Devin Finzer, co-founder and CEO of NFT marketplace OpenSea, talks all things non-fungible. Check out the whole show to hear Devin answer the following questions:

First Half: Breaking Down NFTs

• Why did he become so interested in NFTs ?
• What is an NFT? Why have NFTs become so popular recently?
• Who is creating NFTs? Who is purchasing NFTs?
• Are we in an NFT bubble?
• How is the NFT ecosystem going to evolve over the next few years?
• What are people purchasing when they buy an NFT?

Second Half: OpenSea Q+A

• What is OpenSea?
• How will OpenSea maintain its competitive advantage in the open-source blockchain ecosystem?
• How does OpenSea make money?
• Are artists making money on OpenSea?
• How is OpenSea planning on integrating with layer 2 solutions on Ethereum and other blockchains?
• How do royalties work on OpenSea? Why are they hard to enforce?
• What can be done about content being minted on OpenSea without an artist’s permission?
• What issues in the NFT world still need to be resolved?
• How is OpenSea handling the environmental concerns surrounding NFTs?
• What’s next for OpenSea?

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Episode Links

Basic Links

• Devin’s Twitter
• • https://twitter.com/dfinzer?lang=en
• OpenSea
• • https://opensea.io/

Devin Finzer

Content

• Podcast appearances
• • https://www.owltail.com/people/YzIoa-devin-finzer/appearances
• The NFT Bible
• • https://opensea.io/blog/guides/non-fungible-tokens/

• Blockchain gaming (2018)

• • https://www.coindesk.com/the-emerging-trends-in-the-blockchain-gaming-world

OpenSea

• Profiles
• • Fortune
  • • https://fortune.com/2021/03/18/nft-art-crypto-marketplace-opensea-amazon/
  • CoinDesk 50 for 2020 (#47)
  • • https://www.coindesk.com/the-coindesk-50
• Recent announcements
• • scaling solution w/ Immutable X (Mar 31)
  • • https://www.coindesk.com/nft-opensea-immutable-layer-2-protocol-ethereum
    • https://decrypt.co/65828/immutable-x-ethereum-nft-gods-unchained
  • A16z investment (Mar 18th)
  • • https://a16z.com/2021/03/18/investing-in-opensea/
  • updating terms of service (Mar 13)
  • • https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1370895902068637697
  • taking down the hacker NFT (Mar 9)
  • • https://www.coindesk.com/hacker-selling-cybersecurity-exploit-nft
  • unlockable content (early March)
  • • https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1366780226416631817
  • Tezos collab (Feb 10)
  • • https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1359519631275352064
  • creating NFTs for free (Dec 29)
  • • https://opensea.io/blog/announcements/introducing-the-collection-manager/
    • https://twitter.com/xanderatallah/status/1358848443356221445
  • recent usage:
  • • https://duneanalytics.com/rchen8/opensea
• 2018 investing round
• • https://www.coindesk.com/ebay-cryptokitties-raises-2-million-star-vcs
  • https://opensea.io/blog/announcements/opensea-raises-2-million/

Other

• Terms of service talk
• • https://www.reddit.com/r/opensea/comments/m12uh4/do_i_keep_the_rights_to_any_nft_i_sell_on_opensea/
• Stats
• • https://www.forbes.com/sites/youngjoseph/2021/03/29/nft-market-rages-on-nfts-market-cap-grow-1785-in-2021-as-demand-explodes/?sh=2974862a7fdc
  • https://duneanalytics.com/rchen8/opensea