Ep. 29 - From Runescape's Grand Exchange to Flipping Punks & Shitcoins with DeeZe

In this episode, Matthew and Brileigh are joined by DeeZe. Deeze is a long time degen, former Director of Vibes at Tessera, and host of the We Do A Little Pod, a series of candid long-form conversations with guests mostly from the NFT art world.

In this episode, Deeze tells us about his journey from Runescape’s Grand Exchange to flipping CryptoPunks and how Ethereum can be considered a global multiplayer game. We share stories about psychedelics, good and bad trades, as well as his experience as an “influencer” and how he deals with the ethics and social dynamics of having a huge following. We also touch on why he’s stayed anon over the years, Twitter’s sudden rebrand, and why email is still the best decentralized social network.

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

00:00:53 Disclaimer

00:01:30 Welcome

00:01:56 Twitter’s rebrand and the “Twitter killer” apps

00:04:31 Comparing all the “Twitter killer” apps (Farcaster, Lens, Bluesky, Threads)

00:08:37 Where the name Deeze comes from

00:09:53 How Deeze went from trading on Runescape to flipping CryptoPunks

00:18:58 Parallels between MMORPGs like Runescape and crypto

00:22:06 Learning from mistakes, bad trades, and the screenshot rule

00:25:24 Deeze’s approach to collecting art vs PFPs & the first artists he discovered

00:32:36 Learning to save gains for taxes

00:35:56 Discussing some of Deeze’s favourite 1/1 art NFTs from his collection

00:41:41 Deeze’s relationship to weed

00:48:15 Guns, Ian McDougall, boat people, and other stories of psychedelic experiences

01:00:27 Feeling the vibrations, the 6529 thread, and other life lessons

01:12:18 How Deeze handles the ethics and social dynamics of having a huge following

01:21:09 Why Deeze chose to be anon and dealing with targeted attacks

01:29:34 The power of memetics and trading shitcoins

01:46:18 We Do A Little podcast

01:48:53 Wrap up

Topics discussed

Decentralized social media

CryptoPunks

Cath Simard

Skulls of Luci - The Eye of Exodus

Chromie Squiggles

Pop wonder

Killer Acid

Matt Kane

King Xerox

Zaid Kirdsey

Jubbish Jay

Summer Wagner

Brooke Didonato

Wooden Cyclops

Lurk Loves You

Thousand Finger Man - Candido

Punk 6529 Thread

Pepe, HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu, and other shitcoins

Crypto influencers

We Do A Little Podcast

Relevant links

Follow DeeZe on Twitter: @DeeZe

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