Welcome to RARA 🗞️ Weekly where we jam on all things crypto, social money and NFTs.
Why Decentralized Curation Matters
Everyday half of the world's population scans a social media platform and views exactly what the platform’s algorithm wants them to view. Sadly, NFT platform’s front page and “trending” sections are no different.
At RARA, we think this is a problem our app and upcoming protocol will address. Read this thread to learn more.
Get paid to be a fan
On the decentrlized curation note, did you know you can get paid for currating NFTs on RARA’s app?
Like an NFT? You can bid on it or send some RA!s at app.rara.social.
Want to help sell an NFT you like on OpenSea? List an NFT in a RARA auction by running the startauction command. Earn RA!s when the auction receives bids regardless of whether the bid offers are accepted by the seller.
📅 Upcoming Events this week
🌶 MetaCartel’s MCON
Sept 15-17 (Wed-Friday) // Denver, CO
MetaCartel, one of RARA’s favorite OG DAOs, is hosting probably the DAO event of the year. Want to stay ahead of the action? Follow along with Pet3rpan as the event progresses.
RARA.house’s General Admission Community Call
Every Thursday // 1pm (Pacific) // 4pm (Eastern)
Join RARA.house’s community call to learn more Alpha RA for the RARA bot, social wallets, and social NFT auctions. Add to my calendar.
Messari’s Mainnet
September 20-22nd // NYC + Virtual
Messari, the leading crypto data platform, is hosting Mainnet 2021 in NYC next week with a number of events surrounding the conference. While the event is primarily focused on money and defi crypto, we expect a number of NFT and social crypto plays to be present.
Last Week on the 🌐 Internet
Sept 10th // Apple loses In-App Payments Battle
The floodgates to selling NFTs and other crypto assets may be opening soon for iPhone users. On Friday, Epic Game’s won a lawsuit allowing them to sell digital goods in-app with their own payment processor, circumventing the 30% Apple tax.
For years, Apple has blocked all forms of in-app payments which as a bi-product hurt native crypto usability on iPhones. This culminated with Apple eventually pressuring crypto wallets to remove in app browsers connecting to Web3 platforms + apps a feature, RARA is excited to see return. Continue reading here.
Sept 2nd // $SUSHI’s SHŌYU NFT platform teaser.
In July of this year, a Sushi community member proposed building an NFT Platform on top of Sushi’s decentralized exchange. The goal? Build a “beautiful, functional and have that Japanese sensibility and aesthetic” that pushes the boundaries for file format and sizing for artist, too.
While the landing page has since launched, the pre-launch drip is upon us. We’re excited to see what they build.
Poll Results
Decentraland won last week’s poll as favorite metaverse but it’s clear there are a number of contenders. We’ll consider this one as the vote’s still out.