Sparked by some chats with @acidyo and poking by @rootdraws and @juliakponsford, I've recently been going through the rigorous and kind of annoying process of getting on some of these Ethereum based art NFT platforms. Specifically started with SuperRare and MakersPlace.

@acidyo has a really cool idea that I wanted to share with you all. Special thanks to @hiddenblade from acid for doing some of the research and work to understand these sites better.

Also full disclosure, something like this would greatly benefit OCA, so I'm of course a bit bias in favor of this idea, but I digress...

It goes something like this...

The way these sites work is they allow you to mint tokens associated with a piece of artwork. Then that artwork can be sold, traded, etc, as a unique digital thing. People richer than me have been storing their wealth in artwork for millenia and with the advent of blockchain tech, this can now be done digitally. I think the concept holds a lot of promise.

Now this is the user behavior we're seeing now. Lots of Hivers are on these platforms selling their art. They also post the artwork here on Hive where they have a better platform to talk about the work, the process, or whatever other information they want to share. So the thinking is, why not combine these two value propositions under one umbrella on a Hive based interface. Still leveraging the Ethereum NFT minting, but using Hive for the sharing and marketing of the artwork.

I know that us crypto peeps can be very tribal, with "Our blockchain is the BEST blockchain!" narratives, but from the end users perspective, I think they couldn't care less about what blockchain something is on. They care about the features and the value it adds to their lives. I think something like this would make for something truly useful to a lot of people and I think utility, is one of the major paths to success.

So to be specific, this is about a Hive dapp/frontend or integration into a current hive dapp/frontend where users can, on the same platform, post and share artwork AND sell that artwork in the form of an NFT for ETH. So on the first pass, they earn Hive in the form of upvotes and tips, and they earn ETH via the selling of their work.

This also could increase demand for post promotion in the future, as the different artists will want to get an edge on the competition and make sure their work gets seen for potential buyers. There are a lot of rabbit holes my mind goes down with different potential.

This idea + OCA

So I can't remember how much of the long term vision I've shared publicly about OCA, but this fits right in. My long term vision for OCA is a lot bigger than something like a subreddit on Hive for art. I think Hive Communities have the potential to grow into powerful tools to be leveraged by businesses.

I won't go into all the details in this post, but also having an NFT marketplace where artists can sell their work is not only a good fit, I think it's going to have to be a must for what I'm ultimately planning.

So if it's not clear, I really like this idea. What do you all think? Is this something you'd like to see? Let me know in the comments.