Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT debate
Pranksy argued that Bored Ape Yacht Club ruined NFTs by turning them into an ape thing and sparking copycat projects, but the defense says Apes provided culture, identity, community, and mainstream attention. The co-founder of Bored Ape Yacht Club responded that while you might dislike the outcome or participants, the market wouldn't exist without them. They pioneered the space and brought eyeballs through a crazy spectacle that pulled people in. You can say whatever you want about hating them, but you can't have the whole scene without their involvement.
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Pranksy claims that Bored Ape Yacht Club ruined NFTs. So he made a poster on X saying that they turned NFTs into the ape thing and sparked years of copycat projects. They post quotes a defense of Bored Ape Yacht Club for giving NFTs culture, identity, community and mainstream attention. People chimed back in being like, that's a little bit ridiculous. Even the co-founder of Apes he clapped back and was like, kind of what the hell kind of thing because the Apes you may not like the end outcome and who got involved in it, but the whole market wouldn't exist if it wasn't for them, right? Like they made the cultural relevance take place. So, so whatever parts you like about it, you can't like it without their involvement. So it's easy to like say, oh, I hate them, whatever, but they pioneered a lot of the space and they brought all the eyeballs and yeah, it was crazy, but the spectacle brought people in. If you're still into NFTs, you should definitely follow us because we talk about JPEGs more than we probably should.
