i’ve again been suspended because people hit my page with too many clicks. so now i made nearly all ‘important’ posts – those that found their save haven in my printed books – protected with a password. again, if you trouble yourself to internet your way back (as long as they don’t take the memory machine offline for real, lol), you can still view everything ‘for free’. and again, you’re very welcome to leave any amount of tip at my donation page for the multi-pass in return. but obviously, i even more strongly recommend buying the hard copies. (LULU – all of them and preferred) & (AMAZON – only earlier versions and more convenient for you but less profitable for me).

owning objects means having something in hand that has an intrinsic and symbolic value. this value can alter dramatically with the fluctuating exchange rate that unfolding reality is imbuing it with. that value determines whether you have exchanged well the amount you put forth on lulu (or amazon). and if you did – you can drive home a profit. why? because i’m holding the rights as the author to determine the ‘floor price’. as long as print-on-demand scarcity is the law of its circulation (which i can not see changing anymore in the future, my limited editions and hand-crafted editions of the past having been outlived), i have the freedom to determine this floor price completely independent from any external restrictors (publishers / distributors / competition etc). isn’t this exactly the same as it is with NFT’s?

which brings us directly to the current nft game. it’s exactly the same principle, really, only the tangible item comes in the form of an unalterable ethereum block chain entry instead of an item one holds in their hands. again, i’m owning the rights as the author to determine the floor price. no publisher, no distributor, no intermediary or regulator. and again, the fluctuating value imbued by ‘reality’ can alter quite dramatically. i think what nft’s can teach today’s people, especially the younger generation, is how trade used to work for rich people. i have already mentioned this in my earlier post.

so the above screenshot is my new shop for the NFT’s that i’m minting. thanks to the fantastic support from rarible.com, it was all accomplished astonishingly quick. to be honest, i still can’t believe how easy it ultimately was. and i even linked to my domain directly for convenience, via cloudflare.

nft.reinhardschleining.com

i’m very excited, feeling like a teenager again, lol. what i’m increasingly seeing is that this might work extremely well not just for myself. but also for a lot of other people who can sense the potential. put their money where their mouth is. welcome to web3. connect your wallet.

winter 2024