futurka (@futurka) β’ Hey
The other side of the lens
Publications
- **POOLTOGETHER HOODIE GIVEAWAY**\n\nwant to win this awesome hoodie designed by me for @pooltogether.lens?\n\njust #LMCC (like, mirror, comment & collect) this post! the draw will happen using the random post collector module of https://lenstats.xyz/giveaway when all 69 are collected π\n\nLFG! ππ\n\nmore details about the hoodie here: https://pooly.me/product/pooler-hoodie-by-pedro-vilela/
- π₯π₯π₯ **BEATS > $BEATS** π₯π₯π₯
This explorative, deep and spacey 808 beat, produced and donated by the experimental collective @320colab.lens resident **Liminal State,** is inspired by the broken mechanics of @0x0129ba.burned rugging a lens community on Oct-19-2022, 07:55:37 AM +UTC.
Find more info below π
https://github.com/jen-sei/lensbeats-list-of-damage
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2 WMATIC / 10% REFERRAL / LIMIT OF 50
*All proceedings collected will be dispersed to affected wallets.*
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#LMCC
- NO FILTER OR AI?
Deep learning algorithms and sound synthesis transcend senses.
@π₯π’π΅π¬π―π π¦π°πͺπ¬π°, author of Semilla.ai - a real-time AI synthesis plugin.
(Photo: π₯π’π΅π¬π―π π¦π°πͺπ¬π° live performance in Cph x DALL.E glitch)
Free collect
- seeing an IG blue check post art 7yrs after mine just to receive heaps of praise is all that is wrong with not paying attention to those who don't suck up 24/7 but are near. which raises the question again: what constitutes plagiarism?
ghostly kisses, nyc 2015.
https://ghostlykissesmusic.com/
5 WMATIC
50% REFERRAL
24H / LIMIT OF 10
FOLLOWS ONLY
- Hullo! Vitalik here.
Proof it's me:
https://vitalik.ca/files/misc_files/socials.txt
- My new socials page:
https://vitalik.ca/files/misc_files/socials.txt
I'm eagerly trying out Mastodon, Farcaster, Lens and others, and I'll bow to Lord Elon and pay his $8/month too... but only when it's available on a non-iOS platform.
Let the best socials win! *
* there will be multiple winners
- I keep collecting content that I like and my MATIC balance wasn't decreasing, figured out that I have been earning form Mirroring lol. Healthy circulation π³
- **N O F I L T E R** or ***A I***
midnight sun
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Prompt:
candy bar choas kissing a robot on the milky way in future retro style car, vibrant colors, cinematic lighting, cinema 4k.
All transactions are currently gasless and mint as a free collect.
@thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
Check out bit.ly/lensai
- β¨ Finally managed to add image support to Reflect!
After you enable the images option from your dashboard (link below), your Lens posts will keep their images when cross-posted to Twitter π
One step closer from freeing ourselves from the bird app π
https://reflect.withlens.app
- https://soundcloud.com/320colab/motion-blur
- π D Pity & Liminal State - Motion Blur π΅
Collect here, listen on Soundcloud and get the .wav on Bandcamp.
- π€ D Pity & Liminal State - Aluminum Man π΅
Collect here, listen on Soundcloud and get the .wav on Bandcamp.
- π D Pity & Liminal State - Sund π΅
Collect here, listen on Soundcloud and get the .wav on Bandcamp.
- Local Copenhagen DJs have played this out on sweaty dancefloors...
320colab hosted some listening parties...
2 years in the making, first in garage, then - across borders...
Today, Motion Blur EP is coming in hot!
Enjoy the work of Liminal State and D Pity.
Collect here, listen on Soundcloud and get the .wav on Bandcamp.
- introducing the UFO Genesis Pass
a free to mint NFT which gives access to the UFO community, with access to early and exclusive content, as well as upcoming experiences. you can only collect the NFT via our publication at ufo.mirror.xyz
mint is open for 72 hours ~ https://ufo.mirror.xyz/nWrNTnT4aqyyysokP7-__NRXanph6WDO-G-txYMELaM
- First drop for vrtrash! π’ https://mirror.xyz/vrtrash.eth 5 min read
Big up @ufoclub.lens , @hollins.lens and Austin Robey (Metalabel) for emphasising the need to reclaim cultural spaces IRL.
πWhat do you see outside your front door? Share what you see in the comments.
This is a dynamic collective elaboration experiment, so join in and let's map the translucent fabric that makes up our cultural life! LFG πΏ
- Just wrapping up the first Lens Workshop with the @320colab.lens crew! Give a follow to fresh bloomers: @tealewis.lens @adkr_.lens @z20x2bc.lens @futurka.lens πΏ
- We're about to democratize checkmarks
- DMs are live on Lenster π₯³ DM me with your cheesiest one liner π§
- Building lensdrop.xyz has opened my eyes to the opportunities for marketing in web3.
I've been working on some cool stuff for brands and creators to grow and reach their target audience. The coolest part is that, unlike web2 companies that pocket all the ad revenue, users also get a share of the revenue.
