Welcoming Erick Calderon aka Snowfro, to discuss all things generative, Art Blocks, Generative Goods, the difficulty of wearing multiple hats, the weight of people's expectations and dealing with competition in the space.      01:02 - Welcome Snowfro 01:40 - Bringing the energy and shaping culture 03:45 - The headspace of a founder vs an artist 05:25 - Being pulled in different directions 06:38 - The core goal of Art Blocks 09:00 - Democratisation of the art 12:20 - The importance of a longterm perspective 13:35 - Thoughts on the traditional gallery model 16:50 - Not leaning into FOMO as a platform 19:58 - The responsibility that comes with success 22:09 - How to deal with the distribution of audience attention among projects 24:00 - Why the Art Blocks schedule has slowed 26:18 - The still-unexplored potential of generative unchain art 28:04 - Extend your time horizon 30:20 - AB Curated, AB Studio and moving forward 33:21 - How to think about competition 44:50 - The power of generative art and blockchain as a distribution mechanism 46:56 - Navigating the success of Squiggles 50:00 - Collecting, Selling, and financial realities of a digital art platform 52:19 - Artists and projects that are pushing things forward 55:40 - The intersection of AI and code based work 58:58 - A new solo project and the power of constraints 01:02:13 - Juggling AB, Generative Goods and an art practice 01:05:15 - The Generative Goods philosophy and connecting with a different audience 01:15:15 - Different view points, different business models and creating upside 01:22:40 - Snowfro debrief 01:24:20 - The realities of gatekeeping 01:29:00 - Orkhan's Rêveries 01:37:30 - Technical issues with the minting process 01:40:20 - The semantics of gatekeeping 01:44:55 - Artist highlights Snowfro: https://x.com/artonblockchainnikita diakur: https://x.com/nikitadiakur Spencer Yan: https://x.com/spncryn Marcela Bellini: https://x.com/studiobellini Joain: https://x.com/0xjoain  LEGIO_X: https://x.com/legio_x_ Jesse Draxler: https://x.com/jessedraxler Petra Cortright: https://x.com/petcortright                              

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