pleasure of getting to know you, and collaborating in some capacity, I hope that we build something even more amazing next.
Happy New Year you beautiful anons. Let's have some fun in 2024!
If a bull market truly is on the horizon, then ...
absolutely binged 8 waffles last night
2.5 weeks off in Vietnam. 3 weeks off in December. For some reason I told myself that would be inconceivable, down right irresponsible. While conveniently neglecting that 'weekend' is a term I discarded a decade ago..
7 days a week, for 46 weeks.. 322 days of work.
And I tried to act like 42 days off would be impossible.
lol
I'm raring to go but in a conversation with 0xf...
how odd to realize that even in a private journal, I was avoiding the embrace of my full disclosure. if you do not have a place to practice such honesty, how does one refine it?
feel that this unlock may provide the most outsized returns for the effort the experiment required.
... and this is why we play the games
30 days of notes to close out the year
telling myself to rest, $enjoy the remainder of my time off.
we hit the ground running in the new year.
lotta new insights, currently all tangled up.
:)
I find it personally gratifying that the many y...
Happy Holidays you degenerates and giga chads!
something is just constrained ‘anything’
The distribution curve meme can fold onto itself for a compounding curve with a slight bend at the top.
In the meta, the meme variant represents 'evolution/adaptation/adoption'. Individuals more-so walking on top of the curvature - with the strata that raises the arc being 'consensus integration'.
Those 'early and right' experience more of the compounding arc. Those that 'wait for consensus signaling' experience less of it relative to their moment of walking the graph's circumference.
All of these ramblings are simply a thought gestalt spurred by the idea that many intellectual types (who populate crypto's more technical/theory spheres) are very similar to 'back-country bigots'.
In the sense that they deem swaths of diverse realities as threatening, existentially illegitimate, and choose to denigrate them through the veil of righteous double speak.
Idk who would've read all this, but if you did and see/agree with the core tenants, imo you have a massive opportunity to outperform those 'intellectuals'
"Elitism is the intellectuals prejudice." - fr...
Thanks for a fun year.
I love you Zora
For two years this group has suffered together, improving the tech, building new toys, expanding the fundamental thesis. Might I also add, at nearly -90-95% losses on speculative investments compared to the bull. While the corpo-politico machine shat on and kicked us for ad rev whenever possible.
Now the sun is starting to shine, experience has been gained, fun is being had. Sure, there are sore winners and losers like any sporting event. But it continues to amaze me how fickle the human psyche can be when funneled into third-party content algorithms.
People make different choices. People have different values. People respond to different stimulus. All because people...have lived and continue to live different lives.
As far as I can tell, this diversity is integral to the human experience.
While I certainly see the merit of some degener...
w their entire investment thesis built on aggregated shitcoin ‘indexes’
- from my twitter
we’re back when you see large inflows of capita...
Moving beyond them - for fear of confusing what I want to discuss now with my recognition of them - I used to deal with a lot of envy towards the specialist types.
One of my dearest friends is an aerospace engineer. He is so damn locked in on doing his one or two things to their peak. Then I think of my travels throughout Japan, and the gap in excellence when comparing service workers. The precision. The quest to shave off fractions of percentages. I longed to find my 'thing'. Feared being labeled a 'master of none'.
That fear is no longer present. That longing has found its proper function. The rest of the realization is for me alone.
Most likely will end this daily notes experimen...
feeling speculative again innit.
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Think of a circle almost fully looped. In the manner of a horseshoe, but much less distance between ends closing on each other.
Clockwise or counter-clockwise makes no difference in the model. Just that you start at one point and 'walk' the circumference to the other end.
You end near your starting point. And in the common use of this model, it's used to illustrate the similarities between 'opposing' positions. But I like it for personal understandings.
There are a couple nuances to this variant of the model:
1. You factor in what 'walking the circumference' signifies
2. You factor in the one-way nature from start to finish
In this model I often feel that my intuitions (starting point) are a few degrees off. And those few degrees are only acquired through 'walking the circumference'.