Collect and Mirror this post if youβd like to get in on the waitlist. Going to be giving special access to my Lensfrens over the next few weeks.
- New Interfaces for Worlds Run By Prompts...
A fresh DIGITALAX flagship look is live https://digitalax.xyz/
and we're finally on lens!
#web3fashion #cc0
- I want to collect more music.
- I have been working on an investigation that i want to publish on an open soon. It has to do with @lensprotocol and a situation that in my opinion didn't receive the attention it should have π΅οΈββοΈ
I will want to try and test coordinated community help through collect module and I am hoping to gain as much attention to the cause as possible.
If you are IN engage with this post so I can make sure to keep you in the loop when I post it out π
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AI generated image using the @selas.lens text2Image engine.
Learn more at https://thegallerydao.io.
Prompt:
when the dark forest gets illuminated by the moon - punks go out for a walk
#devcon @thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
- 03 Creativity In Multiplayer with Metalabel β Austin Robey
A metalabel is an evolution beyond the individualised, zero-sum world of the creator economy, into groups of people who align together and release creative works as a collective πΈ
in episode 03, we explore metalabels such as Water & Music, SongADAO, and Songcamp with their 77-member band, CHAOS.
listen β https://mirror.xyz/0x92f551665C69586Fd5f30e6EFdB78aC882B22d17/Ve2YLuIuaG6DgUTtkNVnXP76wWNiscBzixaNtVKfXOw
UFO is sponsored by @lensprotocol & @zerion.lens
- Today's episode features @stani.lens for an end-to-end guide on web3 social.
We discuss how creators make money on Lens, utilizing your social graph outside of the protocol, user-generated content as an asset class, and much more.
Enjoy. π
https://levychain.substack.com/p/the-creators-ultimate-guide-to-web3?r=62qb9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
- We have added @ufoclub.lens NFTs to Ooh La La (π , πΊ)
UFOclub is a podcast hosted by @hollins.lens, produced by @voyagerxyz sharing a discussion about the Web3 music industry.
Come and listen to their podcast NFTs! π§ π§
- GM to all builders & creators from @joshgordon.lens tweet! (Curated list of non-bots people)
@BradorBradley.lens
@Gregyounger.lens
@Juampi.lens
@ufoclub.lens
@0xzelda.lens
@Odasakini.lens
@prayag.lens
@Thisisvoya.lens
@ibninglor.lens
@futurka.lens
@alarke.lens
@dcverse.lens
@VaibhavRajput.lens
@discoversoneva.lens
@Levychain.lens
@arturs.lens
- New cat, who dis.
AI generated image using the @selas.lens text2Image engine. Learn more at https://thegallerydao.io.
Prompt:
A shiny robot cat beauty shot, watercolor, photographic realism by Malevich, on a neon poster, in the basement, concrete. Free collect.
#devcon @thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
- From Content Creator to Digital Ownership - Essay 1 of 4 for the BanklessDAO Writer's Cohort
Historically, artists of all kinds have had problems with finding adequate ways to sell their art and connect with their audience. Musicians and painters need venues and managers to get them opportunities to be seen by audiences. Illustrators and filmmakers cold-call and email portfolios for commissions. Contests, festivals, and every other form of competition based opportunities devalue professionals and lower the standard of expected compensation for artistsβ and creator's work. Everyone struggles just to be seen, and by the time the audience becomes real, a mess of intermediaries have sprung up to make themselves inseparable from the cash flow.
As the digital age emerged with a promise of lowering that barrier, artists are able to start building communities, and grow in popularity via social media and streaming services. As artistsβ exposure has increased, the work has been repackaged to sell ad space for other products but the compensation and consent has been almost completely removed from the process. Creators are limited to very few ways to connect and interact with the audience and almost no way to retain them if they lose access to the account. The creations, while technically not property of the platform, may as well be, because the uploader loses all access to it if they are flagged for any reason, even fraudulent claims. As the engagement algorithms have evolved over the last decade social media feeds optimize towards continuous scrolling, and whatever can grab attention in the shortest amount of time. It has become even more detrimental to art itself as everyone focuses on making βcontentβ that will be boosted and rewarded by the algorithm rather than focusing on what brought artists to these platforms in the first place; the ability to share the work with a much larger audience. These are all the hidden costs of free services: censorship, not having true ownership of the work, the ability to control its use, how it is displayed, or transparency and consent into how the data is being used.
