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BlockchainNZ Pod E05 with Tak Suzuki

Tak Suzuki is the co-founder of Senkusha, a funding platform looking to support and grow emerging artists, musicians, and athletes through NFT sales. Tak is soon to be a physiology graduate from the University of Auckland, he loves experimenting with new tech, and has an impressive CV at a young age. 

In this conversation we talk about: 

Music labels and the motivation for a crowdfunding platform,

NFTs, mp3s, transparency, and minting on Ethereum,

The upcoming launch with artist Ash Supé.

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00:00 When did you first hear about crypto?

04:36 Senkusha

07:19 Not a music label

10:03 Finding talent and upside for artists

12:06 Business model & royalties 

16:06 Why NFTs & mp3s?  

18:39 Minting on Ethereum

23:14 Transparency & DAOs

27:02 Ash Supé

29:32 the Senkusha 500

33:50 BCNZ

35:47 rapidfire

38:42 fin

Some notes from the show:

Banksy NFT https://www.particlecollection.com/banksy

Mike Shinoda’s music NFTs https://ziggurats.xyz/#/

At least 2600 fake tickets to the Champions League Final https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jun/21/pol

ice-aggressive-provocative-paris-liverpool-fans-groups

IPFS for storing NFTs https://docs.ipfs.io/how-to/mint-nfts-with-ipfs/#a-short-introduction-to-nfts

BCNZ https://blockchain.org.nz/

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Contact Tak:

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/takeshisuzuki/

Senkusha https://www.senkusha.io/

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Find Jeff:

Twitter https://twitter.com/Japple

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffnijsse/

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Music: Liféstyle Freéstyle by Ash Supé

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7pv1H0GsNUXQJTyO17ggK6

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashsupe/

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Media & Sponsorship Enquires:

team@blockchain.org.nz 

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Recorded at blockheight 743902. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

BlockchainNZ We provide New Zealand businesses and individuals opportunities for connecting, promoting and advancing in all things blockchain, crypto and decentralisation. We believe that by working together and leveraging our globally recognised brand of trust and integrity, New Zealand can become a key player in the move to a decentralised global ecosystem.