Capsule 21 Podcast

The Capsule 21 team breaks the rule that you should keep everything secret and talks about their next project in advance!

In this Episode—loosely based on Helen DeWitt's short story "Climbers"—the Capsule 21 team reminisces about the making of the immediately-preceding then-unreleased Capsule 21 podcast episode featuring an epic interview with Berk Ozdemir. Then we walk the audience through the mechanics of publishing the Berk Ozdemir podcast episode in the context of the Anchor.fm platform and UI. Finally, we make a...

In Q1 2020, Berk Ozdemir created one of the most celebrated and iconic CryptoPunk derivatives ever: BASTARD GAN PUNKS V1. "Gan" refers to "generative adversarial network," in which two "adversarial" neural networks "fight" one another in an exercise to determine the most messed up looking CryptoPunk that is still recognizable as a Punk. In this episode, Berk explain the process behind BGAN punks a...

@cxkoda explains exactly how he put Moonbirds on-chain and how you can use his techniques and code to create next-generation on-chain NFTs that work in the Twitter hex and are generally more reliable and compatible because their are BMP files not SVGs!

AI Art Pioneer @unrealsov joins us for a discussion of the nature of AI Art with concrete tips and tricks. Our in-house AI Art Expert Dovetail offers his own perspective and reveals his TikTok!

Camp v. Kitch. Which is better? And what are they even REALLY? Are CryptoPunks Camp?

Special guests Michael Hirsch (@0xhirsch) and Roberto Pando (@RobPando) of @Indelible_Labs explain what Indelible Labs is and how it can help you create an NFT collection. Then they use their deep experience to give you concrete advice on making that collection SELL OUT! A can't-miss episode of the C21 Pod!

Is it even possible to have an episode about nothing? Isn't nothingness itself a topic? In this episode we discuss a variety of topics, including Modulo Bias!

After a quick review of Capsule 21's latest project Default Punks, we dive into Noun's recent decision to close their Discord. Should DAO be responsible for offering centralized vibe subsidies to members with no social skills? What is a DAO anyway? FIND OUT!

Can an NFT be "historical"? What about an NFT that came out in the historical quarter Q1 2022? On this pod we answer these questions and finally nail down which is better: history or philosophy.

Special guest @hWonderofWorld discusses the pitfalls of running an NFT project like a company. How can you sell NFTs without also selling unregistered securities? Listen to find out! The Capsule 21 Podcast is taped in front of a live Twitter Spaces audience every Thursday at 5pm ET! Join us and appear on the pod!

What is censorship? Can the blockchain help us combat it? Do we want to combat it in the first place? In this episode we discuss these topics as they pertain to the suppression of ideas as well as the "economic censorship" made possible by reversible transactions. Foobar's article "Why Finality Matters" receives attention on this last topic (https://0xfoobar.substack.com/p/why-finality-matters). R...

Hear a former start up CEO, former architect, and former Marine talk about how to build a career in the NFT space! And these are only your hosts. Other career-minded people also showed up to give and receive advice because the Capsule 21 Podcast is taped before a Live Twitter Spaces Audience every Thursday at 5pm. Join us next time! Speaking on a podcast is a great way to improve your personal bra...

If on-chain art is so great, why is it so difficult to right click save it? Yunks as an example: you don't even know what the canonical version to right click save is because it's different on different browsers. Piv offers the idea that maybe this is good! Middlemarch says the issue is that on-chain art "larps" by requiring a ton of off-resources to render, ultimately harming the "lasts forever"...

It's the end of the period of time when Capsule 21 was merely a Twitter Spaces and not an official podcast. NOT TO BE CONFUSED with the final episode of the Capsule 21 Podcast, which will hopefully never come! Discussed: What is "lazy minting" really? Is @fairxyz legit? What is knowledge?