Gami

Gami

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Hyperpunk. Nouner, founder of Gnars and stay-at-home chad ⌐◨-◨

How To Create Snapshot Proposals

How To Create Snapshot Proposals

Gnars DAO uses Snapshot for submitting and voting on proposals. This post serves as a guide for submitting proposals and gaining access to funding from the c...

A New Way To Fund Extreme Athletes

A New Way To Fund Extreme Athletes

Nouns DAO funds Gnars DAO, a community that celebrates the artistry of extreme athletes.

NFT NYC with Nounish and Nouns Athletes

NFT NYC with Nounish and Nouns Athletes

Two legendary skateboarding pros, Dave Bachinsky and Kevin Kowalski, are joining Gnars DAO as NFT NYC special guests for: Our billboard viewing during Ti...

Joe Atkinson x Sydney

Joe Atkinson x Sydney

Joe came to visit Sydney for a month at the end of 2016 to soak up the sun and chill with the boys. A few fun sessions soon evolved into something more serio...

GNARS DAO x MR SEAKS

GNARS DAO x MR SEAKS

A collaboration between Gnars DAO and MrSeaks for NFT.NYC being broadcasted all over times square billboards. Directed and produced by MrSeaks with Amy Bell...

Solana NFT Tools Every Trader Must Have (For Free!)

Solana NFT Tools Every Trader Must Have (For Free!)

Unlike cryptocurrency markets where price action and support levels make sense, the NFT marketplace doesn’t work that way. We’re still in the era of FOMO and...

Top 10 Solana NFT Projects To Invest In

Top 10 Solana NFT Projects To Invest In

Solana NFTs, the up-and-coming underdogs of the 20 billion dollar NFT industry. Will they flip Ethereum NFTs in the near future? Probably not. But does this ...

Sub-DAO Culture - Breaking Down The DAO

Sub-DAO Culture - Breaking Down The DAO

So while the DAO is relatively popular amongst many projects, we''re starting to see a problem; DAO overload. And hence the birth of sub-DAOs...

Best CC0 NFT Projects To Look Out For

Best CC0 NFT Projects To Look Out For

Best CC0 NFT projects where NOT copyrighting is intended to create more value for the original artist... indeed a fascinating phenomenon.

NFT Subculture Continues to Grow - A Bill urray Story

NFT Subculture Continues to Grow - A Bill urray Story

Before anyone is driven insane by the title, there is a reason the M in Murray isn’t present. The reason is relatively simple, Bill himself never uses M when...

BAYC x CryptoPunks - Merge of The Giants

BAYC x CryptoPunks - Merge of The Giants

Just last Friday, Yuga Labs made a huge announcement: They will be acquiring CryptoPunks and Meebits from Larva Labs. Off the top of my head, that already so...

NFT IRL Events - Q2 2022

NFT IRL Events - Q2 2022

NFTs and web3 have undoubtedly changed and shaped my life. The people around me… not so much. You get the feeling, it’s virtually impossible to share the lov...

Exploring The Ecosystem of Nounish Derivatives

Exploring The Ecosystem of Nounish Derivatives

This project started as an experimentation of CC0, protesting against copyright culture in NFTs. Who knew it would kickstart a trend for CC0-focused NFT proj...

Beyond The Hype - The Utility of NFTs

Beyond The Hype - The Utility of NFTs

It’s no secret: Most NFT projects nowadays thrive and survive on hype. Unlike the early days where art patronage and appreciating art for art’s sake made NFT...

Solana Vs Ethereum - The Battle For NFT King

Solana Vs Ethereum - The Battle For NFT King

Last month, NFT sales hit a record high of almost 7.4 billion dollars, an insane amount compared to 2021’s total of $25 billion in NFT sales. As expected, th...

Is Arts Patronage in NFTs Dead?

Is Arts Patronage in NFTs Dead?

Not too long ago, I remember talking about arts patronage in NFTs; with a rather grim tone. What was supposed to be the solution to middle-class arts patrona...

Launching NFTs IRL

Launching NFTs IRL

In the past year, NFTs took off like a rocket. The world is now focused on this epicenter of creativity and wondering what these artists will come up with ne...

