A key dynamic of early communities is that by empowering each and every individual, you create an environment where more often than not, compromise and loyalty to the whole happens as a sense of collective belonging. From blog communities to artisanal markets to political movements, this is invariably present. What’s telling is how this has […]
NFTs as community building blocks
Doubling down on NFTs
In the tech world, the most impactful changes often come from the simplest and most incisive innovations. Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have a good shot at being one of those. They derive from ERC-721, a free and open, now de facto standard on the Ethereum blockchain that let’s you mint unique and programmable objects or tokens. […]
Environmental philanthropy as a market use case for NFTs
I jumped on the creative possibilities of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) early. They spoke to everything the web hadn’t let me do in games, in the art world, in new economies, in community development, in playing with unique, naturally scarce objects in digital forms. These blockchain-based objects are not just unique, they are a wrapper for […]
Impact economies as a natural use case for NFTs and the blockchain
The NFT.NYC event was a great opportunity to do a deep dive into how early developers are leveraging the characteristics of non-fungible tokens on the blockchain. We were all in a common sandbox, trying stuff on, and getting feedback on our product and market assumptions. I approached my panel on NFTs for Good, thinking in the language of […]
NFTs as a tool for social and environmental change
I’m interested in platforms for change that let us organize society in new ways for a greater good. Sometimes this just happens, like impromptu communities popping up cross the web. Or belief systems that percolate for years, and then, seemingly overnight, become a new norm. In my world of tech however, they are often conscious […]
