Nomination Instructions for the 2025 RareDAO Council Election

Governance Discussion
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An ROI Collector’s Guide to Cryptoart by Matthew. 8 september 2020

The New York Times - The Art Market Often Works in Secret. Here’s a Look Inside. 7 May 2021

MOCA - Museum of Crypto Art hosted by Colborn Bell (@co1born) and @CohentheWriter.

Which best describes your role in the crypto art ecosystem?

Select:Collector

Provide more details:

Crypto-Art Collector since 2019, World’s first CryptoArt Reseller (2020-2023).

Please share any relevant experience that would support your work on the Council.

Became the World #1 Crypto-Art reseller from 2020 until 2023 of unique 1/1 artworks (246 unique artworks resold on SuperRare alone). Collected more than 1850 artworks from more than 350 different unique artists across the globe (see New York Times article and other sources attached).

Since the start Druid has been pushing for art accessibility, going against an art market that always tends to be very elitist.

I’ve been known for pushing boundaries. Forced SR to implement a minimum bid system because of TheDruid bids.

The main idea behind the first Druid bids was that most of the artists on the platform were not making any sales. Those were hidden by few successful artists taking all the light. I realized that those artists don’t make sales not because their work is bad but because there is just no collector with the specific taste of the artist’s work. Which doesn’t mean that the art is bad but that it hasn’t found, yet, a collector to whom the art talks to.

I decided to bid on all artists that haven’t made any sale. It was a way to tell them “Someone see you”, “keep going”, it was a way to say don’t give up.

TheDruid is not only a collector, he’s a collector who always fighted for artists visibility and who always tried to give a voice and some light to those who have none. More than that I’ve been active and pushing ideas for the $RARE token in the forum. Sometimes asking the difficult questions some don’t dare to ask.

What commitments can you make regarding availability and reliability for transaction signing, async communication, and participation in meetings?

I’m very familiar with hardware wallets and own a lot of different(Trezor/ledgers). Been in Crypto since 2017. I’m present and responsive when there is a need to and happy to make time for it.

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