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Rosenstein: Every future video game will feature a play-to-earn economy
“There's gonna be this play-to-earn economy, in my opinion, that's gonna be created, and I don't think that, that, that people in the future will ever be playing video games to just, for free, essentially. I think that every game will have an economy in whateve…”
Opinion
Rosenstein: Early NFTs are the Picassos and Mona Lisas of digital art
“The early NFTs are the Picassos and Mona Lisas of this new movement, and people simply gravitate towards them because they're the most well-known. And because they're the most well-known, People want them. It's a simple thing that happens throughout the art cu…”
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Rosenstein: Early NFTs like CryptoPunks will endure due to established communities
“Definitely the early NFTs, the OG NFTs, and we're talking things like Crypto punks and rare pepes, you know, from 2016, 2017 for the punks. Those are just very rare OG NFTs that are here to stay because Gigantic communities formed around them, and there's been…”
Insight
Rosenstein: In crypto, community is always more important than underlying technology
“The community is always more important than the technology.”
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Rosenstein: BCIs will succeed through wearable headbands, not invasive brain implants
“I think BCI's will take off, but, you know, the way I see it is that in, you know, you wear a headband or something. You know? To interact with your machine.”
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Rosenstein: Computer scientist drained via Discord link exposing clipboard history
“One of my investors. That's how long ago, almost a year and a half ago, got hacked and they stole his portion tokens. And this is one of the most savvy computer scientists I know on the planet, man, a guy who would never get hacked. And what happened was he cl…”
Insight
Rosenstein: Creators and platforms profit more than secondary NFT collectors
“I think in any given case, generally the owners and the artists receive the most monetary benefit from an NFT project. You'd have to really, as a collector, you'd have to really buy a significant share of the NFTs and then hope that, you know, you've done well…”
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Rosenstein: VR headsets will eventually shrink to sunglasses and become essential
“I mean, I think headsets are going to be more and more popular. They're going to be less bulky in the future. They're going to be easier. You know, to affordable, essentially easier to acquire. I think they will be essential, but I think the technology is goin…”
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Rosenstein: NFTs will evolve from 2D pictures into 3D metaverse assets
“I think NFTs are really going to evolve to be three-dimensional things, three-dimensional things that you own in the metaverse.”
Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2032
Rosenstein: Bitcoin and Ethereum will adopt quantum-resistant cryptography within a decade
“Bitcoin and Ethereum. I'm betting on it as things that are here to stay, you know, that's not investment advice, but you know, these blockchains are going to get to be quantum resistant. There might have to be some changes in the next decade of the algorithms …”
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Rosenstein: Future consumer apps will completely abstract underlying blockchain mechanics
“I don't think in the future they're going to need to know how they're doing it, what blockchain they're on. It's just going to work.”
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Rosenstein: CBDCs will not replace fiat, only change its transfer layer
“I think they're going to succeed in creating stable coins. I don't think it's going to replace fiat when they create these stable coins. It's still going to be referred to as fiat. It's just going to be on a different different layer, different method of trans…”
Opinion
Rosenstein: NFTs are essential as ownership shifts to the digital metaverse
“We're shifting away from ownership of physical items, and now with an NFT, it allows individuals to have access and ownership of digital items, and I think that's really important, especially for areas in the metaverse.”
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Rosenstein: Portion's 1-of-1 NFTs average between $10K and $25K in sales
“When we do like a one of one, I'd say the average price is for a one of one between 10,025 thousand bucks for a one of one.”
Insight
Rosenstein: Never copy and paste crypto seed phrases due to clipboard exploits
“I think the problem is we've learned from that situation is that you never copy paste your mnemonic. You never do that is what we learned from that.”
Disclosure
Rosenstein owns over 1,000 NFTs across profile picture collections and 1-of-1s
“I, I've got, you know, probably over a thousand NFTs, you know, and I have profile picture NFTs, which are You know, usually quantities of 10,000 are in the thousands at the least. I have a lot of one of ones that I really like from some of my favorite artists…”
