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The Ethereum Virtual Machine may be more important than the blockchain itselfco-written with Krishna Nandakumar, with substantial help from Vernon Johnson, David Phelps, Carlos Diaz-Pedron, Tomer Ben-David, and Jad Esber. Ethereum (as most know it) is simply one implementation of the Ethereum blockchain. The Ethereum Virtual Machine, on the other hand, is open-source blockchain-based software that allows developers to create decentralized applications. It is the global virtual computer that r...
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Web3 has introduced a new type of organization: Tokenized Communities. While they have much in common with more traditional organizations, tokenized communities promote fundamentally different economic models than the mainstream organizations that preceded them. For example, we value traditional companies based on assets and cash flows. Companies with more capital – or expected ability to absorb more capital in the future – are ideally valued more highly than others. That isn’t the case for e...
Proliferating collective creation - Forefront.market
ForefrontEVM Network Effects
The Ethereum Virtual Machine may be more important than the blockchain itselfco-written with Krishna Nandakumar, with substantial help from Vernon Johnson, David Phelps, Carlos Diaz-Pedron, Tomer Ben-David, and Jad Esber. Ethereum (as most know it) is simply one implementation of the Ethereum blockchain. The Ethereum Virtual Machine, on the other hand, is open-source blockchain-based software that allows developers to create decentralized applications. It is the global virtual computer that r...
ForefrontThe Phygital Stack
The Forefront Journal publishes essays from the frontier of consumer and social crypto. This is a guest essay from Aleksija Vujicic, Part 2 of a series on phygital goods and fashion.Phygital girl, phygital world, phygital… Stack? As we move from a fragmented physical world bookended by two digital experiences, to one continuous phygital experience, so too must the fashion and commerce industries learn to navigate them both seamlessly. More specifically, the phygital world will be enabled by a...
ForefrontTokenized Communities
Web3 has introduced a new type of organization: Tokenized Communities. While they have much in common with more traditional organizations, tokenized communities promote fundamentally different economic models than the mainstream organizations that preceded them. For example, we value traditional companies based on assets and cash flows. Companies with more capital – or expected ability to absorb more capital in the future – are ideally valued more highly than others. That isn’t the case for e...
Proliferating collective creation - Forefront.market
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Last week, Zora announced that anyone can now create for free on Zora, all on independently owned smart contracts. Content would be brought onchain through a clever lazy-minting model, where the first minter pays the gas to mint a token.
In exchange, the first minter receives a share of protocol rewards in perpetuity.
This is a massive unlock to onboarding more creators to Ethereum. Now, you don’t need ETH in your wallet to create – the first action you take on Ethereum could be an action that helps you earn ETH instead of spending it.
Inspired by this development, the Forefront team launched a new experiment: MintFirst.
MintFirst is an experiment in protocol fee incentives. The website is a simple, live feed of new lazy mints waiting to be brought onchain. Collectors can now “race” to onboard creators to Ethereum, potentially earning rewards in the process.
In this world, we may see an entirely new class of collectors who are financially incentivized to collect and create from new artists. The curator class receives yet another business model.
A live feed of all new pre-mints.
A curated feed of pre-mints by creators relevance.
The ability to mint directly in-app.
Sound notifications for new pre-mints.
Support creators. Earn money.
Welcome a new class of creators to Ethereum.
Last week, Zora announced that anyone can now create for free on Zora, all on independently owned smart contracts. Content would be brought onchain through a clever lazy-minting model, where the first minter pays the gas to mint a token.
In exchange, the first minter receives a share of protocol rewards in perpetuity.
This is a massive unlock to onboarding more creators to Ethereum. Now, you don’t need ETH in your wallet to create – the first action you take on Ethereum could be an action that helps you earn ETH instead of spending it.
Inspired by this development, the Forefront team launched a new experiment: MintFirst.
MintFirst is an experiment in protocol fee incentives. The website is a simple, live feed of new lazy mints waiting to be brought onchain. Collectors can now “race” to onboard creators to Ethereum, potentially earning rewards in the process.
In this world, we may see an entirely new class of collectors who are financially incentivized to collect and create from new artists. The curator class receives yet another business model.
A live feed of all new pre-mints.
A curated feed of pre-mints by creators relevance.
The ability to mint directly in-app.
Sound notifications for new pre-mints.
Support creators. Earn money.
Welcome a new class of creators to Ethereum.
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