$6 Thousand in 60 Seconds
A Fan’s Perspective on Sound.xyz“I was making enough on streams to get by, but selling my music directly to my community has made me more money, this quarter, than all of last year.”Fighting The Streamer EconomyWhile this isn’t a direct quote, it follows a trend. The way creators are going to distribute to their fans is changing. But, why and (maybe more importantly) how is this happening? On Spotify, to make $6000, a song would need to get 1.5 million streams. For up and coming artists, that...
$6 Thousand in 60 Seconds
A Fan’s Perspective on Sound.xyz“I was making enough on streams to get by, but selling my music directly to my community has made me more money, this quarter, than all of last year.”Fighting The Streamer EconomyWhile this isn’t a direct quote, it follows a trend. The way creators are going to distribute to their fans is changing. But, why and (maybe more importantly) how is this happening? On Spotify, to make $6000, a song would need to get 1.5 million streams. For up and coming artists, that...
Brand3 FLOC*ing It Up
Originally posted on FLOC*s Mirror Profile.Are brand agencies in trouble?Decentralizing BrandWhat if there was a world where designers, engineers, copywriters, and strategists were able to instantly join an agency and start working on a project that interested them? And what if the customers this agency supported were also owners and stakeholders in the organization?Democratizing branding is an interesting proposition. Plenty of protocols are decentralizing social organizations and financial ...
Brand3 FLOC*ing It Up
Originally posted on FLOC*s Mirror Profile.Are brand agencies in trouble?Decentralizing BrandWhat if there was a world where designers, engineers, copywriters, and strategists were able to instantly join an agency and start working on a project that interested them? And what if the customers this agency supported were also owners and stakeholders in the organization?Democratizing branding is an interesting proposition. Plenty of protocols are decentralizing social organizations and financial ...
Obligation or Opportunity
Is supporting politically or socially radical ideas an obligation or an opportunity? If the ideas are beneficial to society, it could be argued that a person’s support is obligatory. I’ve written before that if we agree that others in the world exist, then their lives are just as valuable as those who we see on a daily basis. We agree that those who we see suffer, through digital means, are not non-player characters in our own simulation. I do believe helping these people is a moral obligatio...
Obligation or Opportunity
Is supporting politically or socially radical ideas an obligation or an opportunity? If the ideas are beneficial to society, it could be argued that a person’s support is obligatory. I’ve written before that if we agree that others in the world exist, then their lives are just as valuable as those who we see on a daily basis. We agree that those who we see suffer, through digital means, are not non-player characters in our own simulation. I do believe helping these people is a moral obligatio...
We should care more about Zcash
Publicly announced transactions When I talk to people about crypto, some think it’s private way to store and transfer money. They’re then shocked when I pull up my ENS address on Etherscan, show my few holdings and all of interactions I’ve had associated with that address. This public infrastructure isn’t solely on Ethereum. It’s with nearly every cryptocurrency. The creator of Bitcoin noted this in the Bitcoin Whitepaper.“Some linking is still unavoidable with multi-input transactions, which...
We should care more about Zcash
Publicly announced transactions When I talk to people about crypto, some think it’s private way to store and transfer money. They’re then shocked when I pull up my ENS address on Etherscan, show my few holdings and all of interactions I’ve had associated with that address. This public infrastructure isn’t solely on Ethereum. It’s with nearly every cryptocurrency. The creator of Bitcoin noted this in the Bitcoin Whitepaper.“Some linking is still unavoidable with multi-input transactions, which...
Dave Castro needed crypto.
Just maybe not in the way that you think. Castro isn’t thinking about crypto’s investment thesis right now. He probably isn’t even thinking about “crypto” at all. However, he is thinking about losing his job. Eric Roza fired Castro, and this decision affected everyone involved in CrossFit. Yes, CrossFit LLC is a company that has to think about its bottom line and making money. More importantly, however, it’s an ideology that many people align with. Right or wrong, Castro’s termination affecte...
Dave Castro needed crypto.
Just maybe not in the way that you think. Castro isn’t thinking about crypto’s investment thesis right now. He probably isn’t even thinking about “crypto” at all. However, he is thinking about losing his job. Eric Roza fired Castro, and this decision affected everyone involved in CrossFit. Yes, CrossFit LLC is a company that has to think about its bottom line and making money. More importantly, however, it’s an ideology that many people align with. Right or wrong, Castro’s termination affecte...
