Art
Review: NFT WTF? The Rise and Fall of NFTs
Many thanks to Heni for making this film available for free. Here's my not-so-hot take on it. I've been a tech entrepreneur since '89. I've been in crypto all day every day since 2.22.20. I've spent way
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I fell in love with tech the moment I read about it in the library on microfiche circa '87. I waited tables at night, learned in the day. Started my first tech company in '89. What a trip it's been, still is. So grateful,
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Heni update - they didn't delete my post
gm, I got this from brother Julio, a mod in the Heni discord: "Heyo @spinbackwards I hope you are well. "We would like to confirm that your comments on our YouTube channel have not been removed by our team. "You'll notice that YouTube includes an
Crypto
NFTs and crypto crashed? It didn't faze Micha Klein
Back in 2021 my friend J. Harry Edmiston turned me onto Micha Klein's forthcoming NFT project, Crypto-Pills. I had never heard of Micha before so I took a look. The first thing that caught my eye was Micha's hook statement "Virtual medicine for a
Field Notes
gm - notes from the field, happy Friday!
gm! Great call this morning with John. I have a tendency to be hard on people, judgmental. Politics are getting to me. I don't want to be like that. Got me back to a message of spreading love. I'm grateful to John for pinging me. There
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Bitcoin went onsale today
Bitcoin briefly dropped to 25.3k today, its lowest point since June '023. Here's to hoping we see another dip. https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-falls-below-26k-in-two-month-lows-for-btc
Whole Food Plant Based
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WAGMI! This wallet tactic could scale global on-chain brand ecosystemsFacing booming customer acquisition and marketing costs, brands will turn to blockchain for better data and growth opportunities.BlockworksBart Hillerich
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Ledger PayPal integration
Today Ledger announced PayPal integration. So of course I had to try it. I opened Ledger Live, bought some Bitcoin using my PayPal account. It was easy. It's a big step forward in crypto. Because there's millions of PayPal users. I can now see the day
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A community is forming
gm, For me, yesterday was a seminal day in the Dots discord. We had a fantastic chat about art that I felt part of. Instead of feeling like an outsider. Then discord member JustARock accepted my offer to help with his marathon training irl. Got a good buzz. Then it
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Notes from the HIPEVAN
Went to see Oppenheimer yesterday with our son Justin at the IMAX. BTW. Did Jobs get "i" from IMAX? The movie is a must see. Anyway, on the way back Justin blew my mind. He turned me on. In his words and his way he showed me that
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John Reed Stark - "crypto-ecosystem is a ponzi scheme"
gm, Yesterday John Reed Stark labeled all of crypto as a "ponzi scheme". I respectfully disagree. And, this is the first time I've wondered if John was jilted by someone in crypto, and now has an axe to grind. Labeling the whole scene as a ponzi
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Mark Cuban is trying to defend what's indefensible
If you've been following along the fantastic conversation with John Reed Stark and Mark Cuban, Cuban's main points are that; a) the crypto industry has tried to get clarification on the rules but the SEC won't help them, and, b) it's too
NFTs
Notes from the hippie van - Howey Test, Ordinals
gm, Howey Test I started thinking about the Howey Test in the fall of 022. https://twitter.com/spinbackwards/status/1581200918824960001?s=20 As I wrote then, I think NFTs look like an investment contract. I still don't know what this means for NFTs. My gut feeling, albeit