Websites and Tools Ben mentions in his videos (Works Cited)

Day 1
• Disneyland meme of viral ‘Side Eyeing Chloe’ sells for $75,000 à
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/29/disneyland-meme-of-viral-side-eyeing-
chloe-sells-for-75000/
• Why the Web Won't Be Nirvana à https://www.newsweek.com/clifford-stoll-why-
web-wont-be-nirvana-185306
• Students flee field as computer 'fad fades' (1987) à
https://pessimistsarchive.substack.com/p/students-flee-field-as-computer-fad
• Slide Rule ‘fast as calculator’ and Batteries Won’t Run Out (1984) à
https://pessimistsarchive.substack.com/p/slide-rule-fast-as-calculator-and
• 1983: No command line? (Apple II) à https://pessimistsarchive.substack.com/p/-
thinking-different-is-never-popular
• Do our students pen failure with colorful computers? à
https://pessimistsarchive.substack.com/p/-thinking-different-is-never-popular
• Flying machines à
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/10/09/102025405.pdf?pdf_
redirect=true&ip=0
• The automobile brain à
https://miro.medium.com/max/398/0*NWOUealVoZj72cSI.png
• Bicycle Spine and a rider’s curved back à
https://groundtruthautonomy.com/opinion/get-a-horse-what-early-reactions-to-
bicycles-automobiles-and-airplanes-can-teach-us-about-self-driving-cars/
• So many museums are filled with fake paintings à
https://www.fastcompany.com/90170415/so-many-museums-are-filled-with-fake-
paintings
• Bitcoin – A peer to peer electronic Cash System à https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
• Bitcoin Growth Chart à https://www.bitcoinsuisse.com/wp-
content/uploads/2020/01/Illus-6.png
• Dollar vs. Gold Chart à https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/gs-
live/uploads%2F1519765937377-golld.png
• The Fiat Currency Rap Sheet à
https://blog.bitstocks.com/hubfs/2019%20Blog%20Images/Fiat%20Currencies%E2%
80%99%20Surprisingly%20Shoddy%20Track%20Records%20-
%20Bitstocks%20Infographic.jpg
• This ethereum-based project could change how we think about digital art à
https://mashable.com/article/cryptopunks-ethereum-art-collectibles
 • He Sold A Digital ‘CryptoPunk’ For $7.5 Million. Now Figma CEO Dylan Field Is Ready
To Move Into The ‘Metaverse.’ à
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2021/03/18/figma-ceo-dylan-field-talks-
cryptopunks-nft-beeple-metaverse/?sh=31865b6c5a1d
• This Flipboard Intern Is Only 20 And He's Already A Star In Silicon Valley à
https://www.businessinsider.com/flipboard-intern-dylan-field-john-doerr-mike-
mccue-2012-7
• How a pipe-smoking alien became the 'digital Mona Lisa à
https://www.protocol.com/figma-ceo-cryptopunk-nft
• YouTube Video: MetaKovan on his $69m Purchase of Beeple's Everydays, the
Metaverse, and NFTs à https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb5LapixLbk&t=3236s

Day 2
• Cryptographic hash Function à https://blockchainhub.net/wp-
content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-10-at-10.41.00.png
• A key pair à https://sectigo.com/uploads/images/private-public-key.jpg
• Key Definition Chart à
https://miro.medium.com/max/2000/1*qP1qdeGHQ9UstQUiEVhGSA@2x.png
• How do I set up 2-step verification? à
https://help.coinbase.com/en/coinbase/getting-started/verify-my-account/how-do-
i-set-up-2-factor-authentication

Tools:
• Ens Domains à https://ens.domains/
o An Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domain is equivalent to a DNS domain and
offers a decentralized and secure way to translate human-memorable text
into Ethereum addresses. ENS domains currently end with . eth and have
seven or more characters. They can be bought in an auction and can have
hierarchical subdomains.

Day 3
• Full list of ERC – 20 tokens à https://blog.chainalysis.com/wp-
content/uploads/2021/12/5e6962fc8ad0fe0483401bb5_pasted20image200202.png
• How ‘On-Chain’ is Art Blocks? à https://medium.com/the-link-art-blocks/how-on-
chain-is-art-blocks-5ccd553dd370
• Move Over Monopoly: Hasbro’s Next Big Growth Engine Is Magic à
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-07/hasbro-s-free-magic-the-
gathering-arena-official-launch-is-2019
 • How to not be scammed in NFTs à https://medium.com/@maimai816/how-not-to-
be-scammed-in-nfts-e8c8bb5dffc5

