#NFTsummer A few weeks ago, we interviewed Xixi Huang (AW#17) in Mandarin and as the AppWorks Fellow who helps us out on the blockchain side, Xixi has a lot of ideas that are worth sharing to a bigger audience. Here's his interview in English:
西西 (Xixi) 黃士晉 is an AppWorks #17 alumni and co-founder of Rydeit. His mission is to bring the applications of blockchain to everyday life because he believes that blockchain can make the world a more fair and better place. As an AppWorks Fellow, he is responsible for guiding founders to think about blockchain and providing insights on blockchain-related investment deals. Before AppWorks, he led his previous team to build more than 10 dapps, including famous games in Taiwan such as 柚子打魚 and Shrimp.Finance. Within a month of launching these games, they had amassed over NT$ 100M (~US$ 3.5M) in transactions. His favorite pastime is traveling with his grandma, and his ultimate goal is to persuade her to buy Bitcoin!
Check out what Xixi has to say about blockchain and NFTs.
#NFTevolution
I started to learn how to write smart contracts in 2016, and learned the entire logic of ERC-20 for tokens and ERC-721 for NFTs. While I was learning about NFTs, I realized that the combination of NFTs with video games was very fitting. In video games, the treasure and equipment you collect becomes virtual assets as NFTs. And the process of using smart contracts to exchange items was very efficient on the blockchain.
At the end of 2018, I designed and created a zombie video game, integrating the concept of playing and drawing cards and packs. Within a pack were 3 NFTs with zombies on them. As a player, the more cards with zombies you collect, the higher your score, and the more tokens you can ultimately earn. From this game, I got connected to other game manufacturers and publishers who were also interested in creating virtual game assets through NFTs. We all had the same idea -- NFTs can bring more meaning and value to the players.
However at the time, many people in the market still believed that tokens and games were riddled with fraud. Since the lifecycle of video games can be short, many traditional gaming companies in the end didn’t find it worthwhile to learn how to integrate NFTs or blockchain into their games.
While the nature of NFTs hasn’t changed, the market has evolved. People’s curiosities are growing, more applications are being developed, and more creators are cropping up. I think now is the right time to start talking to companies about how to integrate NFTs or blockchain into their businesses or games.
#NFTplayground
I think there are many opportunities to start a business these days, and people who want to start one should think about coming to blockchain. Not only is there a huge opportunity but the possibilities are endless. And within blockchain, NFTs currently offer the biggest opportunity. However, it can also pose a new challenge to the team’s endurance, because while easy to obtain traction and users with NFTs, the challenge lies in retaining them.
Similar to other blockchain applications in the past few years, when a new concept is invented, it’ll be flushed with many early users. However, because the surrounding infrastructure wasn’t in place, it was difficult for founders to make valuable extensions or applications. And many of these users don’t actually care about these blockchain products and they are only trying to leverage the ecosystem to make a quick buck. Once they earn all that they can, they will move on to another project.
Right now working on NFTs, you can collect a lot of data in a short amount of time and also make some income to keep you afloat. Founders should seize this opportunity to understand these users, then modify and optimize both their products and mentality to retain them.
Since there’s no geographical restriction on blockchain, I would encourage founders to look beyond your country and region in expanding your NFT products. Also, since blockchain is closely related to finance, if you don’t have a good pricing strategy (or token economics) for your NFT products, the prices might fluctuate greatly. You need to be prepared and remind your users of the risks, otherwise you’ll ultimately get scolded!!
#NFTera
This year, I finally consider myself an official NFT collector. I pay special attention to NFTs with contemporary significance, such as Hashmasks. It signals to the public that NFTs are not just for collecting but that game mechanics can also be applied to interact with users. If we look back ten years from now I’m confident to say that the project that really brought the NFT wave in 2021 would be Hashmasks.
In addition to veteran projects like Hashmasks, other collections I care a lot about are related to Metaverse, such as The Sandbox. I believe that the world will become more and more decentralized and virtual. It is very likely that the next generation will be immersed in a virtual world like Ready Player One, so I am also very optimistic about NFTs in digital worlds like The Sandbox.
The possibilities are endless when it comes to NFTs. Right now, few NFTs are connected with our daily lives. For example, I bought a Hashmask. If I want to show it in my apartment, I might still need to print it out. In the future, how will we connect NFTs to the physical world? I believe they can be applied in many ways, including frames, wallets, cars, house deeds, leases, etc. These products in daily life can be combined with NFTs. We just haven’t opened our imagination yet. It’s hard to imagine that only 20 years ago we were having a hard time believing in the power of the internet.
The development of science and technology not only relies on infrastructure, but also the user's learning curve. The world needs to talk about blockchain more, so that everyone will gradually become familiar with it and it’ll continue to evolve.
