JED TALK 🎙️ | Late Night Roundtable: NFTs, Art & Community

Host: Jed (@jed_131) with co-hosts Lyss (@Lysss302) & Margie B (@B4Margie) · Thu 2 Jul 2026 · 1:27:48 · ~12 active speakers

TL;DR

• An impromptu late-night pop-up Space (Jed hosting from his car at ~3:30–4:30am ET) turned into a loose roundtable on getting comfortable on Spaces, on-chain art, and networking over money.
• Recurring theme from Jed: if you spend hours a day on X, work toward something — get on stage, be authentic, don't shill your project early, and let people find you organically.
• A genuine tech thread on fully on-chain art: costs have dropped, but Jed argues even blue chips (BAYC, Pudgy) aren't on-chain because "enough people don't care" — while Sam walked through cheap on-chain deployment on Base/Ethereum.
• The night's comic engine was Sho (@AgogoKaren), who got caught trashing the conversation with her mic open — and later admitted she was talking mid-Space from the toilet.
• King Bubuu (@fugazinft) stole a long stretch with wild Australian-spider horror stories, sparring with Laz (@auspomlaza).
• Vest (@Vestoriin) closed the substantive portion with a sharp take: NFTs are access/keys, and "money's a byproduct of good networks."

Highlights

[13:01] Jed's case for jumping on stage. Jed urges quiet listeners (calling out Cyborg, OBO, Our Gato) to press the button, framing Spaces as the single biggest accelerant for a Web3 network — sharing that he avoided Spaces for four years after a bad early experience before they became central to his growth.

[20:00] Sam's real-world proof that Spaces work. Sam (likely @_sxms) describes going from zero notifications to 20+ and new DMs after committing to a few Spaces a day, and announces his own weekly Thursday Space at 4pm ET. Jed and the hosts coach him to nail down a consistent time.

[26:09] "Don't shill — let people meet you first." Jed's core networking advice: for your first several Spaces, don't talk about your project at all. Let people get to know you, and they'll find your work organically. He argues the "showing" era is over.

[28:47] On-chain art deep dive. Raul (likely @Raul_Casilas) asks Jed's view on on-chain art. Jed says he'd put Regens fully on-chain if he could, and points out that BAYC, Pudgy Penguins and Doodles still aren't — proof, to him, that most collectors don't value immutability. Sam counters with practical detail: full on-chain deployment can cost as little as $10–20 if you understand gas and upload layers (not assets) to the contract.

[40:21 / 41:01] Sho gets caught with the mic open. The night's biggest turn: Sho, thinking she was in a private chat, says "This is so boring. What are we doing?… there's no saving this space." Realizing she's live, she scrambles ("It's not you, it's me"), which the room loves and Jed threatens to clip forever.

[47:23] Kiko breaks a two-year Spaces silence. Kiko (likely @Kiko_BTC) says Sho's honesty is exactly what pulled him up — he hasn't spoken on a Space in over two years and relates to the stage-fright everyone describes. He credits Margie's DMs for repeatedly getting him to show up.

[59:09] King Bubuu's spider saga. From Saudi Arabia, King launches into escalating horror stories about Australian wildlife — huntsman spiders "the size of your hands," snakes that make camels bleed from the eyes, and crashing his manual car into his own garage two decades ago because a spider dangled down. Laz confirms most of the world's deadliest snakes live in Australia.

[1:08:53] The toilet reveal. King mentions snakes coming out of toilets, prompting Sho to blurt that she is literally sitting on the toilet right now — with her husband shaking his head nearby. The room dissolves; Lyss institutes "a shot every time Sho makes you laugh."

[1:11:03] Vest on why he buys NFTs. Vest (likely @Vestoriin) explains he doesn't care about price — NFTs are "keys to a house," access to communities. He recounts buying into Esh & Nessa's project for their account-growth service, which built a trust network more than a following, and lands the line that money is a byproduct of good networks.

Notable quotes

"This is so boring. What are we doing?… there's no saving the space." — Sho (likely @AgogoKaren), caught with mic open [40:21]

"You cannot get out of this one, Sho." — Jed [41:17]

"It's not a spider. Oh, it's my hand size. No, buddy. This is a proper half-body human, it can kidnap things." — King Bubuu (likely @fugazinft) on Australian spiders [59:59]

"I'm literally sitting on the toilet and you just said that. Thank you very much." — Sho [1:08:53]

"I make enough money in my day-to-day jobs… for me it's more about the people." — Vest (likely @Vestoriin) [1:11:03]

"I think money's a byproduct of good networks." — Vest [1:14:24]

Who said what

• Jed (@jed_131 / SPEAKER_01) — Host, DJing/driving through the open. Drove the through-line: get on stage, be authentic, don't shill, network over money; enthusiast for on-chain art.
• Lyss "Liz" (@Lysss302 / SPEAKER_02) — Co-host and organizer, repped De Stefano Steakhouse as a Web3 hub, ran the trolling, and wrapped the Space.
• Margie B (@B4Margie / SPEAKER_06) — Co-host and connector who personally DM'd/invited speakers all night; credited by multiple guests for getting them to show up.
• Sho (@AgogoKaren / SPEAKER_11) — From Hawaii; the comic heart of the Space (mic-open moment, toilet reveal).
• Sam (likely @_sxms / SPEAKER_03) — Artist growing via Spaces; provided the technical detail on cheap on-chain deployment.
• Raul (likely @Raul_Casilas / SPEAKER_12) — Pixel artist who prompted the on-chain art discussion.
• Kiko (likely @Kiko_BTC / SPEAKER_09) — OG builder returning to Spaces after two years; talking NYC/Frank & Punks meetup plans.
• King Bubuu (likely @fugazinft / SPEAKER_05) — Speaking from Saudi Arabia; ran a gaming studio; delivered the spider stories.
• Laz (@auspomlaza / SPEAKER_10) — Australian regular; comic foil, self-described "goofball" and Spaces hobbyist.
• Alex Lee (likely @AlexLee_NFT / SPEAKER_08) — From Portugal (via UK); teased organizing IRL Web3 events in the Algarve.
• Vest (likely @Vestoriin / SPEAKER_04) — Aussie; delivered the strongest networking-over-money thesis and plugged his own (unrecorded) Spaces.

Worth a full listen

• [40:21–45:07] The Sho mic-open sequence and the scramble that follows — the comedic peak that reframed the whole Space; summary can't capture the timing.
• [59:09–1:03:24] King and Laz trading Australian-wildlife horror stories — a genuinely funny, escalating riff (huntsman spiders, the garage crash, camel-blinding snakes).
• [1:11:03–1:17:15] The Vest–Jed exchange on NFTs as access, intentional use of your time on X, and money as a byproduct of networks — the most substantive stretch of the night.