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by tomasien 9y ago
I never would have become a functional program if someone had sat down with me regularly for 3 months to think through these types of problems. Learning how they thought about them and debugged them made becoming self-taught so much easier.
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by tomasien 9y ago
Absolutely agree. I think my statement makes implies I believe the regulatory apparatus COULD have utility, but in any state where they can't prosecute Equifax it does not.
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by tomasien 9y ago
There is no purpose for the United States regulatory apparatus if no action is taken against Equifax. None.
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by tomasien 9y ago
Jess is one of the smartest people I've met in the space.
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by tomasien 9y ago
IPFS hashes are stored on chain and the file is stored on the IPFS network as long as someone is swarming it. As a backstop in case no one else is swarming the file, Rare Art Labs keeps a swarm running of all RARE Network assets.
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by tomasien 9y ago
The assets can never be cloned because the asset is not the file. It is the blockchain asset cryptographically signed by the artist. Just as you can make a photocopy of a book but can't clone a signed, first edition book so it is with
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by tomasien 9y ago
Why assign value to anything other than food and shelter? It's enjoyable, people like it. If that terrifies you the world must be a scary place.
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by tomasien 9y ago
There are a scarce number of digitally/cryptographically signed copies on the blockchain. The art itself is still infinitely replicable, owning the signed "authentic edition" is not. That does not mean something to everyone b
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by tomasien 9y ago
That's super interesting - if you're interested in pursuing this further email thelab@rareart.io I think we could put together something very cool.
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by tomasien 9y ago
Nailed it - I'm not sure video will be a good use case for RDA although I think there will be some interesting instances. For example: Sweepers Clock is a video sold as a limited edition art asset today, using a paper contract and trad
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by tomasien 9y ago
That's a complex answer but the easy answer is there are various standards for digital collectibles and based on the type of collectible we'll implement the appropriate standard. ERC-721 is appropriate for "collections"
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by tomasien 9y ago
Yes - artists deserve to be able to make money from selling scarcity and authenticity. 100%. If they can do that while not restricting access, it is the best of both worlds.
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by tomasien 9y ago
It actually doesn't destroy that - it assumes that quality will never change and adds a new asset type to digital files. You end up with both collectible/signed/authentic versions and the infinitely replicable copies. It allo
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by tomasien 9y ago
All of the above, but I would add in many cases people truly do want to own the art because they admire the artist or admire the creation. There is some intense creativity going on in the space right now.
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by tomasien 9y ago
Rare Digital Art / Crypto Collectibles are "assets" on the Bitcoin or Ethereum blockchain that have two qualities: - They are rare - They have meta data that associates them with something we would consider "art". T
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by tomasien 9y ago
Hey all - I was the organizer of the Rare Digital Art Festival, cool to see this on Hacker News! I'm happy to answer any questions about the event, rare digital art, etc.
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by tomasien 9y ago
This person has had to recruit for companies with bad Glassdoor reviews and it has made their job harder.
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by tomasien 9y ago
Exactly
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by tomasien 9y ago
No need to read it - you know what it says
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by tomasien 9y ago
Rare Pepe Wallet is interesting because it's not from the US, it was concepted in Venezuela where Pepe does not have the association with the alt-right. The Rare Pepe Wallet project has been part of the movement to reclaim Pepe from th
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I Went to the First Live Auction for Rare Pepes on the Blockchain(motherboard.vice.com)
3 points by tomasien 9y ago|2 comments
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by tomasien 9y ago
Fan collector culture runs much deeper than you're giving it credit for. The fine art market is dominated by hoarders, but other markets are dominated by fans. Mixtape culture is just one example.
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by tomasien 9y ago
You can not make a copy of the asset. Perhaps the underlying file, not the asset. You can take a picture of a painting or own a print of a photograph, that doesn't mean you own the original asset.
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by tomasien 9y ago
Yes
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by tomasien 9y ago
There's a lot of hate on here for blockchain gaming/rare digital art so I'd like to clarify two points. 1. Blockchain games are best when only the necessary work is done on chain, such as transfer of ownership or enforcement
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by tomasien 9y ago
Wow thanks for sharing the event! It's going to be something else, I can't believe how excited folks are for rare digital art. The movement does feel like something special not just in the blockchain world but in the tech world in
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by tomasien 9y ago
XRP could be worthless, but Ripple the protocol and company is pretty advanced and has decent traction around the world with traditional FIs. Not many of them are using XRP and I’m bearish they ever will, but the fact that there’s an infras
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by tomasien 9y ago
Except he’s not because all his coins are vesting. Are Zucks FB shares vesting? Don’t think so.
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by tomasien 9y ago
Soylent is definiteeellllly not out of money
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by tomasien 9y ago
that's what http://rare.network is building and they'd love any feedback you have I'm sure! The Discord is full of some of the best minds in rare digital art, feel free to stop in and say hi. (disclosure: advisor,

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