It's not until I get to look at my intuitions from close, but not on top, that I feel a more mature understanding of the initial [thing].
Have had a few walks compound on top of each other during this eoy break. Excited for 2024.
There's this mental model I often feel holds qu...
reps in
Really is important to let the mind wander
I'd be lying if I said I too didn't wish for eternally harmonious sequences and an effortless flow of logic into manifested reality. But I also did a lot of bad and stupid shit in my past.
Hurt people. Was hurt by people. Caused destruction. Was destroyed.
Temptations of romanticizing hindsight aside, it can be a very fruitful teacher if you happen to piece yourself back together. It makes evident the influences of what Tim Urban dubs the "Primitive Mind," more prescient.
Helps you realize the momentary limits of logic. Syncs your gut with your thinking. And illuminates the disparity in one's behavior and speech about said behavior.
It seems that 'the thinkers' are the most vulnerable to this part of reality. After 'the timid' that is.
Part of me feels for the heavy-leaning intellec...
70% max volume. Windows down.
Worth it by Amber Mark
I create art as a means of conversation.
Create media as means of conversation.
Tweet as a means of conversation.
Write as a means of conversation.
I learned to fight as a means of conversation.
Learned to cook as a means of conversation.
Learned to shred mountains, jump out of planes, see the world, and play the piano as a means of conversation.
I want to learn certain coding as a means of conversation.
Want to build hypercultures as a means of conversation.
Want to learn infinitely more as a means of conversation.
My 92 year old grandmother can no longer drive, live alone, walk more than a driveways-length without needing oxygen; nor can she walk her dog, eat certain foods, handle her finances, or figure out where batteries go in her magnifying glass.
But without pause, her vitality returns to her... during conversations.
The first principles of most things, as far as I have gathered, is we want to have conversations. With whom is the variable.
We're having conversations.
BM Mascot
BM Mascot
People also like to paint 'Life' in the skin of a marathon. And in this manner, I equate calendar years to a hybrid of basketball quarters, rounds in a fight, and a marathon.
Today I very much feel like I finished the marathon 'early'. Earlier than I expected is probably more aptly descriptive.
The past weekend felt like I was standing around at the finish line, adrenaline still peaking, fool-heartedly ready to run another one as I mistook the adrenal rush for boundless energy.
Thankfully I made that mistake years prior. So here I sit, at my desk getting this daily note out, icing my chafed nipples, taking my wet socks off, eating some cookies.
Got a couple weeks to recover before we go again, because... it's a series of games.
"Life isn't a game, it's a series of games." Si...
Before I knew better, I would pick a side and then trust them to deliver. Now I know that friction is the signal in and of itself.
My discography is on Ethereum, Mainnet and multiple L2s. But in my own experiences globally, I can see the appeal of Sol's memetics and cost.
Add in the fact that ETH maxis are already going for their anti-SOL propaganda (when the token is -70% its ATH), they must feel threatened for some legitimate reason.
I want to learn more. Synthesize more. And eventually, build more.
Going to start listening to some sol podcasts, ...
Wonder when the first person will unironically ...
Based Management
It's a new industry
3/10 is HOF status.
Based Management has been around for little over a quarter. It has done:
- invite only model while still using nouns builder
- found a way to use zora rewards as a way for entrants to "create in" instead of "buy in" to the dao
- created an onchain are.na/pinterest board that splits rewards to the creator and the dao treasury (mintboard)
- simplified the mint ui
- created an onchain suggestion box using comments by @fascinated
It has over $20,000 USD in its treasury, has hosted partnerships with TITLES, PartyDAO, Uplink, and UFO Club. And has dropped a song by world touring musician Reo Cragun.
We just wanted to make something "fun and emergent." Wild how quickly things can happen!
Mintboard is live
Got something cool dropping tomorrow for BM
Based Management
My episode on Hypercultures has made its way onchain. Feels like closure in a sense truthfully. Besides these daily notes idk if I have more to put on the record in 2023.
I have maybe 2 more mirror articles it seems (one for me and one for BM) - equaling 52 essays this year.