If you're a founder working in blockchain or NFTs, welcome to apply to AppWorks >> https://bit.ly/3w0WyIl
alumni meaning 在 聶永真 Aaron Nieh Facebook 的最佳解答
LIBERATE HONG KONG, THE REVOLUTION OF OUR TIMES
光復香港,時代革命〈展〉| 倫敦
〈LIBERATE HONG KONG, THE REVOLUTION OF OUR TIMES〉是輪辦於倫敦各大學間的巡迴展,展示有關香港社會運動發展的宣傳物及相關作品,勾勒一場場抗爭運動的面貌。
展覽於倫敦大學 Goldsmiths 學生會館舉行,該學生會館對社會運動具有象徵意義;為記取1989年六四天安門廣場前無數學生因爭取民主而被中國軍隊屠殺之歷史事件,Goldsmiths 學生會館另名「天安門會館」。
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時間 —— 22nd -27th November 2019 (Closed on Sunday)
地點 —— 倫敦大學 Goldsmiths 學生會館(G/F, Goldsmiths Students' Union, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW)
開幕演出
Durational Performance by Artists Ghost and John:
Friday, 22 November 2019, 11 AM - 5 PM
座談
Sharing Session by Activist Janet Lui:
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 5 - 7 PM
(想了解整場香港抗爭行動者,這場必聽。Janet Lui 畢業於 Goldsmiths 政治傳播所,亦相當了解臺灣政治生態)
活動頁面:https://facebook.com/events/529951831130108/?ti=icl
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‘Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times’ is a touring exhibition at universities across London that showcases promotional materials and artworks about the development of social movements in Hong Kong, highlighting the patterns of political activism during the protests.
The exhibition is held in the Student Union Building at Goldsmiths, University of London, as the building has a symbolic meaning for social movement. It was named as ‘Tiananmen Building’ as the memorial of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, in which numerous students were killed by the Chinese army for demonstrating for democracy on 4 June 1989. It signifies the spirit of Goldsmiths on upholding human rights, justice and freedom.
It will begin with Hong Kong art duo Ghost and John's durational performance, “Thousand Papers 千紙”, which invites audiences to create an installation of Senbazuru that holds happiness, sadness, hopes, dreams and memories, responding to their homeland’s unique stories.
In conjunction with the exhibition there will be a sharing session by Janet Lui, a Hong Kong activist and an alumni of MA Political Communications at Goldsmiths. She will share her observations on the use of art for liberation and self-empowered leadership in the social movement in Hong Kong.
alumni meaning 在 聶永真 Aaron Nieh Facebook 的最佳解答
LIBERATE HONG KONG, THE REVOLUTION OF OUR TIMES
光復香港,時代革命〈展〉| 倫敦
〈LIBERATE HONG KONG, THE REVOLUTION OF OUR TIMES〉是輪辦於倫敦各大學間的巡迴展,展示有關香港社會運動發展的宣傳物及相關作品,勾勒一場場抗爭運動的面貌。
展覽於倫敦大學 Goldsmiths 學生會館舉行,該學生會館對社會運動具有象徵意義;為記取1989年六四天安門廣場前無數學生因爭取民主而被中國軍隊屠殺之歷史事件,Goldsmiths 學生會館另名「天安門會館」。
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時間 —— 22nd -27th November 2019 (Closed on Sunday)
地點 —— 倫敦大學 Goldsmiths 學生會館(G/F, Goldsmiths Students' Union, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW)
開幕演出
Durational Performance by Artists Ghost and John:
Friday, 22 November 2019, 11 AM - 5 PM
座談
Sharing Session by Activist Janet Lui:
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 5 - 7 PM
(想了解整場香港抗爭行動者,這場必聽。Janet Lui 畢業於 Goldsmiths 政治傳播所,亦相當了解臺灣政治生態)
活動頁面:https://facebook.com/events/529951831130108/?ti=icl
_____
‘Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times’ is a touring exhibition at universities across London that showcases promotional materials and artworks about the development of social movements in Hong Kong, highlighting the patterns of political activism during the protests.
The exhibition is held in the Student Union Building at Goldsmiths, University of London, as the building has a symbolic meaning for social movement. It was named as ‘Tiananmen Building’ as the memorial of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, in which numerous students were killed by the Chinese army for demonstrating for democracy on 4 June 1989. It signifies the spirit of Goldsmiths on upholding human rights, justice and freedom.
It will begin with Hong Kong art duo Ghost and John's durational performance, “Thousand Papers 千紙”, which invites audiences to create an installation of Senbazuru that holds happiness, sadness, hopes, dreams and memories, responding to their homeland’s unique stories.
In conjunction with the exhibition there will be a sharing session by Janet Lui, a Hong Kong activist and an alumni of MA Political Communications at Goldsmiths. She will share her observations on the use of art for liberation and self-empowered leadership in the social movement in Hong Kong.
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