Enter NFTs (non-fungible tokens); these begin to address some of these issues with a focus on peer-to-peer, trustless transactions that smart contracts unlock. NFTs allow for cryptographic digital ownership by unique token identifiers and metadata differentiating digital assets from each other. Smart contracts are cryptographic programs that only run when predetermined conditions are met such as a reserve price plus other transaction fees. These allow for trustless transactions on Web 3 and NFT marketplaces. Suddenly, there is no intermediary taking 8% or more simply to process payments on digital transactions. Artists are also able to code royalties on their work so they retain revenue on future art sales. This is a huge potential as creators in most fields are only able to profit from their work one time. Even if the value of that work increases exponentially the artist is systemically and contractually removed from the ability to capture those profits. With NFTs there are still platform fees of 3% or less and the royalty can be a deterrent to some buyers but overall these financial tools allow a collector to know with confidence they are supporting the artist or project directly. Of course there is still the high barrier to entry of getting into web 3 at all. A whole new set of apps, programs, jargon, blockchains, and security practices. Just the beginning stage of choosing a centralized exchange, connecting a bank account to buy the correct gas and currency, and transferring to the proper chain is enough to confuse anyone. So now creators are trying to teach the audience to use a new technology when they should be making the art, music, films, and writing that they set out to create in the first place.
NFTs are a great financial and programmatic unlock for digital assets, long term community, and building project history, but creators still have to rely upon traditional social media and marketing avenues. Links that ask users to click away from an app are discouraged on most platforms, so getting attention for NFTs is still gated behind the will of the ever-changing algorithms and the ability to use them to your advantage. It still means making content for exposure to sell art.
Where NFTs meet social media is where things get really interesting. Lens protocol is a decentralized social graph that was created by the Decentralized Finance protocol Aave. A usersβ profile is an NFT that grants access to various social media dapps (decentralized applications). Lens has an open API (application programming interface) allowing any developers to build on it. There are a number of early dapps that function like traditional web 2 counterparts such as Lenstube and Lenster. The big difference is that all of the posts and activities become NFTs which have granular permissions for how that content is allowed to be collected and owned by the audience. A profile can be set to private but can also set a fee for people to follow the account. Each post can be set with or without a fee to collect; setting currency, time available, and number of editions. A post can be set to be uncollectible and more features are being developed across multiple dapps. All of these features allow a creatorβs audience to connect with them directly. They can collect artwork as it is released with trustless, peer-to-peer transactions landing directly in a browser wallet and soon directly in an Aave account. They are able to comment and connect under the art itself which leads to a greater understanding of what the artist and audience provide each other. The greatest feature may be the referral. When creating a post it can be set with a referral fee based on percentage. When someone mirrors (shares) the post and someone else collects from that mirror, the person who shared it receives a percentage of the transaction. This incentivizes curation and sharing your favorite works. Being right about your favorite underground artist has never been more beneficial than it is in this new world of decentralized social media, and it is only just beginning.
This doesnβt mean that creators stop pursuing other avenues rather that they have better ways of understanding and contacting the audience before making big financial decisions on a project. Character design, sketches, plot points, teasers, trailers, photos, and everything people already use to gauge interest in a larger project is now wrapped up with incentivized audience participation, fund raising, price discovery, and always being able to see who the early and most sustained supporters are. There will also be new forms of media that grow out of these tools as they evolve into the next wave of ways to interact with an audience, and changing how artists work with each other to form new types of collaboration. The platforms being developed are built with the idea of personal control and privacy of user data, with transparency around what is being agreed to, and trustless, seamless access between audience support and ownership of artistsβ creations. The barrier to entry was lowered by the digital and social tools built yesterday. But the tools of today and tomorrow allow even the smallest artist to connect with their closest supporters, helping their growth in a sustainable ecosystem of mutually beneficial social interactions while also retaining ownership of their digital intellectual property.
- I think the next bull market comes from a specific unexpected demand. I think non-financial use-cases have lot of potential since a new users doesnβt need capital to interact with the blockchain and at the same time receive ownership. I am a bit biased but being able to create and own your social capital is quite big thing. The interesting part is in which form it becomes exciting for users to on-board. Really interested what could be s potential catalyst for a next demand cycle
- 02 Making art, code & lore for Crypto Coven β Nyx
the weird wilds await. we explore the origins of an NFT collection and how five friends created an evolving world with art, creativity and tech πΈπͺ
listen β https://mirror.xyz/0x92f551665C69586Fd5f30e6EFdB78aC882B22d17/VcjRj6XUhZn2R0WQxa6OJXbFdZ5HCqjMn1IuSiZgCTk
UFO is sponsored by @lensprotocol.lens & @zerion.lens
- 01 Art + Media at Extinction Rebellion β Charlie Waterhouse
in this episode, we talk about the role of art in the origins of Extinction Rebellion, a global movement using non-violent direct action on climate. also learnings from web3 and DAOs, recent XR protests, 60s counterculture, punk, and more
listen: https://mirror.xyz/0x92f551665C69586Fd5f30e6EFdB78aC882B22d17/zc8DCqTbFUirzn8edcrhSdjvbUOx0-IiCkEOhol66vQ
- It's Friday in the green fields of APWine City. Take all the time you need to relax and regain your strength. Work can wait. π
- Solarpunk meets lunarpunk during an afternoon stroll on an artificial island.
Question on my mind:
How do we build anti-fragile ecosystems?
- gm frens
- Have you tried to explore your social network across @lensprotocol ?
Look at these beautiful digital flowers π
https://lens-cultivator.vercel.app/