The NonFunGerbils Podcast explores the world of non-fungible assets and the growing decentralised economy.
Each week Luke and George host an interesting guest who is involved in the non-fungible token (NFT) space. Different NFT projects are explored during ‘Show & Tell’.
Each episode a new set of NonFunGerbil NFTs is given away to the listeners who come up with the funniest / most entertaining descriptions for that gerbil. The very best suggestion gets that description minted into the NFT and artwork created to match.
Tune in for more details.
Veteran crypto artist Vesa joins the show to discuss his unique journey from film director and digital pioneer to a leading voice in the NFT space since 2016.
Vesa explains that his entry into crypto art was driven by a deep understanding of money and decentralization, not market hype. He shares the powerful story of his early work with actress Veena Malik and how he sees art as a vehicle for cultural and financial change.
Hear his crucial advice for artists entering the space: you must follow the "wax on, wax off" principle and understand the foundation of the technology and investing—there is no shortcut. He also delves into the philosophical nature of creativity, arguing that art's true power comes from transcendent experiences, and why being a "Bitcoin centrist" offers the necessary grounding to survive market cycles.
Follow Vesa on Twitter
Watch the interview on YouTube
Check out our blog
In this deep-dive, we talk to Bitoshi Blockomoto, the mastermind behind Bitmap, the decentralized metaverse protocol built on Bitcoin.
Bitoshi explains the radical idea: every Bitcoin block is a district in the metaverse, and the entire world was claimed by the community through an open, competitive inscription process. Find out how Bitmap grew to over 40,000 holders, making it the largest metaverse by count, and why Bitoshi believes its success is due to its pure decentralization.
He also breaks down the future of Ordinals, arguing that its power lies in composability through recursion, which allows builders to create complex, on-chain applications without smart contracts. Finally, hear about the ambitious roadmap for Atlas and Termina, Bitoshi's vision for a complete, Bitcoin-based operating system that is permanent, uncensorable, and accessible even offline.
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Watch the interview on YouTube
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Meme coin culture is "sad." That's the candid take from the meme.com team, who join us to discuss the state of the space and how they plan to fix it with their new Diamond Hand game.
They share why so many coins fizzle out and argue that a true meme coin should be valued like an NFT: held because you love the culture, not for future utility or pump-and-dump potential. Find out which memes are considered the Grails (Pepe, Bobo, Doge, etc.) that will last forever, and why new trends like Skibbidi Toilet are important. Plus, get the alpha on signing up for their new game!
Follow Johan on Twitter Follow Meme on Twitter Follow Rizzle on Twitter
Watch the interview on YouTube
Check out our blog
In this episode, we meet Maggie, founder of Satta Labs, who is tackling a vital gap in education: teaching children essential money habits.
Maggie explains the concept behind her gamified learning app, which features 12 cute AI-powered princesses and princes that mentor kids through lessons on savings, budgeting, and the value of money. She shares her personal motivation for building the app which is to help her younger self and those struggling with finance.
Crucially, Maggie discusses the challenges of integrating Web3 into a consumer product. She details why she must keep the fact that Satta is building on-chain "on the download" when talking to parents and teachers, who are often instantly opposed to crypto. Listen to why she believes Satta Labs could be the gateway application that helps shift the public narrative toward accepting blockchain technology.
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In this conversation from the NFC Summit, Nytmare, co-founder and Community Lead at WHALE, discusses the organization's journey from focusing primarily on its vault to becoming a powerful, culture-centric DAO.
Nytmare shares how the community became WHALE's foundation during the bear market, allowing them to pivot toward initiatives like their curated live gallery in New York. Listen as he explains the importance of cultural alignment and collaboration with groups like the Cult of Crypto Art, emphasizing that WHALE's role is to provide resources so that community members can build their own success. Nytmare concludes by reflecting on the privilege of making an imprint on the cultural tapestry of the digital art world.
Follow Nytmare on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nytmare
Watch the interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yjJq97fqwUM?si=HTnhrfaEfkoYBB8P
Check out our blog: https://nonfungerbils.com/podcast/lisbon25-nytmare
In this conversation at the NFC Summit, artist and curator Metageist discusses the "heroic feat" of co-curating the massive visual show for the Cult of Crypto Art, featuring over 100 artists. Metageist shares his passion for ensuring the OGs and earliest builders of the crypto art space remain highly visible.
Listen as he breaks down his creative philosophy, arguing that every artist is also a collector, and explains why he invests heavily in innovative curation to elevate others. Crucially, Metageist reveals why he believes 3D art is on the cusp of an explosion thanks to devices like the Apple Vision Pro. He explains how new headset technology will finally provide the missing link: a way to display persistent 3D sculptures in your real-world environment, validating years of work by 3D creators.
Follow Metageist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/metageistvr And Rizzle, who interviewed him: https://twitter.com/nftland
Watch the interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PhwcEus1LDU
Check out our blog: https://nonfungerbils.com/podcast/lisbon25-metageist
In this upbeat interview, acclaimed NFT artist Bryan Brinkman discusses his creative philosophy and his very busy calendar, proving the space is far from "dead." Brinkman explains how his art uses nostalgia and core memories, referencing childhood touchstones like 8-bit games and board games, as a "candy coating gloss."
Listen as he reveals how this familiar, happy aesthetic allows him to address heavier personal themes like imposter syndrome and death, making them more emotionally accessible to the viewer. Brinkman also details his packed schedule, including upcoming drops with Paintbox at Art Basel, SuperRare, and the Pranksy team. Plus, hear about his fun conference presentation that brought back a childhood favorite: the gym-class parachute!
