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Howdy, A while back Refik Anadol collectors were given the choice to burn MoMA NFTs for a MoMA 3D Data Universe Sculpture. I jumped on the offer as I love irl art. The sculpture showed up on our door yesterday, my birthday. What a nice birthday present! The sculpture arrived
gm, June 21st is the 3rd anniversary of the Heni Discord, or what I renamed to the "Dots Discord". It's been a really great trip so far and I'm both proud and happy as a hooker with new shoes about it. So how did
gm, I just minted this Prohibition Art NFT on the base network. Prohibition: Open Generative Art NFT Platform | Prohibition.artProhibition is an open, onchain generative art NFT platform built on Art Blocks Engine and deployed on Arbitrum, an Ethereum Layer 2. Explore and create generative art NFTs with us.Prohibition:
Howdy, smh at today's layoffs announcement from Yuga Labs co-founder Greg Solano. Yuga Labs is what Bored Apes Yacht Club (BAYC) became right about the time they took in VC money. Here's a great piece published yesterday about BAYC co-founder Wylie Aronow, forever known as Gordon
gm, I don't have numbers to support the influence that NFTs have had on art. But I know it's real. Because it happened to us. All because of NFTs, we bought art. Which means we're making micro investments in small businesses everywhere. It'
gm, Renee and I are getting turned onto so much art all because of NFTs. We're essentially making micro investments in creators. It's such a buzz. Just recently @traf made based punks. We scored one. They originally sold for $.007. Some who didn't get
Watch Amazing Spider-Man artist and toys impresario Todd MacFarlane explain digital collectibles like none other I've seen. The juice starts at 4:00 in. Todd nails it. Pictures of our experiences, friends, or kids on our phone are the greatest thing since sliced bread. But pictures (NFTs) of
gm, Would NFTs be “dead” if everyone made bank? No, of course not. Peeps would be signing their praises. But most didn’t make bank and now they’re salty — “NFTs are dead, they were a scam”. So for them, it was never about the art or the tech. It
gm, I think there's way too much talk on Farcaster about making it the winner. Or it being the winner. It's counter to decentralization. The digerati has to come face to face with the fact that tech has been largely responsible for the dystopia we'
gm, One thing I dig about Farcaster is how easy it is to mint NFTs. This is because of their implementation of frames. Frames aren't new, the first web pages relied on frames. But what Farcaster is doing with frames, is new – in so far as crypto goes.
I first met Ondi Timoner at the Denver Premier of We Live In Public circa 2009. Which IMO is by far and away, the best flick about the early Internet days. Ondi's new film that premiered on Netflix on 1.1.24 is "The New Americans: Gaming
I watched Bitconned. The story the movie tells is still going strong - in crypto and to some degree the art world. Crypto goes down on Twitter and Discord (chat rooms). My guess is that 99% of the NFT projects right now on Twitter and Discord are nothing more than
My TokenFrame (crypto frame) is great. Because my crypto art (NFTs) is on my wall, where I want it. Having crypto art on my phone or computer is okay, I guess. But it's not useful. For me, I want to enjoy my art when I'm kicking
$SOL (Solana token) is all the buzz on crypto twitter right now. It's up 110% in the past 2 months. Right now Ethereum's (ETH) two big problems are throughput and high transaction fees. Solana's big pitch is cheap transaction fees. But Ethereum has a
Many thanks to Heni for making this film available for free. Here's my not-so-hot take on it. I've been a tech entrepreneur since '89. I've been in crypto all day every day since 2.22.20. I've spent way too much
Living in the past is living in hell. I have so much I need to let go of. Stuff that didn't happen, happened, and what I imagine happened or didn't happen. It's killing me. And I want to live for many more years. When
