Beeple

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NFTs aren't thriving – they're often in the hospital

Apr 11, 2022 5 min read

This is not a real anniversary but it's worth commemorating, if only to remember the pseudo-events propping up the NFT business-culture. One month and one year ago, a cryptocurrency user named Met…

On crypto-art, racism and outcome fantasies

Mar 23, 2021 9 min read

Analysis Op-eds Tech art criticism art patronage Beeple Big Tech Bitcoin bitcoin mining blockchain capitalism consensus algorithms crypto-art cryptocurrencies Ethereum Everydays financial transactions Metakovan Metapurse NFT non-fungible tokens power consumption proof of stake proof of work racism settlement finality Silicon Valley Sybil attack The First 5000 Days Tim Swanson Twobadour Christie's

If you want to find mistakes with something, you’ll be able to find them if you tried long enough. That doesn’t inherently make the thing worthless. The only exception I’ve encountered to this truism…