Follow Bryan Brinkman on X: https://x.com/bryanbrinkman
Watch the interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kORWG8wLnb8?si=veJjaaFzJAkEOhVO
Check out our blog: https://nonfungerbils.com/podcast/lisbon25-bryan
This profound episode features crypto artist Ogar, who discusses his move to Portugal to fully dedicate himself to building his artistic legacy. Ogar views art as essential therapy and a tool for social commentary, explaining how he is transforming his old metaverse buildings into a new, enduring artistic universe.
Hear his candid thoughts on the challenges of the Web3 space, why he insists on working with still images, and his concerns about the erosion of critical thinking and the rise of technological monopolies. Ogar dives deep into the philosophy of the crypto anarchist movement, the importance of authenticity, and why artists have a responsibility to foster debate and encourage people to "remove idols" and think for themselves. This is a must-listen for anyone interested in the foundational ideals of crypto culture and the long-term vision of art.
https://twitter.com/Dat_Ogar
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/q7PXIc8-U2I
This episode features an exclusive, lighthearted conversation with metaverse native Rizzle at the Buildtree booth at NFC Summit. Rizzle shares the story behind his latest NFT project with artist Barbie SA, a collection of highly relatable, meme-based artwork.
Rizzle explains how the drop is a deliberate, fun departure from his complex projects, designed to be an accessible, "democratic drop" that resonates with OGs who have experienced the ups and downs of the market. Hear why Rizzle believes not all art needs a serious agenda, why he's treating the collection like trading cards, and why he continues to trust the long-term builders at Buildtree for his projects.
https://twitter.com/nftland https://x.com/atbarbaralove https://twitter.com/buildtree_io
Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1px3UwStVgk?si=wKYMOAjOkQTtEe8n
This episode features an insightful conversation with crypto artist Jæn, who shares his unique perspective on navigating the current "winter" in the crypto art market. Jænn argues that the NFT space is the only place where artists can truly explore and combine diverse mediums like animation, music, and interactivity without commercial constraints.
He discusses why some artists leave (they lack a long-term artistic grounding) and why others remain (seeing the downturn as a season). Jæn offers his philosophy on art as an intimate, almost spiritual practice, emphasizing the importance of tuning out noise and prioritizing artistic integrity over market trends like scarcity and price. Learn why the Cult of Crypto Art serves as a vital digital village for artists who are committed to the long-term future of creation.
Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bkSLLctb-zE
This episode features a powerful and honest conversation with Animatttic and Arthr from the Cult of Crypto Art, as they discuss why the core community of artists remains dedicated to the Web3 space. Recorded at the Non Fungible Conference in Lisbon, they share how the physical gatherings provide essential human connection and ground them from their solitary digital work.
The artists discuss their unique styles, like Arthr's audio visual focus and Animatttic's abstract work, and reveal how the NFT space offered them a freedom and empowerment they struggled to find elsewhere, even helping overcome personal hurdles like social anxiety. This is a must-listen for anyone seeking insight into the passionate, long-term builders of the crypto art scene, and why community continues to thrive even as market conditions fluctuate.
Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rlFk3JYJMWg
This episode features an exclusive conversation with Defiant Squid, where he shares the story behind his art book, a physical collection of his unique digital art.
Join us as he discusses how he catalogued his work into a tangible form and why he focuses on creating art that is both nostalgic and geometric. He also provides his insights on the current state of the NFT art market, reflecting on how the space has matured from hype cycles to a renewed focus on fundamentals, the role of artist royalties, and the importance of long-term commitment for creators.
Find out more about his work and his book at DefiantSquid.art
This episode features an exclusive interview with Rizzle, who joins us to discuss his latest passion project, Babacci. After over a year in the making, Rizzle and his collaborators have finally launched this unique generative 3D NFT on the Base chain.
Rizzle dives into the technical challenges of creating a project that generates on the fly from code, a stark contrast to many pre-generated NFT collections. He shares the story behind the project's development and its community-first philosophy, designed for the "nerds" and "OGs" who are in the space for the love of the technology and art, not just for financial speculation.
Join us as Rizzle talks about building on Highlight.xyz, the importance of creating a low-cost, accessible art project, and the excitement of finally releasing a major work into the wild. Listen to find out why Babacci is a project for the community.
Watch the video episode here: https://youtu.be/oGK6yK8tYgs
We are mixing it up this episode bringing back our previous guest Hueviews to and transforming her from interviewee to interviewer to speak to OONA.
We thought this concept would bring a different perspective and make for a really interesting conversation, we were right 😂🤭 Huge thanks to both Hueviews and OONA for this one.
OONA explores various themes around art, identity, performance, and challenges in the crypto art space, as well as societal and gender issues.
Key Topics 1) OONA's Identity 2) Origins and Inspiration 3) OONA’s Symbolism and Performance Art 4) Performance Pieces 5) Themes of Consent and Feminine Agency 6) Tech and Blockchain Integration 7) Upcoming Projects and Collaborations 8) Social Impact and Advocacy
Key Points of Interest Unique Performance Methods: OONA employs unconventional approaches like masking, live interactions, and unexpected venues (e.g., basketball courts, art fairs) to challenge traditional art norms and provoke reactions from audiences.
Gender and Power Dynamics: OONA’s interactions with men in the crypto space often unveil underlying power struggles and societal biases, which she critiques through humour and bold actions.
Artistic Process and Philosophy: OONA’s work reflects a blend of raw improvisation and carefully crafted themes, with each performance designed to create spontaneous, real interactions that challenge societal norms.
Innovative Use of NFT and Blockchain: By integrating blockchain with art, OONA’s projects often include audience participation that’s documented and “tokenised,” which allows each performance to exist as a collectible piece, further pushing the boundaries of what art and interaction can mean in the Web3 era.
