A16Z's treasure learning list: NFT, social tokens, DAO, creator economy
Original title: NFT Canon
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The list is a collection of introductory NFT resources compiled by A16Z for all NFT creators, publishers, platforms, communities, and other organizations. From macro to micro, you can quickly learn and understand NFT's vision, applications, technologies, categories, as well as derivative concepts such as social transportation certificates,DAO, creator economy, etc.
This list will be updated continuously. If you have anything worth adding, you can go to the A16Z website (https://a16z.com/) to their official email address.
About A16Z: Well-known Silicon Valley VC, founded two years after the original iPhone was released, it was a venture in the midst of the mobile Internet boominvestmentThe firm quickly became one of the most successful VCs in Silicon Valley, with successful investments in Instagram, Twitter, and Skype. He has been working in crypto digital assets for more than 6 years since 2013, and is one of the earliest well-known VCs to participate in this industry.
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Vision and Philosophy
Getting Started and Guided
Technology base
Art, music,The gameAnd other applications and creators
Social Transport Pass, Community Pass and Individual Pass
Creator DAO and Creator Economy
NFT Ecology, Markets, and FAQs
Market ranking
Others: Newsletters & AMP; Digests
Origins: Origins, early forms of collectibles and games
Vision and Philosophy
Non-homogeneous life: ownership consciousness, assets, and the evolution of the self
Ownership consciousness includes human nature and self-expression collection, identity characteristics collection, asset collection and transaction collection.
Life Is Non-fungible: The Evolution of Ownership, Assets, and Us
by Roham Gharegozlou
NFT with a thousand real fans
About the evolution of the web and a better creator economy.
NFTs and a Thousand True Fans
by Chris Dixon
https://a16z.com/2021/02/27/nfts-and-a-thousand-true-fans/
Story, scarcity, and the desire to mimic
About how NFT turns stories into scarce assets.
Stories, Scarcity, and Mimetic Desire
by Nick Tomaino
https://thecontrol.co/stories-scarcity-and-mimetic-desire-c4a344fa74e1
NFT is upending the traditional media content ownership paradigm
About how NFT will benefit creators, fans, and stakeholdersdevelopersProvide platform-driven revenuecurrencyChange the solution.
NFTs invert the ownership model of media
by Jesse Walden
https://variant.mirror.xyz/T8kdtZRIgy_srXB5B06L8vBqFHYlEBcv6ae2zR6Y_eo
NFT subculture
NFT has become an aggressive subculture.
NFT subculture
by Denis Nazarov
https://d.mirror.xyz/OQrTGdbiDDKs-7it-URF2NYRG9xLMYEQcNnET8fah3I
Creators, communities, and gray areas in between
About the next shape of community, how authors find their market, and the art of programming.
Creators, communities, and the gray space in the middle where they meet
by Nichanan Kesonpat
https://www.nichanank.com/blog/2020/10/9/gray-space-in-the-middle
-Sheldon: I have Proof of passion
About the history of the social Internet and the connection with NFT
Proof of passion
by Chris Dixon
https://tals.substack.com/p/proof-of-passion
Cryptocurrencies change value, NFT changes society
About how NFT will change everything about the Internet, jobs, the economy, business models.
Crypto changes value, NFTs change society
by Chris Dixon
https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/crypto-will-change-value-nfts-will
Cryptocurrency fundamentals and NFT
On the Internet Age, Blockchain Architecture and the Decade of Cryptocurrencies.
Crypto fundamentals and NFTs
by Patrick Rivera
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sUpk0gbvRQelH0MUIOqjNeGe8nwRH4mhrhDHmI6qh4M/edit?usp=sharing
Beginner's entry
NFT Guide for Beginners
About what NFTs are, why they are so interesting, and how to use them.
A Beginner's Guide to NFTS
by Linda Xie
https://linda.mirror.xyz/df649d61efb92c910464a4e74ae213c4cab150b9cbcc4b7fb6090fc77881a95d
What is the NFT
About the basic properties of non-homogeneous tokens.
