S1E3 - Derek Edwards Talks Conviction and Squiggles

SquiggleDAO Podcast

Ep003 of the podcast features Derek Edwards who is a managing partner at Collab Currency, a founding member of Flamingo, an advisor to Proof, a member of the Art Blocks Curation board and the co-founder of Glitch Marfa
Derek has always been strongly convicted about Squiggles, he has been a prominent vocal supporter of the project, and holds one of the top Squiggle collections.
In this episode we get to hear about Derek's early days as a young chess prodigy, how he approaches spotting trends early, and of course his history and thoughts about Squiggles.
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Guest
Derek Edwards: https://twitter.com/derekedws
Hosts
Nifty Fifty: https://twitter.com/NiftyFiftyETH
Jared Poz: https://twitter.com/jared_poz
Editor
Fnkl: https://twitter.com/0xFnkl
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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Derek was a young chess prodigy? (00:01:29)

3. Early career and start in web3 (00:02:54)

4. Approach to spotting trends early (00:07:35)

5. Squiggles are bridging digital & physical art (00:11:37)

6. Why Derek opened Glitch Marfa (00:15:05)

7. Summary of E30 Project (00:19:26)

8. Describing the impact and character of Snowfro (00:23:13)

9. Why the conviction for Squiggles? (00:30:36)

10. The bear case for Squiggles (00:34:52)

11. What is the Lindy effect? (00:37:01)

12. How attention has evolved in the digital age (00:40:55)

13. The Squiggle that got away (00:45:37)

14. What physical art does Derek have at home? (00:47:52)

15. Motivation and the evolution of success (00:49:02)

16. Outro (00:51:51)