Carly Reilly (Overpriced JPEGs) joins Kevin and Derek to talk about Derek’s latest Medium piece, Reddit Super Bowl NFTs, Ordinals, Multichain NFTs, and AI Art. Plus, a sneak peek of the next PROOF Artist Spotlight on William Mapan. Follow Carly Reilly on Twitter | https://twitter.com/carlypreilly Follow Overpriced JPEGs on Twitter | https://twitter.com/overpricedjpegs _________ Stay connected with PROOF: Follow Derek Edwards Schloss on Twitter | https://twitter.com/derekedws Check out PROOF Dail...
Feb 11, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Justin Mezzell (Cofounder, PROOF) chats with French artist mcbess (Matthieu Bessudo) about storytelling, creating art through various mediums, and his projects The Dudes and Cel Mates. Follow mcbess on Twitter | https://twitter.com/mcbess Mcbess links | https://linktr.ee/mcbess Stay connected with PROOF: Follow Justin Mezzell on Twitter | https://twitter.com/JustinMezzell Check out PROOF Daily Countdown on YouTube | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsvBBjkB4w7b1rL4uzAqM894nzYxDc2-1 Turn Notifi...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's podcast, Sam interviews Isaac "Drift" Wright, a former US Army special operations veteran who found solace in urban exploring and capturing cities from unique perspectives. Despite being one of the world's top-selling NFT photographers, he was unjustly arrested and incarcerated without bond, facing discrimination based on his race and military background. Check out PROOF Daily Countdown on YouTube | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsvBBjkB4w7b1rL4uzAqM894nzYxDc2-1 Turn Notifi...
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kevin, Sam, and Derek discuss security practices for NFT collectors, and Kevin gives an inside look at his new collecting thesis. Derek tries to make sense of bitcoin NFTs, and Sam reviews the state of the open editions market. The trio chats about AI art and a notable upcoming drop, and finishes up by exploring the world of Doodles 2. Stay connected with PROOF: Follow Sam on Twitter Follow Derek Edwards Schloss on Twitter Check out PROOF Daily Countdown on YouTube | https://youtube.com/playlist...
Feb 04, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jack Butcher is a designer and entrepreneur known for his product design, branding, and marketing work. He is the founder of Visualize Value, a company that creates visual explanations of complex ideas, such as economics, finance, and technology. Twitter's blue verified checkmark was a symbol of distinction for active, noteworthy, and legitimate accounts of public interest, but in November 2022, under the leadership of Elon Musk, the significance of the checkmark was altered to be accessible to ...
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sam and Derek dive deep on the Open Edition meta taking over NFTs, Memecards building supply and value at the same time, what makes Yuga succeed time and time again, and the huge early success of the latest Curated Art Block. Sam quizzes Derek on what makes Art Blocks projects succeed over the long haul. 00:46 Grails 7:57 Meme Cards 19:40 Open Editions and VV Checks 27:28 Sewer Passes and Yuga’s success 37:44 The Harvest by Per Kristian Stoveland 46:20 What makes artists successful over longer-t...
Jan 20, 2023•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kevin and Derek go down the rabbit hole of the Wolf Game. Derek has collected an impressive number of Art Blocks Friendship Bracelets. Cold Storage Delegation could be the solution to the majority of hacks. The Rabbit Hole of Wolf Game Minting Do Not Mint Mutant Hound Collar Lior.Eth Moonbirds Season 1 Playing Cards Punk 6529 + Grant Yun Art Blocks Friendship Bracelets PROOF of Conference BasedAF Cold Storage Delegation Shopify...
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Trey Ratcliff is an accomplished fine artist who has been featured by the Smithsonian and has sold millions of dollars worth of physical artwork to collectors, including celebrities such as Edward Norton and Leonardo DiCaprio. His latest project consists of 1,000 unique, one-of-a-kind NFTs featuring photography from his travels across all seven continents, each with its own unique story. https://opensea.io/collection/trey-ratcliff-1k1k-project...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kevin and Derek kick off the 2023 100 PROOF season with Sam, aka NFTstatistics. Kevin announces the UTA partnership to extend Moonbirds far beyond their existing Web3 audience. The crew makes their predictions for the 2023 Market, and Sam does a deep dive into NFTFi.
Jan 07, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Daniel Allan, a pioneer of Music NFTs, outlines his struggles navigating the LA music scene and how NFTs allowed him to flip the industry on its head. Daniel's sound is undeniably catchy, and his NFT sales are a clear strategic success story.
Jan 05, 2023•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Claire Silver is one of the best-selling AI NFT artists. Her Genesis piece on SuperRare sold for 52 ETH, and top sales on her "AI Art Is Not Art" collection have sold for over 30 ETH. NFTstatistics talks with her about the growing AI art movement, how it is misunderstood, how her creation process has developed, and how she went from struggling to sell pieces for 0.08 ETH to being one of the best-selling artists in the space. Claire has owned NFTs since the very early days, having received 3 Cryp...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kevin Rose and Derek Schloss host a live episode of 100 PROOF from Miami during Art Basel Week with @gmoneyNFT, @ix_shells, and Larry Ossei-Mensah.
Dec 05, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Renowned generative artist Dmitri Cherniak joins Kevin on today's episode. Light Years by Dmitri consists of 100 unique NFT artworks, each complemented by a physical silver gelatin print. The artworks were developed iteratively as Dmitri traveled around the globe researching Moholy-Nagy with the support of the Moholy-Nagy estate. Each edition was created by a code-based generative system, then hand-prepared, and printed to a film negative that was used to develop the image as a silver gelatin pr...
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Famed podcaster, bestselling author, and PROOF Grails artist, Tim Ferriss reveals his new NFT project artwork and name. Kevin chats with Tim about storytelling, where the line is drawn when creating serious work, and an FAQ for why you should not purchase Tim's NFT.
