NFTs Are Bad for the Climate!!! | Affordable Project: Devi Parikh

All About AFFORDABLE NFTs, hosts Andrew aka Rantum and George from Mostly Stable on ZED Run, help navigate new projects, interview expert guests and explore NFT trends. Whether you’re on your first or fiftieth NFT, we’re going to have something for you. Keep track of all recommended affordable projects with our ‘keep us honest’ spreadsheet. 

And a quick note that we are not financial advisors and nothing in this podcast should be taken as investment advice.

 

NFT News

• 7 day market: https://cryptoslam.io/ 
• External/Internal news: 
  • SOS DAO launches zombie airdrop to OS hodlers 
    • https://www.theopendao.com/ 
  • Token, access to drops, community, team that’s been working for awhile 
  • https://twitter.com/TheRedVillage/status/1478833686686494720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1478833686686494720%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FTheRedVillage2Fstatus2F1478833686686494720widget%3DTweet  
  • https://www.yahoo.com/now/opensea-steps-nft-art-theft-035029076.html#:~:text=OpenSea%20Freezes%20Stolen%20Bored%20Apes&text=In%20response%20to%20a%20request,no%20longer%20tradeable%20on%20OpenSea 
  • https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/129250/opensea-eyeing-raise-that-would-value-it-at-13-billion-with-backing-from-coatue-and-paradigm-sources?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss
  • ZED 2022 token coming https://community.zed.run/2021/12/31/zed-run-the-future-2022/ 
  • Blood Gate drop and rising floor: 

 

Affordable Project

• Devi Parikh - Braindrops confluence project
  • https://foundation.app/@deviparikh 
  • https://opensea.io/collection/braindrops-1?search[sortAscending]=true&search[sortBy]=PRICE&search[stringTraits][0][name]=Artist&search[stringTraits][0][values][0]=Devi%20Parikh  

Theme discussion

• “I don’t like NFTs because they’re bad for the environment”
• What are the two sides of the argument
• PRO
  • https://cryptobriefing.com/unpacking-ecological-debate-around-nfts/
  • https://www.afr.com/technology/elon-musk-and-jack-dorsey-say-bitcoin-s-good-for-earth-they-re-wrong-20210423-p57lpg 
  • https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nft-carbon-environmental-impact-1234589742/

 

• Con
  • https://memoakten.medium.com/the-unreasonable-ecological-cost-of-cryptoart-2221d3eb2053
  • https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/15/22328203/nft-cryptoart-ethereum-blockchain-climate-change 

 

• Proof of work vs proof of stake.
• Energy conversation about clean vs dirty
• Energy into money actually helps clean energy