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Let artists sell art using NFT to do away with the middleman and make money via digital sales directly without a 'platform' that takes a commission. It's a stu
by wokwokwok 5y ago
Let artists sell art using NFT to do away with the middleman and make money via digital sales directly without a 'platform' that takes a commission.
It's a stupid idea for all the well documented reasons NFTs are, but the idea of direct digital sales of art without middleman platforms may have some merit I guess.
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoNot just disintermediation: the author sees tokens as the only way to capture surplus value (contrasted to a pittance of tips from Bandcamp). But despite this, they somehow forgot to mention crowdfunding. Like raising money for an album ahead of time, which is precedented. Strange omission considering the strong similarity to venture funding, which is mentioned. Though I guess that usually doesn't include a way for third parties to cash in...