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Zach Lipp
@zachlipp
Seeing Tezos, Eth, and Solana prices rise as well as what it costs to mint artworks at the token native prices makes me think about the future of our art collections. It would be impossible to replicate what many of us have built over the past few years. What I’m excited to see is what we all do with these art collections. That is a frontier that has barely been tapped. Zoom out and use your imagination and the future looks phenomenal to those who are here right now building something meaningful.
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Blue Cockatoo
@bluecockatoo
Do you “trust” the long term viability of building collections on the cheaper chains and L2s vs ETH L1? I have been debating with myself for months about where to mint and now have too many things to mint for the cost on ETH L1, but Base isn’t even a real L2 (it is still supported/centralized by Coinbase) and the other L2s, even Shape which supposed to be dedicated to art, don’t have easy on-ramps or large art communities yet. The Tezos Foundation is a bit shady and Solana has issues where transactions are halted or slowed down for a while which makes it seem kind of untrustworthy. Just curious what you think as someone I feel is a serious collector. Provenance is important, but so is the ability to afford to build a collection when you don’t know for sure whether you will ever find collectors for it.
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Zach Lipp
@zachlipp
I am collecting art. I could make every excuse in the world as to why I should not collect on each chain, but at the end of the day, it’s the art that I will be left with so that is my primary focus. I’ve been a part of 4 major collecting waves. Eth Mainnet editions which I felt I was a major part of culturally, Tezos which has the most incredible art community, Zora when I first showed up on Farcaster, and now Rodeo. I have also collected a on Solana early but not at scale in the same way I have on Eth and Tezos. When I create galleries, you won’t see what chain I collected each piece on, you will see the art. That is what will matter. It’s gonna be about what we do with the art that we have collected, regardless of the chain. I focus on editions primarily and the art I can display so Eth Mainnet makes little sense to me at this point (gas) for much of what I collect. I may mint my own one of ones there and maybeeee my own editions. This is why I feel for artists. Hard choices.
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Blue Cockatoo
@bluecockatoo
All that makes sense. And yes, it's such a hard choice it's kept me from minting anything (other than on Rodeo and a few pieces on Zora) for about a year. I guess I just need to mint somewhere and assume it will be good enough in the end. I'll be kind of surprised if I can get someone to pay what I think my work is worth, since it's so hard even to get people to pay $0.25 for the editions I have minted this year. But it can just sit as provenance and maybe someday... I gave up on art being my sole source of income a while ago.
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Zach Lipp
@zachlipp
To have art be my primary source of income is a dream, and I hope for it one day, but its something that I strive for over a very long time horizon, creating for a living is hard enough, to create what you want, when you want, without clients or an employer, that's next level. I understand the challenges and the web of difficult choices, and none of them are perfect. You have great art and are connecting with people who appreciate it. This is special.
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Blue Cockatoo
@bluecockatoo
I agree, seeing people connect with my art is important and the main reason I share here! It would just be nice to be able to focus on it instead of having to work otherwise. I've been on a break from employment for this year but I'm going to have to go back ASAP in the new year. And that will impact my time for making and sharing art in a significant way. That's life I guess.
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