Many crypto platforms are in the business of selling what is otherwise free.

The two ways it can work is:

1) patronage, tipping, collecting - which is about deepening the relationship between creator and collector
2) speculation on virality

These serve different human needs and are best represented by distinct primitives - nfs for collectors and coins for speculation.

Coins will do better on volume by definition because it’s viral and has a profit motive. But collecting is special.

Both valid. It doesn’t make sense to be a maximalist in either direction.

But it’s important to know which one the platform is serving.

@stackdotso. Prev CTO/cofounder of mirror. strangechances

I put tipping into the collection bucket because it think it’s great to get an nft for a tip. That’s kind of the basis of a lot of collecting.

Get an nft **as** a tip, or **for** (in exchange for) a tip? Curious.

frame developer, web3 developer, long distance runner /streme /pixelnouns /frm /degendogs /degenfers /toka /maxis

for a tip. more specifically, "Mint this post" = "tip the creator but get an onchain receipt of your patronage"