NFT ART DAY ZRH announces the programme of its inaugural conference that will take place on Sunday, 12 June 2022 at the Auditorium of the Kunsthaus Zürich. An event that offers insightful conversations through its carefully curated panel discussions enriched by the expertise of catalyst thinkers. NFT ART DAY ZRH is a collaboration between E.A.T. […]
Continue readingThe story of the first metaverses
In the fourth issue of The NFT Magazine that was dedicated to metaverses, we took up Neal Stephenson’s novel Snow Crash (1992), to better understand the definition of metaverse that is a “three-dimensional space within which natural people can move, share and interact through personalized avatars”. For this reason, the origins of metaverses must be […]
Continue readingWhen NFTs were on Bitcoin (and Namecoin)
Not everyone knows this, but the story of the NFTs does not begin on Ethereum but on Bitcoin. At that time they weren’t called NFTs,even though they were non fungible tokens for all intents and purposes. They were the so-called Colored Coins, an experiment that wanted to try to expand the functionality of the Bitcoin blockchain. […]
Continue readingThe history of CryptoPunks
CryptoPunks are one of the most famous NFT collections, so let’s be clear about what really was the key to their international success. When we talk about CryptoPunks we are talking about 10,000 8-bit style images. 10,000 small punks each with their own characteristics. Behind this project there are two, now famous, engineers: Matt Hall and […]
Continue readingMonegraph and the first experiments on Bitcoin
Everyone knows that NFTs are released mostly on Ethereum, especially in the ERC-721 format, but perhaps not everyone knows that this format was offered by William Entriken, Dieter Shirley, Jacob Evans and Nastassia Sachs only in January 2018. Still, the CryptoPunks, which were the first NFTs to ever become famous, were released in June 20. Actually, […]
Continue readingArchaeology and CryptoKitties
Were NFTs born in 2021? No, this is wrong. The first experiments began well before that year, however the very first real project of NFTs, that were appropriately called with this acronym, is the CryptoKitties. Born in 2017, CryptoKitties is a game based on the Ethereum blockchain and developed by the Canadian studio Axiom Zen. […]
Continue readingBetween Art and Artificial Intelligence
After almost 80 years since the birth of AI we are far from being able to create what we call a “superintelligence”, that is, a sentient being with feelings and able to understand or reason independently. We still do not have the knowledge and the means to create J.A.R.V.I.S, the virtual assistant of Tony Stark, […]
Continue readingUPDATE: Queens+Kings by Hackatao
In the cryptoverse, a non-hierarchical community is in charge, traditional roles of the art world are subverted. Queens+Kings overthrow hierarchies in contemporary art and provide collectors with innovative, creative tools to express themselves freely and customize their avatars. Queens+Kings is a unique artistic project, the first of its kind, exploring the world of PFP technology […]
Continue readingHow to earn with NFTs
Searching, Knowing, Buying, Making Profit: these seem to be the “rules” or passwords to make money with NFTs. But between investing in the right project and waiting for the right time to make the gain there might be some variables and relevant actions to take depending on the NFT project you have chosen to buy. […]
Continue readingWhen Cryptocurrencies become Art
According to Statista, as from 2013 to February 2022 there are more than 10,000 cryptocurrencies in the world, but not all of them signify a value with an important economic impact: In fact, the top 20 cryptocurrencies characterize about 90% of the market and at the top of the list of the most important cryptocurrencies […]
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