How NFT Platform OpenSea Plans to Maintain Its Competitive Advantage - Ep.232
Devin Finzer, co-founder and CEO of NFT marketplace OpenSea, talks all things non-fungible. Check out the whole show to hear Devin answer the following questions:
First Half: Breaking Down NFTs
- Why did he become so interested in NFTs ?
- What is an NFT? Why have NFTs become so popular recently?
- Who is creating NFTs? Who is purchasing NFTs?
- Are we in an NFT bubble?
- How is the NFT ecosystem going to evolve over the next few years?
- What are people purchasing when they buy an NFT?
Second Half: OpenSea Q+A
- What is OpenSea?
- How will OpenSea maintain its competitive advantage in the open-source blockchain ecosystem?
- How does OpenSea make money?
- Are artists making money on OpenSea?
- How is OpenSea planning on integrating with layer 2 solutions on Ethereum and other blockchains?
- How do royalties work on OpenSea? Why are they hard to enforce?
- What can be done about content being minted on OpenSea without an artist’s permission?
- What issues in the NFT world still need to be resolved?
- How is OpenSea handling the environmental concerns surrounding NFTs?
- What’s next for OpenSea?
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Episode Links
Basic Links
- Devin’s Twitter
- OpenSea
Devin Finzer
Content
- Podcast appearances
- The NFT Bible
- Blockchain gaming (2018)
OpenSea
- Profiles
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- Fortune
- CoinDesk 50 for 2020 (#47)
- Recent announcements
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- scaling solution w/ Immutable X (Mar 31)
- A16z investment (Mar 18th)
- updating terms of service (Mar 13)
- taking down the hacker NFT (Mar 9)
- unlockable content (early March)
- Tezos collab (Feb 10)
- creating NFTs for free (Dec 29)
- recent usage:
- 2018 investing round
Other
- Terms of service talk
- Stats
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