ENS Domains - DNS of Web3.0?

ENS Domains - DNS of Web3.0?

What is yours but your friends use more than you? Your name! Sorry for this extremely cringy riddle, but hey, “Names” are one of the most fundamental, intan...

Are Hardware Wallets Worth It + A Look Into Ledger Nano X

Are Hardware Wallets Worth It + A Look Into Ledger Nano X

When you bought your first cryptocurrency, it was probably through an exchange. Whether it’s Binance for the low fees, Kraken for the top-notch security, or ...

2021 - The Year NFTs Broke

2021 - The Year NFTs Broke

While I was a bit too young to live through the grunge era of the early ’90s, I have always loved the music and the culture surrounding the period. Before th...

On-chain NFTs and Why They’re Better

On-chain NFTs and Why They’re Better

On-chain NFTs are tokens completely written on the (Ethereum) blockchain, implemented with metadata and smart contract both existing on the blockchain.

The Controversy of Copyright in NFTs - is CC0 The Solution?

The Controversy of Copyright in NFTs - is CC0 The Solution?

This article is inspired by Nouns and led to the Gnars inception. Where there is art, the question of copyright will inevitably arise. In the early 18th cen...

What Is Web3 - De-centralizing Web2 And More

What Is Web3 - De-centralizing Web2 And More

Web3 — a commonly misunderstood buzzword in the blockchain space. In my experience, many blockchain enthusiasts tend to use web3 as a convenient substitute f...

The Geography of the Metaverse

The Geography of the Metaverse

What causes poverty? Why are some countries so much richer than others? Much ink has been spilled trying to answer these questions. Despite this, a consensus...

UNICEF Connecting with the Metaverse

UNICEF Connecting with the Metaverse

A few of my recent posts have been about ‘big players’ entering the metaverse; see VISA, Adobe, and most recently Budweiser. Thus far, the companies I’ve tal...

What's Behind The NFT Hype?

What's Behind The NFT Hype?

As we approach the end of the year, I have to say that 2021 has been the year that keeps on giving. Crypto prices soaring near to ATHs, the introduction of t...

The Metaverse - Is This Our Future?

The Metaverse - Is This Our Future?

The metaverse. Ever since Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook (now Meta) was pinning its hopes on the Metaverse, this thing boomed. Cryptocurrency enthus...

14 Best NFT Podcasts Worth Following

14 Best NFT Podcasts Worth Following

One question we get asked a tonne is, “Do you listen to some podcasts which revolve around NFT, DAO, and Web3 topics?”. Of course! Podcasts are a great way t...

Top Selling NFT Artists and Creators for 2021

Top Selling NFT Artists and Creators for 2021

Picasso and Da Vinci, without doubt, had their moments on the Creative Arts grand stage for centuries. Now it’s time for digital art to take over, and at the...

What Are NFT Rarity Rankings All About?

What Are NFT Rarity Rankings All About?

Just like humans, all NFTs are unique in their own rights. Of course, trollers can simply “right-click to save” NFTs, but only the NFT holder owns the origin...

Cheers to the Metaverse

Cheers to the Metaverse

Big players continued to enter the metaverse as Budweiser jumped aboard in a big way. The beer giant released a collection of NFT’s meant to commemorate thei...

Are NFT Influencers Still Worth Following Today?

Are NFT Influencers Still Worth Following Today?

Ever since the boom of crypto and NFTs, more and more influencers have jumped onboard the NFT hype train. Some influencers like Gary Vee and DeeZe built thei...

DAOs - Revolutionary Companies Or Glorified Crypto Chats?

DAOs - Revolutionary Companies Or Glorified Crypto Chats?

Have you ever considered being part of a fully democratic community? Yes, one where your voice could actually make a difference, or at least where it was equ...

Most Expensive NFTs Ever Sold

Most Expensive NFTs Ever Sold

The moment you think you’ve gotten around what an NFT or non-fungible token technically is, you are still left wrestling with their vast diversity and bewild...

