Last week, I had the privilege of having lunch with Chanel and Chin, both practitioners in the NFT space. Chanel had recently quit her job to run her own Tasty Toasties NFT collection, and Chin had just joined the NFT marketplace “X” to drive growth and global expansion.
The conversation at lunch was delightful— we spoke about how Ghozali became a millionaire from selling his selfies, how Singaporean influencer Irene Zhao started her own DAO, and how there’s even a hybrid project of the two which raised 20.2 ETH.
I was deeply humbled. Halfway through the conversation, I suddenly recalled that Kenneth, the founder of another NFT marketplace FormosArt, had gifted me a CryptoKitty NFT back in August 2019, which makes me an NFT Original Gangster (“OG”).
Never selling my CryptoKitty though.
What are NFTs?
NFTs only started gaining wider attention after digital artist Beeple auctioned off his artwork at Christie’s in March 2021. The piece sold for a massive US$69 million to a crypto whale in Singapore.
With the total sale of Bored Apes Yacht Club NFT collection (BAYC) recently surpassing US$1 billion, “non-fungible tokens” (NFTs) were hailed as one of the most hyped topics of 2021, with the trend likely to continue into 2022.
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Very recently, we also read news about the nine Singaporean companies that are exploring NFTs for their brands and businesses. Because of the vast media attention given to this phenomenon, some have labelled NFTs as “a speculative bubble” and some others have called for increased regulation.
There are many types of NFTs, ranging from collectables, profile pictures (PFP) artwork, event tickets, gaming, virtual items, memes, and even Web 3.0 domain names.
In short, a secure network records the sale of the above items on a digital ledger (“the blockchain”), giving buyers proof of ownership and authenticity.
Yet, with all these incredulous statistics, NFTs are not just temporary hype. Here’s why.
Reason #1: With NFTs, you are buying social clout, not the copyright
Some people think that NFTs infringe on creators’ copyrights and tend to disregard them. Frankly speaking, this sort of argument is misleading and is not consistent.
This is because it assumes that the fundamental element that gives market value to the NFT is the copyright of the artwork.
Instead, let me posit to you that the central element that gives the NFT value is social clout and not copyright. In other words, ownership of an NFT makes it verifiable that you are taking part in an innovative digital movement. It has nothing to do with stealing the rights of a creator.
Now, the determination of the market value of NFTs, therefore, lies in the immutability and the verifiability of ownership.
Because there are now particular NFTs that are highly coveted, you become an important person in the community with verifiable social standing. People both inside and outside of the community will look up to you.
Think about it logically for PFP NFTs— the difference between simply right-clicking the BAYC .jpeg file, setting it as a profile picture, and actually owning it is simply being able to show it as a measurable fact, thus confirming that you are verifiably part of a movement.
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Therefore, the NFT is not just a part of a .jpeg file. Human beings are meaning-fuelled creatures, which signifies that we intrinsically want to be part of something larger than ourselves.
Are there parallels to this concept and the human desire to be part of something larger than ourselves? Of course!
Humans have always sought an existential approach to exploration, often pursuing meaning through religion, civil movements, celebrity worship, and contributing to different types of communities. NFTs just raised the bar.
Before NFTs came about, you simply couldn’t visibly and verifiably prove that you have X amount of social capital and power in a certain community. NFTs make this possible.
Reason #2: NFT is a radical disruption to traditional business models for creators
Rendering games and creating artwork used to be skill sets that weren’t very financially rewarding for most. NFT changed this, by revolutionising the business models of these two industries.
I’d like to share an article here by Brian Fyre, titled “After Copyright: Pwning NFTs in a Clout Economy.”
In this article, Brian Fyre posits:
“But the NFT market suggests upfront investment could be a viable business model in areas other than the art market. If investors believe work is or will be important, and is underpriced relative to its expected future value, they’ll be delighted to invest in it, so long as there’s a resale market. And there it is.
When people invest in the NFT market, they are literally investing in the expected future value of the works they own. Or to look at it in another way, they’re investing in the careers of the authors who created those works.
They’re essentially buying a fractional interest in that author’s career, represented by an NFT of one of that author’s works.
