Most people still haven’t heard of NFTs.

Or if they have, they don’t get it.

They think it’s a silly passing fad.

I am not in this camp.

I think NFTs—“Non-Fungible Tokens”; essentially a piece of blockchain tech that enables anything digital or physical to become a provably-owned digital asset—are here to stay, and are going to get much bigger.

Two Twitter Threads Articulating My View

Here are two threads I wrote in the past few months articulating why I feel this is the case. The first is from October:

JB @_jordan_bates

1/ $40 million went into NFTs in 2020 $5 *billion* has poured into NFTs in 2021 NFTs make it possible to provably own pieces of Internet history Plus they have many, many other use cases They're exploding, and they're not going away

6529 @punk6529

1/ On NFTs 2030 However bullish you are on NFTs, you are wrong. You are insufficiently bullish. 6529 has gone to the mountaintop and there is almost nothing in life that 6529 is as sure of as this

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

2/ 1. Art 2. Music 3. Virtual Land 4. Games 5. Identity 6. Collectibles 7. Fantasy Sports 8. Project Launches 9. Tokenized Communities 10. Crowd Funding / Investing 11. Insurance 12. Event Tix 13. Fractional Land / Asset Ownership The list goes on & on

Matty @DCLBlogger

#NFT's are Catching Fire 🔥 25 Industries Being Disrupted as we speak. Thread 👇 1/

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

3/ NFT profile pictures are a new signifier of... 1. Currency 2. Credibility 3. Rarity 4. Identity 5. Expertise 6. In-the-know-ness 7. Niche-ness 8. Bleeding-edge-ness 9. Playfulness 10. Hope 11. A brighter future 12. The greatest wealth transfer ever https://t.co/KylHyVTRWW

NFTMovement.io | NFT Gems @NFTMovement

pro…bably nothing https://t.co/lE74lv8kCB

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

4/ NFT communities are starting to discover the power of offering holders the ability to stake NFTs to earn royalty shares / grow wealth just by holding the NFT and being part of the community Easy to imagine this becoming integral in online communities

Famous Fox Federation 🦊 @FamousFoxFed

Famous Fox holders will soon be able to stake their #NFTs to earn royalty shares. Stake #FamousFoxes, get money. 💸

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

5/ It's not easy to wrap your head around NFTs But once you start to 'see the light,' there's no going back This is a cultural renaissance—an ability to provably own memes/cultural artifacts that were not possible to own before It's only the beginning

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

1/ as i've begun to wade into the waters of the #NFT community... i really feel most ppl are underestimating this space the community is excited, playful, respectful, encouraging, activated — has an overall higher-vibratory energy than the general crypto space #NFTs

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

6/ There's an entire vibrant sub-culture blooming around NFTs as well The memetic/mythical component of NFTs makes them a natural rallying nexus for communities/movements #nft #nfts $jpg $play

6529 @punk6529

1/ On NFT Twitter We have a lot of newcomers to NFT twitter. This is a thread to teach them our ways. 6529 will start this list today, but will add to it w/suggestions. NFT twitter has a great culture, very positive. Let's keep it this way.

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

7/ I think the next big questions for NFT communities to ask themselves are: - What is our long-term vision? - What do we stand for? - What does it mean to be in our community? - Who are we? - How can we reward early holders/believers in our NFT? #nft

6529 @punk6529

1/ On NFT Twitter We have a lot of newcomers to NFT twitter. This is a thread to teach them our ways. 6529 will start this list today, but will add to it w/suggestions. NFT twitter has a great culture, very positive. Let's keep it this way.