What is an NFT?
by Devin Finzer
https://opensea.io/blog/guides/non-fungible-tokens/#What_is_a_non-fungible_token
All about NFT
What, why, how to generate NFT, NFT applications, common problems, and misconceptions.
All about NFTs
by Jesse Walden, Linda Xie, Sonal Chokshi
https://a16z.com/2021/03/27/nfts-explainer-faqs-hype-reality-innovation-crypto-creator-economy
Encryption art will cover 8 reasons existing art
About the new economy of digital creation.
8 Reasons why crypto art > art
by Scott Belsky
One article to understand NFT
About "monetising MPE" and why NFT can monetize everything and make the world verifiable.
Dpystifying NFTs
by Naval Ravikant
https://twitter.com/naval/status/1378954767863443461
The critics' bias against NFT
The paradox of digital goods, the difference between the value of NFT and traditional ownership.
What Critics Don't Understand About NFTS
by Jonathan Zittrain with Will Marks
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/nfts-show-value-owning-unownable/618525/
Trend: NFT
An overview of NFT, projects, players, resources, attacks and opportunities.
NFTs, the trend
by Dru Riley
https://trends.vc/trends-0050-non-fungible-tokens-nfts/
The magic of NFT
Use cases, elements, and implications for NFT.
The new magic of NFTs
Katie Haun interviewed by Tim Ferriss
https://tim.blog/2021/02/24/katie-haun-transcript/
Technology base
NFT metadata
On - chain, off - chain, storage and more.
NFT metadata
by Devin Finzer
https://opensea.io/blog/guides/non-fungible-tokens/#Non-fungible_token_metadata
Whether your NFT really belongs to you
About storage, the difference between URLs and IPFS, off-chain data, and more.
Do You Really Own Your NFT?
by Dan Kahan
https://thedefiant.io/do-you-really-own-your-nft-chances-are-you-dont/
Non-homogenized token standards
About Ethereum standards and non-Ethereum standards.
Non-fungible token standards
by Devin Finzer
https://opensea.io/blog/guides/non-fungible-tokens/#Non-fungible_token_standards
What is the ERC - 721
A non-technical interpretation of how ERC-721 works.
What is ERC-721?
by William Entriken
https://fulldecent.blogspot.com/2018/06/nontechnical-what-is-erc-721.html
Non-homogenized token standard: ERC-721
About Ethereum's unique, rare, collectible tokens
ERC-721 Non-Fungible TokenStandard
https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-721
Cryptography Dictionary: Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain
Core concepts and terminology related to NFT (cryptography, proof of stake, etc.).
Crypto Glossary: Cryptocurrencies & Blockchains
by Alex Pruden and Sonal Chokshi
https://a16z.com/2019/11/08/crypto-glossary/
The crypto world wants to be seen
About how to enable creators to master and immerse themselves in the crypto world.
Crypto Wants to Be Seen
by Kayvon Tehranian
https://thedefiant.io/crypto-wants-to-be-seen-op-ed-by-kayvon-tehranian/
Arts, Music, Gaming, Other Applications... and Creator Stories
Art, music, games, apps and creators
NFT and its creator economy
How artists, musicians, and writers think about NFT and social tokens, and how different types of assets are colliding with new sparks.
The Creator Economy: NFTs and beyond
by Kevin Chou, Jesse Walden, Chris Dixon
https://a16z.com/2021/04/03/creator-economy-beyond-nfts-podcast/
A few tips for creators getting started in the crypto world
About the evolution of the web and a better creator economy.
Tips for Creators Getting Into Crypto
by Patrick Rivera
https://p.mirror.xyz/WQQywdjjfnksMRPMaNKBMxPBqfE5k8nL6pCLe1roGyw
How do I get started with NFT
How I Got Into NFTs
by Caroline Dy
https://drawwriteplay.com/2021/04/26/how-i-got-into-nfts/
How do I sell an NFT
A step-by-step video on how to go from concept to design to getting your NFT work on the shelf.
