NFT Virtual Summit (full audio)

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For videos of the NFT Virtual Summit, visit a16z.com.

Session 1: The Future of the Digital Ownership Economy with Dan Boneh (Stanford University) and Chris Dixon (a16z)

• What is an NFT? [3:01]
• Why are NFTs so big right now? [7:04]
• The most exciting programmable ownership structures [11:36]
• NFTs and composability: what can you do with NFTs? [15:16]
• How would quantum impact the immutability of the blockchain ledger? [18:40]
• How important is decentralized permanent storage for NFTs... and when will we get there? [20:54]

Session 2: The New Creative Economy with Kayvon Tehranian (Foundation Labs)

• How Foundation Labs works with creatives [24:54]
• Digital Art NFTs: Nyan Cat, Ethiopian Artists Collective, Rafael Rozendaal, Aphex Twin, and Reuben Wu [28:08]
• The Edward Snowden NFT [33:45]
• Why is tracking provenance powerful for creatives? [36:34]
• Creators becoming collectors and crypto investors [39:00]
• Can you buy an NFT on one platform and sell on another and still track provenance? [41:31]

Session 3: NBA Top Shot and Other NFTs on the Flow Blockchain with Dan Boney (Stanford University) and Dieter Shirley (Dapper Labs)

• The Flow Blockchain from CryptoKitties to NBA Top Shot [45:18]
• What is NBA Top Shot, and what was the hardest part of building it [50:34]
• Building a successful user experience [52:55]
• Negotiating with the NBA [54:32]
• The biggest challenges for NFTs going mainstream [56:55]
• Why did they build their own blockchain? [1:01:23]
• Building ERC-721 and lessons learned on crypto standards [1:04:00]

Session 4: Going Beyond Collectibles and The Future of Tokens for Creators with Kevin Chou (Rally) and Chris Dixon (a16z)

• What are social tokens? (and how is Portugal. The Man. using them) [1:05:51]
• What are the roles of fungible and non-fungible tokens? [1:08:30]
• NFTs in gaming now and what's next [1:14:35]
• Pricing and price discovery for NFTs [1:17:39]
• Tips for launching a social token [1:19:06]
• How does Rally make money? [1:22:08]

Session 5: NFT Use Cases Today and Tomorrow with Devin Finzer (OpenSea) and Katie Haun (a16z)

• What does OpenSea do? [1:26:14]
• Why the sudden interest in NFTs? [1:28:35]
• What can and can't be turned into an NFT [1:30:13]
• How NFTs can interact with the physical world [1:32:33]
• Virtual lands and the metaverse economy [1:35:14]
• Virtual concerts and NFT tickets [1:40:44]
• Mixing and remixing NFTs [1:43:04]

Session 6: The Accidental Art DAO with pplpleasr (digital artist)

pplpleasr's NFT "Apes Together Strong" that was auctioned as part of The NFT Summit serves as the artwork for this podcast.