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

8/ I think #NFT projects that develop a vision/identity around... - WHO is the type to own this - WHAT does this community believe in - WHERE is this community/project trying to go - HOW does this community intend to make a "dent in the universe" ... are on a wise path #nfts

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

9/ People are starving for a deeper meaning Cute .jpgs and quick cash are fun/cool but also shallow and the novelty will wear off We live at a pivotal moment in history NFT communities making a deeper contribution to the Earth at this time are ones to watch out for

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

10/ E.g. Many CryptoPunk holders on Twitter are some of the greatest visionaries/thought-leaders in the NFT and crypto space Geniuses thinking about how crypto/NFTs fit into a *more beautiful earthly future* 1. @punk6529 2. https://t.co/TMgPYWIaS5

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

11/ I'd love to see more of this arise in other #NFT communities and in the crypto space in general *How can we use #crypto/#NFTs to birth a more beautiful world?* *How can crypto/NFTs contribute to greater collective intelligence and coherence?* Fundamental questions

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

12/ How can #crypto/#NFTs help us interconnect and empower the emerging, mycelial ‘New Earth’ network of projects focused on the consciousness expansion, holistic regeneration, and full-stack civilization-redesign of Earth? I've been pondering on this one a lot

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

13/ The movement-building potential of NFTs seems to have a natural affinity for enabling powerful collective intelligence The best NFT communities are like super-organisms, with many engaged holders fluidly synchronizing to be massively generative, productive, & influential

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

14/ One of the key questions at this juncture on planet Earth is... *How do we level up our collective coherence, group-synchronization, wisdom, and intelligence to meet our rising challenges?* #Crypto, #NFTs, and #DAOs have a natural role to play in answering this

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

15/ So how to direct the firehose of this explosive NFT hype in the direction of "the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible"? I have some ideas on this and will share more in the coming times Thanks for reading My blog: jordanbates.substack.com 💙

New Earth Wizardry by Jordan BatesPlaying at the intersection of non-duality, magick, sovereignty, art, empowerment, entrepreneurship, and the path to a New Earth in these tectonic timesjordanbates.substack.com

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

16/ P.S. Here's my growing list of interesting people/projects in the NFT space: https://t.co/ZsxvgHWcDe

Second Thread

And here is a slightly older thread from August that I think is still worth including:

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

1/ as i've begun to wade into the waters of the #NFT community... i really feel most ppl are underestimating this space the community is excited, playful, respectful, encouraging, activated — has an overall higher-vibratory energy than the general crypto space #NFTs

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

2/ the space just has a gravity, a magnetism — feels like a fun game that you want to get involved in, after having a taste feels like a generation deciding to elevate art in a new way and create a new digital economy in the process feels like a renaissance

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

3/ *4 million* Americans have already bought or sold an NFT that's a pretty insane number simultaneously suggests the wide appeal + suggests that we're still very early

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

4/ NFTs allow *anything* on the internet to become a 1/1 collectible — a scarce asset is it surprising that the *internet* generation(s) are all over this? we spend *trillions* of hours online... we live online the internet is its own world — and a home

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

5/ cryptocurrency has amply demonstrated that *anything* can be money *anything* can be a store of value if people simply agree it is young ppl are now deciding they'd rather have a store of value that empowers their artistic peers... ...rather than their bloated, sick govmts

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

6/ here's a list i'm curating of beings in the NFT space, for those seeking a leaping-off point: https://t.co/ZsxvgIdO1O

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

7/ v curious to see where all this will go legacy structures on this planet are crumbling left and right human ingenuity is birthing new paradigms and new paradigms always appear strange, and are never anticipated by the masses

Jordan Bates @_jordan_bates

8/ crypto / NFTs are a hedge against the crumbling of what is old and dying there was a time when mankind valued art to such an extent that entire cities were painstakingly crafted to be not only usable, but *beautiful* is it time to remember the value of art? we'll see <3

My most prized NFT: A rare King from the Transdimensional Fox Federation : )

In Sum

So this should give you a clear sense of what I’m seeing in the NFT space and how I’m connecting it to the emergence of a New Earth.

My NFT list on Twitter should also give you a solid leaping-off point if you want to go deeper into NFT Twitter—currently the best place to learn about NFTs, in my view.

I’m very curious about where this NFT renaissance will go, and I’m pondering on ways to integrate NFTs into my own projects. If you have ideas for possible collaborations, reply and let me know.

Love,
JB

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