Quote from: elianite on July 03, 2024, 07:18:28 PM

By avoiding the word because of its association with a specific person/product, we give that person/product power, legitimacy, and ownership of the word. I believe we should use it as we choose to define it.

Good point. I also stuck with it because it suited this image more than others like Bitcoin "world", "planet", "universe", "metropolis" or similar.

Quote from: Eclipse33 on July 03, 2024, 07:32:12 PM

Make sure to include some famous advertising like foxpup merit cycling, chipmixer / blender advertisments.

LEALANA branding / Casascius branding / Kialara branding.

Go for a dark, moody underground black-market (Disclaimer*** I do not condone trade in illicit goods) atmosphere and vibe.

Think like dark, moody, futuristic hacker type stuff. Greens, blues, reds, computer monitors, hooded figures.

Bitcoin swap service advertisements, some tiny exchange advertisements, maybe gambling platforms.

Will certainly add those, we just need to find proper places for them.
I guess this will be one of my first tasks when sketching a new version!

Quote from: elianite on July 03, 2024, 10:29:36 PM

I'm really feeling the 'cyberpunk 90's grungy Hong Kong' vibe- small billboards everywhere, just like every other user had ads on their signatures. some 'Mos Eisley cantina' energy where there is something of a rough underbelly, but also space for philosophers and aristocrats - a space for strange beings and robots from across the galaxy to gather.

Yes yes, a bit of this and a bit of Blade Runner and some of our own atmosphere and we're there!

Quote from: aoluain on July 03, 2024, 11:26:26 PM

And what about listing some OG names outside the collectibles like, theymos,
Welsh, mprep, philipma1957 and gmaxwell for example.

Also those who are not here and were very well renowned, Lauda, o_e_l_e_o and Zepher ...

I feel that this is very important and the more I think about this the more space I'd give it.
This forum and it's fruits is all thanks to the effort of certain individuals starting it all.
Later on it created communities and attracted more and more people.

Can we incorporate these personas into the metaverse to show that they were/are fundamental for its existance?
Maybe in the form of some sort of pillars with characters or statues or something.
Though I wouldn't want it to look old fashioned, like a statue in a park, but rather make it obvious they are still relevant and here.

Also Satoshi.