How We Sold an NFT...
by Colin and Samir
Design inspiration for NFT (Twitter thread)
About how to build communities as works of art.
Ideas for building in NFTs
by Chris Dixon
https://twitter.com/zoink/status/1372561281002004481
NFT's consumption, audience, and scenario
About the mass NFT consumption experience and everything about it.
On NFT consumption, audience, utility
by Jarrod Dicker, Tal Shacher, Jonathan Glick
https://darkstar.mirror.xyz/bOWhYyX4u5mY0AfY-ObnQSOOcMVpJQPVUFSw1qJsdc
Audio NFT with Musicians
About the limited edition audio/video NFT cast on Ethereum
Musicians meet audio NFTs
by Cooper Turley
https://coopahtroopa-eth.medium.com/musicians-meet-audio-nfts-aa495cfd2996
The connection between visual art and music
The relationship between visual art and music
https://foundation.app/blog/devendra-banhart
Two crypto artists
On the view of traditional art museums on tokenized collections
Two crypto creators
by Pak, Signe Pierce, Zoran Basich
https://a16z.com/2020/11/22/crypto-for-creators-tokenized-collectibles-nfts/
How does blockchain break into traditional auctions
On why Beeple can sell a JPEG for $69 million.
How the blockchain broke the auction block
by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi and Mary Childs
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/12/976513031/the-69-million-jpeg
Tokenization for players in the crypto economy
About how blockchain is reshaping production relationships, collaboration, community, and creativity.
Monetization for Gamers in the New Cryptoeconomy
by Kevin Chou
https://a16z.com/2020/03/09/monetization-for-gamers-in-the-new-cryptoeconomy/
Community economics and the limits of today's game economies
Community economics and the limitations of existing in-game economies
A study of economic activity within and outside of a game
NFTs and a Thousand True Fans
by Kaiser Hwang
When the meta-universe meets the crypto economy
On why the meta-universe needs a strong economic design.
Where crypto meets the metaverse
by Piers Kicks
When the meta-universe meets Web3
About NFT and digital ownership, open world and closed world in virtual space, "the realization of avatar economy", the value circulation logic of the open world.
Where Web3 meets the metaverse
by Packy McCormick
https://www.notboring.co/p/the-value-chain-of-the-open-metaverse
Great online game
About how to use NFT and other tools on the Internet to achieve a rich, free, similar to the console game but beyond the console game.
The Great Online Game
by Packy McCormick
https://www.notboring.co/p/the-great-online-game-audio
Players want virtual goods with real value
Gamers want virtual goods with real-world value
by Dean Takahashi
NFT is becoming a major source of income for newcomers to cryptocurrencies in Colombia and the Philippines
NFTs are becoming a major source of income for crypto newbies in the Philippines to Colombia
by Dan Kahan
Artists who collect NFT
Artists on collecting NFTs
by Samantha Ayson
https://foundation.app/blog/why-artists-are-collecting-each-others-nfts
Value transformation between NFT, virtual art, IRL and virtual life
NFTs, digital art, and the value shift between IRL and virtual life
Trevor McFedries interviewed by Dan Frommer
https://newconsumer.com/2021/03/trevor-mc-fedries-interview-nft-fwb/
Creator, artist and athlete
About the distribution of personal tokens in video/live streaming interactions.
Creators, Artists, and Athletes
by Kurt Patat
Why do I collect black crypto art
About how the Black Digital Art Renaissance is creating and capturing value for the black community.
Why I'm Collecting Black Crypto Art
by Cuy Sheffield
https://medium.com/@cuysheffield/why-im-collecting-black-crypto-art-c3cbba939d64
Understanding NFT from the perspective of digital abstract art
On how the head of Christie's sees NFT from the traditional art world.
