The Adam McBride Show

Tatiana is a singer-songwriter who was one of the first musicians to use crypto to promote and tokenize her work, including creating the world’s first artist cryptocurrency, "Tatiana Coin."

Rhea was one of the pioneering artists to explore blockchains as a medium for her work. 

Her early experiments on Bitcoin and Ethereum sent me down a massive rabbit hole in 2021, so it was a pleasure to finally have her on the show to dig into her early history.

Ken is the developer behind PixelMap which is one of the earliest NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain. It's the first "billboard-style" NFT on Ethereum and gives owners the ability to create, display, and immortalize artwork directly on the blockchain.

Ken's the nicest guy you will ever meet and I always point to him as one of the best developers in the Historic NFT space as he is constantly engaging and delivering value to his community. 

Be sure to check out the PixelMap website and Discord to see the fun stuff Ken is working on, it's awesome!

This is one of my favorite interviews ever. 

We discuss Adam's early work founding the Let's Talk Bitcoin podcast and how that grew into so much more.

I think you will find Adam to be extremely curious and his unique perspective enabled him to foresee much of what we now see coming to fruition in the space. 

JP was an early Counterparty pioneer who created quite possibly the first 1 of 1 NFT on the platform "OLGA" and was responsible for numerous other innovations and firsts.

Early art blockchain pioneer Joe Hamilton released one of the first art NFTs on Bitcoin on October 9, 2014.

Spells of Genesis (SoG) is one of the most important NFT projects in history, so I was thrilled to have Shaban on to talk about its origins and future.

We also get into Shaban's views on burning cards which is such a hot topic today. 

And how crazy it is that SoG cards are being auctioned at Sotheby's only 6 years after their creation. *Spoiler alert* Shaban thought it would take 50 years = )

This is an epic Twitter Spaces discussing the birth of the metaverse with the founders of Spells of Genesis (Shaban) and SaruTobi (Christain).

Super excited to have you learn more about the artwork of Victoria Verdandi.

She is an established contemporary artist who - in November 2017 - decided to learn to code to put her art on Ethereum. Amazing!

This is a live Twitter Spaces recording of three legends in the NFT/gaming space Christian Moss, Koji Higashi, and Shaban Shaame.

Recorded on October 22, 2021, the talk walks through the early history of blockchain-based gaming.

Christian is the founder of SaruTobi one of the very first play to earn blockchain games and a pioneer in NFT interoperability.

Koji was responsible for Book of Orbs - which was most likely the world’s first mobile token wallet focused on early NFT collectibles. 

And finally, Shaban, who is the founder of Spells of Genesis.

When Trent built Ascribe in 2013/14 NFTs virtually zero artists had published their works on a blockchain. 

Ascribe changed that.

But by all accounts, Ascribe was a fantastic platform for artists to launch on Bitcoin. 

Only one problem, the market simply wasn't ready for it.

I chat with Trent about what it was like building the platform. The work he did to onboard artists.

And what artists today can do to access those early NFTs that they may have published with Ascribe.

Sarah's pioneering artwork Bitch Coin was launched on Bitcoin in February 2015.

She later moved the work from Bitcoin to Ethereum using what she calls a "sprawling project."

Let me tell you, my head was spinning;) 

We get into all of the details of her visionary work and chat about where she sees NFTs and art heading in the future.

Sometimes I learn about people that were so visionary and early it makes my head spin. 

Christian is one of those dudes.

Christian built SaruTobi, a mobile app, which was most likely was the very first play-to-earn blockchain game. He also built out the first use case of NFT interoperability as players could use their Spells of Genesis cards in-game.

We dig into that and all of the other visionary stuff Christian was working on during the early days of NFTs.

Until recently buying Rare Pepes or Spells of Genesis NFTs on Bitcoin has been complex and dangerous. 

So much so, that I never recommended it to anyone because of the inherent risks. 

Those days, thankfully, are over because of the work that Shannon has done building Emblem Vault. Which provides an easy and transparent way for owners of NFTs on other chains (principally Bitcoin and Namecoin) to place their asset in an Emblem Vault and then list and sell it as a normal NFT on Opensea.

Think of it in the same way that a wrapper was needed to be able to trade Curio Cards on Opensea - in the same way, Emblem Vault is allowing this to work across other blockchains.

It really is quite revolutionary and should be huge for those NFTs living on other chains.

Jeffrey is one of only a handful of the pioneering artists in the NFT space who first launched their art on Bitcoin.

I was psyched to sit down with NFT pioneer Harm van den Dorpel.

Harm began putting art on Bitcoin in 2015 and has recently begun to move many of the works over to Ethereum. 

We discuss the early history of art on Bitcoin and get into how collectors didn't initially seem interested in owning NFTs. 

Boy did that change!

I had the pleasure of chatting with Chris Cashwell, the developer behind the NFT trading card game Mythereum, which launched on February 5, 2018.

Mythereum did a lot of things right but the thing that I believe made it groundbreaking was the innovative ability for users to take NFTs from another project (in this case CryptoKitties) and forge a brand new NFT (called a Mythicat) within Mythereum to use in gameplay. 

To be clear - there were games on Bitcoin that pulled characters from other games and created unique characters within those games. But they weren't using the actual NFT. The developers were just borrowing the character's name and attributes to create a new character.

Mythereum and its Mythicats were the first to use the actual NFT and forge a brand new NFT. 

Quite the revolutionary idea that developers are only now beginning to incorporate into their projects.

This is my chat with Elie who is one of the founding developers behind CryptoFighters, possibly the very first play-to-earn blockchain game.

