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Creates Aku as an NFT-driven character and media IP that retains 100% ownership, uses Async programmable art (day/night layers) and smart contracts to change images, and proves product–market fit with a $1.4M open edition and $15M revenue year before. Builds interoperable assets (3D backpack, digital wearables) into a 30,000 sq ft Miami immersive experience and negotiates studio deals; a contract bug locks about $34M of ETH, triggers a $2.5M personal payout, and the project continues to scale. programmable artwork, interoperable IP, retains 100% ownership
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- 0:00Introduction to AMA
- 3:09Artist and MLB background
- 7:23NFT market growth
- 10:11Ownership and connection
- 12:40Why Aku had to be an NFT and not another medium
- 15:49Building Afrofuturist dreams
- 21:25Akutar exploit handling
- 27:08Community resilience and second acts
- 29:35Advice to Aku
- 32:05Aku community values
- 34:10Closing thoughts
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