This conversation presents a thought-provoking conversation on how performance art can act as a powerful medium for social critique and explores the complexities of identity and body politics in contemporary art and crypto spaces. OONA's performances and her unfiltered storytelling reveal the provocative, often humorous, and always insightful nature of her work.
https://x.com/madebyoona https://worshipoona.art/ https://nft.christies.com/auctions/bridging-worlds-digital-art-beyond-borders
https://hueviews.com/ https://twitter.com/hueviews
https://nonfungerbils.com https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
Soundtrack by https://twitter.com/songadaymann
Watch the video episode here https://youtu.be/Gh-skb_Q7Yg Welcome to Episode 50 of NonFunGerbils, featuring the exceptionally creative Hueviews, a tactile artist known for her diverse body of work. Celebrating a milestone with her 1200th consecutive day of creativity, Hueviews shares her journey from photography and paper collages to embracing the digital world while maintaining her love for hands-on art. In this episode, we dive into her unique artistic process, the significance of tactile art, and her adventures in both the physical and digital realms of creation.
Hue Views also opens up about her discovery of the NFT space, her collaborative projects, and the impact of community on her work. Through a blend of personal anecdotes and insights into her artistic evolution, this episode explores the intersections of traditional art forms with digital innovation, the challenges and rewards of daily creativity, and the importance of community and collaboration in the evolving art landscape.
We also uncensor the #CensoredGerbil revealing the gerbil and the writer.
Key Discussion Points:
See the Censored Gerbil
https://hueviews.com/ https://twitter.com/hueviews
https://nonfungerbils.com https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
Soundtrack by https://twitter.com/songadaymann
Watch the video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ud2PVP4FMY
Welcome to Episode 49 of NonFunGerbils, featuring Anjali Young, a pivotal figure in the realm of online community engagement. Anjali's impressive trajectory in the crypto world spans from moderating a massive 60,000-member Facebook community to establishing Collab.Land, a vital platform in Telegram & Discord, engaging over 3 million unique users.
A true pioneer, Anjali recognized the potential of Web3 communities early on. Her innovative work with Collab.Land has revolutionized the way crypto communities interact, especially through token gating.
This episode is an open conversation that dives into various engaging topics, including the importance of human connection, digital identity, and the significance of maintaining anonymity in the digital space.
Discussion Highlights:
https://twitter.com/damaderoca https://twitter.com/Collab_Land_ https://www.collab.land/ https://twitter.com/telefrens
https://nonfungerbils.com https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
Soundtrack by https://twitter.com/songadaymann
Full notes available at: https://nonfungerbils.com/podcast/48-giselxflorez
We are thrilled to host GiselXFlorez - Artist in Light - with a lifetime of experience exploring a broad spectrum of mediums to create and connect with ART, which is in itself is many things. In this episode, we dive deep into the heart of art, discovering its profound connections to life, technology, and the human soul.
https://twitter.com/GiselFlorez https://www.giselflorez.com/ https://www.giselx.art/
https://nonfungerbils.com https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
Soundtrack by https://twitter.com/songadaymann
Summary: We welcome Joe Wait to discusses his thesis on censorship resistance within Ethereum and its broader implications for the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The conversation delves into the value of decentralisation, the Tornado Cash incident, and the challenges and debates within the blockchain space. Joe exposes some thought provoking issues with Power and Incentivisation on Ethereum and Bitcoin. This is a must listen Episode!
Key Talking Points: 1. Introduction and Background of Joe Wait:
* Joe Wait's introduction, his role at Superchain, and his journey into blockchain and cryptocurrency.
* His academic background in philosophy and transition to software project management.
* Initial skepticism about Ethereum and eventual belief in its potential.
Focus on Censorship Resistance in Ethereum:
Tornado Cash Incident:
Explanation of Tornado Cash as an obfuscation tool on the Ethereum network.
Implications and Concerns:
Exploration of the broader implications of the Tornado Cash incident on the decentralized autonomous code community.
Ethereum Censorship Resistance and MEV Relays:
Discussion on the centralisation risks associated with Ethereum, particularly in the context of MEV relays.
USDC and Real World Assets:
Impact of non-duplicable assets, particularly stablecoins like USDC, on the blockchain ecosystem.
BlackRock Bitcoin ETF and Forks:
Concerns about the influence of financial instruments like ETFs on the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
NonFunGerbils Competition Tweet us your stories for #CensoredGerbil - we’ll make our favourite story into art, mint and send to everyone who sent in an entry This Gerbil is a collaboration with HueViews who will be creating the gerbil through embroidery. There will also be a single edition NFT available to buy which comes with the original physical work! #NonFunGerbils #CensoredGerbil
Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-wait-132059174?trk=contact-info https://x.com/JoeWaitOfficialSuperchain.network
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Soundtrack by https://twitter.com/songadaymann
We spent the week in Lisbon at the NonFungibleConference and collected interviews with the following amazing people:
5.40 Trevor Jones Castle Party Gerbil announcement
8.47 Lapin Mignon & Fanny Lakoubay
12.19 Toxsam - VIPE
16.01 Orlando - NFTees.com
18.47 Eleonora Brizi
20.30 Violet Jones
24.42 George Boya, Eclectic Method, Arthr & Skeenee
31.06 Carlos Marcial - Causality
36.03 Natalia Grunberg
38.07 Rose croft
41.17 Metageist
43.55 Gabe Weis (& Efdot)
50.27 Sturec
53.26 Jonathan Button
59.29 Ogar & Sebastien Borget (Sandbox)
1.02.57 Jessica Young - Permian
1.05.38 Quinn Button
1.12.02 Carla
To submit an entry for Castle Party Gerbil post your story here
To claim a 2023 Lisbon Gerbils NFT post your non-dapper flow address here
https://www.nonfungibleconference.com/ https://twitter.com/NFCsummit https://nonfungerbils.comhttps://twitter.com/NonFunGerbilshttps://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
Soundtrack by https://twitter.com/songadaymann
We welcome John Karp of NFT Factory, NFT morning and the Non Fungible Conference in Lisbon.
