You know, we talked about the Superbowl commercials on Monday, and no one mentioned the gem with Ozzie Osbourne, Paul Stanley, Joan Jett, Gary Clark Jr., and Billy Idol.
Which is criminal, really.
It’s been—and continues to be—a long bear market in web3.
While there have been bright spots in recent months, there’s still so much uncertainty about the future of our space and how it will mature. About what all that will mean. And you? You’re an agent in that future.
You’re here.
You’re engaging.
That makes you a rock star.
What Did We Learn?
The DigiDaigaku Superbowl ad received mixed reviews and user experience feedback. It’s not clear whether the ad’s goal was to target web3 insiders, to build NFT awareness, or to onboard new users. Selections from Monday’s show:
2%Nicky was reminded of last year’s Coinbase ad, and pointed out that a good ad begins with an insight. People not already in web3 would have had no insight with the DigiDaigaku spot—if we want to onboard people we need to keep it basic.
SilentMode and his wife tried to mint: he is in web3 and she is not. He was able to mint, but after scanning the QR code she looked at him and asked “what is a metamask?” The ad may have increased NFT awareness but was a high spend for limited customer acquisition
Discussion supported a consensus view that the NFT supply was scooped up by web3 insiders. NFTStatistics.eth offered additional data on this:
Nerd Alert: Bitcoin mixer. This is a service that tumbles, or “mixes” crypto with other funds in order to obscure the original source. This creates advanced anonymity and makes funds difficult to trace. A number of funds like this around the world have been shut down due to their association with illicit activities.
Nerd Alert: smart contract programming languages. A smart contract is a computer program that automatically executes all or part of a smart contract, and is stored on a blockchain based platform. Different languages are used on different chains, including these examples: Solidity (Ethereum), Rust, C, and C++ (Solana), and Cadence (Flow).
What Did We Love?
“At the time I thought I was just dropping art to everyone—little did I know a company was about to form.” clon from Cool Cats, on Tuesday
Wednesday’s discussion about PFPs, and whether getting paid to flex a PFP could be part of our web3 future.
This discussion stems from On Chain Monkey unveiling their “flex your PFP” program, where sporting an OCM as your Twitter PFP gets you a multiplier in their Banana points system. The multiplier is tiered based on rarity.
“I just want to be able to present and sell my art—why does it have to be so dramatic?” — Gossamer Rozen
The community education in this thread on “What videos or tutorials are you using to learn about blockchain, security, NFTs, cryptocurrencies or anything web3?”
Showing love to the artists in this thread: Who is one underrated NFT artist who you love?
Around the Community
Daily Dosers shared the ❤️ on Valentine’s Day, by tagging accounts they love - here’s a selection of those tagged:
DataVelvet - unique digital data-based artscapes
Séverine Baron - inspiring and loving content
rae isla | rocks - beautiful music
bearbrAIns.eth - colorful original art
Mitchell - on-point branding
riddles.eth - organic community building
NFT God - community and personal growth
NFTStatistics.eth - always brings the knowledge
MeaveKnows 0654.eth - NFT news
Mental health advice from the community:
Daily Dose Asia tour: