Re:Envisioning Web3 | Conversations

Host: Lyss (@Lysss302) with cohosts Jed (@jed_131) and Sho (@AgogoKaren) · Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 · Duration: 1:55:45 · ~13 speakers

TL;DR

• A relaxed "conversations about conversations" Space that turned into a long, warm hype session for NFT NYC — now less than two weeks out — anchored around Jed's De Stefano's Steakhouse as the Web3 home base.
• The throughline: energy and authenticity carry a room. Lyss argued the best Spaces come from genuine passion (see Jed's Robin Hood NFT crusade), not from knowing the most.
• IRL nerves got the full treatment: nearly every speaker shared their first-event awkwardness and their fixes — Slick Ric's "what brings you here?" icebreaker, Superhighgasfees' pre-planned meetups, and a lot of "you deserve to be in the room."
• NFT NYC logistics: a Luma sign-up + group chat, Chimpers NYC events, a full Saturday dinner at De Stefano's, and Maha (@Maaaaahhhaaaaa) speaking on a brand-loyalty panel on the main stage.
• Lyss closed with pointed etiquette advice: never open by shilling your project — make the connection before the pitch.
• Running bits: Slick Ric's forbidden New York trip (his wife won), a genuine Dasani-vs-Aquafina water-snob feud, and Sho's newfound willingness to boot disrespectful speakers off stage.

Highlights

[10:18] A played clip on authenticity sets the tone. Jed opened with "a quick little one from my boy Simon" — a Simon Sinek clip on how authenticity just means saying what you actually believe, and how people can always feel when someone's pushing an agenda versus genuinely trying to help.

[12:11] Jed's conviction. Jed explained why he keeps doing his Robin Hood "faces" and Jed Talks: he believes to his core it's the evolution of NFTs, has no big bag in it, and compared it to only selling menu items he actually loves — he's not about to oversell the Mahi Mahi at a steakhouse.

[18:38] McFly on simplicity. Tapping in with good vibes, McFly (@MrMcFly100) praised the prior night's Space and offered his one rule: "simplicity is key" — the easier something is to understand, the more excited people get to learn more.

[25:07] Passion is the product. Riffing on Shirtless Farmer's token-launch experiment, Lyss made the day's central point: you can feel when someone genuinely cares, and that energy — not expertise — is why last night's Space landed. She called it Jed's best Space, not for the knowledge but for the fire.

[28:57] Slick Ric's barista hour. SLICK RIC (@richj530) delivered a monologue on prison-coffee craftsmanship, congratulated the Robin Hood winners, and dropped the room's unofficial motto: don't be a hater, be a congratulator. He also confessed his wife had vetoed his NYC trip — four kids under eight, four businesses — despite him nearly starting a fight to get on the plane.

[42:39] Warner's healing NFT. Warner (@TheStevenWarner) shared why collecting matters to him — buying a GVC during a hard time to mark a healing day in the mountains with his infant son — and his plan to bring his 70-year-old mom to the steakhouse and start a collecting journal for his kid.

[45:30] Jed's dad's aha moment. Jed told the story of getting the actual flu and having to send his 75-year-old, old-school father to host a 19-punk dinner with Lorenzo and Mazna. That night his dad finally got the community aspect — the slow drip toward acceptance began.

[1:00:33] Closed mouths never get fed. Slick Ric turned his ETH Denver and NYC memories into a pep talk on jumping in with no parachute: "closed mouths never get fed" — if you don't speak, you won't get spoken to.

[1:31:36] Warner's IRL power story. Warner walked through a chain of connections at a card-collecting convention — Ken Cope, Figgy, Spino, and a Panini blockchain exec who turned out to know his brother's music partner — that led to real business between his brother and Panini. His point: it "100% came from Web3," and the jaded crowd was just spending time in the wrong places.

[1:48:xx] Don't lead with the ask. Lyss closed with her strongest advice of the day: people who come up and immediately pitch their project lose the room instantly. Make connections first, tell people who you are, and never introduce yourself with an ask.

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• "I believe to my core, like to my fucking core, that this is like the evolution of NFTs." — Jed [12:11]
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• "Simplicity is key in this space. The more simple you can make something for someone to understand, the more excited they are." — McFly [18:38]
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• "Don't be a hater, be a congratulator." — SLICK RIC [28:57]
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• "You cooler than the other side of the pillow, bro." — SLICK RIC, to Warner [37:45]
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• "Closed mouths never get fed. If you don't speak, you won't get spoken to." — SLICK RIC [1:00:33]
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• "I don't know if I can come until I see a video of Jed swimming in the East River." — Luna [1:08:03]
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Who said what

• Lyss (@Lysss302) — host; steered the "what makes a good conversation" theme, kept the NFT NYC hype and logistics organized, and closed with the anti-shilling etiquette lesson.
• Jed (@jed_131) — cohost and De Stefano's operator; the room's Robin Hood NFT evangelist, storyteller-in-chief (his dad, his flu, Sergito), and reluctant on-camera talent.
• Sho (@AgogoKaren) — cohost; the warm-but-firm stage manager who'll actually remove disrespectful speakers, and half of the water-snob feud.
• McFly (@MrMcFly100) — regular; "simplicity is key," IRL-as-alpha advocate, off to a V Friends dinner.
• SLICK RIC (@richj530) — speaker; motivational engine of the room (barista bit, "closed mouths never get fed"), sidelined from NYC by his wife.
• Warner (@TheStevenWarner) — speaker; the day's IRL-power case study, bringing his mom to the steakhouse and connecting collectors into real business.
• Superhighgasfees (@SHGFees) — speaker; teased a surprise project for Jed, shared the "plan meetups beforehand" tip, and reflected on growing confidence through his LT3 Spaces.
• Marianne (@mariannehere) — speaker; on pivoting to video content — losing meme followers but gaining higher-quality DMs and closed deals — and how cringe fades into ease.
• Maaaaahhhaaaaa (@Maaaaahhhaaaaa) — speaker; nervous-excited about his first big panel (main stage, brand loyalty), and bringing a childhood friend into Web3 in Utah.
• Money Miller (@ItsMoneyMiller) — speaker; here mostly to promise McFly a big hug in NYC.
• Luna (@LunaPrime) — speaker; lunch correspondent (sirloin skillet, hates cleanup) and committed water snob; recounted temple and Apefest first-timer stories.
• Sols (@solsweb3) — speaker; back after being under the weather, likely sponsoring an NYC event, praised Piff's promo video.
• Shirtless Farmer (@NoShirtFarmer) — speaker; trolled Jed about the Robin Hood dip while praising how smooth Simple's launch tooling has been.
• BeeCuzFuture (@BeeCuzFuture)^* — speaker; checked in from between job sites, grateful for a job he enjoys.

Worth a full listen

• [28:57]–[35:00] — Slick Ric's arc. The barista monologue, the "congratulator" ethos, and the genuinely funny back-and-forth about whether Sho should call his wife to spring him for NYC. Warm, quotable, and the room at its most itself.
• [1:31:36]–[1:37:19] — Warner's connection chain. A single unbroken story about how showing up IRL turned into real business for his brother. The summary can't capture how one introduction cascaded into the next.
• [1:48:00]–[1:52:00] — Lyss's etiquette close. Her full breakdown of why leading with a pitch fails, paired with Sho and Super's yin-yang exchange about learning to hold a stage, is the practical takeaway of the whole Space.

* some voices are identified from context; those names are marked as likely.