ALF is Dead, Long Live ALF
ALF is dead A year and half ago, a friend helped me make a tool to mint my own NFTs (non-fungible tokens) for my art work. Once it was done, I told my friend [...]
Bitcoin & Art
When It Comes To Bitcoin And Art, Let’s Create A Better NFT Experience A little over a year ago, after I finally finished doing my own research (just kidding, that process never really ends [...]
CryptoArt panel @ETH Denver
Panel discussion at the Moon Stage "Unlocking Artist Creativity" moderated by Jessica Angel ETH Denver 2020 link to original video: YOUTUBE
Using blockchain tokens for royalty payments
Using blockchain tokens for royalty payments A royalty is not a king, queen, duke or duchess but something else compleatly: “ A royalty is a payment made by one party, the licensee or franchisee to another that owns [...]
iDAF 2019 Festival recap!
The International Digital Art Festival 2019 took place over two days (26–27 June) in the heart of Manchester at Federation House . The event had a very clear purpose; Inspire, educate and on-board more people [...]
Adventures in Artistic Tokenisation
A primer of early artworks in the blockchain space. Tokenised art has taken the world by storm! (sort of). Commonly called ‘Crypto-Art’ or ‘Art On The Blockchain’, this niche discipline has seized transaction volume of some [...]
Three Times Three Modes of Blockchain Art
This essay draws distinctions between different approaches to art that uses cryptocurrency or blockchain technology. It does so to contribute to the debate about art that uses cryptocurrency or blockchain technology by helping us [...]
Blockchain-Based Digital Art Marketplace and Social Network DADA Sponsors Art Show
DADA, a blockchain-based digital art marketplace and social network, is organizing the Rare Art Show which will be featured during the Rare Art Festival 2 (Rare AF 2) on Saturday, May 18, at Bushwick Generator. The [...]
RAREAF2 Recap
The 2nd annual Rare Arts Festival (May 18, 2019) went off with out a hitch this past weekend at the Bushwick Generator in Brooklyn, NY. A top floor was dedicated to featuring works of digital art [...]
DON’T GO DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE, SCRILLA
Good afternoon friends and family of the decentralized distributed ledger community. I was scrolling thru the twitter today when I saw a tweet storm from a well known game developer, Mike Bithell, on twitter. [...]
Keeping Copyright Relevant in a Crypto-infused Arts and Music Environment
The Constitution of the United States grants “Authors and Inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries” for a limited time.[i] The importance of this clause cannot be overemphasized as it says much [...]
What Would Van Gogh Say About Blockchain?
Art and blockchain could have once been thought of as antithetical. But on Tuesday, the Barney A. Ebsworth art collection sale that Christie’s is registering with Artory, a blockchain-based art registry, will put the combination of the [...]
Artist Cryptograffiti Sets Auction Record For Least Expensive Art
In a recent auction designed to sell to the lowest bidder, artist “Cryptograffiti” sold his elegant work Black Swan, a collage made from a single dollar bill, for $0.000000037, making it the least expensive [...]
Unlocking a $200 Billion Dollar Collectibles Market on the Blockchain
Verified Collection, a tech startup based in Los Angeles, CA is building a connected world where consumers have True Digital Ownership of the physical and digital goods they collect. In my last article, I [...]
How to create NFTs on the bitcoin blockchain
NFT stands for Non Fungible Token. While I don´t love the name that is the accepted standard term right now. It refers to one off non-divisable tokens. Maybe you heard about Homerpepe that sold for over 30k usd [...]
What Is CryptoArt?
In my first post on the blockchain and art I declared that "The Blockchain Art Market is Here." In this new article, I make the argument that art native to the blockchain has its own [...]
The Early Evolution of Art On The Blockchain — Part 1
There’s many histories of Art on the Blockchain out there. Here I analyse the very early evolution leading almost up to mass(-ish) adoption. Where did it all start and how did we get here? [...]
Interview with Coin Artist
In this episode I talk with Coin Artist, famous for her crypto puzzle painting“TORCHED H34R7S” which contained $50k in Bitcoin and was unlocked after three years of people trying to solve it. Coin [...]
The weird, wild and expensive world of blockchain art
Is it still shocking in 2018 to see someone drop more than $50,000 on a digital playing card? Well, that's what happened when Gods Unchained, a blockchain-based digital card game, wrapped an auction on its [...]
Blockchain For Art: The Artists To Watch
Blockchain technology has the potential to fundamentally change industries around the world, but few people outside of the industry have a deep understanding of what it is or how it may affect their livelihood. [...]
A History of Digital Art in 30 Works, Part 1
Definitions in art are notoriously slippery things, especially when we’re trying to put our finger on contemporary movements. So in an effort to get a grasp on what exactly we mean by “digital art”, [...]
Non-Fungible Tokens: Future Applications and Challenges
This week saw an amazing group of entrepreneurs, engineers, developers and investors come together in Berlin for Blockchain Week. As part of this, we hosted an event on the future of non-fungible tokens alongside [...]
What the heck are cryptocollectibles, anyway?
Every time we write an article about cryptocollectibles, the little red line of every writer’s nightmare appears under the word. “Correct to crypto collectibles?” it asks, as we click “ignore,” “add to personal dictionary,” [...]
A History of Digital Art in 30 Works, Part 2
This can’t be a surprise, right? In 1985, Commodore International signed Andy Warhol to the kind of endorsement deal and publicity push typically reserved for sports stars or Instagram influencers. They also gave him [...]
How to blockchain physical artwork
It is hot! Blockchain Crypto Art, everyone wants to blockchain some kind of kittie, frog or high-value blue-chip fine art. What is the best way to tokenize and “blockchain” physical artwork? Mona: I have [...]