1/ As humans develop new technologies and economic systems, the objects we use to store value will evolve to match new realities.

My new piece for @collab_currency.

@derekedws/a92f54fa98cc' target='_blank'>medium.com/@derekedws/a92f54fa98cc

2/ Aggregated attention, pointed toward the right opportunity, can translate into value — whether for brands, companies, or individuals.

However, these same attention flywheels can also drive value into single unique objects.

3/ Over the last 36 months, the attention flywheel has now moved to not only include unique physical objects — but unique digital objects.

In the aggregate, over $1.5B+ in value continues to be stored across some of the leading networked digital collections.

4/ In the future, digital objects will exist for every category of unique value, including regulated assets, employment contracts, property deeds, and more.

Put simply, blockchains are a recording format upgrade for all the world's objects.

5/ However, given the early nature of this technology, there are only two valuable categories of *unique* digital objects today:

(1) Products/Services; and
(2) Stores of Value

I break down both categories in the article.

6/ While the digital asset ecosystem is just a decade old, I believe we're in the midst of a fundamental, once-in-human-history transition, that will begin to see unique digital objects serve as trust-minimized stores of value for a global internet economy.

gm ♥️

7/ Grateful to those who contributed ideas or conversation including the members of @FlamingoDAO, @awrigh01, @pridesai, @JDH, @benroy__, @gmoneyNFT, @Zeneca, @KevinRose, @Punk9059, @eli_schein, @toddg777, @ArtOnBlockchain, @chrisostoich, @ChrisF_0x, @sbmckeon, @seth (cont.)

8/ + @thattallguy, @amanda0x, @_cutbank, @aradtski, @karenshen_, @RonanBroadhead, @cshapiro, @zackrosenblatt2, @glitchmarfa, @neon_dao, @noisedao, @RED___DAO among many others. ♥️