No. My point is they will be cheap. But they will be useful, in large part because other platforms will leverage them permissionlessly. Apes aren't art. Not visual art, anyway.You think they're gonna go for 20ETH?
You're right - Apes are Cryptopunks plus hype. The whole reason we're beefing is you're arguing that BAYC are "something entirely new" when the value proposition for BAYC, according to you, is basically that of the Porsche Car Club of America, minus Porsche. Is a Cryptopunk art? I do not for a minute question your fundamental assumptions about CryptoPunks. They aren't pretending to be something they're not. Gentle reminder: I'm pretty much always the one arguing NFT normie use cases because bloody hell, you can't buy a Breitling without one and haven't been able to for a couple years now. Something entirely new? That Twitter thread is a clever kid with a newsletter who: - minted a bunch of NFTs rather than getting on Substack - sells them instead of using Adsense - such that they unlock the whole page rather than previews when there's a token in a connected wallet - and resold on the secondary market - or burned within a time window for a pro-rated refund ...while BAYC: Cryptopunks. Plus hype.I see CryptoPunks as an important road sign in human history, and a front-row ticket to history to be made. To me, CryptoPunks indicate a point in time when technology unlocked the arts. Eventually, I’ll pass my CryptoPunk on to my daughter or donate it to a museum. Until then, I’ll look at it as something new that signifies a world on its way.
When they sold 500 tangible hats to ape-holders in June, the guys spent days packaging products in Gargamel’s mom’s backyard in Florida. “Immediately, some of them sold for thousands of dollars,” Gargamel exclaims. “It was a $25 hat. We were like, ‘Holy shit, we can be a Web3 streetwear brand. What does that even look like?’ ”
I'm not arguing that. But I'll let time make the point. Watch what happens to BAYC over the next 5 years. We need a RemindMe bot.The whole reason we're beefing is you're arguing that BAYC are "something entirely new" when the value proposition for BAYC, according to you, is basically that of the Porsche Car Club of America, minus Porsche.
What you posted about using a NFT as a subscription is exactly what I don't get about NFTs - for digital things like a photo that can be used without actually holding the NFT, what's the value in scarcity other than the hope that someone will buy it later for more? And for something like a website subscription, the value comes from the centralized blogger hosting the website and writing new articles, so what's the advantage of the subscription being decentralized? I get the use of crypto for currency and stock type things, and I kiiiinda get NFTs for art speculation, but everything else seems about as easily done in a centralized way & with less hassle. Everyone here seems legitimately into them, so I'm sure I'm missing something fundamental about what the normie use cases are going to be, but I really don't see them
Start here. Edited for simplicity: What is the value of owning a baseball card, rather than a copy of a baseball card? What is the value of owning the Mona Lisa, rather than a print of the Mona Lisa? The fact that the terms of of service are set by the blogger, the access can be bought and sold by the blogger, and that everything between the blogger and his audience has been disintermediated. If you wanna be a bank, you sign onto SWIFT. You pay a $20k setup fee, you pay $1500 a month in licensing, you pay 3% per transaction. Or, according to the Comptroller of the Currency, you sign onto a public blockchain. Right now, staking on Ethereum - which means you're processing transactions and putting up an ante to guarantee your good behavior - pays 6%. I don't care what business you're in. When an operating expense becomes operating income, things are going to change.for digital things like a photo that can be used without actually holding the NFT, what's the value in scarcity other than the hope that someone will buy it later for more?
And for something like a website subscription, the value comes from the centralized blogger hosting the website and writing new articles, so what's the advantage of the subscription being decentralized?
I get the use of crypto for currency and stock type things, and I kiiiinda get NFTs for art speculation, but everything else seems about as easily done in a centralized way & with less hassle.