Back in 2021 my friend J. Harry Edmiston turned me onto Micha Klein's forthcoming NFT project, Crypto-Pills. I had never heard of Micha before so I took a look. The first thing that caught my eye was Micha's hook statement "Virtual medicine for a sick
gm, For me, yesterday was a seminal day in the Dots discord. We had a fantastic chat about art that I felt part of. Instead of feeling like an outsider. Then discord member JustARock accepted my offer to help with his marathon training irl. Got a good buzz. Then it
If you've been following along the fantastic conversation with John Reed Stark and Mark Cuban, Cuban's main points are that; a) the crypto industry has tried to get clarification on the rules but the SEC won't help them, and, b) it's too
gm, Howey Test I started thinking about the Howey Test in the fall of 022. https://twitter.com/spinbackwards/status/1581200918824960001?s=20 As I wrote then, I think NFTs look like an investment contract. I still don't know what this means for NFTs. My gut feeling, albeit
This is from today's epic thread with Mark Cuban and John Reed Stark. I've highlighted in bold the words that crypto advocates and investors would do well to follow. I only invest in companies that have utility and can do things that can't happen,
I'm reading everything from LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art - https://twitter.com/LACMA What caught my attention was the 0xdeafbeef project. https://unframed.lacma.org/2023/05/04/remembrance-things-future-conversation-0xdeafbeef-artist-experimenting-blockchain Then this one last week with Emily Xie - https://unframed.lacma.org/2023/06/
I decided to figure out what the NFT market is about. So I looked at the top 20 sites in volume as of May 11 on on rarity.tools. Then I went to their home pages. Most of the sites are poorly designed. What I mean by that is there&
gm, Last week I saw a tweet by a Web2 founder who'd exited handsomely. I'll paraphrase what he wrote. He networks with other founders. The network he travels in finds Web3 attractive - as they should. But then he described why, the reasons him and other
Last week I wrote a blog post - Fuck You Too Damien. It didn't go over very well with Heni, seems they've blocked me. Maybe not with Hirst or the Dots either? C'est la Vie But it all got me wondering. Who was first
I've bitched that 2021 NFTs were about the Benjamins. Some are still doing it. ofc 2021 NFTs were about the Benjamins. So what? Things worked out exactly as they should have. No more. Instead I vow to forever celebrate those who beat the system. They paid off loans,
gm Dots! Was my Fuck You Too Damien post over the top? Of course it was, what else would you expect from this cowboy hippie? Hey man, what I wrote is just an over-the-top, saltier version of what plenty more than me have been saying in the discord since at
Howdy, Last December I got an email from Ledger about Stax. The image in the email was the hook - a hardware wallet with a visual interface. I immediately clicked to have a look. Came to find out Stax was designed by co-creator of the iPhone, Tony Fadell. Mr. Fadell
Dear Heni, Would you kindly see that Mr. Hirst sees this post? While you're at it, please tell him I said fuck you too. Sincerely, spin loyal customer and collector Hey Damien, Fuck you too. Fuck you too for 5 straight releases at the same price as someone
Howdy, A while back I aped into the goblintown NFT project – goblins. I think goblins are unique and creative. I dig 'em. This experience reinforces why. I missed out on the goblintown mint. But I never took my eye off 'em. Their vibe kept growing on me, I
Meet Charlie. He's a Cane Corso. Charlie won't listen/respect/worship me unless he sees me as a calm pack leader. Not just some of the time, all the time. Charlie's senses are keen, he can't be fooled. I can be on
I'm an avid collector of Damien Hirst's Currency project, which I fondly refer to as "the Dots". The Dots, along with Ron English's Light Cult Crypto Club project are my two favorites. Both communities are tightly bound with members who're