Crypto Art in Crypto Cities

Crypto Art in Crypto Cities

In a recent blog post, the famed inventor of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin addressed and mused about the topic of Crypto Cities. So first off, a Crypto City is no...

NFTs - The Solution to Middle-Class Arts Patronage?

NFTs - The Solution to Middle-Class Arts Patronage?

There is no doubt that art has played a critical role in shaping the world as we know it today. What other universal language has the power to enlighten, ill...

Big Players Buying up Real-estate in the Metaverse Part 2 - Adobe Edition

Big Players Buying up Real-estate in the Metaverse Part 2 - Adobe Edition

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article about VISA buying a Crypto Punk avatar. The primary point of the article is that ‘big players’, or simply big corp...

NFT For Dummies - An Introduction to Tokenised Art

NFT For Dummies - An Introduction to Tokenised Art

NFTs. When Satoshi Nakamoto was programming the first Bitcoins and heralding the birth of cryptocurrency, certainly, he never envisaged the World would trade...

The Economics of Authenticity

The Economics of Authenticity

Economics, like physics, has a few fundamental principles upon which it builds. One is simple, supply and demand determine prices. The more people demand, ev...

An Overview of the Best NFT Wallets Currently Available on the Market

An Overview of the Best NFT Wallets Currently Available on the Market

It is rather difficult to overstate how important a good wallet is, when it comes to safeguarding your Non-Fungible Tokens. Non-Fungible tokens need to be st...

Play-to-Earn - Top NFT Games 2021 Has To Offer

Play-to-Earn - Top NFT Games 2021 Has To Offer

In the past, computer games were something you did for fun. Some of those games were so fun, that you may have even paid for the privilege of playing them. ...

The Ultimate NFT Marketplace List

The Ultimate NFT Marketplace List

The digital landscape is changing, in large part thanks to blockchain technology. Not only has blockchain technology revolutionised the finance sector by emp...

Big Players Buying up Real-estate in the Metaverse

Big Players Buying up Real-estate in the Metaverse

Imagine you wake up and open your news feed. The first thing you see is the headline “Free Space Pod”. Reading on, you see a company is offering free space p...

How NFTs Could Give the Music Industry a Second Life

How NFTs Could Give the Music Industry a Second Life

In a much cited interview with the Wall Street Journal, Taylor Swift stated the following: “Music is Art, and Art is important and rare. Important rare thing...

What Are NFTs, And What Is Their Role In The Digital Art Market?

What Are NFTs, And What Is Their Role In The Digital Art Market?

The cryptocurrency boom has brought growing awareness of the many uses of blockchain technology beyond digital cash. One of 2021’s hottest trends is Non-Fung...

When NFTs get Physical

When NFTs get Physical

Brick-and-Mortar Art Galleries and Museums, taking bold steps into the unknown (NFTs as “Terra Incognita”), can be seen, in an increasing fashion, either fea...

The Convergence of NFTs and Gaming

The Convergence of NFTs and Gaming

In my younger years, and perhaps this admission of mine will reveal my age, I was the proud owner of a venerable Tandy Color Computer 3 with 128KB of RAM. Th...

The Environmental Impact of NFTs

The Environmental Impact of NFTs

The environmental impact of NFTs is an important subject that deserves serious treatment. Much has been written already about their carbon footprint; the con...

The Birth of a New Discipline - The History of NFT Art

The Birth of a New Discipline - The History of NFT Art

We call for the creation of a brand new discipline: The History of NFT Art. The History of NFT Art is a discipline structurally similar to the History of Art...

Will Non-Fungible Tokens Hold Value?

Will Non-Fungible Tokens Hold Value?

Being worried about the ever-present potential of an NFTs value to decline in the future is a valid concern. Nobody wants to purchase an NFT, only to see it...

Non-Fungible Tokens And Their Use Cases

Non-Fungible Tokens And Their Use Cases

This was the shot that was heard around the world: Beeple, a celebrated Crypto Artist, sold, on March the 11th of this year, “Everydays — The First Five Thou...

NFTs and Ticketing

NFTs and Ticketing

Summary: The venerable ticketing Industry and Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) are on a highly desirable and long-awaited collision course: it appears nothing and ...