Avid @NBATopShot / @WNBATopShot Collector, Software Developer, Creator of intangible.market, #PaperMoment, @NFTrivia, and @TodayInMoments.
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Finally wrote it down. I got into @NBATopShot because Panini screwed me out of ten bucks and taught me what "ownership" actually means. Grateful for it now. Here's how it happened.
medium.com/@intangible/paninβ¦
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Every @NBATopShot collector deserves a great app for their Moments. Years of iterations later, here is mine, and it is yours too.
topshotexplorer.com v2: every play, set, edition and moment, read straight from the Flow Blockchain. Open source.
More info β¬οΈ
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Blog story here: intangible.medium.com/top-shβ¦
There is a lot in the app the post never mentions. Find the Early Adopters wall if you can.
Cheers π»
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Steve π retweeted
Only 3M transactions till Flow crosses 1 billion!
Lets celebrate with giveaways from apps across the ecosystem. @nbatopshot pioneered sports collectibles and saw ~$1.5B in all-time sales, theyβre giving away NBA Finals Chance Hit packs to kick off the festivities.
More below π
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Steve π retweeted
Why am I so passionate about @nbatopshot? Itβs because this is the only collectible that really captures NBA history. Topshot started in 2020 and went in both directions, capturing history as it happens, while also reaching back thru the TV era to mint the greatest players & plays that came before it. IMO, I donβt believe the NBA will want another platform to start over & duplicate what has already been βmintedβ. This is it.
A future NBA digital partner may happen, one that is steeped in collectible greatness, but they will build on top of what already exists. And IMO, the future is not stale images, but videos cataloging everything that has happened. The real play. I am not taking anything away from any other platform. We can all succeed. But one day, demand for these pieces of NBA history will overwhelm the supply that was minted years earlier. Cute
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Attaching the screenshot because this is the kind of take that gets deleted.
If you take blockchain or digital collectibles advice from this guy, you now understand less than you did before you opened the app.
LOL. Imagine ethereum goes from $2.5k to 2 bucks. What would happen to those collectibles. Be delusional to be happy to get tied up in a scam chain. Literally no chain performed worse within 3 orders of magnitude.
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I wanted to see how NFTs and tokens actually move on @flow_blockchain, between Cadence and EVM.
So I built flow_live, a lightweight explorer for the Flow blockchain, using live data and no indexer.
flow.reruncode.com
Full blog below π
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Wrote up the full story, why an explorer with no indexer, what it decodes, and one real transaction walked through end to end.
intangible.medium.com/flow-lβ¦
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I'm not sure if any of my friends/followers here are AI nerds like me, but if you are, you might find this interesting.
local.ai/steve/invite
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Steve π retweeted
π Big day 1 for NBA Top Shot at Fanatics Fest
Swing by the NBA court this weekend to
Rip exclusive packs,
Complete the new, special-edition set Around The World,
And hang out with NBA champion Landry Shamet!
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Steve π retweeted
New York Knick and NBA CHAMPION @landryshamet
will be coming by the @NBA station on Saturday to hang with collectors!
We're headed to @FanaticsFest!
Come find @NBATopShot in the @NBA station
Rip exclusive packs
Find a new, special-edition set, Around The World
Hang with an NBA Champion...
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You have my attention π
First Class π our first WNBA pack drop
40 sealed packs Β· $10 each 3 officially licensed WNBA top shot moments per pack
π chase: paige bueckers rookie
- aliyah boston, kamilla cardoso & more
β° sale opens - thu 1pm ET
π sale ends - thu 7:55pm ET
π¦ packs open - thu 8pm ET
vaultopolis.com (flow wallet needed)
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Steve π retweeted
We're headed to @FanaticsFest!
Come find @NBATopShot in the @NBA station
Rip exclusive packs
Find a new, special-edition set, Around The World
Hang with an NBA Champion...
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Hey Cleveland fans, how do you unburn a jersey? Asking for a friend π€£
BREAKING: The Los Angeles Clippers are nearing deal sending Kawhi Leonard to the Toronto Raptors for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, 2 first-round picks, 1 pick swap and 2 second-rounders, sources tell ESPN. A return to Canada for the Raptors champion and two-time Finals MVP.
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When Vinyls drops a factual hammer like this, it tells you everything. Leaving out the $2,500 cases and $250 boxes that sold out instantly, just to focus on the leftover $5 packs, is a massive omission.
It is an obviously forced comparison. Weaponizing a peak World Cup drop while completely ignoring the high-end demand and the actual data of Top Shot's success shows a clear intent to push a negative narrative.
Normally I wouldnt respond to a post like this but please do your research before making a claim. It hurts everyone when you leave out critical information. NBA Finals cases were $2,500 each and sold out and are low ask of $3,978 on secondary. Boxes were $250 and sold out and are $300 on secondary. We also sold out of $25 standard packs. The chance hits are the FOURTH wave of packs for this drop.
We can all coexist in this space but let's not get things wrong that hurt collectors and businesses. I'm very happy for panini and for collectors that are benefitting from these world cup drops. We should be celebrating not knocking each other down.
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Volatility is part of the territory, but @NBATopShot remains sticky because its core community collects for basketball history, not exclusively for a price feed. Kudos to everyone who stuck around. Prices fluctuate, but the value proposition never changed: Love of the Game.
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Luke is spot on. People don't care about decentralization until they suddenly have to. It's digital property insurance. Good tech is invisible, but true ownership means building an architecture where revocation is impossible. You don't build the foundation after the fact.
I'll be honest, I'm surprised to see you say this as a crypto native guy. Or at least that you would ignore key technical differentiators between the two:
1. Top Shot Moments can be fully self-custody
2. Top Shot has true permanence and long term authenticity
3. Panini is built on a private blockchain
4. Video highlights vs still images
5. Cross-Network compatibility means you can put your Top Shot Moments into your Metamask or Rabby wallet.
Of course, I strongly feel it's good for the space overall that Panini is having a moment of heightened activity, but fans shouldn't settle for digital collectibles being simply replicating what already exists in physical and putting it onchain on a private network.
Digital should push the expectation of what's possible in this space, because so much more is possible.
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Steve π retweeted
Every Moment Video is independently verifiable on @NBATopShot
blog.nbatopshot.com/posts/auβ¦
PlayStation is deleting 551 purchased movies from its customers' accounts, reminding us nothing digital is ever truly ours kotaku.com/playstation-storeβ¦
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