John is a delight to chat with and a fountain of knowledge. We covered so much about the NFT space, the Art space, What is ownership, Royalty wars and much more. He also gave us a peek into the upcoming Non Fungible Conference thats happening at the beginning of June. Stick around at the end for an extraordinary #BraveNewGerbil reading.
Apologies for some ground loop hum in my mic due to a faulty cable but it doesn’t continue for the too long.
https://twitter.com/johnkarp https://www.nonfungibleconference.com/ https://twitter.com/NFCsummit https://nftfactoryparis.com/ https://twitter.com/nftfactoryparis Discount code for 90% off Non Fungible Conference = NONFUNGERBILS30 https://nonfungerbils.com https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3 https://nonfungerbils.com/bravenewgerbil
Soundtrack by https://twitter.com/songadaymann
We welcome Eirik Ulversøy AKA Kitten Mittens OG Cryptokitty breeder and whale with over 200,000 kitties Founder of TradFiLines and Ordinal flairs. We delve into Ordinals on Bitcoin, what they are, the experience and what it’s like to have the value of your project rocket overnight We announce the winner from our competition for #TheOrdinalGerbil NonFunGerbils NFT Security guide https://github.com/NonFunGerbils/Gerbils-Security-Guide-for-Crypto-and-NFTs https://twitter.com/UlversY https://twitter.com/TradFiLinesNFT https://twitter.com/OrdinalFlares https://nonfungerbils.com https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3 https://nonfungerbils.com/theordinalgerbil
Introducing Season 2 of the NonFunGerbils Podcast * We welcome Rudem00se to the team * Outlook for 2023 in NFTs * ChatGPT and the new impact of AI
New Gerbil We open up the competition to author and win #BraveNewGerbil Submit your entries to https://twitter.com/nonfungerbils with the tag #BraveNewGerbil or reply to our announcement tweet.
Security Guide The Gerbils Security Guide for Crypto and NFTs is ready... go get a security checkup and feel free to commit updates and changes. The point is to keep a living guide that changes with the times to keep you safe with best practices. https://github.com/NonFunGerbils/Gerbils-Security-Guide-for-Crypto-and-NFTs https://nonfungerbils.com https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
George was called away last minute for this one so Dr Dion W stepped in to help. Also known as @DionwNFT on Twitter, he is a data scientist and works for MyNFT.
Today we focus on security with Jonathan Wilkins, previous CSO of Blockstream and currently founder of Cloaked Wireless.
Cloaked focuses on solving sim swapping attacks in the space by creating a secure intermediary away from traditional telecom companies using Bitcoin message signing for authentication. We cover:
It was quite shocking how much of a problem and how easy swapping still is.
https://twitter.com/jwilkins
https://www.cloakedwireless.com/
https://seedxor.com/
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
We speak to Tagachi, a Solidity developer and security researcher with decades of experience as a Coder for 27 years, Involved in SecOps and Intel for 22 years and has worked on projects acquired by the likes of Google, Facebook and CISCO.
We focus on Security and in particular wallet security covering what tagachi deems as best practice from a hyper secure standpoint.
This is the first in what will be a series of episodes focussed around security in the space. We are also working on a security guide that will be hosted on github very soon and will be open to add to and edit by everyone as an evolving resource for the community.
https://twitter.com/TagachiStudio
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
George wasn’t able to make it to this episode so we bought in guest interviewer Christian Miles who has worked in and out of the tech industry since 2000 in sectors such as banking, logistics, e-commerce and now web3 where he is building infrastructure on the FLOW Blockchain with his company Find.xyz. Christian has also run therapeutic children’s homes and semi independent services for individuals with a history of trauma. So he is well placed to join me today along with our guest Hazel Gale from Betwixt.
Hazel is an artist; she is author of The Mind Monster Solution; she is a former therapist; and she is also an ex boxer and kickboxer having won multiple world titles.
Hazel joins us to talk about her project Betwixt which is a fantasy choose-your-own-adventure game that takes you on a journey of self discovery and broadly fits into my made up category of therapeutic game with generative NFT art which customises to you around your self-discovery adventure.
Betwixt are doing something really interesting and we have a fantastic conversation. We hope you enjoy.
https://nft.betwixt.life/
https://twitter.com/BetwixtNFT
https://twitter.com/HazelGale
https://find.xyz/
https://twitter.com/Christian__neo
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
Today we welcome Adam B Levine of 330ai, a true original gangster of Bitcoin education having founded Speaking of Bitcoin (formerly Lets Talk Bitcoin) along with a number of other projects.
We also welcome Freya Stevens of Likvidi who are connecting the world of carbon credits to the NFT space.
This was a really fascinating conversation around carbon credits, how they work, how they can add value to NFTs and vice versa. We discuss AI, its impact on art and how it can be used for collaboration and much much more.
At the end we announce the winner of REKT Gerbil and read out some entries.
We hope you enjoy the episode.
https://www.likvidi.com/the-climate-fightback-starts-here-with-the-launch-of-carbonstore/
https://www.330.ai/
https://twitter.com/AdamBLevine
https://twitter.com/likvidiofficial
https://beta.pixelmind.ai/
https://twitter.com/Pixelmindai
https://adamblevine.com/home
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
George and I recently got back from the Non-fungible Conference in Lisbon.
What a fantastic week it was, we met wonderful people, had amazing dinners and stimulating conversations. It was quite something to have such a broad range of people with the unified focus of NFTs all in one place.
I kept a dictaphone with me and caught up with some key figures and friends and gained insight into their experiences of the event and their take on various NFT developments.