Understanding NFTs as digital abstraction
Noah Davis interviewed by Valentina Di Liscia
https://hyperallergic.com/624053/nft-art-goes-viral-and-heads-to-auction-but-what-is-it/
Cryptocurrency as content, community, and digital assets
On cryptocurrencies as content, communities, digital belonging
by Kyle Chayka
https://air.mirror.xyz/5A16bvvS2IJK7fVVNb2GwrrEcyey2B4Uih3l1DI_Y2I
Go in the forefront of The Times of the accounts
About social transportation permit owners and their communities.
Forefront Profiles
https://forefront.market/creators
NFT artists and more
Artists on NFTs and more
"The Greatest NFT Movie Ever Made"
How to view NFT, platform, exhibition, etc., involving art, music, fashion,DeFiAnd the meta-universe.
"The Greatest NFT Film Ever Made"
The Defiant
Someone who tokenizes life and gives decisions to others
A famous experiment and personal token sale case.
The Man Who Tokenized Himself Gives Holders Power Over His Life
Alex Masmej interviewed by Vinamrata Chaturvedi
https://www.coindesk.com/man-who-sells-himself-now-wants-buyers-to-control-his-life
Social Transport Pass, Community Pass and Individual Pass
Club transportation card
Individually issued tokens versus community-issued tokens.
Social tokens
by Linda Xie
https://linda.mirror.xyz/df649d61efb92c910464a4e74ae213c4cab150b9cbcc4b7fb6090fc77881a95d
NFT fragmentation with better social transport cards
NFT fragmentation for purpose, community, and more.
The fractionalization of NFTs will lead to better social tokens
by Brian Flynn
https://jammsession.mirror.xyz/-xYcfFRlhDdLDSUgRMTYJAaRJBs2VG4LP34DnOV84mI
Loyalty points and social tokens
Social Motivation and Social Motivation in Social Transportation Permit.
Loyalty Points and Social Tokens
by Wong Joon Ian
https://medium.com/rallynetwork/loyalty-points-and-social-tokens-5046d1ca993
Annual Review of Social Transport Permit (2020)
Digital assets that are endorsed by individuals, communities, or brands.
Social Tokens Year in Review (2020)
by Cooper Turley with Jess Sloss, James Young, Scott Moore, Brian Flynn, and Priyanka Desai
https://2020inreview.forefront.news/
Creator DAO and Creator Economy
It starts with the author and is loyal to the community
Decentralized protocols are not social networks, but crypto economic networks.
Come for the creator, stay for the economy
by Patrick Rivera
https://p.mirror.xyz/1EpvJwUpx_KlRcHOKLNqADEkwHL_Z1ZYKobF2uLwgBg
The power of the people
The rise of Creator Economy, NFT, individual micro-companies.
Power to the person
by Packy McCormick
https://www.notboring.co/p/power-to-the-person-audio
DAO Beginners
About art, games and other NFT DAO organization cases.
A beginner's guide to DAOs
by Linda Xie
https://linda.mirror.xyz/Vh8K4leCGEO06_qSGx-vS5lvgUqhqkCz9ut81WwCP2o
About the creator DAO
How is DAOs different from crowdfunding platforms? -- The core difference is ownership.
On creator DAOs
by Chris Dixon
https://darkstar.mirror.xyz/Tf9IS6yNxtPXwC5mmfi_UISe8v6BOfef2bDmQSxoJao
A DAO within A DAO
From NFT to DAO, phased decentralization, the present and future forms of DAO.
The DAO of DAOs
by Packy McCormick
https://www.notboring.co/p/the-dao-of-daos-5b9
Protocol with creator DAO
Compare the economic flow and culture of the city and its inhabitants to the factors, information and protocols in DAO.
