Ahri's unqualified thoughts #19
Ahri's unqualified thoughts #19
Random articles, quotes, videos, musings. Easy to consume content: 1 quote, 1 tweet/storm and 1 article/video.
On today's menu: a tweetstorm unraveling the deceitful actions of a well-known Azuki holder and influencer, along with an excellent article featuring powerful tools to turbocharge your research and ensure thorough due diligence.
1 quote
"Anyone who either cannot lead the common life or is so self-sufficient as not need to, and therefore does not partake of society, is either a beast or a god" Aristotle.
1 tweet/storm
I don't enjoy engaging in negativity, as it tends to perpetuate negativity itself, but I feel compelled to address this shitshow.
In this enlightening thread, Nicole Liu, also known as Mulann_art, a respected Azuki holder and artist, publicly calls out ElenaaETH, another prominent Azuki holder and participant in the brand's official "Researcher in Residence" program.
Within this thread, Mulann exposes Elenaa's lack of effort in her artwork, highlighting instances where she has copied elements from other collections and created a straight-up grift to ride the wave of Ordinals' popularity. Of course, it didn't take long for people to discover that Elenaa had outright stolen art.
To make matters worse, Elenaa proceeded to justify her actions in a lengthy Twitter Spaces session, only to then play the victim card in her response on Twitter. Important: sending her death threats is even worse than what she did.
This entire incident exemplifies the darker side of web3. It follows a familiar pattern employed by certain (BAYC) influencers:
Build an audience.
Take advantage of allowlists and exploit followers.
Establish your own grifter collection.
This situation has left me more frustrated than I thought, as it undermines our chances of being taken seriously if this continues.
1 article/video
In this excellent article, fellow Substack user
shares 7 tools he regularly uses when doing his research. Here is the list:Big Blockchain Game List - a googlesheet with all the details you need.
ChatGPT to analyze Excel data.
A comprehensive DAO tooling matrix.
L1/L2/infra projects launching in 2023/2024.
List of commands to become better at ChatGPT/threading.
smoldapp, a registry of app for builders to deal with assets in their wallets.
BrokenToken, a tool to check smart contracts.
I deliberately left the links out, so you can go and check out his content :)
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