Creator Economy Panel Clip

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0:00 a lot of these things to have a really web to UX caliber. But I also think that we need to kind of lean into some of these vices and build something that's like simple and resonates with a larger subset of people outside of Earth. Can I come back in for a quick second and just respond to that because I think that was a really nice framing. You got it. So I think what we're talking about here are brain chemicals. We all have a brain that produces dopamine and serotonin based on the different experiences that we have. It makes us excited and gives us a reward based on what feels compelling or feels like there might be a reward just on the other side.

0:46 And so we don't stop being human when we start interacting with dApps that are built for logic. We still buy with emotion and justify with logic later. And so unless we're catering to those great chemicals, delivering the stability and familiarity and confidence, psychological safety of serotonin that you get from revisiting Instagram and it being the same app every time, to the dopamine that you get when you scroll through and get a life or discover something new, find an idea or a friend you didn't have before. And so without catering to the native, primitive needs of the human users we're coordinating, we're ignoring their humanity altogether.

1:25 So I think that it's a wonderful thing that we should start designing for the whole human and not just the tokens for satellite. Lars. Last question I'm going to ask everybody. If you have one piece of advice for creators or folks looking to build and find and forge a community here within crypto, what would it be? I started Gossip Protocol, so GIF kind of comes under Gossip Protocol. I was like, I just need to do something. I need to just create a vessel that gets things moving. So just take the first step and you'll just keep going. I had no idea what I wanted to do with it. I didn't know if I wanted to create like a social aggregator. I didn't know. I had no idea what I wanted to do with Gossip. And as soon as I started going, it just all fell into place. So just GIF going.

2:17 I would say community is everything, especially as a creator. I think that's true as well, but also that it's still hustle. I think a lot of people are interested in NFTs in 2021, but it's a possible financial gain. But I've told a lot of artists that I've talked to, hey, it's no different than the traditional art space. You still have to hustle. You still have to meet the right people. You still have to really put yourself out there. I think there is definitely, you know, less institutionalized gatekeeping, but I think it's still going to be awesome, but it's an amazing community Lead on your community, lead on the people that you're like-minded with, and those people that you play character for a lot

3:01 So the budget for builders and creators? Yeah Okay, cool, I'll start with on the builder side I think one is, like what he said, if you wanted something, do something, figure out a space that you're excited about that you want to make an impact in Think about it from a first principle standpoint. Kind of what I said about devices, I think that's pretty important. And then go out and get a view on out. And the other thing I would recommend that I think works really well is just like you said also, which is if you're the founder, be the person to whoever you're serving every day. Get on phone calls, Amazon calls, build relationships because the space is small and you want to just build those relationships and learn from people that you're working with directly versus having some honesty.

3:48 I think it's really important for you to be a person talking to every single person that you're serving From a creator standpoint, I'm not creative but I've worked with a lot of creators who become my friends and I think one thing is, this space is hard, so find other people that also have gone through it or have done certain things So, for example, if you're an artist listening, there's a group called Campfire, started by this artist named TK, and, like, there's a collective of a lot of really dope musicians who come together, want to build stuff with 3.1, different outcome than they got in traditional Web2, and they're supporting each other.

4:30 Last year, they rented out a studio at the studio session in Miami, just super dope. So I think just like find a try and make cryptos about a lot of ways about community and having fun in these conferences. So I think find your community and like just like learn and try new things. You got anything for us Evan or any advice to our creator? Certainly. So three quick things to kind of echo some of my co-panelists. One, a reminder that the blockchain is a multiplayer game. and so finding your people and building together is the only way to move forward in a composable ecosystem. And so secondly, a reminder, and I think everybody just touched on this, but

5:24 for us builders, we work in the service industry. That means we build to be of service to others. And so reminding ourselves of that role every day and having the humility to listen to the challenges of those who we serve, that's the secret, that's the key, that's the answer to solving these challenges. And so thirdly, a reminder specifically to those who are wielding their own keys is that every address, every wallet is a creator. Your medium is the blockchain, your work is data in the form of tokens or other expressions based on what you can do with your keys, And your distribution is natively global. Your impact is permanent and the work that you leave may outlast, you know, your life.

6:11 And so we all have this power at our fingertips. We just have to work together. With that, I want to give a nice thank you to Rob. We've got a couple minutes for Q&A. What are we doing? We have one really, really good burning question. You got another? Okay, so this was actually just a question for Evan. I was hoping to ask her this in person because she's not here and all of you are here. How would you define identity? And that really is a core question that I don't like struggling with because identity could always be contextual. So a government gives you an ID and then that becomes your identity. But just curious, how would you define identity?

7:09 That's a great question and it's a tough one. So if we were to borrow a definition from our friends over at Spruce ID, you know, identity might be described as the memory you leave that others maintain when you exit the room. But I think of it a little bit more tangibly from a technical perspective. I think of identity as a name, an identifier, such as your government name, your handle on a platform like Farcaster or your Ethereum public key. And metadata that describes what that address has been up to. So events, it can be attributed to it, actions, preferences, traits, self-attested or attested by other parties or not attested at all.

7:51 And then identity, I think of that as the ability to sign on behalf of both or to control the identifier and associated metadata that represent you. And so it is with the combination of private keys and public ledgers that identity, as we were talking about earlier, can involve both financial settlement and more traditional expressions of really diverse data. And also, behind me, we can learn about this any time. Did I really answer your question? Of course, there was a lot of back in there, for sure. Let me, update me on that conversation, because I want to know about it. With that being said, thank you so much.

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9:20 But, of course, if you need one urgently, always feel free to DM me. We can build something together, and I can make sure this app makes sense letting you go. Awesome. Thanks again so much.