NFTs (thread now extremely NSFW)

Again, I suggest we campaign for all people who are into this stuff to be launched into the sun.

They're working on it!

Are you ready Rocket Factory? The rocket project taking flight in the NFT space? Join us for this project showcase as we learn all about this new type of NFT!

Tom Sachs: Rocket Factory is a trans-dimensional manufacturing plant, which uses NFTs as brick stones to build new NFTs. Design your own, never-before-seen NFT rocket and watch its physical copy launched to the “outer space”! The Component NFTs will be claimed randomly, but how you combine them to mint YOUR Rocket is entirely up to you.

lol

https://i.imgur.com/52FWivd.png

They're doing the work

https://maxread.substack.com/p/mapping-the-celebrity-nft-complex

We're doing a listening tour of your wallet

if this is true the whole thing is even scummier than i thought

CALLED IT pic.twitter.com/pNDNZMyF4r

— nigh eve6 (@Eve6) February 2, 2022

Everyone ... has API access from Spotify?

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/

i might buckle and consider buying an NFT of this: pic.twitter.com/0lzFPoQZh9

— Hausu Mountain (@HausuMountain) February 2, 2022

how did i know to look into this specifically re: the main guy at the NFT scam site pic.twitter.com/m3OXNPI2X2

— speedy ortiz ÷ sad13 ÷ sadie dupuis ÷ haunted guy (@sad13) February 2, 2022

https://www.stereogum.com/2175127/notorious-new-music-nft-platform-hitpiece-targeted-by-riaa-for-flagrant-ip-infringement/news/

as predicted hitpiece is getting serious legal attention and the RIAA seems far more interested in suing them into oblivion than cutting a deal like they seemed delusional enough to believe would happen

ooops all lawsuits!

lol the RIAA had no problem suing single mothers for $300,000 because their son downloaded "LiNkIn-pArK-numb.exe", what made these guys think this wouldn't happen

there's no way they weren't anticipating it but it seems like they had the "disruption!" "move fast break things" attitude of "they'll see what a great opportunity it is and we can cut a deal" or something similarly delusional in this context

They could have also had a lawyer telling them that since they weren't actually selling anything but a link to a picture of cover art they were golden.

If I made a NFT of the words "Derek & The Dominos - Layla" would anything be actionable?

Get someone on Fiverr to draw a shitty technicolor bottle that looks like a Pfizer vaccine bottle, write the title of various Eric Clapton songs on copies, mint them.

I remember people claiming that Bitcoin was perfect for hiding money if you were going through a divorce because it's technically not money nor an asset. somehow I don't think that would work

Franks Red Hot Tumblr ads want me to “scan bones into bonecoin” pic.twitter.com/EzSQ9RZ7qF

— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) February 6, 2022

Amazing that corporations are going this route, there’s such a swift and near-universal backlash to anything involving NFTs

afaict from that ad, corporations have embraced madness & surrealism as the path forward

"scan bones into bonecoin"

This is like neural network-level nonsense

utility limb tweets come to life

Amazing that corporations are going this route, there’s such a swift and near-universal backlash to anything involving NFTs

The backlash doesn't have any impact and the people dumb enough to get into NFTs are an ideal customer base.

the new 419 scam

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/133113/bud-light-partners-with-nouns-dao-for-its-upcoming-super-bowl-ad

Can’t wait to see all the NFT’s in this years Super Bowl ads.

looking forward to scanning bones in my hellfuture

used to be when you saw a celebrity trending you feared they were dead now you fear they made an NFT

https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/twitter-blue-fragments-folder/nft

About NFT Profile Pictures on Twitter

We’re adding NFTs as one of several ways to customize your Twitter profile so you can show off the NFTs you own in a hex-shaped profile picture on your Twitter account.

Setting up an NFT profile picture means people can associate your Twitter account with your connected wallet’s public crypto wallet address. This means your Twitter account will be associated with your current and historical crypto wallet transactions and holdings, including all other NFTs in that wallet, because this information is all available on the public blockchain.

This does have an upside

https://lifehacker.com/how-to-block-everyone-who-uses-twitter-s-nft-profile-pi-1848439075

hmm. is there a way to also unfollow anyone who follows cryptofucks? Ideal would be if they follow like 3 or more, rather than just 1, because we all find ourselves accidentally following a cryptofuck sometimes

My desire to not be left bag holding is stronger than my desire to have a cartoon pickle for my profile pic.

Lmao this image is killin me

https://www.boredhorses.art/

It's time to build*

*an "ultra-luxury master planned community" in the metaverse with a $650,000 NFT yacht https://t.co/V2o3qBOZRz

— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) February 10, 2022

Third Life

need somewhere to put all the apes

Looking forward to the inevitable revolt of the NFT apes, who will decapitate Zuckerberg's Metaverse avatar.