Please enjoy - in chronological order - our interviews with:
The next NonFunGerbil creation is open for submission, send us your best back story for REKT Gerbil. We will will take one story, make the artwork around it and send a gerbil (for free) to everyone who submits an entry.
https://twitter.com/ASychov
https://twitter.com/hnmcdonaugh
https://twitter.com/jivdontexist
https://twitter.com/WhaleShark_Pro
https://twitter.com/Natural_Warp
https://twitter.com/borgetsebastien
https://twitter.com/BenjiKandler
https://twitter.com/Sandiezed
https://twitter.com/BoyaGeorge
https://twitter.com/conlan
https://twitter.com/carla_muc_j
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
We are delighted to be here and joined today by Conlan Rios of the revolutionary platform ASYNC.ART. where you can design your own programmable and interactive art, generative collections and music.
We have a fantastic chat exploring the following topics:
Incase you missed it check out #TheGerbilWhoLostHisSeeds - our wonderful collaboration with Song-A-Day Jonathan Mann
Conlan & ASYNC ART
https://twitter.com/conlan
https://async.art/
Non Fungible Conference Lisbon
https://www.nonfungibleconference.com/
Virtual Worlds Mentioned
https://www.cryptovoxels.com/
https://decentraland.org/
https://www.mona.gallery/
https://oncyber.io/
NonFunGerbils
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
We chat to David Lucatch of Liquid Avatar and Oasis Digital Studios.
We learn about David's approach to digital identity and how he is pairing real life identity with online identity along with the implications of identity verification in the Metaverse.
https://oasisdigitalstudios.com/
https://liquidavatartechnologies.com/
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/david-lucatch-06806a5
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
Today we welcome Bruno from RMRK which is NFT LEGO on the Kusama Blockchain that gives infinite extensibility to it's NFTS
Bruno is deeply rooted within the Web3 and Polkadot ecosystem and runs dotleap.com with it's fortnightly newsletter on everything Polkadot, Substrate and Kusama
We cover so much mind bending NFT brain food in this episode, you'd better find somewhere safe to sit down!
https://www.rmrk.app/
https://kanaria.rmrk.app/
https://newsletter.dotleap.com/
https://twitter.com/bitfalls
https://bruno.id/
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
Welcome to the NonFunGerbils and the Digitally Rare Podcasts
We have come together to have a good old chin wag about the wider NFT space with a focus on art and the recent PFP project craze
Digitally Rare was the first NFT podcast with their original episode airing July 2018.
Jonathan and Matt are super fun and insightful, we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.
At the end we read out entries for BearGerbil and announce the winner, whose entry was chosen and bought to life by the wonderful Stina Jones
https://anchor.fm/digitallyrare
https://songaday.world/
https://themanymatts.lol/
https://clip.mirror.xyz/mOCENLvP1aYXOBOPiLoLjBlSTvJWBqccfkn4gTPJ8qM
https://twitter.com/digitallyrare
https://twitter.com/songadaymann
https://twitter.com/1ofthemanymatts
https://stinajones.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/stina_jones/
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
Sillytuna has had recent notoriety after selling his Covid Alien Cryptopunk for $11.7m at Sothebys, he is a developer, founder and a serious OG in the crypto space. We have an insightful chat about NFTs discussing:
At the end we announce the winner of ThatsHot Gerbil and announce our next gerbil collaboration with Stina Jones, one of our favourite artists in the space.
To submit a competition entry tag us @NonFunGerbils @stina_jones and include #BearGerbil along with your backstory about Bear Gerbil on Twitter
Huge thank you to Paris Hilton for her help with this episode!
https://twitter.com/sillytuna
https://sillytuna.medium.com/
https://discord.com/invite/claymatic
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/4F4Wenj9s3
We are joined by one of the highest profile supporters of the NFT community and serial entrepreneur - Paris Hilton.
The self described ‘undercover nerd’, one time collector of POGs, Pokemon and beanie babies, and successful business woman with 19 product lines, Paris Hilton discovered the world of crypto in 2016 and as she delved deeper into NFTs, has found a welcoming community.
We hear more about her journey, the importance she places on empowering a diverse set of artists, and her recent collaboration with the talented digital artist Blake Kathryn dropping on Nifty Gateway on Saturday.
Of course, as always, we end with the announcing of the winner of our #ElonGerbil backstory competition this time being read out by a surprise guest - which was so hot. We also announce the next NonFunGerbils competition where you send us your amazing stories and we turn them into Gerbil NFTs we give away for free!
https://parishilton.com
https://twitter.com/ParisHilton
https://twitter.com/blakekathryn https://cryptograph.co/Cryptograph/Paris-Hilton-Kitty
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.gg/yQbuZ9j
We are joined by Matt and Kyle from Piñata which is essentially the core IPFS pinning service in the space.
We take an awesome dive into what IPFS actually is, how it works and why it’s an important tool for storage and distribution of data on the web.
We then cover NFT metadata, where are the images and descriptions and all the data associated with your tokens stored. Why it is important and potentially who is responsible for it.
At the end we are joined by Lapin Mignon to read out some fantastic gerbil stories that came in for our collaboration and announce the winner
Super interesting and fun discussions. We hope you enjoy them
https://pinata.cloud
https://twitter.com/IPFSPinata
https://www.lapinmignon.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/Lelapinmignon
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.gg/yQbuZ9j
We are joined by Jonathan Levine, an entrepreneur in the daily fantasy sports industry and representative of a small group of investors including Jonathan Bales and Peter Jennings and Adam Lefkoe who have entered the NFT space with a bang buying a number of high value NBA Topshots amongst other collectibles and art.
We get an insight in to their investment thesis coming into the space, speculate over a number of things and generally have a really interesting chat.
Nothing in this conversation should be taken as financial advice
Jonathan Bales blog post: https://luckymaverick.substack.com/p/nft
Podcast network mentioned: https://podcastindex.org/
https://twitter.com/JerLevine
https://underdogfantasy.com/
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.gg/yQbuZ9j
Today we welcome back Alan Carr, game designer for Dapper Labs and legend of the NFT space.
