Rare Pepes and Mint Gold Dust with Theo Goodman and Kelly LeValley Hunt | Creator's Corner #9

Stay up to date on the generative art world in 5 min with our weekly newsletter - direct to your inbox!A special episode! Rare Pepe Scientist Theo Goodman and OG Ethereum builder Kelly LeValley Hunt break down the history of Rare Pepes and fake Rare Pepes explaining how this meme became so ubiquitous on the internet and in web3. We then switch to Mint Gold Dust, Kelly's decentralized open marketplace for art. These are two of the most interesting people I've interviewed, I'm sure you'll love learning about this corner of web3! This audio only episode can also be found on our Youtube channel here - please like and subscribe, it really helps us!Episode artwork: Pepe The Frog by Matt FurieTimestamps:0:00 | Collector's Corner intro0:22 | Introduction to our wonderful guests!1:05 | How Kelly got involved in web3 and her path to starting Mint Gold Dust5:28 | How Theo got involved in web3 and Rare Pepes11:02 | Rare arts festival 2 and the early days of Rare Pepes19:37 | Why Rare Pepes are important31:33 | How Rare Pepe scientists came to be37:11 | How artists came together to reclaim the Pepe meme, which had become a hate symbol42:27 | Rare Pepes were the first NFTs on Bitcoin, which required new technology48:11 | Finding Rare Pepes on the Rare Pepe directory52:32 | How Fake Rare Pepes came to be1:01:47 | Mint Gold Dust - why Kelly started it and their focused on a fully decentralized art marketplace1:08:13 | The types of art Mint Gold Dust focuses on, including geo anchors a really cool new technology, incentivizing royalties, and their content1:16:47 | Why Kelly shifted from creating blockchain infrastructure to NFT art1:22:00 | Parting thoughts and where to find our lovely guestsShow notes:--Contact info--Theo Goodman | https://twitter.com/theog__ | @theogoodman (Telegram)Kelly LeValley Hunt | https://twitter.com/LeValleyKellyMint Gold Dust | https://www.mintgolddust.com/ | https://twitter.com/MintGoldDust--Mentioned in the show--Pepe explorer | pepe.wtfCryptonews on the importance of Pepes | https://cryptonews.com/exclusives/rare-pepe-nfts.htmRare Pepe directory | http://rarepepedirectory.com/VVD thread on pepes | https://mobile.twitter.com/Vince_Van_Dough/status/1569751625325072385Rare AF 2 Recap | https://artolin.org/rareaf2-recap/Fake Rare Directory | https://fakeraredirectory.com/Le Monde (French) article on Pepes | https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2017/02/15/le-marche-aux-memes-quand-la-culture-web-joue-a-la-bourse_5079916_4408996.htmlFred Wilson's blog post on Pepes | https://avc.com/2017/05/rare-pepe/ArtnetNFT on Pepe's | https://news.artnet.com/buyers-guide/pepe-art-angle-transcript-2077584