Paki McCormick

So I think I came into it trying to say, all right, cool, crypto seems really interesting, and Web3 seems very, very interesting. What are the fundamentals here and how does this actually help you build a better product for customers and all of that as opposed to approaching it like a religion?

So instead of it going just VC investing in a potential drug to ultimately going public and having a public biotech stock, there's this in-between point. where by having the patient community involved, one, you could actually get the trials filled more quickly. It also helps with regulators to have the patient community themselves behind it.

So instead of it going just VC investing in a potential drug to ultimately going public and having a public biotech stock, there's this in-between point. where by having the patient community involved, one, you could actually get the trials filled more quickly. It also helps with regulators to have the patient community themselves behind it.

So instead of it going just VC investing in a potential drug to ultimately going public and having a public biotech stock, there's this in-between point. where by having the patient community involved, one, you could actually get the trials filled more quickly. It also helps with regulators to have the patient community themselves behind it.

There are people who are actually building and talking to museums and writing code and figuring out the legal structure and setting up the wallets and the partnerships and doing all of these things in a very short amount of time. At some point I was writing a different piece that week and I was just like, you know what, screw it.

There are people who are actually building and talking to museums and writing code and figuring out the legal structure and setting up the wallets and the partnerships and doing all of these things in a very short amount of time. At some point I was writing a different piece that week and I was just like, you know what, screw it.

There are people who are actually building and talking to museums and writing code and figuring out the legal structure and setting up the wallets and the partnerships and doing all of these things in a very short amount of time. At some point I was writing a different piece that week and I was just like, you know what, screw it.

I'm going all in on this outsider on the inside, explaining what was going on. You were like a participant observer.

I'm going all in on this outsider on the inside, explaining what was going on. You were like a participant observer.

I'm going all in on this outsider on the inside, explaining what was going on. You were like a participant observer.

Yeah, people were excited. Somebody was wearing a tri-corner hat. People were excited. People were getting into it. I wore a red, white, and blue hat. I didn't have any just straight-up America gear. People were, I think, a little bit in shock that they had pulled this all together. And the fact that we were even bidding and had a person at Sotheby's bidding on our behalf.

Yeah, people were excited. Somebody was wearing a tri-corner hat. People were excited. People were getting into it. I wore a red, white, and blue hat. I didn't have any just straight-up America gear. People were, I think, a little bit in shock that they had pulled this all together. And the fact that we were even bidding and had a person at Sotheby's bidding on our behalf.

Yeah, people were excited. Somebody was wearing a tri-corner hat. People were excited. People were getting into it. I wore a red, white, and blue hat. I didn't have any just straight-up America gear. People were, I think, a little bit in shock that they had pulled this all together. And the fact that we were even bidding and had a person at Sotheby's bidding on our behalf.

In the course of six days, I think that was wild.

In the course of six days, I think that was wild.

In the course of six days, I think that was wild.

That's a really good question. One, it was the fact that everybody's talking about Web3 as this democratizing force and it's for the people and blah, blah, blah. And then this document that represents democracy and we the people and all of that comes up for auction. And so you can get a group of what ended up being almost 20,000 internet strangers to come together to buy this document together.

That's a really good question. One, it was the fact that everybody's talking about Web3 as this democratizing force and it's for the people and blah, blah, blah. And then this document that represents democracy and we the people and all of that comes up for auction. And so you can get a group of what ended up being almost 20,000 internet strangers to come together to buy this document together.

That's a really good question. One, it was the fact that everybody's talking about Web3 as this democratizing force and it's for the people and blah, blah, blah. And then this document that represents democracy and we the people and all of that comes up for auction. And so you can get a group of what ended up being almost 20,000 internet strangers to come together to buy this document together.

It was too much to pass up on and too beautiful of a symbol to miss out on. It's funny.