‘Silicon Valley’ Producers Tap Ethereum NFTs for User-Generated Comedy

There’s been no shortage of celebrities entering Web3 to drop NFT collectibles, but more and more established creators are eyeing blockchain technology as a way to rethink the creative process in bringing entertainment to life.

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Now, some of the comedic minds behind HBO’s hit series “Silicon Valley” have unveiled their own attempt, Terrible Pets. The project will use Ethereum NFTs to “turn content itself into LEGO blocks,” letting owners use them to build meme-able online content, said Fika Media co-founder and CEO Adam Altman.

“Silicon Valley” executive producer and showrunner Alec Berg is a co-founder of Fika, as are producers Jonathan Dotan and Bubba Murarka. The show’s co-creator, Mike Judge—also behind “Beavis and Butt-Head” and “King of the Hill”—is an angel investor and a potential future collaborator for the startup, Berg said.

Berg, also a co-creator of HBO’s “Barry” and an executive producer on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” told Decrypt that while television and film technology have improved over the years, the process of creating scripted media hasn’t changed much in decades. Web3 offers a new way to co-create and collaborate with a potentially wide and diverse audience.

“With the technology, there’s potential to actually re-architect the way stories are told and the way they’re built,” Berg said. “I just think that’s super exciting.”

Altman, a tech entrepreneur, said he was inspired by the early pandemic success of audio chat app Clubhouse, which he saw bring people together from disparate backgrounds. He amassed a large following on the service (and became an investor), and alongside Murarka and Berg they considered how that same “social energy” could be applied to…