I see NFT projects moaning and groaning about the bear market - “@&$! bear market!”. I think their troubles lay deeper. I believe the reason why NFT projects are struggling is that they're not great businesses. What's a great business? A great business makes something customers
The Bored Apes minted on April 21, 2021. For all practical purposes apes mark the beginning of the NFT market. Back then the market was dominated by younger male, wallstreetbets meets card traders, meets day trader types. Gambling personas flipping kindergarten art, animal and hero characters. Degens, gawd bless '
Today I was cruising the Obey Discord and saw that Shepard Fairey posted sales data from his Pussy Riot print that I'm highly critical of. In the post Shepard writes that the print "raised more than $10,000 for Ukraine". He doesn't say the
Yesterday I wrote this post about Shepard Fairey's Pussy Riot Ukraine print. Where are the artists promoting peace in Ukraine?Today I noticed that Shepard Fairey has a piece out supporting Ukraine. Before I go on, I’m generally a fan of Shepard’s. I have a couple
Today I noticed that Shepard Fairey has a piece out supporting Ukraine. Before I go on, I'm generally a fan of Shepard's. I have a couple of his NFTs. I don't own any of his art, but I do own Ron English's
Howdy, I watched "Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga" on Netflix last night. I thought it was entertaining and accurate. I started paying attention to the $GME story about a year after I got into crypto. I wrote a blog post about it on heyheyrenee - Pay attention
Howdy, Before I go on, I'm in no way pronouncing doom for crypto. But there's so many problems. People have got to see them and make changes. First, read this: https://aidenlab.org/bitcoin.pdf From the report: "Although bitcoin was designed to rely on
This links to my last post on the giver/taker concept. Most businesses are value extractive (VE), they're takers. VE doesn't build customer loyalty, there's no reason for a customer to pay attention to the business. VE is the least the business can do.
Two burning problems that businesses nowadays have are: a) their customers aren't loyal, b) their customers don't pay attention to them. The common copout and easy way out is that businesses blame their customers - everyone is distracted now, the world has changed, young people are
The new Ledger Market is two steps forward. [ Ledger ] Market[ L ] Market is the most secure platform for artists and brands to release their NFTs. For first access to exclusive collaborations, and Ledger harware, software and services, become a [ Ledger ] Market Pass holder. A while back I bought a Ledger
Today a young artist in the space who's having a hard time sent me this. It's powerful. To anyone who thinks NFTs don't make a difference for people in countries ruled by dictators and worse, read this. To anyone who thinks crypto won'
Tonight Lori Grace mentioned me in a tweet. Lori is a kind and loving person. "Double Crossed," from the Undaunted collection on @opensea. Collected in January for 1E by the wonderful human @spinbackwards . . This sale was the moment I finally had a mental breakthrough. So glad my work
The other day this tube shows up on my door from my dear friend - albeit whom I've not met – yet – Ani. She told me it was coming, so that wasn't a surprise. What blew me away was the little something inside. Ani took the time
A while back I minted 4, Banksy Love Is In The Air (LITA) fractional NFTs from Particle Collection. Homepage - Particle CollectionMasterpieces for usParticle Collection Their NFTs originally minted on the Avalanche chain. Minting wasn't easy, definitely not for the faint-hearted. Avalanche: Blazingly Fast, Low Cost, & Eco-Friendly
This is a good opinion piece on Cointelegraph: Throw your Bored Apes in the trashFrom carrying medical data to streamlining royalty payments, NFTs serve a variety of important technological purposes. Bored Apes are a demeaning distraction.CointelegraphO.C. Ripley Let your ego go and get the message of the piece.
