Context S4: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Most Visited Museum in America Dives into NFTs

Blake speaks with The Metropolitan Museum of Art team who recently released Art Links, marking The Met’s first foray onto the blockchain. Art Links is a 12-week game that invites you to connect the dots between seeming disparate art works (whether centuries apart, completely different mediums, etc.) according to different themes, rewarding you in the form of NFT badges and IRL prizes. Blake has played religiously every week, and has learned a tonne! 3 of the project leads are here to talk about the game: Destinee Filmore, Assistant Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Met, Brett Renfer, The Met's Senior Project Manager for Emerging Technologies and Audrey Ou, co-founder and CEO of TRLab. They dive deep into the project, from how long it took to plan and launch, to the intended audience, to why they chose Base, to the art they included. Blake also couldn’t resist asking Destinee about if (and when) the Met will collect their first crypto art works. If you want to get a read on the traditional art world and how they are engaging with NFTs…you can’t really get bigger than this. The Met is the most visited museum in America, and one of the most important cultural institutions in the world. Art Links: https://artlinks.metmuseum.org/about TRLab: https://x.com/trlab_ Blake Finucane: https://x.com/blakefinucane Boys Club Newsletter: https://tooonline.beehiiv.com/

How Crypto and Tokenized Leaderboards Are Changing The Future of Social

Digital communities are evolving, and it's happening fast! In this episode, we dive into how community builders are using crypto and tokenized leaderboards to create engaging, self-sustaining ecosystems. Join Humpty, JC, and Pichi as they share their experiences building thriving communities, overcoming moderation challenges, and launching tokens to reward real engagement. Key topics covered: - How leaderboards help recognize and reward top contributors - Why community tokens are the next evolution of engagement - The power of token swaps & cross-community collaboration - Insights from Cura/OpenRank on decentralized social coordination Spicy takes from the episode: - “If you don’t like how a channel is run, make a better one.” – Pichi - “We are moving from social engagement to incentivized engagement.” – Humpty - "Farcaster is an innovator’s playground—we’re here to experiment.” – JC Whether you're building a community or just curious about the future of decentralized social networks, this episode is packed with insights and real-world experiments you won’t want to miss!

Music on Farcaster with Sonata

We’re joined by Sebas and Sweetman to chat about the first FC music client - Sonata. We cover the history of onchain music, the role of decentralized channels, why open source matters and much more.

Onchain record labels with Coop Records

The inaugural episode of the Coop Records Podcast featuring the core team - Cooper, Ramie, Jake and Cece. We cover the origins of Coop Records and everything you need to know about running an onchain record label in 2024.