As a comic book artist with a mint thats been live since last December, working tirelessly in what I believe in for Art and NFTs. Seeing this market only support the top is difficult but it's honestly like this regardless of the "space" your in, doesn't change the goals.
Today I’m sitting with my thoughts as a creator, collector, and builder in the NFT space.
People who know me know I’ve been here for a long time. I’ve supported blue-chip projects. I’ve held pieces that most people would consider valuable. I’ve been around since the early days, back when Quantum was minted in 2014, and I watched CryptoPunks help shape the culture in 2017.
But today, I have to be honest.
I’m disgusted with how much of this space only celebrates the projects that already won.
And I’m saying that while looking in the mirror, because I’ve been guilty of it too.
We keep pouring attention, liquidity, and praise into the same names over and over again, while small creators, real builders, and blue-collar NFT projects are out here grinding every single day with almost no recognition.
That ends for me today.
I haven’t sold one personal NFT from my collection since my first free CryptoPunk in 2017. But today I’m going through my wallets, and a lot of those blue chips are going to hit the floor.
Not because I stopped respecting them.
But because this space cannot move forward if we only keep feeding the top.
I want to use that liquidity to support as many smaller projects, artists, founders, and builders as I can. The people who are still here. The people who kept creating through the silence. The people who never had the spotlight, but never stopped showing up.
The blue chips built the foundation.
But the future of NFTs will come from the builders most people are still ignoring.
And today, I want to be part of changing that.