Why Creators Should Own Their Minting Smart Contracts

Mint Season 4 episode 25 welcomes Richerd Chan, Co-Founder at Manifold, Punk #6046, Professional NFT Degen, and smart contract artist. Manifold enables web3 creators to have true creative ownership, preserve on-chain provenance, and interoperate with all major NFT marketplaces. The company is known for building some of the top creator drops in the early NFT days alongside leading figures like Mad Dog Jones, Jay Z, pplpleasr, Steve Aoki, and FVCKRENDER, to name a few.In this episode, we talk about:00:00 - Intro00:20 - How Do Creators Get Started in Crypto08:51 - Richerd’s Thoughts On Why NFTs Took Crypto Mainstream10:51 - Richerd’s Inspiration Behind Starting Manifold15:02 - Are There Benefits That Come With a Self-Sovereign Contract?19:46 - Richerd’s Thoughts About the Creator’s Class That Has Yet to be Impacted by the Web3 Primitives21:28 - Richerd’s Point of View On Music NFTs23:43 - How Collector Stats Can Enable Creators to Build Their Audience28:23 - $9.5 Million Crypto Punk Offer37:06 - The Future of NFTs and Crypto40:28 - OutroI hope you enjoy our conversation.richerd: https://twitter.com/richerdLearn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim your FREE Listener Badge NFT proving you listened to this episodehttps://adamlevy.io/poap-season-4---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 4's NFT sponsors1. Coinvise - https://coinvise.co/2. Polygon Studios - https://polygonstudios.com/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io