We deep dive into NBA Topshot, what it is and everything that has happened around the phenomenal growth it has seen this year.
At the end we read out some NonFunGerbil stories written by you, announce the winner for Baller Gerbil. We also layout our next competition and artist collaboration.
https://twitter.com/Alanfalcon
https://www.dapperlabs.com/
https://www.nbatopshot.com/
https://cryptokitties.co/
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.gg/yQbuZ9j
Today we are joined by an OG investor in the space and the founder of Proof of Attendance Protocol Patricio Worthalter.
Patricio tells us the fascinating story of how he originally got in to the space after sorting out a ransomware payment in Bitcoin and finding the whole process so enjoyable!
he speaks of the building of POAP, the difficulties and the successes, interoperability, competing blockchains, tribalism and why the whole space is so exciting right now.
At the end we announce the winning entry for #TheGerbilofWallStreet and announce the next NonFunGerbil competition for #BallerGerbil
https://twitter.com/worthalter
https://www.poap.xyz
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.gg/yQbuZ9j
We speak to Jigsaw of Seen Haus, a very new project taking on the task of pairing the digital and physical with their auction house.
We get down into the details and explore the whole concept. We thought this was a really interesting chat and would love to know what you thought. Tweet us @NonFunGerbils
https://seen.haus/
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.gg/yQbuZ9j
We are joined by John Linden and Rudy Koch of Mythical Games
John and Rudy are part of the super star team that setup Mythical and have bought us the game Blankos Block Party
This interview was great fun and at the end we read out a couple of the entries for Elf Gerbil and announce the next NonFunGerbil giveaway and competition.
Please excuse some variable audio quality in this episode due to technical hitches
Enjoy the show
https://blankos.com/
https://mythical.games/
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.gg/yQbuZ9j
We are joined by Jesse and Dan of Aavegotchi. An ambitious project bringing collectibles, gaming, art, metaverse, DAOs and DeFi and maybe even hardware all together in one cohesive system.
At the end we unveil RugPullGerbil and read out some of the fantastic entries you sent us as well as set the next NonFunGerbil challenge ready for the holiday season.
https://aavegotchi.com/
https://twitter.com/aavegotchi
https://twitter.com/gldnXross
https://twitter.com/coderdannn
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.gg/yQbuZ9j
We are joined for a second time by Zach Burks, founder of Mintable the token minting platform.
Zach is here to tell us about the long awaited Mintable 2.0 which brings a whole new kind of Platform and Marketplace to the NFT world and introduces some unique features and approaches such as their DAO, whose governance tokens are NFTs.
https://twitter.com/mintable_app
https://mintable.app/
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.gg/yQbuZ9j
We are joined by Aleksander Larsen, co-founder and COO of Sky Mavis and Axie Infinity.
This turned out to be an epic 2 part conversation. In part one we go over everything Axie Infinity past present and future, NFTs, Gaming, play-2-earn, crypto, incentives, adoption, virtual worlds, scaling, DAOs, Art, and all the things
The second part, which follows straight on was recorded today, we have added it as an addendum to cover the announcement this morning about the Axie Infinity IEO on the Binance Launchpad along with the retroactive airdrop to all Axie players
https://axie.substack.com/p/bb806e64-7692-4643-9aa2-b1bb86922248
https://axieinfinity.com
https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity
https://twitter.com/Psycheout86
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
http://discord.com/invite/7CNqwjZ
We are joined by legendary artist and all round creative Alotta Money.
In this inspirational episodes we get an insight into Alotta Money’s journey into and through the space, we take a dive into the NFT art scene and get some great advice for upcoming and established artists looking to tokenise their art.
At the end we read out some amazing Farmer Gerbil entries and announce the next NonFunGerbil.
Also we announce a special collaboration of NonFunGerbils and Alotta Money for 1 of 1 Gerbil.
#1of1Gerbil
#FarmerGerbil
#RugPullGerbil
https://opensea.io/assets/0xd7431870ada2f9f0053180610974f63bf8e9f504/311
http://alottamoney.com/
https://twitter.com/money_alotta
https://nonfungerbils.com/
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/7CNqwjZ
We are joined by the artist known as Robert Alice, who has spent 3 years creating the epic set of paintings known as ‘Portraits of a mind’. These contain within the original Bitcoin codebase which has been distributed between the 40 works.
Next week we see work number 21 go on auction along with its accompanying NFT at the renowned auction house Christies’
This was a very exciting episode, we hope you enjoy it.
https://www.robertalice.com/
https://twitter.com/robertalice_21
https://nonfungerbils.com/
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/7CNqwjZ
Today we are joined by Ben Nolan, the founder and lead developer Cryptovoxels. We dive into:
- the long-term vision for virtual world
- upcoming features and development
- the funding model
- VR
- sharding
- scaling
and much more.
We really enjoyed this conversation, we hope you do too.
#ForkingGerbil #FarmerGerbil
https://twitter.com/bnolan
https://www.cryptovoxels.com/
https://nonfungerbils.com/
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/7CNqwjZ
NonFunGerbils HQ - https://www.cryptovoxels.com/parcels/1086
We welcome Hackatao and their official speaker Eleonora Brizi.
We have been working together with Hackatao and you our listeners to come up with a very unique creation, Pending Gerbil.
Hackatao came up with the Name, you, came up with the back stories and we announce the winner at the end of the show.
We took this opportunity to discover more about the duo Sergio and Nadia, their story, their process, their ethos and we even put some of your questions to them.
This was a great fun, and very special episode. We hope you enjoy it.
https://twitter.com/hackatao
https://podmork.com/blogmork/
https://nonfungerbils.com/
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/7CNqwjZ
https://youtu.be/aErrChG5oAs
https://nonfungerbils.com/podcast/18-artur-sychov-immersed-in-vr
In our first video episode we enter Somnium Space for an interview in Virtual Reality with Somnium's founder and CEO Artur Sychov.