This is an important NFT project from a historical perspective as we see games like Axie Infinity bring play-to-earn game mechanics to a global audience. 

We get into all of the details of him and his team building the project in late 2017 and launching on January 22, 2018. 

Also, we dive deep into the complex rarity system within the fighters.

MoonCats will always hold a special place as the spark that launched NFTs from a small group of collectors into a worldwide craze.

I was so psyched to sit down with David, one of the founders of Ponderware, the company behind MoonCats, and MoonCats amazing community manager Anna Marie. 

We discuss every aspect of the project, from building MoonCats, the 2017 launch, failure, the rediscovery, and the team's future plans.

I like to hold MoonCats up as the ideal way to run an NFT project and support your community. We get into some of the very significant challenges that the team has faced and how they have handled them with grace and flair.

The NFT Gods have delivered another project back from the dead. 

Sebastián Brocher launched the CryptoArte NFT contract on Ethereum on July 11, 2018. Which makes it the first generative art project on Ethereum.

Curio Cards are the first art NFT on the Etherium blockchain. Launched on May 9, 2017, they predate the CryptoPunks by one month.

Harry's Tweet was principally responsible for teaching people how to buy Curio Cards during their rediscovery on March 13, 2021.

On that day, the cards cost about $5 each. And believe it or not, a full set of Curio Cards (31 cards) just this week sold for more than 100 ETH ($260,000). 

We get into how Harry learned about the project. 

The crazy timing of the rediscovery, coming less than 24 hours after the rediscovery of MoonCats. 

And how many cards Harry bought on that fateful day!

Abby is one half of the team that successfully launched the Top Dog Beach Club (TDBC) NFT project.

As she is the creative that designed the amazing-looking dogs, we discuss how they settled on dogs (aliens and cats were in the running) and what it takes to build a community in the hyper-competitive NFT avatar space. 

I think you will find her insights enlightening, especially if you are thinking of launching your own NFT project.

Ken is one of the pioneers in the NFT space.

His innovative use of NFTs to engage and interact with his fans is something every artist should note. 

We discuss his current strategy, the future of NFTs, and the entire crypto space.

If you are a boomer like me, you are going to learn a LOT from this episode.

I am speaking with Robek, one of the artists who helped to birth the Curio Card NFT project - generally considered the first art NFT project on the Etherium blockchain.

Mitchell F Chan released one of the first NFT art projects on the Etherium blockchain on August 29, 2017.

In this episode, I am chatting with Kevin who is thinking about punching the retirement card early.

Hit me up on my Twitter if you have questions about Costa Rica or retiring early: @adamamcbride

Retiring early was always my dream. 

And the F.I.R.E movement is gaining steam as more young people get discouraged with current market conditions that restrict people's ability to make money and get ahead.

Here I talk about my own experience and a couple of the things that you can do to avoid the pitfall of retirement. No matter your age.

Of course, Congress is a joke. 

Do nothings wasting time, money, and energy.

To bring Keith Gill - the Reddit trader made famous for exposing the short position on GameStop stock - before Congress to justify his trades is outrageous. IMO 

Mohamed has one of the clearest views of the macroeconomic picture facing Bitcoin.  

He shares his view and we also hear from two other money managers who have a unique take on Bitcoin. To say the least.  

Which possibly presents an opportunity for the retail investor in Bitcoin.

As we start to see cryptos get banned across the world what can you do to potentially take advantage of it?

I lay out what I believe to be some of the good options.

I love the promise of technology.

But when modist improvements on existing tech are lauded as revolutionary, I have to call BS.

This kind of feels like a train wreck in slow motion.

Where you know what is happening but can do anything to avoid the disastrous ending.

Hopefully, enough of us stand up to keep free speech and free internet.

This is maybe the most important podcast I have ever done.

I am discussing what I believe to be the true potential of cryptocurrencies and the impact they can have on our societies and freedom.

If this makes sense to you, please consider sharing it.

Michael Bloomberg did not give MSNBC the answer that they were expecting and challenged President Biden to force the powerful teacher's unions to return to work. Saying that virtual education is damaging to kids.

Google is at it again...and free speech is not looking very free.

Chris Marcus is one of the most knowledgeable people in the world about the silver market.

I wanted to have Chris on to share his thoughts about silver taking a huge jump today following #wallstreetbets highlighting the giant short position in the silver market. As of midday the $SLV was up 11%, a huge move for silver.

There truly is a deep divide in today's America, and as I watched Chamath Palihapitiya being interviewed on CNBC I thought it was a great example to see where you stand.

Do you believe that big government and regulators can solve problems?

Or do free markets and individuals solve problems?

Robinhood and the great scam.

I hope this will help some of you understand why Robinhood has little to no interest in your success.

They are only interested in helping their customers...and that isn't YOU!!

If you are an investor, you have probably never seen a day like today.

I personally take a larger view than just the trading companies - Robinhood, TD, Schwab et al - restricting trading to a handful of stocks. I see it as push back against the small investor. 

And it's ugly.

In this episode, I am giving advice to Jay, who is planning to live internationally.

Jay is uncertain how she is going to make a living while residing in a foreign country. 

Molly and I get into the debate of if males transitioning to females should be allowed to compete in women's sports. 

We also discuss the rioting happening in the Netherlands, as people get more tired of the never-ending lockdowns.

Noelle and James return to the show to give an update on their plans to change their life and move to Costa Rica.

Due to COVID-19, their plans shifted drastically...to say the least.

It has been quite a while.

First a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone.

I wanted to talk briefly about what the Costa Rica government has done to limit access to beaches due to COVID-19. So here it is:)