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26: Dune and Done: The Spice DAO Saga (w/ Adi Robertson)
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66 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Adi Robertson, senior reporter at The Verge, joins Scam Economy with Matt Binder to bring us on the epic journey that is Spice DAO, the decentralized autonomous organization that raised around $12 million in cryptocurrency in order to bid on a rare copy of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s "legendary never-made adaptation" of the classic sci-fi novel, Dune (also known as the Dune Bible). We discuss the $3 million winning bid and how it was well over expected sale price, the infamous confusion over copyright between members of the DAO, all the controversies surrounding votes on animated film production and a certain problematic member of the leadership team, and the most recent news where the creator of this whole project, crypto millionaire Soban "Soby" Saqib has decided to dissolve the DAO and...maybe just sell the book.
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Read Adi's reporting in The Verge on Spice DAO:
1) https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/17/22887948/jodorowsky-dune-bible-spice-dao-derivative-script
2) https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/28/22950868/spice-dao-crypto-jodorowsky-dune-bible-collective-writing-contest
3) https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/27/23141188/dune-crypto-collective-spice-dao-nft-tv-series-charlotte-fang-remilia-controversy
4) https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/27/23280490/spice-dao-jodorowsky-dune-bible-crypto-sale-planned-liquidation
Check out the BuzzFeed article mentioned in this episode: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amansethi/spicedao-dunedao-soby
Visit http://www.scameconomy.com
Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder
Read Adi's reporting in The Verge on Spice DAO:
1) https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/17/22887948/jodorowsky-dune-bible-spice-dao-derivative-script
2) https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/28/22950868/spice-dao-crypto-jodorowsky-dune-bible-collective-writing-contest
3) https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/27/23141188/dune-crypto-collective-spice-dao-nft-tv-series-charlotte-fang-remilia-controversy
4) https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/27/23280490/spice-dao-jodorowsky-dune-bible-crypto-sale-planned-liquidation
Check out the BuzzFeed article mentioned in this episode: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amansethi/spicedao-dunedao-soby
Visit http://www.scameconomy.com
Released:
Aug 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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