The NFT revolution… or the revolution of NFTs?
Web 3.0 has been settled as a counter-power towards societies of surveillance.
Decentralization.
Anonymity.
Transparency.
Obviously, dictatorial states and major companies try to get control back.
Recent events such as freedom convoy in Canada did receive massive support in Bitcoin when traditional methods of support have been shut down (pushing J. Trudeau to take measures towards crypto currencies!) Russian people massively bought BTC when the Rouble lost 30%, after western countries decided economic measures towards Russia…. and now, Ukraine accepts donations in Doge Coin…
I remember my grand mother telling me how German people had to buy 1 kg of potatoes, after world war 1: with a wheelbarrow of bank notes.
I know any money may fluctuate according to history.
As I know that money is the nerve of war…
What makes me laugh today is the little brother's part of that mess: the NFTs, and how they are massively happening, no matter what the story of what some already call World War III might be.
Do you recall this old Tom Cruise movie named Vanilla Sky? The question of virtual towards real was already crucial, long before Matrix and it’s famous red pill/ blue pill issue. While some fight for recovering their real life, some prefer the illusion.
If, on top of it, massive amount of people have no satisfying real life, the temptation of diving in a better virtual life becomes too hard to resist - would these people be locked in because of a virus or because of a bomb…
So if the key to exist in a virtual world is to get a registered jpeg, people will get a registered jpeg.
And now comes the game between artists, creators of these bright new identities, with their public.
For once since decades, there is no filter, just major hazards. Open Sea, Magic Eden or SolanArt are good market places to discover all the mad and amazing ideas that flourish these days, but with the change of Facebook to Meta, and Twitter working on the possibility to show a NFT in a special profile picture more creations will meet more and more people: Eminem buys a Bored Ape, the Bored Ape collection meets an unexpected public, and so does OpenSea.
I guess some people won’t like these ultra creative societies gathering people from all around the world together, but I do believe that artists have to drive their fellows into a common dream of a society. Only they can move people behind a vision, above politics and traditions.
That is my midnight hunch: not only shall NFTs revolution the way people show themselves on social medias, or reward more fairly the creators, or even spread out as keys for various virtual worlds… They can actually be the tool that unites common people from all around the planet to reinvent the world of tomorrow. In one question: what if a virtual world’s perfect society could become an exemple of how to organise real world better?….
Shall we?
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As a payment method, cryptocurrencies occupy a much more important place. As you said, many citizens turned to cryptocurrencies after the recent events. (also states)