This is great for authors because it means they get paid upfront, whether or not the works they create turn out to be successful. Copyright only ever rewards successful authors.
NFTs at least promise to reward any author people think might be successful. Moreover, they reduce the need for intermediaries.
Realising the value of work in the copyright market typically requires a distributor, who claims a substantial share of the revenue. The NFT market enables authors to connect directly with their investors.”
After reading this paper, I was dumbfounded. Can you imagine investing in the future careers of young and driven young people through NFTs and upfront payment?
This is an incredibly empowering notion because it encourages people to experiment in any way they want or desire, without the fear of failure, since the project money would be handled upfront.
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This is the beauty of decentralised projects because once your vision and mission are clearly articulated, fundraising tools can be easily and effectively utilized.
I’d like to share an insight from my Multiverse Labs colleague Jake, a young Korean chap in his mid-20s. He points out that the market value of any piece of artwork including music, movies, dramatisations, etc. not only comes from the activity of creation but from trading as well.
This links back to the idea of social clout and why art gallery owners earn more than single artists. Since we can now vividly imagine the possibilities of this new business model working by looking at the solid data of successful NFT projects, what makes you think NFTs are simply going away?
Reason #3: People dismiss intense discussions and things they don’t understand as “Hype”
As with all new technological innovations, there are bound to be intense and incredibly polarising discussions. There will inevitably be early adopters in any industry who will try to make a quick buck through unconventional processes.
Because of this, some observers label NFTs as scams/hype, and others associate NFT trading with money laundering. Sounds familiar? Because it is. People said the same thing about Bitcoin since its inception in 2009.
Admittedly, a group of obscure VCs have recently been caught throwing liberal amounts of money at projects with the words “GameFi” and “NFT,” creating a false impression that the whole space is “all hype.”
It truly isn’t that difficult for founders of blockchain projects to get funding in the current business climate. And to that, let me just say that the public should do their own due diligence and research before investing any pocket change.
The key takeaway here is this; just because something isn’t widely understood, it doesn’t mean that it won’t last. In the fast-moving blockchain world, we really don’t know what we don’t know! So perhaps it might be wise to rethink that assumption.
If NFTs are here to stay, where do we go from here?
Practitioners like Chanel and Chin in the NFT space are impressive because of their strong personal convictions and grit.
Currently, I work as the Head of Ecosystem at Multiverse Labs, an open metaverse with a mission to empower promising individuals and groups to become leaders in new digital spaces.
I count my blessings daily because I get to interact frequently with passionate people like them, who are literally building the new era, one NFT at a time.
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Yet, because I work as Head of Ecosystem, people naturally assume that I’m also an “expert” in the NFT space. The truth is that I am new to learning like everyone else because the space is always rapidly evolving.
What I do have, however, is the conviction that NFTs are the key building blocks to the open metaverse. And since the “metaverse” is not hype (Meta is investing at least US$10 billion/year), by logical extension, NFTs are not hyped either.
I encourage you to start participating with me in this space by minting NFTs in any projects that tickle your fancy. You’ll learn faster by having a growth mindset and taking action.
For example, as a pure experiment, we have created and minted some IKItties as NFTs on the Polygon blockchain network, and they look like this:
I’ll most likely be minting my first NFT on the ethereum blockchain from Zoofrenz soon, which looks like this:
I also warmly invite you to join us at Multiverse Labs in building the open metaverse together. Feel free to get connected and show us your NFT collections anytime! 🙂
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Purpose for a gradual and controlled decreasing motion,
taking about 2-3 seconds to decrease the weights. If you’re a newbie, begin with a lightweight to average weight, as this will permit you to give consideration to type earlier than growing the intensity.
If you’re extra skilled, you can use heavier weights, but remember that it’s more essential to control the dumbbells than to
carry as heavy as attainable. With dumbbells, you need
to control and stabilize each weight individually,
which requires extra coordination and activates additional
stabilizing muscles. This helps construct not
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Let’s discover how this versatile exercise can rework your chest
exercise and overall higher physique power.
Not Like the barbell bench, once your muscular tissues tap out, you can fail comparatively safely drop the
weights. Manish is a NASM-certified health and diet coach with over 10 years
of experience in weight lifting and fats loss fitness coaching.
