Ep. 29 - From Runescape's Grand Exchange to Flipping Punks & Shitcoins with DeeZe
Description
In this episode, Matthew and Brileigh are joined by DeeZe. Deeze is a long time degen, former Director of Vibes at Tessera, and host of the We Do A Little Pod, a series of candid long-form conversations with guests mostly from the NFT art world.
In this episode, Deeze tells us about his journey from Runescape’s Grand Exchange to flipping CryptoPunks and how Ethereum can be considered a global multiplayer game. We share stories about psychedelics, good and bad trades, as well as his experience as an “influencer” and how he deals with the ethics and social dynamics of having a huge following. We also touch on why he’s stayed anon over the years, Twitter’s sudden rebrand, and why email is still the best decentralized social network.
Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
00:00:53 Disclaimer
00:01:30 Welcome
00:01:56 Twitter’s rebrand and the “Twitter killer” apps
00:04:31 Comparing all the “Twitter killer” apps (Farcaster, Lens, Bluesky, Threads)
00:08:37 Where the name Deeze comes from
00:09:53 How Deeze went from trading on Runescape to flipping CryptoPunks
00:18:58 Parallels between MMORPGs like Runescape and crypto
00:22:06 Learning from mistakes, bad trades, and the screenshot rule
00:25:24 Deeze’s approach to collecting art vs PFPs & the first artists he discovered
00:32:36 Learning to save gains for taxes
00:35:56 Discussing some of Deeze’s favourite 1/1 art NFTs from his collection
00:41:41 Deeze’s relationship to weed
00:48:15 Guns, Ian McDougall, boat people, and other stories of psychedelic experiences
01:00:27 Feeling the vibrations, the 6529 thread, and other life lessons
01:12:18 How Deeze handles the ethics and social dynamics of having a huge following
01:21:09 Why Deeze chose to be anon and dealing with targeted attacks
01:29:34 The power of memetics and trading shitcoins
01:46:18 We Do A Little podcast
01:48:53 Wrap up
Topics discussed
Decentralized social media
Skulls of Luci - The Eye of Exodus
Thousand Finger Man - Candido
Pepe, HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu, and other shitcoins
Crypto influencers
Relevant links
Follow DeeZe on Twitter: @DeeZe
We Do A Little Podcast: @wedoalittlepod
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Credits
Hosts: Matthew and Brileigh
Production: Matthew and Brileigh
Engineering: Matthew
Music: EastAndW by Romariogrande
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