🎙️ Allow Me to Introduce Myself...

Digitally known as Tropic Vibes since the days of AOL, I bring tropical vibes on-chain from Jamaica. I guess these intro posts are the new "a/s/l." I'm far removed from my days as a 12/m/NY suburbs, pretending to be a 16/m/NYC to fit in with other kids adopting digital personas.

Minus having to sign off to let my mother make a phone call, those were fun times. Born in the '80s and raised in the '90s, it was amazing to go from card catalogs in the library to having information at our fingertips within a few clicks.

I’m excited about web3 because it reminds me of the old days when we surfed the web and interacted with people from all over the world, without needing permission from APIs or playing nice with algorithms.

The World Wide Web was the Wild West, and I lived life on the edge…until Bono scared the peer-to-peer out of me.

When I was in college, streaming and gating information didn’t seem like a dangerous evolution in tech, but it was all downhill from there.

Somewhere between joining Facebook and LinkedIn, I fell into a boring day job and lost my soul. The internet changed, and I sat on the sidelines. I was no longer a pioneering youngster building moonshots. I became content on the ground.

You'd think a guy who lived on the internet since the 5th grade would be the first to see the value in blockchain technology…

Nope, not me!

It wasn't until discovering NFTs that everything became clear to me.

I connected the dots between Pokémon cards (shout out to Squirtle) and NFTs, and then I saw all the other benefits within web3. I could not unsee "the blockchain" and saw opportunities all around me.

It was like that Hangover meme with Zach Galifianakis counting cards. Ideas were floating around my head.

Full Disclosure: I don't remember how that scene ends, but I'm not going to let that ruin my analogy or introduction… I’m on a roll.

Anyway, web3 was bigger than flipping animal pictures. It provided freedom!

I was onto something big so I decided to start a podcast!

There's a fine line between genius and insanity, and speaking to yourself in a closet really blurs those lines. 500+ episodes into the NFT Business Show, I'm still having the time of my life.

I like talking about amazing technology beyond speculation because I believe if we use this technology to solve real problems, money will follow.

I was introduced to Hive by the Carib DAO (@caribdao), right here in Jamaica.

I was excited to learn that many of the web2 problems that content creators face have already been solved on Hive. I look forward to posting my content here and meeting other creators.

If any of this vibes with you, I'd love to connect.

Thanks for reading.

P.S. I wouldn't be "The NIFTY guy" if I started blogging before I got an NFT on Hive. How did I do?

I like to create personalities for my NFTs, but Hive Punk #7789 already has a name and profession: Wilder Acosta, Disc Jockey. He has a beard and "glasses"... SOLD!