Beanie Babies: The NFTs of Web1 – Reflections from The Great Beanie Baby Bubble by Zac Bissonnette
Now that we are in the hangover phase of market cycles, I thought it would be a good idea to brush up on some of the history of financial bubbles, with the idea that I might be able to gain some insights from similarities and differences between them and crypto. While I am of the firm conviction that web3 isn’t only speculative fervor, it’s difficult to say that it isn’t a core part of what makes it tick. This phenomenon isn’t going away in this space or in our society, so it could be useful ...
Beanie Babies: The NFTs of Web1 – Reflections from The Great Beanie Baby Bubble by Zac Bissonnette
Now that we are in the hangover phase of market cycles, I thought it would be a good idea to brush up on some of the history of financial bubbles, with the idea that I might be able to gain some insights from similarities and differences between them and crypto. While I am of the firm conviction that web3 isn’t only speculative fervor, it’s difficult to say that it isn’t a core part of what makes it tick. This phenomenon isn’t going away in this space or in our society, so it could be useful ...
The Holy Grail of Pre Crypto GameFi: Magic the Gathering
Ape-ing in on CardboardMy first real exposure to GameFi secondary markets and the experience I built almost all of my understanding of NFTs and the potential of what GameFi could be would be trading card games, chiefly Magic the Gathering. For the uninitiated, it’s a game where people build their own decks of physical, nonfungible pieces of cardboard with drawings, text and numbers on them and play against each other and putting them on a field in a turn-based fashion.Also known as cardboard ...
The Holy Grail of Pre Crypto GameFi: Magic the Gathering
Ape-ing in on CardboardMy first real exposure to GameFi secondary markets and the experience I built almost all of my understanding of NFTs and the potential of what GameFi could be would be trading card games, chiefly Magic the Gathering. For the uninitiated, it’s a game where people build their own decks of physical, nonfungible pieces of cardboard with drawings, text and numbers on them and play against each other and putting them on a field in a turn-based fashion.Also known as cardboard ...
Work-To-Play: Thoughts on Free-to-Own, Free-To-Play and Pay-to-Win
I just want to think, be honest but gentle plsBefore I get accused of FUD-ing, I want to preface this by saying I am very impressed with Gabriel Leyton, Limit Break and DigiDaigaku and I have assigned them a high probability of success. Hearing him talk about his ideas on a podcast interview was an incredibly eye opening experience and I became a little obsessed with digesting them. However, biases from my own experiences kicked in and I had some cognitive dissonance that I hope to use this w...
Work-To-Play: Thoughts on Free-to-Own, Free-To-Play and Pay-to-Win
I just want to think, be honest but gentle plsBefore I get accused of FUD-ing, I want to preface this by saying I am very impressed with Gabriel Leyton, Limit Break and DigiDaigaku and I have assigned them a high probability of success. Hearing him talk about his ideas on a podcast interview was an incredibly eye opening experience and I became a little obsessed with digesting them. However, biases from my own experiences kicked in and I had some cognitive dissonance that I hope to use this w...
Yer a (n00b) Wizard, Jesse: Making A Dune Dashboard to Track True Freeze Airdrop Claims
Introduction:In the past few months, I’ve learned that the hardest part about breaking into on-chain analytics is finding something you can make. It is dreadfully intimidating to see beautifully organized charts and graphs detailing how people are using arcane protocols you barely understand – and even more so to see the never-ending SQL used behind it that you can barely read. So, it was really hard for me to stay motivated, especially if I didn’t have concrete goals to focus on. After all, ...
Yer a (n00b) Wizard, Jesse: Making A Dune Dashboard to Track True Freeze Airdrop Claims
Introduction:In the past few months, I’ve learned that the hardest part about breaking into on-chain analytics is finding something you can make. It is dreadfully intimidating to see beautifully organized charts and graphs detailing how people are using arcane protocols you barely understand – and even more so to see the never-ending SQL used behind it that you can barely read. So, it was really hard for me to stay motivated, especially if I didn’t have concrete goals to focus on. After all, ...
you.yourtribe.eth: The Use Cases, Limitations and Potential of ENS Subdomains
TL;DR:Web3 subdomain names like ENS’s have a variety of use cases, chief among which is enabling users to show they are affiliated with a company or a community. There is already plenty of adoption and we investigated basically all of the projects that have started using subdomains in some form or another.There are some current limitations but these are currently being addressed with new projects in the space by a variety of players in the ecosystem.What’s in a Name?My ENS name is olesnakey.e...
you.yourtribe.eth: The Use Cases, Limitations and Potential of ENS Subdomains
TL;DR:Web3 subdomain names like ENS’s have a variety of use cases, chief among which is enabling users to show they are affiliated with a company or a community. There is already plenty of adoption and we investigated basically all of the projects that have started using subdomains in some form or another.There are some current limitations but these are currently being addressed with new projects in the space by a variety of players in the ecosystem.What’s in a Name?My ENS name is olesnakey.e...
