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This is sad. 

For reference. We ran a program of 100 artists creating cc0 artwork. Over 6 months. 

All in minting was just under 5k. 

This bot - mints. Gifts. Fanfare. 

And yet. Nothing dramatically new.

AI building AI bots.

There’s a tension between the subculture catalyst thesis and how speculation drives the crypto economy today.

See this QC of how the higher bot is getting loads of mints vs artists program.

There’s probably a way to drive speculative mints as a subculture: do historic, outlier things in the subculture 

But that’s not easy!

And do we wanna subsidize getting there and if so how much?

There’s a tension between the subculture catalyst thesis and how speculation drives the crypto economy today.

See this QC of how the higher bot is getting loads of mints vs artists program.

There’s probably a way to drive speculative mints as a subculture: do historic, outlier things in the subculture 

But that’s not easy!

And do we wanna subsidize getting there and if so how much?

https://warpcast.com/sqx/0x77b37fed

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Past: AI and crypto rubinovitz.com

This only serves to prove Zora’s model tbh. It’s not an art platform but a way to monetize memes (the shared culture definition, not the funny joke variant).

dev, founder. For fun /milo /artist. For funds
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I think it’s proven as Zora’s model but they have a unique approach that may or may not work for all artists, specifically. 

From a patronage standpoint, Zora really attracts a different kind of collector. It’s more speculative and ephemeral than what traditional collectors might be looking for.

Are you saying you think this is proven as the model now, we should Play A Different Game eg figuring out subculture patronage, or something else?