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I actually knew the NFT would only be 30 secs long and I’m also interested in the Mike Shinoda text file NFT. but I’m a heavy tech person and have been in this blockchain space for years. I disagree that Mike is doing it for the money. He never knew how much this all would be worth and I’m pretty sure he would’ve continued if it only sold for 5 bucks because he wants to test the space. He’s an artist and a nerd. I also think he is donating the 30k to the fund because he’s feeling that the first NFT isn’t worth 30k.

just a few last off topic remarks haha. I agree that not everything has to be decentralized. Also I agree that as long as the feed isn't correct or true even blockchain won't help. BUT we are removing places and mechanisms where you can manipulate the data. The less the better right? And if someone feeds incorrect data into it you will always know where it came from. I also agree with you here. It's all still in a very explorative bubble and I'm pretty sure in 15 years 99% of all these projects will be no more. Only the few ones that are more comprehensible and help society will still be there. Yeah even though bitcoin was created 10 years ago, this all is still a very new way of thinking. The concept of decentralization existed even for longer and it still hasn't found its way into society. Only cryptocurrencies as an investment tool became a bit more mainstream. But decentralization is further away, also because governments are more in favor of centralized than decentralized concepts of course. It could also just be that we will still live in a centralized future because humanity decided that it's better to have centralized instances with the possibility that things can be faked and duplicated but it's just easier and humans like simple things. Who knows. I'm pretty sure Mike himself doesn't understand all of it (yet) since he explained it badly imo. But this also shows what kind of an experimental thing this is and maybe we shouldn't put too many emotions behind it. He's just testing things out.

Decentralized systems are ALWAYS better because there is no way to fake something and you can always see where it came from. It's fully traceable. When it comes to centralized systems the problem is that there's always a chance for them to fake and hide something. I work in the automotive industry and most of us are also moving towards blockchain and decentralized systems. The downside is so much more costs and a lot of R&D to be done. I hope that we will live in a future where everything is decentralized and the people don't even have to 'get it'. All they need to know is that what they are getting/buying/using is fully legit and traceable. All blockchain/decentralization is just a protocol in the background. I mean the majority is using the internet and they don't understand the protocols behind it. I fully agree with what you said about the now 30k bid. But also that rich kids have always gotten the collectibles they wanted. So about Mike going this way of creating just 1 single NFT (for now). It's really a collectible guys. Collectibles have always been more expensive but now for the first time digital things can be real collectibles because there's no way to just really fake it. He could very well still release the 100th stream digitally for just 1$ but still the one one Zora is the first release and the buyer can decide how much it's worth for him. Also I'm pretty sure he will release it to the masses because he stressed that "there will only be 1 FIRST release of something". And finally with this technology you are able to proof that this is the first release and not coming from the 2nd batch on iTunes even though the file is 100% identical. Simply because you can trace that it wandered from Mike's digital wallet address to your digital wallet address. Now you could of course, if Mike releases this digitally for everyone else, just get that, and rip the animation and create your own .mov file. Do you have the same now? Yes and no. You might think the buyer is the stupid person because you've got exactly the same now. But the buyer thinks you are the stupid person because he has the original, everybody can verify on the blockchain that it went from Mike's digital wallet adress to his digital wallet address. But does it really matter? For you probably not, but for collectors it does matter. You will never be able to sell your .mov file for any money if interested people can't follow it on the blockchain. So Mike now just put more NFTs up on Zora. A text with his name, and a drawing. You can potentially just screenshot the drawing and put it as your profile pic, you can open a text editor and write "Mike Shinoda". But does it have the same collectible value? No. But is it worth any money? That's up to yourself. I also never cared about collecting coins or stamps, but still I do understand that others can see unique value with a price tag on them. Tbh I'm very interested in the "Mike Shinoda" text NFT. This is a new thinking where digital things can be collectibles and it's very interesting to think if digital goods can be collectibles. This is all a very new concept and has still to be proven if this concept will find it's way into a niche or even into society. To maybe break it down to our current world which is not too abstract: Think of a physical Mona Lisa which is connected to a token on the blockchain. You can only sell it with the token, which means the token will be transferred from one digital wallet to another digital wallet. If you can't, then the Mona Lisa is a fake because there can only be one single Mona Lisa token on the whole blockchain that you can trace to its beginnings. And even if you duplicate the Mona Lisa and try to sell it with the token, will the original have any worth because you can't proof it? Will the new Mona Lisa still have the full value even though it's duplicated? Is all that matters then just the token on the blockchain? These are hypothetical questions that I can't answer yet but it's very interesting to think about such a future.

mine just arrived today in Germany

So even the AcousticSounds release is not supporting the scholarship?

Rob is still trying to dial in from his table telephone. ☎️

well he said he's not doing it for the money and he lost a bunch of money in the process.

well he said he will only release new material if enough people are buying the first, so I guess he got his money.

This was so cool with a lot of insights! Thanks for doing this. Can't we get Mike to do an interview with you guys to clarify the unanswered questions?

@Astat the fucking madman already guessed that the Be/In Yourself song could've been Pictureboard. You're an absolute legend in the LP community.

Ugh I’m glad I’m barely following anything on lplive since the community is so toxic. anyways I don’t think there’s a need to judge anything of this so seriously since it’s just a fun and spontaneous project during corona time and open door is also a song about collaboration and creating memories with fans in my opinion. Sometimes you can just let people have their fun.

Wasn't it that the label didn't really support her anymore? And she felt betrayed by them and somehow by Brad?

They probably let Korn butcher this song out of respect (and marketing for their name).

Baiting the fans with a second release with unreleased chester material only if the first one does well is such a cash grab. They could've just put everything in the first album. Imo this GD project/release should be a one-time project.

thanks a lot!

Message from Mike via Adam: https://twitter.com/heydudeimadam/status/888588276474421248 Says a lot if he's not saying it by himself on social media. Thoughts and prayers to the band and his family.

where can I get the DSPs now if I bought them? downloads.linkinpark.com doesn't seem to exist anymore.

this sounds so damn poppy but kiiara sounds so good. i'm pretty excited for the song now

i like this song!

Dat bitch Chester didn't let rob perform the drum solo. Rob already started but mike stopped him

show was so good, i want my dsp

not exactly. listen closely with headphones on or turn the speakers loud. in the rock band 3 version, you can hear the 'removed joe sound' slightly, whereas it is completely removed on the itunes deluxe version. but i think it's not the same sound, because it still sounds a little different. rockband3: itunes deluxe: http://youtu.be/mdOO9HrfekM?t=55s why don't they play this live if they changed it?

yes awful, it doesnt even blend nicely into the other sounds. i always loved the old sound. who made all these shit changes?

i think it's just because mike's voice is shivering while singing and in the combination with chester it sounds weird.

really? i thought it sounded horrible. joe messed up the beginning, and mike didnt change the chords cleanly, had some little mistakes, and i'm not sure what to think of the mixed vocal performance