He makes a speciality of gym-based coaching and has lots of information about exercise,
lifting technique, biomechanics, and extra. Yes, you can construct your chest
and triceps with dumbbell workouts solely. The dumbbell overhead triceps extension is a single-joint
train that targets the triceps while also growing stability
all through the core and shoulder regions. Analysis shows
that coaching these muscle groups collectively leads to better
muscle activation and more efficient exercises. Plus,
you’re capitalizing on the natural fatigue patterns of these
muscles – when one is tired, the other takes over.
The versatility of dumbbells allows you to hit completely different parts of the chest
from varied angles, with a higher vary of motion and pure motion for distinctive muscle stimuli.
A nice method to end your exercise (and this list) is to make use of
dumbbell isometric holds. These holds make the most of time beneath tension to
strengthen the pecs when stretched. You’re essentially simply holding weights within the bottom of a press with
no movement.
When you’re doing the chest press, watch out to
not lock your elbows or push along with your toes.
To defend your shoulders, do not let your elbows drop beneath the
horizontal line of your body through the exercise. The chest press is normally
done lying on a weight bench, but you can also strive it lying
on the ground. When doing the dumbbell chest press train, keep
your spine in a neutral position and breathe out as you push the dumbbells up, being cautious to not lock your elbows.
This is a superb foundational push motion to include in any exercise program.
It may help train proper urgent type, included in HIIT or interval
exercises, or loaded with a heavyweight to develop muscle mass and explosive power and power.
The anterior deltoids (front shoulders) help considerably in the pressing motion, especially
within the latter a part of the motion. The triceps brachii (back of the upper arms) are important
for extending the elbow and locking out the burden on the top of the motion.
Additionally, the serratus anterior, positioned on the perimeters of the upper ribs, helps to protract the scapula, stabilizing the shoulder blades in opposition to the ribcage through the press.
You can perform body weight chest workouts within the type of varied pushups.
Recovery is simply as necessary as the workout itself in terms of muscle development and power
features. Ensure you’re getting adequate sleep, aiming for 7-9 hours per evening.
Throughout sleep, your physique releases progress hormone and undergoes much of its
restore and restoration processes. Lack of sleep can impair muscle recovery and negatively influence your efficiency in subsequent exercises.
Resistance band/dumbbell combo is an advanced approach that mixes the variable resistance of bands with the constant weight of dumbbells.
The bench press is one of the main workouts athletes use to show their potential, such
because the famous 225lbs for reps seen in the NFL
Scouting Combine. The bench press can also be great on your shoulders and, mainly, your anterior
deltoids. This is often an issue for individuals as they struggle
to activate their chest and end up overworking their anterior delts.
Bench press also works your triceps, as they’re an important muscle for
the lockout portion of the raise.
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and low in saturated fats and simple carbohydrates. Some folks on the market will claim that publish cycle remedy, or
PCT, following a Primobolan cycle just isn’t required.
Primobolan additionally doesn’t cause any bloating or water retention, in contrast to other
compounds. There is a possibility for progesterone-induced gynecomastia from trenbolone.
Progesterone acts equally to estrogen and thus can stimulate the mammary glands.
Cortisol, launched in response to stress, was crucial
for survival in our evolutionary past. Winstrol will suppress testosterone ranges, reducing sperm amount and quality.
Customers who administer regular cycles of poisonous anabolic
steroids similar to Winstrol with inadequate day off in between cycles are at greater
danger of testosterone deficiency or infertility. Anadrol will suppress testosterone levels,
necessitating post-cycle remedy to reestablish normal testosterone
function. In our expertise, failure to make use of effective post-cycle remedy
can result in gonadal deficiency for a number of months or
completely if anabolic steroids are abused. The major purpose
it is a good concept is because you could be giving a stronger cycle a break one that may involve Winstrol or other steroids.
Due To This Fact, taking Anavar can improve the chance of arteriosclerosis and
can nearly actually elevate blood pressure in all customers.
