J A K E S🐉L

this is why i love crypto so much. fred again is playing his first stadium show, the biggest of his career after his meteoric rise. before the show, he personally tracked down the 150 people that attended in 2021 before he blew up and invited them to a secret listening party. if ticketing was onchain, fred would always know who his early fans were and which shows they attended without needing to rely on ticketmaster, dice, etc. at its core, onchain ticketing is basically a public database of attendance that no single company can own or gate keep. it’s not always about coins and they’re prices. sure, if you had a ticket to one of fred’s early shows you could probably sell it for a lot of money. but… not only would fred be able to immediately identify you as an early fan, but he’d also be able to automatically send an invitation to one of these secret shows. he could program conditions around the invitation too. for example, he could say every person that attended my first LA show will receive a NON-TRANSFERABLE ticket to my secret listening party (as a way to combat toxic resellers). he could perform in any city and program merch sales so that anyone that attended a previous show gets free merch. you can probably imagine an infinite number of scenarios. there are so many creative possibilities for artists to express their gratitude for early fans. and on the flip side, it gives fans the opportunity to express their gratitude too. i personally traveled to multiple cities just to see fred perform on his 2022 tour. i wish i had a way to prove that and signal my fandom, even if it had no financial upside. i haven’t thought too deeply about why exactly but it feels good to make my enthusiasm for his music known. his music has powered a lot of memories that mean a lot to me. we’re a ways away from this happening, but i hope someday he’ll continue creatively rewarding his early fans. and i hope im one of them. and i hope its tokenized so i can brag about it.