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💥 sculpting the rocks that run cyberspace ✨ 💻 ArtDirector at @orangecube_art 🍊🟧 Represented by https://t.co/yGWKeJ9s4S
Oct 6, 2021 12 tweets 5 min read
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Time for #nftarthistory to contextualise the historic @MekaVerse raffle

In 2012 @yoniassia put forth the fundamental idea of having 🪄distinct assets🧬 "on top of the Bitcoin network." The proposed key value of these #ColoredBitcoin was COMMUNITY!

#NFTcommunity #NFTmania 2/

"Bitcoin 2.x is an idea to separate the bitcoin network (technology) from the value of a currency (community) using the bitcoin network..."

from the original whitepaper:
yoniassia.com/coloredbitcoin/
Sep 22, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read
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Finland's 1st in-person #NFTexhibition

It'll be organized this weekend & I'm curating it from frens' wallets. Some works are printed photos in custom acrylic frames with QR codes & others are in native format on-screen.

#probablynothing #NFTart #NFTtaide #NFTnäyttely #NFTs Image 2/

The exhibition's main objective is to re-examine NFTs in a fine art context by engaging with their aesthetic & historical value – irrespective of their economic value.

This is not to deny or dismiss their exchange value, but since the tech was born in the crypto space ...
Sep 15, 2021 16 tweets 8 min read
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thread #nftarthistory

incredible collection & mindset @iamDCinvestor ! thank you ✨

"What's interesting about NFTs vs other kinds of art is the ability to develop this mimetic or viral value on the internet in a way that has not really been seen in traditional art" 2/

"What was it when you purchased your first #CryptoPunk that put you over the edge into uncovering all these other artpieces?" - @RyanSAdams

"The signal for me was when I saw ppl using these as profile pictures. It clicked that ppl are identifying with these assets." -DC