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Event Spotlight: SXSW with Austin Hurwitz (Doodles), Fonz (Tokenproof), Ippsketch

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Show Notes

Sam (Director of Research, PROOF) reports from SXSW 2023 with three interviews in one.

He chats with Austin Hurwitz (Head of Business Development, Doodles) about how he got started with Doodles, Doodles 2, and what’s next for the company.

Sam asks Fonz (Founder & CEO, Tokenproof) about future use cases for NFTs, and about data insights from NFT events powered by Tokenproof.

Finally, he talks with Ippsketch (Generative Artist) about his work on Art Blocks, the NFT royalties debate, and advice for generative artists.

Austin Hurwitz on Twitter | https://twitter.com/austin_hurwitz

Fonz on Twitter | https://twitter.com/FonzGm

Ippsketch on Twitter | https://twitter.com/ippsketch

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00:00 Intro

01:44 Doodles with Austin Hurwitz (Head of Business Development, Doodles)

-Joining the Doodles Team

-The Doodles Community

-Doodles 2

-What’s Next for Doodles

-Advice to the Corporate World on Launching an NFT

19:47 Tokenproof with Fonz (Founder & CEO, Tokenproof)

-Why JPEGs

-How He Got Started in NFTs

-Use Cases for Tokenproof & NFTs

-The Tokenproof App

-Advice to the Corporate World on Launching an NFT

-Data Insights from NFT Events

37:20 Generative Art with Ippsketch

-The NFT Royalties Debate

-Background: Artistic & Technical

-Bent: Art Blocks Curated | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/projects/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/214

-Supply Strategy

-Imposter Syndrome: Art Blocks Presents | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/presents/projects/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/390

-Advice to Generative Artists

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