Tezos

Worth (2022)

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https://typed.art/8010 'We need to talk about Misan. At this point, I think the only way for the collection of NFTs by Misan Harriman with the Tezos Foundation grant to continue in a transparent manner is something like this. Every wallet, not just tz1XTEx1VGj6pm7Wh2Ni2hKQCWYSBxjnEsE1 & Misan's main private wallet: tz2SWixvAGsuWUaGha1Ms2UbN2GnG3B9YoqS (only recently changed from artmatters.tez to misanharriman.tez) needs to be made known to everyone. Every tweet saying "X by Y is now in the Tezos PAC" needs an accompanying tweet with a full disclosure of who recommended the artist to Misan, how many pieces from the artist both Misan and the person who nominated the artist own in their private collections and the dates on which they purchased them. If Misan decided to buy the piece for the PAC but paid more than it was available for on Teia, old HEN mirrors and/or other listings of the piece on secondary, there needs to be a clear explanation of why he did so. There are a lot of people who recommend artists to him knowing that he will purchase from them, these people already own multiple editions of the artist's work and have no shame in reselling it, sometimes directly to Misan. They want to know, or already know in advance what will be collected by Misan with the TF wallet and that is called insider trading, end of story. There's an answer given to a FAQ on the Tezos Foundation website. Q: "How will the Tezos Foundation prevent conflict of interest in the curation of the collection and galleries?" A: "The Digital Art Gallery will be curated by Misan Harriman, a world-renowned Nigerian-born British photographer, entrepreneur and social activist. During the term of his curation, Mr Harriman has committed to not selling any of the NFTs in his personal collections to help preserve the integrity of the program." That answer is not good enough, simply saying that Misan is "committed to not selling" doesn't prevent those advising him, bad actors and his inner circle from selling via anonymous wallets. It doesn't prevent Misan from buying hundreds of editions of a single NFT and then sending them to his friends to sell either. Is all of this too much to ask from a single person who is doing this part time? Yes it absolutely is, which is why the curation should be done by a group of people. It needs to be done by a board, not a single person taking advice from bad actors (pun intended). I know that multiple people are looking into this already but I suggest that everyone looks into every single purchase made by the Tezos Foundation wallet and checks the history on the art that has been collected. It doesn't take long before it becomes quite clear what is going on. There are so many cases of Misan and his inner circle collecting work from artists months in advance of him collecting via the Tezos Foundation wallet and promoting it on his twitter, thus driving the prices on secondary up and manipulating the market. In the short-term you might argue that this is good for the artists but in the long-term it is terrible for them. Stop the blatant front-running of NFTs, stop the market manipulation and stop the fraud.' It's August of 2022. Do you know where your art is? CR!ME is ART! - WORTH 1/100 - FREE CCO - 1/1000 - cco - png - sorry/ not sorry - tezos foundation really should address the community.