Tools:
• Immutable X token à https://www.immutable.com/token
o Immutable X (IMX) is an Ethereum token that powers Immutable X, a
scaling solution for NFTs that aims to enable near-instant, zero gas fee
transactions. IMX can be used to pay for staking on Immutable X, vote on
the future of the protocol, and pay transaction fees.
• Rarity Sniffer à https://raritysniffer.com/
o Check the rarity of your favorite NFT collections within a matter of
seconds after they have been revealed using RaritySniffer.
• Icy.Tools à https://icy.tools/
o Discover, track, and analyze trending NFTs with real time floor and
volume data. Deep dive with historical charts, trend data, and full
transaction history.
• Rarity.Guide à https://rarity.guide/
o A place with comprehensive Rarity Guides and Price Guides Database.
Collectors Community, Museum, Articles and more.
• NFTCal à https://nftcal.xyz/
o Is a platform that announces the newest NFT drops.
• Discord à https://discord.com/
o Discord is an instant messaging and digital distribution platform where
you can connect with like-minded people.
• Curious Addy Interactive Tutorial à https://catc-interactive-tutorial-emz2025us-
curious-addys-trading-club.vercel.app/backstory
o This website is an interactive tutorial to guide you through the NFT world.

Games:
• Axie Infinity à https://axieinfinity.com/
o Play & Earn - Axie is a new type of game, partially owned and operated by
its players. Earn AXS tokens by playing and use them to decide the future
of the game.
• HearthStone à https://playhearthstone.com/en-us
o Hearthstone is a free-to-play online digital collectible card game
developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment.
• The Sandbox Game à https://www.sandbox.game/en/
o The Sandbox is a virtual Metaverse where players can play, build, own,
and monetize their virtual experiences.
• Gods Unchained à https://godsunchained.com/token/about
 o Gods Unchained is a free-to-play trading card game where players
compete in epic duels using fantasy cards. Players gain the right to sell
their items for real money, use them in Gods Unchained, and even embed
them in third-party games and tools. This separates Gods Unchained from
what's offered in mainstream games.

• Decentraland à https://decentraland.org/
o Decentraland is an open source 3D virtual world platform. Users may buy
virtual plots of land in the platform as NFTs via the MANA cryptocurrency.
It was opened to the public in February 2020, and is overseen by the
nonprofit Decentraland Foundation.

Day 4
• NFTs 101 — Why NFTs are a generational innovation à
https://medium.com/coinmonks/nfts-101-why-nfts-are-a-generational-innovation-
4626ae803e3b
• NFT Canon à https://future.a16z.com/nft-canon/
• An introduction to Generative Art: what it is, and how you make it à
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/an-introduction-to-generative-art-what-it-is-
and-how-you-make-it-b0b363b50a70/
• Can I list an item without paying to "mint" it? à https://support.opensea.io/hc/en-
us/articles/1500003076601-Can-I-list-an-item-without-paying-to-mint-it-
• How to sell your NFT artwork (Twitter Tweet) à
https://twitter.com/Intenex/status/1461907735620964358

Tools:
• Opensea.io à https://opensea.io/
o OpenSea is the world's first and largest NFT marketplace
• Rarity Punks à https://raritypunks.io/
o This is a site dedicated to fast, fair and accurate NFT rankings.
• Etherscan à https://etherscan.io/
o Etherscan is a Block Explorer and Analytics Platform for Ethereum, a
decentralized smart contracts platform.
• Foundation.App à https://foundation.app/
o Foundation is a creative playground for artists, curators and collectors to
experience the new creative economy.
 • Genie.xyz à https://www.genie.xyz/
o Genie is the First NFT Marketplace Aggregator. Batch buy NFTs across all
major marketplaces in a single transaction to save time and gas. ... Genie is
“democratizing the broom” for Ethereum NFT collectors, says the founder,
saving money while buying across marketplaces.#
• Sushi.Swap à https://sushi.com/
o A platform where you can swap, earn, stack yields, lend, borrow, leverage all
on one decentralized, community driven platform.
• Nftfi à https://nftfi.com/
o The marketplace for NFT collateralised loans ... Put your NFT assets up as
collateral for a loan, or offer loans to other users on their non-fungible
tokens.
• NFTX à https://nftx.io/
o NFTX is a platform for creating liquid markets for illiquid Non-Fungible Tokens
(NFTs). Users deposit their NFT into an NFTX vault and mint a fungible ERC20
token (vToken) that represents a claim on a random asset from within the
vault. vTokens can also be used to redeem a specific NFT from a vault.
• Knownorigin à https://knownorigin.io/
o KnownOrigin is one the world's first, and largest, NFT Marketplaces, built on
the Ethereum Blockchain. Allowing everyone to discover, collect, buy, and
sell. Be aware that you can only join if you have been invited. At the moment
invitations are closed due to a lot of members.
• Showtime.io à https://showtime.io/
o This is a platform where you can discover and showcase your crypto art.
• Dune.xyz à https://dune.xyz/browse/dashboards
o This is an Ethereum Ecosystem analytics by and for the community.

Day 5
• Welcome to Flashbots à https://docs.flashbots.net/

Day 6
• Interview à so no sources