S1E3 - Derek Edwards Talks Conviction and Squiggles

Ep003 of the podcast features Derek Edwards who is a managing partner at Collab Currency, a founding member of Flamingo, an advisor to Proof, a member of the Art Blocks Curation board and the co-founder of Glitch Marfa

Derek has always been strongly convicted about Squiggles, he has been a prominent vocal supporter of the project, and holds one of the top Squiggle collections.

In this episode we get to hear about Derek's early days as a young chess prodigy, how he approaches spotting trends early, and of course his history and thoughts about Squiggles.

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Guest
Derek Edwards: https://twitter.com/derekedws

Hosts
Nifty Fifty: https://twitter.com/NiftyFiftyETH
Jared Poz: https://twitter.com/jared_poz

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Fnkl: https://twitter.com/0xFnkl

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:29 Derek was a young chess prodigy?
• 2:54 Early career and start in web3
• 7:35 Approach to spotting trends early
• 11:37 Squiggles are bridging digital & physical art
• 15:05 Why Derek opened Glitch Marfa
• 19:26 Summary of E30 Project
• 23:13 Describing the impact and character of Snowfro
• 30:36 Why the conviction for Squiggles?
• 34:52 The bear case for Squiggles
• 37:01 What is the Lindy effect?
• 40:55 How attention has evolved in the digital age
• 45:37 The Squiggle that got away
• 47:52 What physical art does Derek have at home?
• 49:02 Motivation and the evolution of success
• 51:51 Outro