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A Guide to Photography NFTs and the Future of Imagery
Never before has society been so visually saturated. Trillions of photos are taken every year, and the popularity of social media and the prevalence of image-based marketing are simply a given at this point. Clearly, image is everything. But, this proliferation of images and the infrastructure surrounding their consumption hasn’t always been for the better. At times, social media has been a particularly fertile ground for the outright plagiarism of professional photographers’ work. In October 2017, photographer Cath Simard shared a picture of a Hawaiian road on her Instagram account. It immediately went viral and was shared across several platforms […]
Taproot Wizards: A Guide to the Fastest-Growing Bitcoin Ordinals Project
At the start of 2023, with Ordinals Inscriptions growing in popularity daily, it seemed every collector worth their salt was out to cash in on the Bitcoin NFT craze. While most turned their attention to CryptoPunks, OnChainMonkey, and other Ethereum-native projects bridging over to the world’s oldest blockchain, one Bitcoin-centric endeavor emerged to establish a new narrative around digital artifacts. Helmed by an independent developer and longtime Bitcoin advocate, Taproot Wizards (TW) entered not only as the new kid on the Ordinals block but with a mission to become much more than just another generative avatar project. Carrying the tagline […]
OnChainMonkey: Meet One of the First 10k PFP Projects on Bitcoin
OnChainMonkey (OCM) has emerged as a historic staple of the NFT community that’s proven time and time again to be well ahead of the curve. The project is well-known for uploading its entire 10,000 NFT collection to Ethereum in a single transaction. And with the new Ordinals protocol, OCM became one of the first 10,000 PFP projects on Bitcoin. While OnChainMonkey has made its mark in Web3, its parent company Metagood is perhaps less well-known. With a mission to empower communities and be catalysts for positive collective action, Metagood has spearheaded a number of impactful initiatives and is one of […]
Blur’s Token is Live: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
$BLUR is finally here. After delaying the launch of the platform’s native token in January, the NFT marketplace officially began letting users redeem care packages for the token at 1:30 p.m. ET on February 14, 2023. The run-up to the launch has been marked by much anticipation, with popular exchange Coinbase tweeting that it would list the token if liquidity conditions are met and Blur’s trading volume surging in the last month, cementing its spot as one of the top ten NFT marketplaces in existence. How did Blur manage to do all of this in such a short time? And […]
Bitcoin NFTs: The 20 Most Notable Ordinals Inscriptions
When software engineer Casey Rodarmor launched the Ordinals protocol on Bitcoin in January 2023, he sparked a movement on the blockchain. Now, NFTs can be minted on the Bitcoin mainnet. This news lit up the Web3 world as few other things have in its history, resulting in a fair amount of protest and excitement from the Bitcoin community. Purists (called Bitcoin Maxis) labeled the protocol an attack on the network, while others began gleefully minting Inscriptions — Bitcoin’s “native” version of NFTs — to their heart’s content. Much attention has been paid to the global amount and order of Ordinals […]
Bitcoin NFTs? Ordinals Inscriptions Explained (Finding, Buying, & More)
Bitcoin Ordinals have taken over Web3 — at least, that’s how it seems. The space has been buzzing since software engineer Casey Rodarmor launched the protocol on January 21, with some excited about the new upgrade and others swearing Ordinals off entirely. Despite all the notoriety, fewer than 40,000 Ordinals exist at the time of writing. So why are Ordinals so scarce? The vast majority of people simply don’t yet know how to buy them, let alone create them. With higher barriers to entry, that means potential opportunities abound. But it also means higher risks. If you’re ready to take […]
Ethereum and NFTs: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners and Experts
Ethereum is one of the world’s most popular blockchains, and it’s a great place to start if you’re interested in non-fungible tokens. Currently ranked second in market cap among all the world’s cryptocurrencies, Ethereum has only grown more popular since its launch in 2013. And despite the recent increase in blockchains supporting NFTs, most NFT trade volume still resides on the Ethereum network. Apart from NFTs, Ethereum plays host to a variety of other uses. It’s used as an investment platform, a transaction space for the sale of goods and services, a medium that allows users to decentralize finances and assets, […]
NFT Resources: The Best Blogs, Podcasts, Spaces, and More
Let’s be real: the NFT space can be tough to crack. Making the jump from Web2 to Web3 can be seriously disorienting; First, there’s wrapping your head around NFTs as a technology and working through the “Why can’t I just screenshot it?” phase. And if that’s where you’re at, don’t feel embarrassed. Even experienced NFT enthusiasts can struggle to keep up with the ever-evolving landscape. The blockchain is still very much a new technology, and a lot of the rhetoric you see floating around the Web3 world is that anyone actively involved in it is “still early,” and that’s absolutely […]
Wolf Game NFTs: A Guide to Gameplay, Wool, and More
The world of blockchain gaming can be confusing. For every smash-hit success, there’s an equally unfortunate story of the disastrous ruin or slow demise of a play-to-earn (P2E) game (see Axie Infinity’s rise and fall). But if done right, gaming in Web3 can be a potent gateway to onboarding billions to the blockchain. And, though a bonafide AAA blockchain title has yet to hit the scene, skeptics shouldn’t discount the progress and innovations being made in the crypto-native sphere. Wolf Game is just one such success story. One of the most compelling and popular entries to the blockchain gaming space, […]
A Guide to The Memes by 6529: Building an Open Metaverse Through Humor
Over their lifetime, memes have come to be understood as more than just cat pictures and fail videos that solicit the occasional laugh. In contrast to the often flippant nature of internet culture, memes have taken on great significance in mainstream and popular culture, achieving staying power as somewhat of a universal language. This also rings true in the NFT space, where memes continue to be created, shared, and sold for incredible sums. Considering the off-kilter, self-deprecating, and sometimes even plain nonsensical nature of Web3, the culture on the blockchain would be nothing without humor, distilled and disseminated through memes. […]