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niftytime[Purchases & Prunings] August 2023
August ended up being a bit busier on the collecting front than I was originally expecting. In a good way of course.toucher de l'herbe #10/30 by Sarah Zucker (Manifold)I collected some gems including a brand new Sarah Zucker [pictured above], some amazing works off of Nifty Gateway by a few artists I have long admired and finally had the great pleasure of producing, as well as my first cryptoart on Solana over on the Exchange Art platform. You can peruse all of the works I collected belo...
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niftytime[Purchases & Prunings] August 2023
August ended up being a bit busier on the collecting front than I was originally expecting. In a good way of course.toucher de l'herbe #10/30 by Sarah Zucker (Manifold)I collected some gems including a brand new Sarah Zucker [pictured above], some amazing works off of Nifty Gateway by a few artists I have long admired and finally had the great pleasure of producing, as well as my first cryptoart on Solana over on the Exchange Art platform. You can peruse all of the works I collected belo...
niftytimeInfinite Care & Unbounded Attention
This piece of writing was originally published on Cent back on Dec. 18, 2018 under the title “New Governments & New Communities.” I’m re-publishing it here because the promise of proper crypto social products is again palpable, and I believe the tenets of infinite care & unbounded attention are as pertinent as ever for founders of crypto social products in particular to embody and exhibit.To form a new government requires infinite care and unbounded attention, for if the foundation is badly l...
niftytimeAll The New Golden Ages
The following piece of writing was originally published Nov. 4 2020 over on my old Cent page reflecting on my then half decade being a part of crypto (3 years as a builder and 2 years digging down into the rabbit hole). Honestly though, this piece feels more relevant now than ever, so I’m re-sharing it and putting it onchain."I saw a vision of us move in the dark; all that we did or dreamed of..." That quote is from The Tower Beyond Tragedy by Robinson Jeffers. What a trip. I've been ref...
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Writing and collecting are very similar. For me at least, I do both to remember.
So, it makes sense to combine the two from time to time.
This is the first of what I’d like to turn into a monthly retrospective that looks back at the digital works of art or other NFTs I may have bought or sold in the preceding month.
Below is a brief list of what I’ve either added to my collection or pruned from it.
Curating a good collection is like bonsai in the sense that it happens slowly, but surely over time, and as long as you’re [objectively] tuned into how your collection is growing, you’ll naturally be able to (and want to) thoughtfully trim, pinch back, and/or direct things in a new direction.
MC by Ben Hopper (Nifty Gateway)
Metaphysical Mastermind by Limbo Universe (Nifty Gateway)
Themes & Variations #127 by Vera Molnár, with Martin Grasser (Artblocks)
Paraverse Parcels (Opensea)
Paraverse is a project that allows unique parcel owners to create their own digital worlds atop real-world locations
I scooped 3x parcels all based in Seoul that are situated on top of the Grand Hyatt Hotel located on Namsan, a parcel that includes the Hybe HQ (KPOP mecca for insane K-Pop fans), and a parcel that includes my all-time top 3 restaurant
CodeTrip #39 by Paradoxx & NineOverZero (Prohibition Art)
All sales from July were tax loss harvests.
I offloaded several editions from Shepard Fairey’s DEGENERATE/REGENERATE collection that I paid far too much for back at the end of 2021 and utilized the tax loss harvest website Harvest.art to let go of a handful of pfp trash also dating back to 2021.
Cover Image: “Themes & Variations #127” by Vera Molnár, in collaboration with Martin Grasser
Writing and collecting are very similar. For me at least, I do both to remember.
So, it makes sense to combine the two from time to time.
This is the first of what I’d like to turn into a monthly retrospective that looks back at the digital works of art or other NFTs I may have bought or sold in the preceding month.
Below is a brief list of what I’ve either added to my collection or pruned from it.
Curating a good collection is like bonsai in the sense that it happens slowly, but surely over time, and as long as you’re [objectively] tuned into how your collection is growing, you’ll naturally be able to (and want to) thoughtfully trim, pinch back, and/or direct things in a new direction.
MC by Ben Hopper (Nifty Gateway)
Metaphysical Mastermind by Limbo Universe (Nifty Gateway)
Themes & Variations #127 by Vera Molnár, with Martin Grasser (Artblocks)
Paraverse Parcels (Opensea)
Paraverse is a project that allows unique parcel owners to create their own digital worlds atop real-world locations
I scooped 3x parcels all based in Seoul that are situated on top of the Grand Hyatt Hotel located on Namsan, a parcel that includes the Hybe HQ (KPOP mecca for insane K-Pop fans), and a parcel that includes my all-time top 3 restaurant
CodeTrip #39 by Paradoxx & NineOverZero (Prohibition Art)
All sales from July were tax loss harvests.
I offloaded several editions from Shepard Fairey’s DEGENERATE/REGENERATE collection that I paid far too much for back at the end of 2021 and utilized the tax loss harvest website Harvest.art to let go of a handful of pfp trash also dating back to 2021.
Cover Image: “Themes & Variations #127” by Vera Molnár, in collaboration with Martin Grasser
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