> most successful NFTs have artistic merit, and are capturing something authentic.

you lost me here.

Phrased another way. They were created in good faith, not “people who buy NFTs are idiots so I can do whatever and they’ll still buy it.”

The top ten most traded collections last week are all knockoff cryptopunks (ranked 17), which itself is bulk-generated crap from a combination of templates.

It's hard to imagine a more cynical industry.

I mean... I feel like that's almost what good faith is right now in NFTs, but people can still tell when they're being condescended to.

In fact, I'd say the less substance something has the easier it is to tell the attitude of the people making it. As in all things the details matter. Those are the things that set apart genuine attempts from everything else.

Sooooo Cryptopunks are apparently quite expensive.

Have you seen them?

I do like the beeple stuff as he is a genuine curios interesting person.

But then again in the top nft list is a clock?

Tell me pls how the color idea is stupid while the punks are not? Or the clock?

Or those apes?

I dunno about the actual use or future of NFTs, but all this talk is now tempting me to mint some of my proko sketches. They look nice from a non-artist perspective, and I've done stupider things with a thousand bucks before