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Show Notes

(00:02:33) - (First question) - How the founding team of Evaluate came to be

(00:04:23) - What it was like for Evaluate to gain popularity so suddenly in the NFT boom

(00:05:39) - How they made decisions about their business model and image

(00:07:08) - How they think about collaborating with other builders in the space and branching out from their small niche market

(00:09:51) - Dealing with the fast-moving and cut-throat nature of this nascent market

(00:11:32) - Building a defensible and profitable business in an open-source world

(00:13:35) - The nuances and challenges of deciding which chain to use for an NFT platform

(00:16:14) - The irony of re-centralizing DeFi on an NFT platform

(00:17:51) - His perspective on the community built around NFT capital

(00:19:51) - Evaluate’s direct NFT-swapping system

(00:23:28) - How sentimental value and “the endowment effect” play in to NFT valuations

(00:25:40) - How NFTs can unlock new levels of fandom

(00:27:37) - Key factors in building successful NFT systems and infrastructure

(00:30:13) - Weathering volatility and staying innovative in the wake of the NFT boom

(00:37:43) - The difficulties of avoiding speculators and securing a stable customer base 

(00:39:48) - What he’s most excited to build over the next six months and six years