"NFT ape shall not delete NFT ape."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/11/crypto-currency-nfl-nba-sports-super-bowl/

When 100 million Americans tune in to the Super Bowl on Sunday, they’re likely to get the impression that cryptocurrency is a fresh NFL star to rival Joe Burrow. At least three commercials will promote the monetary form, while one of Sunday’s best-known players — the Rams’ Odell Beckham Jr. — has said he takes his salary in it. And though Tom Brady may be gone from the game, he hovers over it, hawking crypto exchange FTX.

Yet the hype belies a more complicated relationship. Unlike the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, the country’s most popular sports league, has essentially prohibited its teams from using crypto. It’s a microcosm of the broader cultural battle between those touting the currency as the shiny future and others warning of its dangers.

“The NFL and NBA strategies could not be more different,” said Peter Laatz, global managing director of the sponsorship consultancy and intelligence firm IEG. “The NBA is seeing the windfall and going for it. The NFL is zigging instead of zagging.”

they'll be all in soon. when "crypto" was added to PayPal and became the center button at the bottom, the writing was on the wall. everyone is an idiot and i don't care

it'll all be normal soon. the crypto people are right. it will be normal. the good things about it - decentralized, control your own money without a bank being there, all that, maybe. but also putting a price on absolutely everything. there always was a price. it just wasn't public, before. now there will be a price on everything, and that will seem "natural". it isn't. it's a bunch of idiots that won

have fun staying poor - that was what they always thought, anyway, only now it will be crystalized and on a public blockchain

What a time to be alive

thanks i hate it pic.twitter.com/hhs8CrjSIv

— Justin Ling (@Justin_Ling) February 13, 2022

A unique and progressive way to celebrate the the monumental life of George Floyd indeed!

Yesterday city police oversight bodies demanded changes in culture and more transparent social media policies following a recent scandal where a SF Police Station 'liked' an account that made a "mockery" of George Floyd. Chief Scott apologized. @AnnikaHom https://t.co/Wpc6u7lCxl

— Mission Local (@MLNow) February 18, 2022

The nifty grifting continues

https://web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=2022-02-11-3

Porn actress Lana Rhoades apparently abandons her NFT project after its launch

Lana Rhoades put her celebrity status behind the "CryptoSis" NFT project, which launched on January 22 and raised about $1.8 million. The project featured a detailed roadmap, explaining plans to develop metaverse wearables and a "hangout spot", send personalized messages from Rhoades to a small group of holders, and send out merchandise. The website also promised "real world utilities" including meet and greets with the "many mainstream notable female figures (who) will continue to join this community".

However, only weeks after launch, Rhoades appeared to have abandoned the project, and most of the funds had been transferred out. Rhoades deleted her TikTok videos in which she had promoted it, and didn't respond to tweets asking about the project. One community member wrote on Discord that they had "spent what (they) can't lose. Spent 4k, on total I had 6k. Man I'm left with 2k only. No job and have a 2 yo son". Hopefully the guy who got the tattoo of the project logo on his shin also isn't too disappointed...

The NFTs, which cost 0.1 ETH each to mint (about $250), were selling for around 0.005 ETH (about $15) on February 16, if they were being bought at all.

As I prepared to file my federal taxes, I couldn't help but wonder how many of the people who rushed to create NFTs last year will answer this question on their tax form 'Yes', especially if they performed the popular scam maneuver of selling it to themselves in a dummy transaction for thousands of dollars:

At any time during 2020, did you receive, sell, send, exchange, or otherwise acquire any financial interest in any virtual currency?

btw, all questions on a tax form must be answered truthfully or the form is considered fraudulent.

Except the year in question is 2021.

Notice to SHIBOSHI holders:

Our Defense Breed is investigating an incident pertaining to Opensea and in relation to X2Y2.

Please visit https://t.co/krP70ONIFj or https://t.co/832Z78eclq for more information in regards to 'revoking' your assets. pic.twitter.com/y4jXXD7Tdx

— Shib (@Shibtoken) February 20, 2022

our defense breed

I was googling Shiboshi NFTs and got this story: https://theithacan.org/life-culture/local-dj-cashes-out-on-crypto-trends/

My favorite part is “ Washburn, better known by his stage name DJ Washburn …”

Every time I’ve assumed we were at the bottom of what this trend can provoke, something new comes along and tunnels underneath

"You know, it isn’t just about the artwork — it’s about what they come with,” Washburn said. “It could be a membership or special access to an event or collection of media … Let’s say you want to buy my NFT, maybe you’ll get a T-shirt in the mail too or an exclusive DJ mix.”

The membership/special access point comes up a lot from NFT defenders - even accepting the market value of luxury brands, the idea that a critical mass of people care about that specific kind of status-seeking seems ludicrous to me. It's not like there are Soho House copies in every suburb around the world.