Up until now, all the NFTs on Cardano have been a bit of metadata that points to an IPFS image. What unsigned_algorithms is doing is actually minting code which generates art onto the blockchain. Art should have some tension with its medium/format - for blockchain art to be taken seriously it needs to interrogate its host, I hope this collection contributes to that conversation.

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<div data-id="161135" data-title=" unsigned_algorithms" data-slug="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2022/07/09/cardano-nft-column-unsigned_algorithms/">This week&rsquo;s guest on the Cardano NFT Column is the founder of the first algorithmically-generated art on Cardano: <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.unsigs.com/">unsigned_algorithms</a>.<a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2022/07/02/cardano-nft-column-cardania/">Last week&rsquo;s guest</a> was a digital world with its own characters, stories and flavor, with an economic foundation that is based on blockchain technology.This initiative is a point of reference for NFTs on Cardano and every week or two we will invite someone to answer some questions and give us an update directly from within the Cardano community.Considering that many of our readers are new to the crypto space, we will have a mix of simple and technical questions.<h2>Cardano NFT project: unsigned_algorithms</h2><figure id="attachment_161136" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-161136"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3-1024x341.jpg.webp 1024w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3-300x100.jpg.webp 300w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3-800x267.jpg.webp 800w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3-450x150.jpg.webp 450w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3-195x65.jpg.webp 195w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3-96x32.jpg.webp 96w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3.jpg.webp 1500w" sizes=" 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></source><img loading="lazy" src="https://cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3-1024x341.jpg" alt="unsigned_algorithms" width="1024" height="341" srcset="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3-300x100.jpg 300w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3-768x256.jpg 768w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3-800x267.jpg 800w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3-450x150.jpg 450w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3-195x65.jpg 195w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3-96x32.jpg 96w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT1-3.jpg 1500w" sizes=" 1024px) 100vw, 1024px">Cardano NFT project unsigned_algorithms is mathematically derived and designed</figure><h3>Great to have you here! Could you tell us a bit about yourself, where are you from and what is your background?</h3>I&rsquo;m a liberal arts major who got into photography and made a lot of photographs of buildings. Somebody asked me, &ldquo;why don&rsquo;t you design buildings instead of taking photos of them?&rdquo; which made sense to me, so I decided to become an architect. While I was in grad school, I was building beefy workstations for my friends as 3D renders take a bit of oomph. I read about Bitcoin when the pizza was bought, but didn&rsquo;t mine because we all used Nvidia for CUDA, and AMD GPUs were much faster.Finally got into mining crypto when BTC was going to $100, bought 12 AMD r290 GPUs and rigged &lsquo;em up to mine. Did that for a while, but FPGAs and ASICs were coming online and it became clear mining was going to centralize. Decided to sell my mining hardware and wait for PoS to come out, which took quite a bit longer than I expected. Between that and getting active in Cardano in 2019, or so, I moved to India, and back to Japan while working in R&amp;D and new product development.&nbsp;<figure id="attachment_161137" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-161137"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3-1024x366.jpg.webp 1024w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3-300x107.jpg.webp 300w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3-800x286.jpg.webp 800w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3-450x161.jpg.webp 450w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3-195x70.jpg.webp 195w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3-96x34.jpg.webp 96w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3.jpg.webp 1343w" sizes=" 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></source><img loading="lazy" src="https://cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3-1024x366.jpg" alt="unsigned_algorithms" width="1024" height="366" srcset="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3-1024x366.jpg 1024w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3-300x107.jpg 300w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3-768x274.jpg 768w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3-800x286.jpg 800w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3-450x161.jpg 450w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3-195x70.jpg 195w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3-96x34.jpg 96w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT2-3.jpg 1343w" sizes=" 1024px) 100vw, 1024px">Monad&rsquo;s Bitcoin mining rig in 2013</figure>For the 2 or 3 years before unsigs was released I was working in AI/ML training models and deploying them to AWS, which was pretty far from my roots in Arduino/Processing programming, but was a fun journey to make!