Ep: 58 - Rafael Hoekstra - WTF is NFT Art?

In this episode producer Tun Myaing and host Dina Brodsky interview Rafael Hoekstra about what NFT art is all about. Rafael holds a PHD in nanotechnology, and was an early convert to the world of cryptocurrency. He's hitchhiked around the world, writing poems and singing songs to strangers on many continents.

Rafael created a meta NFT of this episode. If you're interested you can bid for it here 
He also made a helpful guide to NFT art for artists you can download here

We did not get a chance to cover where your images go when you mint your digital art into a NFT in detail but my friend sent me an article after the interview which you might find insightful, if not alarming. You can find the article here

SHOW NOTES:
00:40 - How Dina met Rafael
01:17 - Romcom
01:40 - Udaipur
06:50 - Rafael’s plunge into crypto currencies
08:50 - Digital currencies - WTF are they?
10:40 - What does all of this have to do with Art?
11:40 - Who created Ethereum
13:50 - CryptoKitties
14:24 - CryptoPunks (*Producer Tun mentioned that they were brothers but that's incorrect.)
17:50 - What is NFT art?
19:20 - NFT art and copyright laws. Are there any?
21:00 - Beeple and his $69 million NFT art sale
22:20 - Tulip Mania bubble
25:00 - American Gods - Technical Boy
26:20 - Beeple’s Everydays: the First 5000 Days
32:00 - Can you capture a memory as a Virtual Reality?
33:20 - How to Make and Sell an NFT
36:20 - Metakovan - who’s behind Beeple’s $69 million NFT art?
40:00 - What is DiFi
41:10 - What is Yield Farming
44:30 - How much does it cost to Mint a NFT?
45:30 - Market places for NFT art
48:10 - Bitcoin’s Impact on the Environment
49:20 - Gas costs
52:20 - Rafael will guide you through the process

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