NFT Virtual Summit (full audio)

May 19, 2021

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The New Digital Ownership Economy Summit

Aren't NFTS a Brand New Idea?

Block Chains and Cryptocurrency Trading Cards - What's Next?

Is There a Future for Gaming?

What Do You Do With an if T Once You Own It?

The Immutability of the Ledger

Decentralized Permanent Storage for Nft?

The Importance of Decent Relations in the Block Chain

Foundation - The New Creative Economy

The Story of a Digital Artist Collective

The Future of Cryptocurrency

Foundation and Cryptonative Experiences

Ireality, We're in This Very Pivotal Moment

Cryptocurrency Kitties - A Brief History

What's in a Topshot?

On Boarding Cryptocurrency Wallets

Is There a Better Way to Get Crypto Tokens?

The Future of Cryptocurrency?

01:00:58 • 2min

A Yomean Es, That's an Excellent Question

01:02:46 • 2min

Owe Wrote Erc Seven 21 Concurrently With Crypto Kites.

01:04:22 • 2min

Raley Rally Is a Social Token Project

01:06:25 • 2min

Social Tokens - Is That a Good Idea?

01:08:19 • 4min

The Internet and Cryptocurrency

01:12:24 • 2min

Gaming and NFT Use Cases - What's Next?

01:14:35 • 6min

The Future of Social Tokens

01:20:16 • 4min

Using Social Tokens to Create a Community of Artists

01:24:28 • 2min

Open Sea Is the First and Largest Market Place for User Own Digital Goods

01:26:32 • 3min

What Characteristics Make a Good Nft?

01:29:24 • 4min

The Pros and Cons of Tokenization

01:33:47 • 4min

What's Next for Virtual Worlds?

01:38:05 • 2min

What Are the Benefits of Eniftes for Creators?

01:40:03 • 5min

The Jobs of the Future

01:44:40 • 2min

Virtual Real Estate Agents - Is That Horse Behind You?

01:47:05 • 5min

Defi - A Triple Point Dow, Focusing on Portfolio, Investment and Incubation

01:51:43 • 2min

The Rise of Doubts and the Complexity of the World

01:54:07 • 5min

Apes, Together, Strong - The Live Auction of APEs

01:59:13 • 2min

For videos of the NFT Virtual Summit, visit a16z.com.

Session 1: The Future of the Digital Ownership Economy with Dan Boneh (Stanford University) and Chris Dixon (a16z)

What is an NFT? [3:01]
Why are NFTs so big right now? [7:04]
The most exciting programmable ownership structures [11:36]
NFTs and composability: what can you do with NFTs? [15:16]
How would quantum impact the immutability of the blockchain ledger? [18:40]
How important is decentralized permanent storage for NFTs... and when will we get there? [20:54]

Session 2: The New Creative Economy with Kayvon Tehranian (Foundation Labs)

How Foundation Labs works with creatives [24:54]
Digital Art NFTs: Nyan Cat, Ethiopian Artists Collective, Rafael Rozendaal, Aphex Twin, and Reuben Wu [28:08]
The Edward Snowden NFT [33:45]
Why is tracking provenance powerful for creatives? [36:34]
Creators becoming collectors and crypto investors [39:00]
Can you buy an NFT on one platform and sell on another and still track provenance? [41:31]

Session 3: NBA Top Shot and Other NFTs on the Flow Blockchain with Dan Boney (Stanford University) and Dieter Shirley (Dapper Labs)

The Flow Blockchain from CryptoKitties to NBA Top Shot [45:18]
What is NBA Top Shot, and what was the hardest part of building it [50:34]
Building a successful user experience [52:55]
Negotiating with the NBA [54:32]
The biggest challenges for NFTs going mainstream [56:55]
Why did they build their own blockchain? [1:01:23]
Building ERC-721 and lessons learned on crypto standards [1:04:00]

Session 4: Going Beyond Collectibles and The Future of Tokens for Creators with Kevin Chou (Rally) and Chris Dixon (a16z)

What are social tokens? (and how is Portugal. The Man. using them) [1:05:51]
What are the roles of fungible and non-fungible tokens? [1:08:30]
NFTs in gaming now and what's next [1:14:35]
Pricing and price discovery for NFTs [1:17:39]
Tips for launching a social token [1:19:06]
How does Rally make money? [1:22:08]

Session 5: NFT Use Cases Today and Tomorrow with Devin Finzer (OpenSea) and Katie Haun (a16z)

What does OpenSea do? [1:26:14]
Why the sudden interest in NFTs? [1:28:35]
What can and can't be turned into an NFT [1:30:13]
How NFTs can interact with the physical world [1:32:33]
Virtual lands and the metaverse economy [1:35:14]
Virtual concerts and NFT tickets [1:40:44]
Mixing and remixing NFTs [1:43:04]

Session 6: The Accidental Art DAO with pplpleasr (digital artist)

pplpleasr's NFT "Apes Together Strong" that was auctioned as part of The NFT Summit serves as the artwork for this podcast.