Back from NFTNYC 2022 (was showcasing and promoting our new company there) and the biggest takeaway from the conference was the NFTs are here to stay, despite the downturn in the markets right now.
But during this period of market consolidation there have been a few "spikes" among select alt-coins as people start to tighten up their wallets and look for projects that have more utility over hype. The last few weeks have been very good for projects associated with decentralized storage systems, which includes STORJ and XCH (Chia Coin), which has basically outperformed every other crypto asset out there. (50%+ in the last few weeks.) These are the "signs of life" investors often look for to see if a project has "resilience" against the typical waves of ups and downs.
Proof-of-storage projects have potential large upsides - especially in the long-term - because while betting on which NFT project is going to "moon" can be extremely risky, it's a "sell pickaxes, not gold" situation where you can potentially profit off of regardless of which NFT collection themselves do well. Especially with security vulnerabilities starting to emerge as people realize that many NFT collections (including big-name platforms like OpenSea) are not actually decentralized and may be vulnerable to hacking or company bankruptcy.
In the past the question was - "are people going to care enough to protect these .jpgs in the proper way?" It seems like the answer to that is yes, and projects that already have solutions to said problems are likely to do well, long-term.
But during this period of market consolidation there have been a few "spikes" among select alt-coins as people start to tighten up their wallets and look for projects that have more utility over hype. The last few weeks have been very good for projects associated with decentralized storage systems, which includes STORJ and XCH (Chia Coin), which has basically outperformed every other crypto asset out there. (50%+ in the last few weeks.) These are the "signs of life" investors often look for to see if a project has "resilience" against the typical waves of ups and downs.
Proof-of-storage projects have potential large upsides - especially in the long-term - because while betting on which NFT project is going to "moon" can be extremely risky, it's a "sell pickaxes, not gold" situation where you can potentially profit off of regardless of which NFT collection themselves do well. Especially with security vulnerabilities starting to emerge as people realize that many NFT collections (including big-name platforms like OpenSea) are not actually decentralized and may be vulnerable to hacking or company bankruptcy.
In the past the question was - "are people going to care enough to protect these .jpgs in the proper way?" It seems like the answer to that is yes, and projects that already have solutions to said problems are likely to do well, long-term.
