🧵 Hey y’all. In response to diminishing enforcement of creator royalties, we launched our own secondary market… It’s a big deal, and you can try it out on our newest Curated release, Cargo: bit.ly/40mv0NE. Let’s get started and find out why this matters so much 👇 💭We made the decision to create this feature on our website to address 3 pain points: Security, Authenticity, and Royalties.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The third annual Art Blocks Marfa weekend will take place September 21–24, 2023! Many of you told us you’d like the event to stretch out a bit longer. The trek to Marfa requires at least half a day for nearly everyone, and a number of you spent more than a day en route last year, traveling from places as far-flung as Thailand, India, NZ, and Singapore. 🫡

Gm ☕️ it's Monday, and y'all know what that means: it's time for our weekly roundup 👇 On Monday, at 12pm CT, Berubara will release their AB Presents project, Ottocento.
Project Link: artblocks.io/collections/pr…

🚨 IMPORTANT: Please be aware there has been an outbreak of fake Art Blocks collections being airdropped to collectors' wallets under a variation of “Art Blocks Reveal Pass.” These are all SCAMS. We have been actively reporting to OpenSea but the scammer is spinning up dozens of new collections with slight name variations as they are being taken down.

1/19 Hey all, we wanted to address and acknowledge what many in our community have told us: that a collector’s delight in minting has lately been elusive due to botting by short-term speculators. Read on 👇 2/19 We have a lot of data that validates this concern. We are mindful that the recent spike in botting-to-flip is a result not of any platform change made by Art Blocks, but rather is an adaptation in how participants in our ecosystem operate.

GM and Happy 2023! We hope you're all well-rested and ready for a great year... and great roundups. And on that note: 2023's first weekly roundup, coming right up 👇 On Wednesday, @Beervangeer will be releasing their Curated project, The Field, at 12 pm CT.
Project Link: artblocks.io/collections/cu…

We definitely have an obsession with sunsets. We also definitely have exciting news… We are thrilled to announce the Friendship Bracelet project. Read on to find out more: In this project, @ArtOnBlockchain and @MacTuitui explore the representation of digital artwork in the physical world.

We know you’re familiar with our new logo, #lilsquig…We have another update for you all: our new website is live as of today! So what else is new, other than our brand spanking new logo?

The sun is setting on Art Blocks Curated collections series designations.

Here is a short look back at the incredible community, artists, and collectors who brought Art Blocks to life.

While the Curated Collection will live on, Series 8 will be the last one of its kind. "Curated Series 1–8 will forever memorialize the history of the earliest experiments of generative art and Web 3. Artists contained in these series are the creative pioneers who helped build the infrastructure around the blockchain-based generative art movement."

-@derekedws

Berlin? BERLIN!

@brtmoments is killing it, yet again, with their IRL minting experience in Berlin. Check out the awesome AB artists participating 👇

https://twitter.com/brtmoments/status/1512421561738928138

First up, @boreta released Ephemeros on April 6th. These things are crazy, and Boreta is right, that wasn't a microdose 😂

https://twitter.com/boreta/status/1511745307964493824

We have a fun (and busy) week ahead - let's jump right into what's happening in the AB universe 👇 We're very excited to welcome back @simondemai after 14 months!

Simon will release their second project on Art Blocks, Drifting, in the Playground on Tuesday the 12th at 11am CT.

Project page: artblocks.io/project/286

https://twitter.com/simondemai/status/1511062296226766848

1/🧵

We have some exciting news incoming

TL;DR

- You should prob load up on Rospten ETH asap

- We are publically testing the first iteration of our MinterSuite on Ropsten

- We need your help testing on Wed the 13th @ 11:30am CT - artist-staging.artblocks.io 2/🧵tldr

- 👀Ropsten testers will be able to mint

Chromie Squiggles by @ArtOnBlockchain
Construction Token by @jeffgdavis
Genesis by @DaCaldera

on artist-staging.artblocks.io using Ropsten eth to stress test the new minting mechanics 👀

READ THIS ARTICLE FIRST!

Then read below 😉

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https://twitter.com/derekedws/status/1381963559177908229

Dear NFT community,

Art Blocks escalated from an amateur-built hobby to a top NFT platform in a short period of time. While it caught me completely off guard, respectable thought leaders reached out early to express their support of the vision. 👇

Hey friends! A quick update on what to expect in the next few weeks from Art Blocks!

This Sunday Jan 7th we will see the birth of our Artist Playground. Here previously curated artists will get to deploy projects on their own with few restrictions. 👇 Artist Playground artworks are not part of the official Art Blocks curated collection, but from artists that have previously qualified as curated. This is more like a traditional platform where artists have more control of their own work and announce their own schedules, etc. 👇