NFT Virtual Summit (full audio)

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.