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The Fat Cat repository of good NFT reads
Sup cool cats! Fat Cat Fun is two friends (kevinhabits and stevenmeets) sharing news, notes and thots about the exploding NFT space.
NFT Spring đźđ¸ is in full bloom.
With that, one of the top questions weâve been hearing is âwhere can I learn more about NFTs?â
So hereâs our semi-exhaustive list of NFT good reads, categorized for your convenience.
DM us with your recommendations - weâll update this library periodically.
Beginnerâs Guides
Comprehensive Guides
Devin Finzer: Non-Fungible Token Bible - Everything you need to know about NFTs (40 min read)
Lâatelier: The Virtual Economy (50 min read): âIn more than one way, the NFT market resembles the days of the dot.com bubble, which ultimately shifted the Internet tech industry towards more sustainable growth modelsâ
Reports
Mason Nystrom: TLDR of NonFungible.comâs 2020 NFT report (6 min read): âThe overall Ethereum NFT (ERC 721s only) market capitalization currently sits around $338 million and IMO will easily double if not quadruple in 2021â
For Creators
Peter Yang: A Step by Step Guide to NFTs for Creators (8 min read): âIn the creator economy, most of the value should go to the creator and the fans, not the platformsâ
Peter Yang: A Step by Step Guide to Social Tokens for Creators (8 min read): âSocial tokens let many fans co-own a communityâ
WhaleShark.Pro: NFT Playbook for Influencers - 10 use cases (7 min read): âNFTs have the power to not only change the digital asset ownership game, but also the worldâ
RAC: The different types of NFT drops and their pros and cons (2 min read)
Amy Madison Luo: A Legal Guide for Creators and Collectors (6 min read)
How Toâs
DappRadar: How to Value CryptoPunks NFTs (7 min read): âThe key factors creating value for collectibles are considered to be the size of the collection, attributes, and liquidityâ
Project Deep Dives / Case Studies
Sfermion: B20 Investment Summary (4 min read): âB20 is an effective method to obtain exposure to a basket of extremely high-value NFTsâ
gmoneyNFT: Meet Art Blocks - One of the Most Unique Platforms in NFTs Right Now (5 min read)
Bankless: Talking Ringers (generative art) with Dmitri Cherniak (7 min read): âI see the act of automation as a much more creative process than the public gives it credit forâ
Adam Chekroud: All uniqueness is not equal (10 min read): âstatistical rarity will become a key attribute itself in determining the willingness to pay for a NFT."
Pat Doyle: Hashmasks - The Art of Trading or the Trading of Art (4 min read): Which wallet had the best ROI on âYieldâ Farming NCT?
3point0 Capital: NFTX (7 min read): âThis an inherent issue with NFTs. In other words, fungibility is what allows the p2pool contracts to work. Non-fungibility is what can start to stress the p2pool model.â
Market Analysis
Packy McCormick: The Creator Economy, NFTs, and the Rise of the Solo Corporation (18 min read): âWeâre on the precipice of a creative explosion, fueled by putting power, and the ability to generate wealth, in the hands of the peopleâ
Piers Kicks: Where Crypto Meets The Metaverse (20 min read): âStudying gaming communities grants us key insights into how we might unobtrusively weave new crypto technologies into future virtual communitiesâ
Brenner Spear: The Metaverse is coming (3 min read): âIn the Metaverse, there will only be three things that matter: Access, Status, and Entertainmentâ
Jamie Burke: The Open Metaverse OS (10 min read): âHumanityâs greatest economic experimentâ
jboogle: What are the risks of HODLâing an artwork for a lifetime? (7 min read)
đĽ Takes
Scott Belsky: 8 Reasons Why Crypto Art > Art (10 min read): âThis NFT world is likely the greatest unlock of artist opportunity in 100+ years.â
Chris Dixon: NFTs and a Thousand True Fans (7 min read): âNFTs offer fundamentally better economics for creatorsâ
Jesse Walden: NFTs make the internet ownable (7 min read): âNFTs have the potential to invert the ownership model of mediaâoffering creators, their audiences, and developers who build for them, a viable alternative to platform-driven monetizationâ
Tal Shachar and Jonathan Glick: How NFTs Will Power the Passion Economy (10 min read): âinfluencer participation will be a cornerstone in the NFT economyâ
Kieran Parker-Moroney: A Bullish Case for NFTs (10 min read)
Roland Spencer: Predicting the Long Term Value of NFTs (11 min read)
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