I was a man with a simple goal: to sell a grid of nine original MS Paint
drawings of Jason Whitlock in various Halloween costumes on the NFT
marketplace, rake in a glorious haul of cryptocurrency, and become a
trillionaire. Sure, there were some obstacles. I did not know how to
make a grid of nine different drawings. I did not know what the words
“non-fungible token” meant when combined in that order. I did not know
how artwork becomes a “non-fungible token.” I did not know where people
go to buy or sell “non-fungible tokens.” I did not understand
cryptocurrency. I did not know where people go to exchange real money
for cryptocurrency. I did not know how to take even the very first baby
steps in any direction in this imaginary new sector of the global
economy. But a man will do desperate things to become a trillionaire.
Besides, I had already done the hardest part. I had drawn Jason Whitlock
in nine different festive Halloween getups, fora night of Defector
trivia back in October 2020
<https://www.twitch.tv/defectormedia/clip/FurryAdventurousAntMcaT?filter=clips&range=all&sort=time>.
The rest is just business, and if there’s one thing I understand even
better than doing high-brow artwork, it is how to do big business.
https://defector.com/a-cryptocurrency-expert-introduces-me-to-the-dystopian-nightmare-of-art-as-a-financial-instrument/
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