The First Rule of Blogging

Pick a subject and stick to it. Don’t post writing that is random.

Breaking the First Rule

Rule One for a Successful Blog
Pick a scope and stick to it.

I am not going to do this. I’m going to write about all kinds of things. I’m not limiting myself in any way in order to be successful. I’m not looking for success. I’m just looking to preserve my writing and make it readily available to anyone who’d like to read / view it.

If I can do that, I will consider it a success because it will be beneficial to my mental health. It will help others who struggle in the ways that I struggle.

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Sometimes the only thing that you can do to help is to tell your story. Show others that you know what it is like to walk that path, and that they are not alone.

That can change the world. That can save lives.

Jack Lhasa
exoteric.live

The Short Story

I minted my first NFT in 2021. On the WAX chain. A simple pic that I was using for profiles at the time. I spent the next 2 years doing mostly test mints. Learning how things worked on different chains and in different markets.

Minted stuff that no one else ever saw. Or I sent directly to friends. I took this across many blockchains, learning the nuances of their NFT processes. I used the following blockchains: WAX, Polygon, BSC, Pixie, Base, Optimism, Degen, Zora, & more.

What that gave me was a broad appreciation for NFTs as a medium and the skill to create them anywhere.

LENS chamged that forever. It’s so much easier on the creator, the collector, and the trader. No other protocol has anything so easily used. And now, as Lens migrates from Polygon to a dual-chain system based on ZK rollups, it is poised to change the world’s view of NFTs, as well as revolutionize web3 social media.

Lens is a Game Changer.

Originally posted on lens 04/27/2024. Edited for blog use on 12/30/2024.

Future Provings

The most pressing feature of dapps that no group is doing is NFT curation. Like a lot of people, I have tons of NFTs. Music, video, lens posts, art, literature, etc. and it’s nearly impossible to find any single NFT without trouble.

We need searchable galleries. We need to be able to organize them in a variety of ways. Some apps allow the user the ability to ‘spotlight’ or grouping into niches, but they don’t go very deep.

This is also a really important step to widespread adoption of crypto and NFTs. Owning hundreds or thousands of NFTs without a smart organization tool is incredibly draining, and eventually leads NFTs to be treated like piles in a hoarder’s house. How can mainstream users ever understand the capabilities of NFTs while their oldest NFTs sink to the bottom?

If anyone knows an app that is already doing this, please reply and let me know. As of now, orna.art is the best in this endeavor, but they are limited to Lens, and therefore don’t provide the necessity of doing this across chains and protocols.

Jack Lhasa