If high doses are taken, cardiovascular side effects can turn into severe, leading
to hypertension, coronary heart illness, or stroke. Cholesterol ranges are more doubtless to return to regular
once users discontinue supplementation.
In sum, inside the first two weeks of an Anavar cycle, while the transformations is in all probability not too drastic,
the promise of impactful outcomes turns into clear.
The preliminary gains in power, onset of the fats burning course of,
and refined signs of muscle definition all point to the
positive course the body is about on with Anavar. Earlier
Than starting an Anavar cycle, it is important to research and perceive the correct dosage,
potential unwanted effects, and post-cycle therapy.
With correct use and monitoring, Anavar can present noticeable improvements in muscle measurement,
strength, and overall physique. One of the core effects
of Anavar is its capacity to promote muscle progress.
PCT is finished to reverse the suppression of testosterone that can happen throughout a steroid cycle.
Even although women produce lower quantities of testosterone than men, they’ll still see a pure production suppression as a result of Primobolan use.
Women who are already susceptible to hair loss
should think twice earlier than taking this steroid.
These include emasculating results despite the precise fact that Primobolan is just mildly androgenic.
For newbies, a fundamental cycle would be to take 400mg per week, for 10 weeks, stacked with 300 – 500mg of Testosterone per week.
This is usually potential with no prescription, although a Thai doctor can even issue a
prescription in exchange for a small payment. When treating the scalp externally,
there isn’t any interference with the body’s overall DHT manufacturing.
This is a positive for bodybuilders, as they need to maintain adequate DHT
ranges, with the hormone binding to androgen receptors
up to 5 occasions extra effectively than testosterone.
In the previously cited research, the researchers measured the impression of oxandrolone
on endogenous testosterone levels. After 12 weeks, the groups taking 20
mg and forty mg per day experienced a 45% discount
in testosterone. This is a unique impact compared to different anabolic steroids, which usually lower subcutaneous fats whereas growing visceral fat (5).
Moving these cussed pounds around the waist
is simpler if you’re lean. Anavar goes to dry the physique
and enhance your definition and vascularity. Recovery occasions shall be distinctive, permitting
you to work out extra often and intensively with little downtime.
HGH can undoubtedly elevate your appetite, however I’ve discovered that Ibutamoren does it extra so – however this
can be an individual response. Nevertheless, if fats loss is your primary goal, MK-677 can current some points.
Ibutamoren is a analysis chemical that’s classed as a growth hormone
secretagogue. It can stimulate each development hormone and
IGF-1 and enhance their levels significantly.
Due to the effect Anavar has on testosterone ranges, and particularly DHT, essentially the most potent androgen generated by the physique,
it is ready to boost a person’s strength in a extremely effective manner.
In the previous, it was more difficult for the typical gym rat to get anavar, however nowadays it’s become simple.
This resulted from FDA (Food and Drug Administration) efforts to increase its supervision over the anabolic steroid market.
We may even talk about tips on how to cycle Anavar, in addition to present tips
on how to minimize the danger of unwanted effects. Nevertheless, after
your cycle, your hair is prone to thicken once more
as quickly as your hormones regulate again to normal. Being used solo or in a stack, Anavar will definitely give you the desired results.
All steroids come with pros and cons, but in relation to
Anavar, you’ll be able to easily say that there are no cons.
Greater ranges of ATP are helpful for individuals wanting enhanced power when bulking.
It is also advantageous for users who’re cutting
and vulnerable to dropping power due to extended restriction of calories.
We have had sufferers report significant power outcomes on Anavar, even when consuming low calories.
This can additionally be why powerlifters typically administer Anavar prior to a competition for max power without significant weight gain. Anavar and all anabolic steroids are
primarily types of exogenous testosterone; thus, Anavar will enhance muscle mass.
Some people will expertise unfavorable impacts, mostly joint ache, headaches,
and flu-type symptoms. Some individuals won’t expertise
any negative results at all when using HGH.
More severe unwanted side effects are likely to happen at very high
doses or when HGH is used regularly for years,
and this is to be prevented. Testosterone will enhance muscle mass, reduce fats, and substantially improve recovery.
Features of 20 lbs are possible, and water retention should be controllable via food
plan (low sodium).
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