Elon Musk compares NFTs to image URLs, while reflecting on SBF’s interest in investing in Twitter: Who is he?
Tesla founder Elon Musk made a long-awaited return to Joe Rogan’s podcast, where the two engaged in a conversation that lasted over two hours.
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Artists Creating Gods? Musk Exclaims: Caroline Looks Like She’s Melting
Musk: SBF Has an Impressive PR Team
Musk’s Bs Detector
Joe Rogan: NFTs Are Almost Scams, Except for Beeple
Musk: NFTs Are Like URLs
Tesla Cybertruck Makes an Appearance
Artists Creating Gods? Musk Exclaims: Caroline Looks Like She’s Melting
Joe Rogan first mentioned the recent happenings with SBF, pointing out that there are artists who have created paintings of SBF in court, portraying him as if he had lost 30 pounds, making him look like a supermodel.
At first, Musk was skeptical, but upon seeing the pictures, he burst into laughter. Joe Rogan even presented a painting of Caroline Ellison and stated, “Look at what they’ve done to this girl.”
Musk exclaimed:
Caroline looks like she’s melting.
Joe Rogan commented on this:
I think Caroline is feeling quite low emotionally, and I believe the artist wanted to depict the atmosphere between the two in court, where Caroline had to betray her boyfriend and plead guilty for a reduced sentence.
Musk: SBF Has an Impressive PR Team
Musk mentioned that he doesn’t know who is on SBF’s PR team, but they have done an outstanding job. This puzzled Joe Rogan.
Musk explained:
This guy has swindled so much money from people, yet he still receives strong support from the media. I’ve read some articles about him, and they completely misunderstand the definition of a philanthropist, it’s absurd.
Musk’s Bs Detector
Joe Rogan mentioned that before Musk acquired Twitter, SBF also claimed to want to invest together but was detected by Musk’s Bullshit Detector.
Musk stated:
I really didn’t know much about SBF at the time. I was wondering who this person is and what he does. He’s in the Bahamas? That’s really suspicious. Financial institutions in some tropical island countries have had terrible records, and he’s also in the crypto industry where scams are prevalent.
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Musk commented on SBF: When he wanted to invest in Twitter, I just had a gut feeling it wasn’t $3 billion.
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Joe Rogan: NFTs Are Almost Scams, Except for Beeple
Joe Rogan emphasized that he doesn’t believe all cryptocurrencies are scams; there is a distinction. For example, about 80% of NFT projects are scams, except for digital artist Beeple.
Musk also agreed that Beeple’s work is fantastic.
Beeple thanked both of them for their recognition on Twitter.
Musk: NFTs Are Like URLs
Musk continued to comment on NFTs:
What I find amusing about NFTs is that they don’t even exist on the blockchain itself. It’s like a URL for a JPEG file. At least encode the image onto the chain! Because if the company hosting the image goes bankrupt, you no longer own the image.
I’ve never been able to understand NFTs.
Musk’s comment was widely retweeted by supporters of the Bitcoin Ordinals protocol, who believe this is a bearish view on the current mainstream form of NFTs.
Note: Musk did not say “I’m bullish on Ordinals, not NFTs.”
Tesla Cybertruck Makes an Appearance
Although the crypto community is interested in Musk’s comments on cryptocurrency, what garnered the most attention during his appearance on the show was Joe Rogan’s intensity test on the Cybertruck.
Joe Rogan’s arrow broke, but the Cybertruck showed almost no signs of damage.
Musk replied, stating that the Cybertruck’s doors are bulletproof against almost all supersonic bullets.
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