Bitcoin Art History (+ why "Pepes aren't NFTs") | with Rare Scrilla

Описание: There are few people on the planet more deeply entrenched in ‘Bitcoin Art’ than Rare Scrilla - and few people more influential in its culture and adoption.

A key figure in "Rare Pepe" culture, Scrilla pioneered the "Fake Rares" movement, igniting a significant surge in demand for Counterparty assets in late 2021 - nearly eight years after he began recording Bitcoin-inspired hip-hop, influenced by the Silk Road, in 2014.

Scrilla has written and recorded multiple Bitcoin-inspired albums, including Sound Money, which became the first original album inscribed on Bitcoin - as well as the first original song on Bitcoin, a sub-1K inscription.

From Counterparty, to Pepes, to Ordinals and beyond - Scrilla and I explore the unique history of Bitcoin art culture over the past decade - and the wildly underrated influence of Bitcoin on the development of “NFTs.”

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Intro
02:40 – How Silk Road Sparked Scrilla’s Journey
09:27 – Trading, Losing, and Going All In
14:35 – Birth of the Rare Pepe Phenomenon
22:00 – Pepe Went Global (and political)
27:10 – Inside the Rare Pepe Directory
30:26 – Ethereum’s Rise and the Art Split
36:00 – Ethereum Won: Art Communities Scattered
41:34 – The Birth of Fake Rares
53:57 – How DJ Pepe Got Into Ordinals
01:00:10 – First Music on Bitcoin
01:10:20 – The Current Ordinals Situation
01:17:29 – The “Ahá” Moment
01:22:40 –The Dark Side of The Music Industry
01:26:10 – Censorship Resistance & The Road Ahead