The Frida Kahlo NFT
Like a Phoenix rising from its ashes, Art is reborn into Eternity. fridanft.org In July this year, a Mexican businessman named Martin Mobarak allegedly destroyed a painting by Frida Kahlo in order t…
cryptocurrencies
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The Merge
Earlier this month, a major event happened in the cryptocurrency space called the 'Merge'. In this event, the ethereum blockchain changed the way it achieves consensus – from using a proof-of-…
The problem that 'crypto' actually solves
And why that makes cryptocurrencies hard to beat.…
To be better at being anti-crypto
Molly White has a difficult read, one that I'm forced to agree with in spite of my vehemently anti-cryptocurrency position. Three representative paragraphs from her post: I … think that [cryptocu…
NFTs aren't thriving – they're often in the hospital
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…
Intro to NFTs
A far-too-simplified introduction to cryptocurrencies and NFTs.…
Art is something for cryptocurrencies to con
Cryptocurrencies have emerged as a way to fund art, and therefore supposedly support artists, using the Trojan horse of NFTs.…
If WordPress supports NFTs, should I boycott it?
"I make use of the tools available to me. That doesn't mean I have to applaud every advance in the field."…
Crypto: Climate change means new tech has less time today to prove itself
I spent this weekend reading about permissioned and permissionless blockchain systems. If you want to get in on it, I can’t recommend this post by David Rosenthal enough. Much of the complexity of exe…
The foolishness of a carbon-negative blockchain
With the experience of ‘fortress conservation’, poor implementation of the Forest Rights Act and the CAMPA philosophy in India, it’s hard not to think that the idea of carbon offsets is stupid. This m…
On crypto-art, racism and outcome fantasies
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…
'Mantra sciences' is just poor fantasy
I don't know how the author of a piece in the Times of India managed to keep a straight face when introducing a school based on Vedic rituals that would "show the way" to curing diseases…