I've been building in the bear. I'll be interested to see if the proverbial 'they' will be correct about its translation in a bull.
Rumors by Fleetwood Mac in the cans
Now I read a lot of fiction. Scifi, mystery, adventure. It's uncanny. In both instances I felt that "well I already am quite familiar with [insert opposite]."
That pendulum keeps on swinging.
I used to only read nonfiction
Creativity training is eerily similar to weight training. Resistance, recovery, personal records, training splits.
Maybe it's because I used to be a bodybuilder years ago. Or maybe it's the damned web of knowledge that beautiful Korean woman was so confident in.
Already don't want to be doing these each day -...
putting the rep in
Even had a scene where 10 Gridplus lattices were in the DA's office in a showdown for unlocking the devices.
*Spoiler*
It was a modern version of a shootout. The lattices locked after 10 attempts and the antagonist supposedly lost access to 1.5 billion dollars.
Beyond the amusement it garnered. It reiterated that theory - forget who brought it to my attention - that 'insiders' are able to spot how surface level "mainstream" articles, assessments, and declarations usually are. And how that same pattern can be found in most trades, sectors, and niches across the board.
The lattice devices are locked but if the character has his seed phrase then he actually just got away scott-free from the DA. He can buy a new lattice and recover the wallet there.
Makes me wonder how many assumptions I've made in the other areas of my life, based on entertainment-depth theatrics meant to 'fill the gap'.
Have been finishing the show Billions
Have absolutely no clue what will transpire. But I've danced with the Muse long enough to know it will feel magical in those serendipitous moments of insight.
It is the willingness to dance in the Abyss that enlivens the lights you knew not were there to begin with. Because, in my experience, the Idea matrix is picky. She has standards on who she kisses on the forehead. And long standing tenure is only a valid membership for fleeting instances.
You must avail yourself each time. Shed the skin. Face your ineptitude. Embrace unknowing.
This is what I currently know. The price paid for it emboldens my confidence in this attitude.
Today is the start of noteseverday,
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Memetics Department
Minting Cool Shit
Wallets
Degening
Spend
Sleepy Punk
Possessed Punk
Peeking Punk
Pop Punk
BMS
Marsh
Flow
The Bird on the Bridge
Based Verification
Think
Template Punk
Monet Meadows
Infinity
Just Mint It
Basedmoto
Based Shell
Rated B
Ethereum Network Company
Based Beginning
Based Atlas
The Wild Wild Web
Corporate Crypto Concept
v1 BM
BM in DMs
Based Network
Based Management is Global
Based Management x Titles
Based-Mojis
Based Management is Global
Imagine Based Management
Based Management #0
Based Management, 2023
See No Evil
Hyperbullish
Lime
Rosé
Scarlet
Onchain Media
Night Mode
Metadata
The Fairway
AIM
Olympics
The Podium
Containers
Murat Pink
Pepe
Step Order
Today/Tomorrow
Right Swipe Guy
The Plunderer
who owns it?
Collector Effects
1. fun
2. provenance
3. signal testing
4. collector funnel
...
Creators must examine their goals often. What am I building onchain? Who do I wish to attract? Does this piece serve best at open or fixed supply?
Much is undefined at present, and the open edition is a novel staple of onchain creator economics.
Gravity
Divergent
Omit
Mint from Home
What feature would be cool to see in the Zora +++ chrome extension?
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁:
+++ is the trigger for using the extension and the idea is to use 'create' as a means to immediately go to the metadata upload screen.
This allows creative impulse to go from idea to mint in two steps.
h/t jacob for asking and implementing within a day. Only @ Zora do things like that happen.
Life Graph
this model factors in compounding laws and the reality that extreme turners can be turned at local peaks and/or valleys
The Don
WIP: Mission Statement
Genesis
Ordinance Principles
Social Layers
Pilot
h/t jacob for the name
Not Ringers
Right Clicked
Zombie
Boose
Sage
Stardust
Cryptoart
while that def still plays, I’m starting to think of it more in terms of accelerating crypto - as an art form & through creative endeavor/thinking
Punk
Circa 2023
Hyper
User Adoption Dao
What would an aesthetically maxed out dao solely meant for user adoption look like?