Nov 17, 2022•2 hr 47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Grant Yun, season 2 PROOF Grails artist, sits down with NFTStatistics to talk about the nontraditional digital origins of his art and how he harnesses the power of ADD as a medical student, pro breakdancer, and top-tiered NFT artist. https://twitter.com/GrantYun2 https://twitter.com/punk9059 Catch up on all things NFT on the PROOF podcast at podcasts.proof.xyz
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Adam Lindermann, Erick / Snowfro, Tim Ferriss, and Philip Mohun of Bright Moments join Kevin Rose and Derek Edwards Schloss on this special episode of 100 PROOF streamed live from Marfa, Texas, at the Glitch, Marfa event. https://twitter.com/kevinrose https://twitter.com/derekedws https://twitter.com/glitchmarfa https://twitter.com/ArtOnBlockchain https://twitter.com/tferriss https://twitter.com/philmohun https://twitter.com/adamlindemann...
Nov 14, 2022•2 hr 36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Cirrus, the "Calculated Degen," has honed in on an NFT trading strategy that has worked across bull and bear markets and didn't get a head start by being in "early." Cirrus runs a Twitter account with clear directions on his trading strategy, which he breaks down in this deep dive episode with NFTStatistics.
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Zac McClure is the Co-Founder & CEO at TokenTax. Today he chats with Kevin about that thing you're all avoiding; Crypto and NFT taxes and the implications of your trading habits. As the IRS begins to formulate more precise guidelines around how crypto and NFTs are taxed, Zac strongly recommends a basic understanding of great write-off opportunities and taxable events that could crush you.
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kevin and Derek head to Marfa, Texas, so naturally, they discuss the Art Blocks Full Set and its implications for Collector Status. Derek talks about the process of losing faith in a project, and Kevin waxes poetic on why the Reddit NFT matters.
Nov 03, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ed Balloon is an artist, screenwriter, musician, and dancer. Ed discusses the origins of the Run Ed Collection as an amalgamation of all his artistic disciplines, the code-switching required as a BIPOC in WAGMI culture, and Kevin drops alpha on his step aerobics history.
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's early-access episode, @NFTstats takes over for @Kro while the travel team prepares for the last leg of the EU roadshow tour. You'll see and hear NFTstats voice more frequently on the PROOF podcast with his deep research-based take on artists, projects, and all things NFT and beyond. Enjoy a look at Memeland's ecosystem, upcoming projects, and insight from an established web 2.0 company.
Oct 18, 2022•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kevin and Derek are joined by PROOF's very own NFtstatistics, who offers his usual data-backed hot takes on today's topics. QQL contract level block of x2y2, Punk 2924 3300 Eth Sale, Art Blocks Announces the end of Series projects, Christie's on-chain auction house, and Apple's NFT 30% cut.
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Minters have played a role in NFT minting simply by deciding to mint and inserting randomization into the algorithm at that moment. QQL takes it a step further with a beautiful collaboration between famed generative artists Tyler Hobbs, Dandelion, and... you. QQL provides an interface to play with output parameters allowing all minters to explore artistic possibilities previously left to chance. https://twitter.com/tylerxhobbs https://twitter.com/dandelion_wist https://twitter.com/kevinrose http...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kevin Rose and Derek Edward Schloss discuss the current state of artist royalty bypassing, and the controversial approach Magic Eden is taking to discourage royalty loss. They cover MOMA's decisions to auction work by Picasso, Bacon, Rousseau, and Renoir to expand the museum's digital presence, including the possible purchase of NFTs. And Kevin describes the moment he saw a $35,000 NFT frame taking a page from Tesla's early playbook.
Sep 21, 2022•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast OpenRarity is a new rarity protocol built by the NFT community for the NFT community. The project is a collaboration with OpenSea, Curio, icy.tools, and PROOF. Today, Kevin Rose chats with Arran Schlosberg, VP of Engineering here at PROOF, who helped develop the mathematical algorithm, and Aadil Mamujee, Product Lead of the OpenSea Marketplace. OpenRarity website - openrarity.dev https://twitter.com/opensea https://twitter.com/curiotools https://twitter.com/icy_tools https://twitter.com/divergen...
Sep 19, 2022•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kevin Rose Derek Edwards Schloss Frank|Degods|y00ts
Sep 05, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Recorded on August 19, 2022 For early access to all PROOF episodes, join the Proof Collective https://opensea.io/collection/proof-collective Today's Hosts: Kevin Rose @kevinrose Derek Edwards @derekedws Erick Calderon @ArtOnBlockchain
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast NFT collector JDH joins Kevin Rose to discuss how he got on board so early in the game, the variables that determine his investment in a project, celebrated hits and regretful misses, and advice for aspiring collectors who want to enter the market without risking their shirts. Full show notes at proof.xyz...
Aug 10, 2022•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tech entrepreneur, investor, NFT collector, and Curated co-founder Todd Goldberg joins Kevin Rose and Derek Edwards Schloss for this edition of 100 Proof. Here, they discuss collector strategies in a crypto bear market, the enduring allure of generative art, the dangers of maximalism, the next big NFT genre, and much more....
Aug 05, 2022•2 hr 39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Old Sport is the first real-world speakeasy accessible only by NFT. Their genesis token, minting on July 27 at oldsport.xyz, is a membership card to a bar full of dimly lit nooks and divine libations. Membership is limited to 1,920, and each member (+ 3 friends) receives access to Old Sport's hidden, intimate bar slated to open in early 2023 in Los Angeles. https://twitter.com/oldsport_xyz https://oldsport.xyz/ https://www.premint.xyz/old-sport/ discord.gg/7ryCenbr...
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