We find out:
https://www.somniumspace.com/
https://twitter.com/SomniumSpace
https://twitter.com/ASychov
https://nonfungerbils.com/
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://discord.com/invite/7CNqwjZ
We are joined by Joseph Delong, Senior developer at Consensys with the TXRX team researching and implementing Ethereum 2.0.
We delve into the plan for ETH 2.0, how it’s going to work and what the implications are for NFTs and composiblity.
At the end we read out some of your brilliant Liberty Gerbil entries and then have an extra special announcement regarding the next NonFunGerbil.
We hope you enjoy the episode!
#LibertyGerbil
#PendingGerbil
https://twitter.com/josephdelong
https://twitter.com/TXRXResearch
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/nonfungerbils
https://discord.com/invite/7CNqwjZ
This is an exciting episode is because we’ve got an exclusive first look at a project that’s been in stealth mode for the last 2 and a half years.
Cryptographs are one-off creations, made by icons and artists that are immutable, and generate ongoing revenue for charity.
Immutable in this case mean that they’ve bought a new kind of immutability to ERC 721s in that the tokens are unburnable.
There is so much great stuff we cover here, we hope you enjoy the conversation.
https://cryptograph.co/
https://twitter.com/cryptograph
https://discord.gg/ZtnZWMk
The NonFunGerbils
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://twitter.com/nonfungerbils
https://discord.gg/7CNqwjZ
Today we welcome the renowned NFT collector known as Whaleshark
This was an epic conversation where we hear about Whalesharks story, $WHALE token and take a deep dive into the vision behind it.
We also cover many other topics including community impacts of the socialisation of collections, why scarce digital art is the medium for this generation of collectors and much more.
At the end we read out the winners of Moon Gerbil and announce the next NonFunGerbil
We hope you enjoy the conversation as much we did.
#MoonGerbil
#LibertyGerbil
https://whale.me
https://discord.gg/whale
https://nonfungerbils.com
Today we are Joined by Rizzle and Nate of NFT42 to discuss their upcoming iminent launch of InfinFT, A platform for minting fully onchain NFTs that’s pushing the space forward with new options for artists to mint their works.
We discuss this in detail and also cover many topics including the recent Cryptovoxels meetups or WIP’s that are organised by Rizzle and Matthew from Cent
Enjoy the episode
https://www.infinft.com/
https://discord.gg/nft
https://twitter.com/NFTland
https://twitter.com/NateAlex6677
https://nonfungerbils.com/
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
Alan is a general legend in the space, he was co-founder of Kittycalc, product lead for Cryptokitties and is now focussed on the design and implementation for NBA Topshot. The NBA’s official digital collectibles and game coming out soon on Flow.
Topics we dive into:
This was such a fun episode, we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
We also read out some Prepper Gerbil entries from our competition and announce the winnner.
#PrepperGerbil
#MoonGerbil
https://twitter.com/Alanfalcon
https://www.dapperlabs.com/
https://www.nbatopshot.com/
https://kittycalc.co/
https://nonfungerbils.com/
Peter Siemens is a Software Engineer and leads on clientside software and development tools for Flow - Dapper’s new blockchain solution.
We cover details about Flow, it's structure and how it’s doing things differently.
New NonFunGerbil coming next episode
https://www.onflow.org/
https://medium.com/dapperlabs/introducing-flow-a-new-blockchain-from-the-creators-of-cryptokitties-d291282732f5
https://nonfungerbils.com
We are Joined by Jesse Johnson of Bullionix.
Jesse is creating NFTs that are backed by gold bullion via Digix Gold.
This is a new and exciting use case of NFTs and we have a great conversation finding out all about it.
Please excuse the technical issues that we ran in to during this episode, there are a couple of 2 second gaps in the first half of the episode.
#UnicornGerbil
#PrepperGerbil
https://nonfungerbils.com/
https://bullionix.io/
https://twitter.com/gldnXross
https://digix.global/dgx#/
Today is the very long awaited launch day of Decentraland so we’re joined by Matty of dclblogger.com to get us up to speed on whats happening in the Decentraland space.
Matty is an investor, land flipper, and well known community member within Decentraland. He runs a blog surverying the NFT trading markets and helps people understand the landscape.
#CounterfeitGerbil
#UnicornGerbil
https://nonfungerbils.com
https://decentraland.org/
https://dclblogger.com/
Welcome Nate Hart, creator of Chainfaces.
A Generative art project on Ethereum that launched last week and went viral within the NFT community.
We chat to Nate about who he is, how this project came about and why randomly generated immutable ASCII faces are so compelling.
Stay tuned at the end, we give away DeFi Gerbil and announce the Next NonFunGerbil.
#CounterfeitGerbil
#DeFiGerbil
Nates Twitter - https://twitter.com/NateAlex6677
Chainfaces on Opensea - https://opensea.io/assets/chainfaces
NonFunGerbils - https://nonfungerbils.com
NonFunGerbils Twitter - https://twitter.com/nonfungerbils
Julien Genestoux the founder and CEO of Unlock is deeply rooted in content delivery having founded Notifixious the company behind SuperFeedr, then moving on to become lead engineer at Medium.
Now with Unlock Julien is offering a new way for creators to monetise their content using NFTs for access control.
Unlock - https://unlock-protocol.com/
Julien's blog - https://www.ouvre-boite.com/
The Defiant - https://thedefiant.substack.com/
Happy New Year everyone.
Today our guest is Angela Dalton, CEO and co-founder of Signum Growth Capital.
Angela has 20 years experience in global capital markets, she served as managing director at three investment banking firms (UBS, Evercore and Guggenheim) before working as a senior partner at Signum Global Advisors where she spends her time at the intersection between policy and emerging technology with a focus on gaming, disruptive entertainment models and blockchain.
