Tycho first heard of crypto in the days of the Silk Road, calling the underground marketplace “the best thing in the world” at the time. Now, of course legit, he’s launching his own.”tyco open source community“use polygon NFT.
tyco Says he bought his first hardware wallet in 2011 but didn’t keep Bitcoin On this. in an interview with decryptThe artist—also known as Scott Hansen or ISO50 in the aughts during his blogging days—shared the story of how he got into crypto and web3,
In 2016, he bought Ethereum And vowed never to sell it, just to see what happened to it.
“We should get this thing Ethereum,” he recalled telling musician Jacob Alexander on tour at the time. “Bitcoin is old school but Ethereum, that’s a good thing.”
He then forgot everything but forgot about his crypto for years as he continued to make music and visual arts. Hansen designed all the graphics for his album and engineered his distinctive melodious, ethereal electronic soundtrack that earned him two Grammy nominations.
“Our agreement was that we should never sell it, and see what happens with it,” he said of ETH that he still is.hodling” today.
In 2021, Hansen released some NFT Feather Nifty Gateway And open sea, which he calls the “learning experience”. inspired by the likes of beepleJustin Blau (3lau), and artists Reuben Wu, Hansen consider Web3 and Crypto to be very suitable for their community.
“We knew each other from speaking at graphic design conventions back in the day,” Hansen said of Beaple, who had recently collaborated with Madonna. NSFW NFT Collection,
Tyco’s community – which they say includes VFX artists, musicians and other graphic designers – was first built in the blogosphere, but has since expanded into a token-gated Discord server.
Looking at its affiliates and professional members, it is not unlike music producer ilamind is also producing through NFT with its “Squad of Knights”, which offers holders IRL perks such as recording studio space and musical collaboration opportunities.
Hansen sees Web3 as a way for artists to get rid of the social media middleman.
“Web2 social media platforms came around and hijacked this whole thing,” Hansen said of how social media changed Internet communities. “It doesn’t really feel like a two-way street anymore.”
When he learned about Medallion, a full-service crypto platform, Hansen was intrigued. He said that he started working with the company because he found their terms attractive.
“What’s interesting to me about the Web3 space and leveraging Web3 to this end is that, with Patreon, you’re just creating a login,” Hansen said.
But with its “open source” community, which gives holders access to things like advance album listening parties and livestreams, “the artist owns the data.”
Hansen said he always wanted NFTs—which act as an access token—to be free, while additional perks could cost money or crypto in the future.
“I think it was the endgame, this Web3 community, to create this kind of community space,” Hansen said.
As far as whether Hansen will release any musical NFTs under his Tycho alias in the future, it’s something he says he’s looking for. Hansen told decrypt He has “a couple releases on the horizon” that he might turn to musical NFT, but he doesn’t have any concrete plans yet.
When asked why electronic artists prefer Steve Aoki3lau, deadmau5, Dillon FrancisAnd being so open to Web3 compared to artists from other genres himself, Hansen has some ideas.
“Electronic musicians in general” […] You have to be somewhat technically competent to be able to get into it, and I think if you’re getting into this kind of music, you’re going to be very interested in technology as a general concept anyway. are,” he said.
As someone with a background in computer science, digital graphic design, and electronic music, Web3 and Crypto felt like a natural thing for Hansen to explore.
In his view, Web3 hasn’t leveled the playing field—it’s still difficult for new musicians to find success—but he believes Web3 will eventually become the “norm.”
“I don’t see it […] As it is like a utopian vision that it was being told in the very beginning,” he said. “But I definitely think it’s another tool in the artist’s toolkit, so whenever we have any other kind of leverage, I think it’s going to shift [the] Some kind of dynamic power. ,