NFTs, NFT Drop Teams, Investing

People are *Really* Stretching NFT Roadmap Amenities These Days — A Look at NFT Utility

How much utility is really needed?

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I’ve been on a LOT of NFT drop teams now — sometimes “just” as the generative art coder, sometimes as a full-on web3 dev, and sometimes as a team member involved in all of the drop planning. (And sometimes a mix of all that.) Clearly, one agenda item that always dominates discussions would be the roadmap.

I was just reading one today — one for a massive sure-sell-out drop that I’d talked with about doing their art. (I didn’t wind up working with them, but I kept an eye on them nonetheless. You know how you either hit it off with people or you don’t sometimes? Well … we didn’t. The main guy was absolutely rude to my team, and frankly to his own, and noticeably dismissive to any women who spoke up during the call. He also didn’t value any of the services I had to offer. Not going to call them out, though, as I just don’t care to.)

Anyway, their roadmap is basically the following. I’ll list a paraphrase of what the roadmap item is, and then my translation of what it means:

  1. We are launching the project. (Translation: No benefit. Should it be part of your roadmap to include “we are launching”? Personally, I’m not a…

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