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁:
Base's L2 has an advantage in the common consumer's mindshare. And thanks to Coinbase, they have a layer of trust/familiarity outside of the space.
With Base now live, there's an operating layer that affords decentralized incentives while leveraging the brand's merit.
BASED. A play on words and possible fertile ground for aligning memetic primitives amongst the Millenials and Gen Z generations. (lil B the based god, based as a familiar term, crypto = based, etc)
This would be an attempt at what 0xgami called 'Hypercommons'.
Additional development ideas:
- simple metadata for the dao tokens (like purple dao)
- possible 'charity funnel' social mech (creators/protocols donate to it as support of its efforts)
- curation drops within the dao proposals (see my essay on curation daos mirror.xyz/lght.eth/peQenJiMt3SnR9TQOihbr_XQC5hK-Nd9zPYHlufOWO4 )
L0UVREVM
Based
PRPL
Network Spirituality
App Preference
Why can't we make sharing music cross-functional?
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁:
Friends use different apps for music. Let's make it possible to share a song and let any app be able to open it.
Increase the shares. Increase time on each app. Increase artist discoverability. It's a win win win.
Communication
ERCs
Memetic
Hyperpunk
Contemporary Gen Art
Volume
Minting
Compounding
Bridge Shop
What would a 'gift shop' meant to help people bridge funds to an L2 look like?
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁:
Originally stemming from nis.eth's idea called 'Bridge Pass' (d.mirror.xyz/Sjpxa2r_wxkQUGXUr8oO2PhBlyfIRgLBx2YevoXXwyY). The concept is targeted at making bridging an incentive of its own.
Manifold did a drop with Optimism where you bought the NFT on L1 and received a small amount of ETH on your Optimism address.
This idea leverages both. A gift shop of NFTs that when purchased on L1 sends a portion of ETH to your L2 address. The bridge user gets an NFT and helps expand L2 adoption.
Additional development ideas:
- 'seasonal' curation of bridge shop assets
- allow creators to opt in for their work in the shop
- marketplace of bridge shop assets
ZTube
What would an onchain YouTube alternative look like?
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁:
Zora already mints multimedia. As they continue to expand it could be feasible that they create a YouTube-like arm of their ecosystem.
Anyone can watch the videos just like on YouTube, but instead of Subscribe buttons there are Mint buttons.
Instead of Views as the social Metric, we would use Mints.
Additional development ideas:
- Mobile app
- Onchain Creator Studio
Dao
Canvas
Memetic Icons
Pixel Sorting
Non-Fungible Token
MMORPG
Crypto Streetwear
What would it look like if we created a dao solely for a crypto native streetwear brand?
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁:
Token art can be pre-concept ideas or just the logo in various formats. Treasury is in aid of building the brand and proliferating its memes.
Proposals for new drop lines, partnerships, freelance design concepts, etc.
Token gated shop for dao holders to purchase at production cost &/o vote for allocation of free merch.
Use voting to decide:
- retail price
- duration of sales campaigns
- holder benefits
- etc
Hypermedia
Choice
Epiphany
Conceptualized
Big Fish
Polar Magnetism
Idea Execution
Balance
Sensory
Social
Referential
Abstract
Skeuomorphic
Opepen
Zora
Nouns
Meme
Everything
Progress
Hyperstack
hypercultures by lght.eth
hpyercommons by gami.eth
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Picasso
Data Field
HYPERDXSTXR
Brainstorming
Ponderance
Digital Abstractions
Latent Leverage
Anointed
Blinding Lights
Turning Tides
Decentralized
Prophetic
DEGΞNS
*****
PIRATE
CC0 Asset Library Concept
AI Image Translator Concept
FUTURENOW Mint Market
Hyperculture
Entropy+ Mock Up
Pepe
Internet Economy
Opepe