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For sure, which is why this liquidity unlock is great for the Internet as a whole. But to get to the "huge" internet, we need to have people understand this liquidity unlock and the coinification of content. 

So how can we actually bring this to the masses in a practical, understandable way? 

re: the choice being taken, on Zora in particular, it actually was, which is why so many artists are rattled. Artists value provenance and the ability to build out their collections overtime. Zora unilaterally altering their contracts has been seen as a betrayal by many, which I think is why so many people are anti-coins, even if they make sense for content in the long run. 

It comes across as an abandonment of the people who first invested in them via producing content, in favour of the mass-market of transaction-based content coins. 

I'm still balancing my thoughts, just sharing some discourse I've been hearing from many others

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re: the choice being taken, on Zora in particular, it actually was, which is why so many artists are rattled. Artists value provenance and the ability to build out their collections overtime. Zora unilaterally altering their contracts has been seen as a betrayal by many, which I think is why so many people are anti-coins, even if they make sense for content in the long run. 

It comes across as an abandonment of the people who first invested in them via producing content, in favour of the mass-market of transaction-based content coins.

🧭Recalibrating 🌍Worldbuilding

We need a best of both worlds strategy to bridge art & content:

Content should not be considered art. Content is what is used to promote art (or other value encapsulant, eg YouTube videos).

Monetizing content via coins or low cost mint meta is great! It leads to sustainable creation, larger audiences, & the micro transaction layer that has been missing from the internet.

But this should not be conflated with low supply, higher cost “art”. Mixing the two makes collectors value art less & artists feel like they’re not appreciated.

The key issue here is that we’re not aligned between creators, collectors, & consumers.

Collectors want collectibles with long term value potential. This aligns with artists, but is a small pool.

Consumers want coins they can speculate with. This aligns with artists wanting to make a living from a larger pool, but can leave Artists feeling undervalued.

Content =/= art

More thoughts here:

https://paragraph.xyz/@wanderloots.eth/post-tokens?referrer=wanderloots.eth

thanks for sharing! You might also like this article: https://warpcast.com/wanderloots.eth/0xead4e233

it summarizes a lot of my thoughts on these issues

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