Protocols and creator DAOs
by Jonathan Glick, Jarrod Dicker, Tal Schachar, Brian Flynn
https://darkstar.mirror.xyz/yEK4DdvmxwZ2l-yHWGOQs3rMsLD6RYs_phLUzSFdhAI
"Post-risk" capital and the Nobel Prize of the crypto world
"Post-Venture" Capital and the Crypto Nobel Prize
by Chris Dixon
https://glyphx.medium.com/post-venture-capital-and-the-crypto-nobel-prize-29847faf3f08
Compliance is the scarcest resource
About asPublic welfareNFT of material.
The Most Important Scarce Resource is Legitimacy
byVitalikButerin
https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/03/23/legitimacy.html
NFT Ecology, Markets, and FAQs
NFT The ecological view of
The market; Art, collectibles, games, virtual worlds;financialWith the deal.
Ecosystp overview
by Andrew Steinwold
https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/-quick-overview-of-the-nft-ecosystp
Where NFT captures value
Where do NFTs capture value?
https://coopahtroopa.mirror.xyz/A16NP2XXi9RdHptfdF9WHR0Xq_E1XDmUgMwPmJYOG7w
NFT market
NFT Market Analysis 2019-2020
The non-fungible token market
by Devin Finzer
https://opensea.io/blog/guides/non-fungible-tokens/#The_Non-Fungible_Token_Market
Look at my NFT
How to better preserve your NFT assets.
Check My NFT
by Chris Dixon
How to exhibit crypto art
About the place, the display and the meta-space pavilion.
How to display crypto art
by William Peaster
https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/how-to-display-cryptoart-
How to buy NFT furniture
How to collect and display NFT furniture.
How to use NFT furniture
by Gabriella Fuller
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/how-to-use-nft-furniture.html
Documentary of the first offline exhibition of CryptoPunks
About the physical vehicle of digital ownership.
How the CryptoPunks took physical form to participate in their first gallery show
Law reader for NFT creators and collectors
NFTs: A Legal Guide for Creators and Collectors
by Amy Luo
https://www.coindesk.com/nfts-a-legal-guide-for-creators-and-collectors
Market and Ranking
OpenSea:https://opensea.io/rankings
CryptoSlam! :https://www.cryptoslam.io/
CryptoArt:https://cryptoart.io/
Briefing and editorial
Zima Red:https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/
The Forefront Newsletter:https://forefront.market/newsletter
Origin: Origins, early collectibles and games
Crypto trading cards (1993)
Hal Finney
https://protos.com/bitcoin-hal-finney-predict-nft-market-joke-1993/
Colored Coins (2012)
Early NFT projects and their value identification.
Colored coins (2012)
by Yoni Assia, Vitalik Buterin, Lior Hakim, Meni Rosenfeld
The history of NFT
Games, experiments and more from the time of Cryptokitties.
History of NFTs
by Devin Finzer
https://opensea.io/blog/guides/non-fungible-tokens/#History_of_non-fungible_tokens_2017_2020
Rare Pepe (2017)
Digital asset card game
by Fred Wilson
http://avc.com/2017/05/rare-pepe/
Tokens for the skin of the game character
Social reputation mining, token-based player registration, early tokenization scenarios.
Skin-in-the-game coins (2018)
by Ryan Selkis
https://medium.com/messaricrypto/skin-in-the-game-coins-da0afdfdc650
Could cryptocurrencies be the next big thing in the art market
Will cryptocurrencies be the art market's next big thing? (2018).
by Scott Reyburn
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/arts/cryptocurrency-art-market.html
Smart media tokens
Smart media tokens (2017)
from Stepit
https://smt.step.io/smt-whitepaper.pdf
The weird future of digital collections and Digibles
Digital Collectibles and the weird future of "Digibles"
by Josh Stark
https://hackernoon.com/digital-collectibles-and-the-weird-future-of-digibles-f75f4bf0f9aa
How do you develop a Cryptokitties-like NFT game on Ethereum
How to code your own cryptokitties-style game on Ethereum (2017)
by James Martin Duffy
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