Wen I saw the no royalties tweets a week or so back I thought it was absurd. I paid no attention. I thought why on earth would anyone have a notion to wipe out the #1 reason most artists came to NFTs? But here we are. This piece from The
I first heard about HDL corp. - hygienic dress league - from my friend djskeez. Skeez knows the score so I was all ears. I then joined HDL's twitter space to learn more. After listening to Steve and Dorota Coy, HDL's founders, I was in. What
I met djskeez "Skeez" from Light Cult Crypto Club, where she's the community manager. Since then we've become besties. I was going to write an encompassing post about her. But then I thought, why? Our relationship still has a long ways to go. tldr;
I'm old school about taxes. Meaning, I happily pay them. On time. And I don't cheat. I pay them before I eat. Because I don't want to do anything to change my luck. But it wasn't always this way. I learned the
More notes on the TokenFrame -- The TokenFrame came securely packaged. I didn't make any notes. But I do recall thinking they could have put a little more padding in. But overall, the packaging was good. Their setup interface is a little clunky if you have your NFTs
Today we the put the finishing touches on the spinroom, installed the TokenFrame. OMG. TokenFrame changes everything. It brings my NFTs to where me and others can experience them. TokenFrame makes me think of NFTs in a whole other way - that I can't not have them. Right
From my keyboard it appears that 99.9% of NFT projects rely on Twitter for their marketing, or to get their message out. I think this is a big mistake. A much better approach is build all marketing and messaging on their website. If you have something to promote or
I'm not thinking about what went wrong last night, all that was lost. It's the tech business. Things go wrong. Yuga has said they'll refund gas and I believe them. Instead, I'm making a gratitude list. I'm thinking about how
AMA Apr. 23 Summary of the topics Refik [https://twitter.com/refikanadol] talked about during the AMA Museum collaborations Major museums [https://twitter.com/IIIXIIIIIX/status/1517135489496535041?s=20&t=BpfR6xf76Ie3ppWbW3UPFA] are celebrating the work Refik created and collectors collected. They’ll all be part of the journey. More
"Half of my advertising isn't working. Problem is, I don't know which half". P.T. Barnum NFT projects rely on Twitter and Discord for engagement. Which means they know nothing about their customers. "spin you're old school. It's different
Howdy! It's tax day. I know, we pay too much taxes. I know, most of the tax monies we pay are wasted. I'm a Gore Vidal Liberal. The only thing I agree with Republicans on is taxes - we should pay less. But that doesn'
Howdy everyone. Love! A friend and I who's been in the space much longer than yours truly (2.22.20) were talking about the state of NFTs today. There's no doubt about it the NFT space is, on balance, about making ETH. The marketing engine is
The World Of Women (WoW) NFT [https://worldofwomen.art] project has every right to do what they're doing. It's obviously the founders to dream to be successful, they certainly are. But I believe their success is at the expense of Mother Earth. I believe the Net
Little bit of a misunderstanding yesterday with this. Turns out after DMing Robin Schmidt [https://twitter.com/IamSuperMassive] it was user error - Robin just didn't see the comment. I didn't have to talk him into anything, it's their policy to post disagreement. Robin
Warning: This post is highly critical of a really popular NFT project - World of Women [https://worldofwomen.art] (Wow). If you're a WoW collector, investor, team member or supporter - yngli (you're not gonna like it). Up until last week I had 3 WoW'
gm! Yesterday while cruising the Robotos [https://twitter.com/robotosNFT] Discord I saw they were going to be on the OhhShiny show talking about their roadmap and what not. But because I'm blocked by OhhShiny I couldn't listen. So this makes two NFT projects I'
gm! In a Discord I'm in someone adamantly referred to NFTs as an "asset". I think doing so is a mistake. Super [https://twitter.com/IamSuperMassive] said the same in one of his videos. Because if NFTs are thought of as assets it then frames the
Yesterday's story about Twitter influencer beanie hasn't been confirmed. But if it's true and my bet would be it is, everyone should be alarmed. > 1/ In this thread we will disclose the identity of one of the (currently) most (in)famous NFT influencers.