We discuss what to expect with the adoption of NFTs in the gaming industry and how Mythical Games is charging in to that area with a war chest talent, experience and proven track records.
Enjoy the episode.
Welcome to Episode 6 of the NonFunGerbils podcast
Today Zach Burks joins us for a chat.
Zach is the co-founder and CEO of Mintable - a platform that we use to batch mint our Gerbil NFTs.
Zach gives us an insight into what it’s like building a platform like this and gives us some teasers of the big changes that are coming in the new year with their new platform along with his vision for the future of Non-fungible tokens.
We also cover the topical discussion at the moment around intellectual property and fakes.
If you enjoy this episode and would like to help us grow, leave us a review wherever you downloaded it from and/or share it on social media.
Listen out at the end for some of the brilliant 100xLeverage gerbil stories that were submitted in the last month as well as the next Gerbil needing a backstory.
Enjoy the episode.
Mintable (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/MintableApp
Mintable - https://www.mintable.app/
Trevor’s thread on Twitter - https://twitter.com/trevorjonesart/status/1198615318043725825
#100xLeverageGerbil
#Zkgerbil
This is our first inter-month episode
We are very pleased to present to you our conversation with John Crain of SuperRare.
John is a software engineer and previously worked at Consensys and went on to found Pixura and build SuperRare, a market for art NFTs.
John gives us his insights into:
We hope you enjoy the show.
#100xLeverageGerbil
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://nonfungerbils.com
Links:
John Crain (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/gnarzly
SuperRare - https://www.superrare.co/
Pixura - https://pixura.io/
Today we’re joined by John Watkinson of LarvaLabs, John is the co-creator of the Cryptopunks, which was the first NFT project on Ethereum and the inspiration for the ERC721 standard. He also created Autoglyphs which is the first fully on-chain generative Art NFT project as well as many other varied and creative non-blockchain applications.
In our chat we cover:
The fascinating story of the Cryptopunks.
How the NFT space has taken off since then.
The Autoglyphs project.
How NFTs solve key problems with Ownership and Art.
At the end we announce the Winner and design of our HODL Gerbil NFTs and give you the next NonFunGerbil in desperate need of a backstory
On with the show, we hope you enjoy it.
#100xLeverageGerbil
#HODLgerbil
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://nonfungerbils.com
Links:
John Watkinson (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/pents90
Larva Labs - https://larvalabs.com/
Cryptopunks - https://thecryptopunks.com/
Autoglyphs - https://www.larvalabs.com/autoglyphs
Today we’re delighted to bring you our conversation with Vinay Gupta.
Vinay has a varied background as a futurologist, advising on disaster planning and state failure solutions, he designed the open source disaster relief shelter the Hexayurt, he was a first generation cypher punks, release coordinator for the launch Ethereum. Now he brings all of that together in Mattereum to index the world, reduce global waste and increase efficiency.
We have a very wide ranging discussion covering:
As well as looking at our current state of affairs in society.
Stick around at the end we go through some of the funniest entries for ICO gerbil and announce the winner plus give the name of next episodes NonFunGerbil.
If you’re new to this, we, along with the community create fun characters based on themes and ideas within crypto crossed with gerbils.
We give you the name, you send us hilarious backstories on Twitter, and then we create an illustration based on the most entertaining story and mint a set of tokens that we send to everyone who participated in that round. It’s a lot of fun and our way of playing with the tech and building a community.
We hope you enjoy the episode.
#HODLgerbil
#ICOerbil
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
https://nonfungerbils.com
Links: Mattereum - https://mattereum.com/
Vinay on Medium - https://medium.com/@leashless
Vinay on Twitter - https://twitter.com/leashless
Hexayurt - http://hexayurt.com/
We are joined by Jake Brukhman of Coinfund.
Jake has an extensive and varied background coming from a base of Mathematics and Computer Science, He’s deeply embedded in the crypto space and is an investor, artist and curator in the NFT Art world.
We had brilliant conversation about many aspects of non-fungible tokens and art including:
Stick around at the end where we read out some of our favourite entries into the very first NonFunGerbil token giveaway and announce the winner who will be the blueprint for the final artwork.
#ICOgerbil
#GenesisGerbil
https://twitter.com/NonFunGerbils
Links: Jake’s Website - http://www.brukhman.com/
FIrst Edition - https://firstedition.art/
Editional - https://editional.com/
Coinfund - https://coinfund.io/
Cryptovoxels - https://www.cryptovoxels.com/
Decentraland - https://decentraland.org/
Blockcities - https://www.blockcities.co/
Clovers - https://clovers.network/
Today we’ve got Owen Barnes joining us. Owen has been involved in the crypto space since 2012 and is a full stack developer, speaker and independent advisor to blockchain startups.
We have a fascinating conversation covering the state of crypto today and the outlook for the future.
We cover where non-fungible tokens fit in and why they’re so interesting.
We also cover decentralisation, signalling, scarcity, non-transferable tokens and much more.
Then we layout the guidelines for our very first Gerbil giveaway, so if you want your own NonFunGerbil, stay tuned at the end and get involved.
NonFunGerbils
The NonFunGerbils are digitally scarce gerbils represented by non-fungible NonFunGerbil tokens on the Ethereum blockchain.
They are given away on the NonFunGerbils podcast. Heres how it works:
The NonFunGerbils Podcast
Find us at:
http://nonfungerbils.com
http://twitter.com/nonfungerbils
NonFunGerbils
The NonFunGerbils are digitally scarce gerbils represented by non-fungible NonFunGerbil tokens on the Ethereum blockchain.
They are given away on the NonFunGerbils podcast. Heres how it works:
The NonFunGerbils Podcast
Find us at:
http://nonfungerbils.com
http://twitter.com/nonfungerbils