side note a colleague was running an agent we are working on earlier today
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2026-09-22 15:17
LOL
so there is that
but you know half an hour from now
yeah pro is going to do a better job sorry gray
Here's what's been happening (last 3 hours): Busy 3 hours with 794 messages. Early: **Key Topics and Events:**
- Discussion about buying a Punk NFT collectively for the 6529 networked museum; group weighs feasibility and challenges (cost, incentives, practicality).
- Technical updates: Minted 469 NFTs without Manifold Studio; focus on decentralizing processes and reducing manual steps in minting meme cards.
- Ongoing development: Emphasis on open-source code, public availability of front-end and back-end repositories, and a push towards more community involvement in development.
- "Stream" and "xTDH" projects: Stream is prioritized for release before xTDH due to fewer technical concerns; xTDH is still in beta and presents implementability challenges.
- Deliberation on the need for greater decentralization and automation, moving away from reliance on specific individuals or platforms.
- Transparent development process, but no formal public roadmap yet; developers are encouraged to check open-source GitHub repositories and contribute if interested. Mid: Summary of Key Topics and Events (Chunk 4/6):
- Discussion on NFT collection sales, swapping NFTs, and representing holdings on-chain for transparency and visualization.
- Proposal for network/museum co-ownership models (e.g., 5% of NFTs pledged to the network), aimed at increasing collection value, exposure, and rapid scaling.
- Security becomes a central concern: how to prevent theft, address time locks, and defend against physical threats (e.g., “wrench attacks”).
- Exploration of solutions, including time locks, public/legible security measures, and multi-party controls (such as requiring thousands of signatures).
- Emphasis that security needs to be simple and obvious to deter attacks, with participants debating possible models for robust, user-friendly protection.
- Other side discussions touch on NFT loans, user experience barriers, and comparisons of proposed mechanisms’ effectiveness. Recent: Key topics and important events summarized:
- **Security and Redundancy:** Discussion centers on improving digital asset (crypto/NFT) security using time locks, redundant key/signature distribution across global locations, and the tradeoffs between convenience, security, and redundancy.
- **Backup Signer Services:** Idea of network-owned or coordinated backup signer infrastructure (e.g., through banks like UBS) for ease and redundancy, as opposed to individuals managing keys/signers alone.
- **Ease-of-Use:** Emphasis on making security and redundancy understandable and accessible without requiring deep technical knowledge, likening it to wealth management or trust structures.
- **Custody Options:** Exploration of trusted, buffet-style custody options (like Coinbase Custody or 6529 Museum custody) with customizable features such as time locks.
- **Museum Network Concept:** Proposal for a physical/global NFT art display network in partnership with companies (e.g., Samsung), adding value by rotating collections through multiple cities, and possibly monetizing it.
- **Potential Scale:** Recognition that combining these approaches and services could be valuable, scalable, and impactful on the digital asset/NFT ecosystem.
work is just work
but that is not hard per se
the rest is like an infinite amount of work
it is the only hard part IMHO
we need @[6529Guardian] to look at regulatory
and I am happy with the conceptual outcome
so I have now crossed two ideas that were in my mind for a long time
i sent to pro to summarize - will post it in the morning
should we put these notes in a Google Doc?
get on-chain or NGMI t-shirt would be appropriate
My cousin works at the Getty Museum
we can pass them
these are not huge numbers

interesting!
use it to pay custodians all over the world?
i dunno dude, this is like 4th level issue! :)
we can build an exchange layer. and do 0% exchange fees because the museum gets 5% of all proceeds
we will obviously bceome a bigger art buyer than the moma
get a bit of traction
that if we get going a bit
so it seems quite obvious to me
The **annual art acquisition budget of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)** is not fixed and varies by year because it depends heavily on **donor gifts, restricted acquisition funds, and occasional deaccessioning**. However, there are some concrete benchmarks.
**Typical scale**
• Around **$30–40 million per year** in direct acquisition spending in many recent reporting periods. ([Wikipedia][1])
• Example: **$32 million spent on art acquisitions in the fiscal year ending June 2012.** ([Wikipedia][1])
**How MoMA actually funds acquisitions**
Unlike many museums with a single centralized “buying budget,” MoMA’s acquisitions usually come from a mix of sources:
• **Dedicated acquisition endowments** (department-specific funds)
• **Trustee donations earmarked for purchases**
• **Named acquisition funds** (e.g., photography fund, media fund)
• **Gifts of art** (a very large share of what enters the collection)
• **Occasional sales of works (deaccessioning)** to fund new purchases
Because of that structure, the **real purchasing power in a given year can exceed the base acquisition budget** if trustees or collectors fund specific works.
**Context**
• MoMA’s total operating budget historically runs roughly **$135 M–$180 M annually** depending on the year. ([Artsy][2])
• Acquisition spending is therefore typically **~15–25 % of the operating budget** when donor-supported purchases are included.
**Quick comparison**
| Museum | Typical annual acquisitions | |
| ------------------------------ | --------------------------- | ---------------- |
| MoMA | ~$30–40M typical baseline | |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | ~$30–70M depending on year | ([Wikipedia][3]) |
✅ **Bottom line:**
MoMA’s core acquisition budget is roughly **tens of millions per year (≈$30–40M baseline)** but can fluctuate significantly depending on **donor-funded purchases and gifts.**
If you want, I can also show you **which museums in the world spend the most on acquisitions annually** (the numbers are surprisingly concentrated in a few institutions).
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Art?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Museum of Modern Art"
[2]: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-museum-modern-art-made-drastic-cuts-order-weather-covid-19?utm_source=chatgpt.com "To Weather COVID-19, Museum of Modern Art Slashes ..."
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Metropolitan Museum of Art"
at about 10% the MoMA's annual acquisition budget
you realize (or perhaps do not realize) that we have been running already in our tiny little world
"you can just not grow trees"
it is like "no, craiglist is not fair competitor in classified; it does not first grow trees, cut them down, turn them into paper, ship them to your down, print ink on them, put them in truck, put them on your bike, throw them on your porch to tell you yesterday's news"
about we can do things the moma can't
but this is exactly what i mean
that "noooo, it is not fair, you can't count the aligned nodes"
and you see there will be moaning and complaining from 'normal museums'
a boy can dream!
also perhaps you will swap me 1 of your nfts so you can co own full pebble set sir! 😆
Hermitage is 3 million objects
it seems possible
maybe someday the largest museum in the world
"top decentralized museum in the world"
"international scale"
1. world classe security
2. alignment with national scale impact 6529 network
3. a way to sell some of collection without selling any jpegs in it while still being able to do that too
it would be like renaming beeple to "daily artist"
we should not burn it for something generic
almost impossible to create this
in terms of name recognition
beeple etc
xcopy
it has to be up there with top 5-10 words in the whole NFT space
and at least in our space
the hardest thing with brands is "can anyone reemember it"
we need to roll with it
we have a distinctive brand that has the least overlap with anything I have ever seen
and will get lost