Should Artists Take Part in NFTs Despite Its Current Problems?
98Been delaying this video as I'm quite a risk-averse person. But I felt like a more objective view of #NFTs should be taken.
In this video, I try to highlight as many sides of the problem of NFTs. Often it seems like I'm for NFTs, but I am not afraid to rip into it whenever possible.
#cryptoart #nft
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:54 - Piracy And Art Theft
06:58 - Environmental Impact Costs Too Much
17:29 - Why NFTs Are More Valuable Than Many Realise
30:53 - Should Artists Take Part in NFTs?
Links referenced in video:
Piracy and Art Theft:
ABC: Artists keep finding their work on NFT auction sites - and they never agreed to the sale
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-03-16/nfts-artists-report-their-work-is-being-stolen-and-sold/13249408
Hyper Alergic: Reports of Stolen Art on NFT Marketplace Raise Issues for Crypto Collectors
https://hyperallergic.com/629328/reports-of-stolen-art-on-nft-marketplace-raise-issues-for-crypto-collectors/
Polygon: You can spend thousands on ‘Thicc Pokémon’ NFTs
https://www.polygon.com/22362448/thicc-pokemon-nft-sales
Marcel Duchamp's Fountain:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)
ArtLyst: Warhol Foundation Loses Lynn Goldsmith Prince Appropriation Appeal
https://www.artlyst.com/news/warhol-foundation-loses-lynn-goldsmith-prince-appropriation-appeal/
Environmental Problems of NFTs
Wired: NFTs Are Hot. So Is Their Effect on the Earth's Climate
https://www.wired.com/story/nfts-hot-effect-earth-climate/
TenHundred: My Art Almost Destroyed the Environment - The Dark Side of NFTs & CryptoArt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7JVwbV2JBI&feature=youtu.be
Medium: Everest Pimkin
https://everestpipkin.medium.com/but-the-environmental-issues-with-cryptoart-1128ef72e6a3
How to Lie With Statistics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_Statistics
Reddit: It's time for the disinformation campaign about environmental damage to come to an end.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoMarkets/comments/m7p788/its_time_for_the_disinformation_campaign_about/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
ETH 2.0
https://ethereum.org/en/eth2/vision/
SuperRare: No, CryptoArtists Aren’t Harming the Planet
https://medium.com/superrare/no-cryptoartists-arent-harming-the-planet-43182f72fc61
MaxTech: How Nvidia JUST came in to FINISH the Job (R.I.P. Intel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKE3rQK7dik
AnandTech: Amazon Announces Graviton2 SoC Along With New AWS Instances: 64-Core Arm With Large Performance Uplifts
https://www.anandtech.com/show/15189/amazon-announces-graviton2-soc-along-with-new-aws-instances-64core-arm-with-large-performance-uplifts
The Value of NFTs
Cheddar: Built On The Barcode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Hv6CDx_sY
Reuters: Shares in companies linked to non-fungible tokens soar
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-nft-idUSKBN2BE30E
OVR: https://www.ovr.ai
Enjin: https://enjin.io
Veve: https://www.veve.me
Wendover: How China Broke The World's Recycling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXRtNwUju5g&t=1s
Sustainability Times: Blockchain can be a vital tool to boost sustainability
https://www.sustainability-times.com/sustainable-business/blockchain-can-be-a-vital-tool-to-boost-sustainability/
The Balance SMB: How Blockchain Will Transform Supply Chain Sustainability
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/blockchain-and-supply-chain-sustainability-4129740
Coing Telegraph: 'Ecological nightmare' backlash forces ArtStation to drop NFT plans
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ecological-nightmare-backlash-forces-artstation-to-drop-nft-plans
A Statement from ArtStation
https://magazine.artstation.com/2021/03/a-statement-from-artstation/
Links from 'Should Artists Take Up NFTS anyway'
Beeple Giveaway:
https://twitter.com/corrodestuff/status/1375903175094501379
South East Asia Artist First Mint Fund:
https://firstmintfund.com
Hic Et Nunc:
https://www.hicetnunc.xyz
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