This week's Medium post from young brother Insight [https://twitter.com/NFT1nsight] points out some glaring contradictions of the crypto world. Namely, IMO, that on balance the community doesn't practice what it preaches re: decentralization. NFTs: on identity and platformsNFTs are taking the digital world by
OpenSea isn't swimming in blue water Most in the early days of Web1 couldn't see past Microsoft. They were sure Microsoft was going to rule the tech world, we'd be forever doomed to using computers that blue screened without reason. The United States government
gm! Right now the NFT market is dominated and controlled by apes, and the ape related market. They are not, art people. They're males who identify as degen, who got their start in lock down. Some (most?) have created generational wealth. In 2022 ape -- anything -- will
When I started in dotcom circa '89 I saw today. Well, not everything. What I saw was that anyone could be an information provider - a service bureau, what I started, or someone could have a phone number people called to find out what's on the menu
What first drew me to crypto was what Satoshi wrote in the now seminal Bitcoin White Paper - Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. I saw that crypto could change the system. I saw the possibility to create real change for those with the least. Because if we’re going
Howdy! I have an overwhelming sense of gratitude today. Not just because I used to do a lotta LSD. ;-) Normally (not that I'm normal) I make signs. But I took all our cardboard to recycling. So today I'm making a video. There's so
This morning I saw tweets from folks I adore with "diamond hands" in them. Got me thinking. Diamond hands and its ugly step-child "paper hands" are the wrong way to think about assets. I know some say an NFT isn't an asset. I disagree.
While cruising crypto tweeter this morning I came across this tweet from Mando [https://twitter.com/mando_great?s=20] > Just like many OG Punk owners were too salty to buy into BAYC. Many OG BAYC owners will miss the next 50ETH+ project. Keep your ear to the ground
When MySpace hit circa 2005 we were sure people would figure out they were the product being sold and they'd do this: So we wrote the world's 1st private network in 2007. They said we were crazy. Nobody cared. A few years later I wrote that
Pictured here is The Denver Gas & Electric (DGE) building in downtown Denver, aka "the carrier hotel". I started my first company there in 1990. Seymour Fortner [https://910telecom.com] owned DGE at the time, his family once owned a full block in downtown Denver. Seymour was a
I'm a t-shirt guy. Today while wearing one of my wonderful t-shirts, it occurred to me they’re a metaphor for my NFT journey. I’m literally in search of a drawer of t-shirts that for me, are jewels - t-shirt nirvana. It starts with my t-shirt drawer,
I've been a tech entrepreneur for 32 years now. I've been in the same business for 32 years. I started my 2nd company in 2002. Knock on wood (my head), we're at the doorstep of another great app. Campfires are a great metaphor for
Gerald ("Gerry") Armstrong is a legendary gadfly. Some say he wrote the book - although Gerry would scoff at the thought. He was also a mentor. Gerry was the former CEO of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company in Denver. The New York Times first wrote about him [https:
I was there watching the women play when there were like 10 of us in the gym. When the '96 USA Women's Olympic Team came to Boulder to play an exhibition game I was at their team hotel so I could see Lisa Leslie, Dawn Staley, Nikki
This week Time launched their "Building a better future [https://nft.time.com]" NFT. The project was heavily promoted by social media influencer farokh [https://twitter.com/farokh]. Time Magazine is now owned by Marc Benoiff, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce. Anyone who's been in tech
I've always wanted an Andy Poon [https://twitter.com/andypoondesign]. I think some of the ape derivatives he's done are stunning. So I joined the Ape DAO Remix [https://twitter.com/ApeDao_] to get one of his pieces.
So I wrote a couple posts praising Blazed Cats [https://twitter.com/BlazedCats]. Then things changed. After posting some legitimate concerns of impropriety in their Discord, they booted me. They've since blocked me on Twitter. In the interests of equal time, I invite the project leaders to post
It wasn't that long ago I thought I'd never see anything like circa '89 or early dotcom in tech. But here we are. I believe they'll talk about this period in tech for years to come. Why? Let's start here: https:
There's some great NFT projects. But this one might be the coolest. So I bought some. Read about Blazed Cats [https://blazedcats.com]. If this isn't the coolest NFT project, what is? Blazed Cat #8149 - BlazedCats | OpenSeaBlazed Cats is a response to celebrities and influencers
These are the first Grateful Dead NFTs. So grateful. VCCESS | where physical meets digitalWhere physical meets digitalwhere physical meets digital [https://vccess.com/profile/spinbackwards]
I bought 100 of these. I love the team, great story. Top Dog #6441 - Top Dog Beach Club | OpenSeaWelcome to the Top Dog Beach Club! A unique NFT experience, pushing the boundaries of community and club membership. These dogs have had enough of the COVID-19 lockdowns. So they fucked
I bought 40 of these. I love the art. Agent #6932 - Galactic Secret Agency | OpenSeaGalactic Secret Agency is a collection of 10.000 unique Alien Agents. They’re lurking, watching and influencing humanity for centuries. Each Alien is unique, generated from over 170 hand drawn assets. Holding one of
glitch crystal monsters #32 - Art Blocks Curated | OpenSeaA synthesis of over 777 days of generative artmaking, motion as survival, and coding as transformative ritual. Sky gardens of trustless techno-leviathans crystallize, entangle, and play between dimensions online and AFK, generatinOpenSeaOpenSea [https://opensea.io/assets/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/114000032]
The Hirst Currency [https://twitter.com/hirst_official] drop is an important moment for NFT. I'm grateful to have one. Read all about the drop here: https://bit.ly/2W8kZY7 Hirst brings us face to face with art and money. In Hirst's view, art is the
I know there's some out there who love the Metaverse and the planet too. But Mother Earth needs you more. So please, keep reading. Fuck the Metaverse isn't exactly what I mean. What I'm sayin is, the Metaverse can wait. All hands on deck
NBA Top Shot ("Top Shot") was my NFT appetiser. I got in about 20 months ago, when I heard Mark Cuban talk about it. Top Shot is about Moments and Packs of Moments. A Moment is a digital highlight - a player making a shot, a steal, maybe
Chalk Dust Torture Phish Dick's 9-4-2016 Turn it phucking up https://bit.ly/3hyoZt6 But who can unlearn all the facts that I've learned As I sat in their chairs and my synapses burned And the torture of chalk dust collects on my tongue Thoughts follow
There's an age old saying in marketing that's been true for a hundred years, it'll never not be true. Which is, you can change someone's behavior but you can't change their beliefs.
I hope they're still making rugs in Iran. I've made some mistakes with NFTs. I expected to. I'll be writing more about my NFT experience so far.
8425 - Bored Ape Yacht Club | OpenSeaThe Bored Ape Yacht Club is a collection of 10,000 unique Bored Ape NFTs— unique digital collectibles living on the Ethereum blockchain. Your Bored Ape doubles as your Yacht Club membership card, and grants access to members-only benefits, the first of which is
Privacy Extremists - Known Origin | OpenSeaWe Are Privacy Extremists! Limited edition silk-screen print, designed and hand printed for Paralelní Polis, 2018. OpenSeaOpenSea [https://opensea.io/assets/0xfbeef911dc5821886e1dda71586d90ed28174b7d/210136]
I'm an OG from a different time (started in tech around ’87) and space. I don't care about the vanity side of this. But I dig the fun. I got in all because in about an hour on Sunday (or was it Saturday?) morning I said
I AM SATOSHI NAKAMOTO - Known Origin | OpenSeaInspired by cult of Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin.OpenSeaOpenSea [https://opensea.io/assets/0xfbeef911dc5821886e1dda71586d90ed28174b7d/118506]
Bitcoin Baphomet - Known Origin | OpenSeaBitcoin Baphomet, Inspired by T. C. Mays The Crypto Anarchists Manifesto and Eliphas Levis Baphomet drawing… But instead of goats head it’s masked privacy extremist holding Bitcoin in one hand and picking decentralised blockchainOpenSeaOpenSea [https://opensea.io/assets/0xfbeef911dc5821886e1dda71586d90ed28174b7d/123484]
Perfect. I’ve aped [https://boredapeyachtclub.com/#/]. And I love Yacht Rock [https://www.heyheyrenee.com/2017/09/17/yacht-rock/]. 8554 - Bored Ape Yacht Club | OpenSeaThe Bored Ape Yacht Club is a collection of 10,000 unique Bored Ape NFTs— unique digital collectibles living on the Ethereum blockchain. Your