<h3>Why did you choose Cardano for your NFT collection? What advantages does this blockchain have over others?</h3>Cardano NFTs are quite interesting in that they exist at the base layer of the network. This appealed to me because I felt much safer releasing &ldquo;inert&rdquo; metadata than minting inside of a smart contract which could have bugs etc. For my first work I felt much better knowing that the work was secured by the base logic of the chain and not my inadequacies as a programmer.Additionally, the first thing that comes up whenever I talk to someone in real life about NFTs is their environmental impact, and of course Cardano being Proof-of-Stake doesn&rsquo;t have anywhere near the carbon footprint of a Proof-of-Work chain, so that is sort of table stakes to even have a conversation.<h3>Usually NFTs have IPFS or Arweave links in their metadata that redirect to JPEG, GIF or other files, but unsigs are different. Can you explain?</h3>When I encountered NFTs my reaction was, &ldquo;why would anyone pay for a link to a JPG?&rdquo; The best answer I could come up with was to make sure the NFT was NOT just a link to a JPG, so I tried to think of what I could fit within the 16KB size limit of a Cardano NFT.It became apparent to me that by including code, and an environment definition to run that code, you could essentially &ldquo;compress&rdquo; the NFT and make the NFT contain instructions capable of generating itself: sort of like sheet music or an architectural blueprint. By doing this, the NFT is not just &ldquo;the deed to a house&rdquo; but sort of a self-inflating/producing house.<figure id="attachment_161138" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-161138"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3-1024x385.jpg.webp 1024w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3-300x113.jpg.webp 300w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3-800x301.jpg.webp 800w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3-450x169.jpg.webp 450w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3-195x73.jpg.webp 195w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3-96x36.jpg.webp 96w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3.jpg.webp 1433w" sizes=" 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></source><img loading="lazy" src="https://cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3-1024x385.jpg" alt="unsigned_algorithms" width="1024" height="385" srcset="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3-1024x385.jpg 1024w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3-300x113.jpg 300w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3-768x289.jpg 768w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3-800x301.jpg 800w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3-450x169.jpg 450w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3-195x73.jpg 195w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3-96x36.jpg 96w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_InternaNFT3-3.jpg 1433w" sizes=" 1024px) 100vw, 1024px">A piece from the unsig collection with the associated metadata on the right</figure>This is a fairly old idea in art: to look critically at the medium/materials you are using and to explore what they are (and aren&rsquo;t) good at and try to make them sing. In architecture we refer to this as &ldquo;material honesty&rdquo; &ndash; using materials in manners and ways which take advantage of their properties and not trying to hide what they are.<h3>What are you working on now? Is there something in store for the future of unsigned_algorithms?</h3>I have a few projects I&rsquo;m working on that aim to boost the signal-to-noise ratio of the NFT space on Cardano. One of those is my next art work which is being given away to holders of unsigned_algorithms. The first piece from that collection was minted onto Cardano back in January with 31,119 fractions, which were distributed to the holders of unsigs and is now trading on various DEXs on Cardano. In addition to being a fractional share of the first piece from the collection, one share will be required to mint a piece from the rest of the collection.The other project is one which aims to reduce the noise floor of the NFT space on Cardano and should be launching &ldquo;soon&rdquo;.<h3>Thanks for your time. Any final words? Where can people find you?</h3>I spend too much time on <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/monad_alexander">Twitter</a>. I&rsquo;m also active in the Lisbon crypto community since moving here a few months ago.Disclaimer: The opinions and views of the people interviewed are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Cardano Foundation or IOG. Moreover, this content is for educational purposes, it doesn&rsquo;t constitute financial advice.</div>Source: https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2022/07/09/cardano-nft-column-unsigned_algorithms/

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Cardano NFT: unsigned_algorithms – The Cryptonomist

<div id="content"><div><div><div id="primary"><div><div><div><div>&ndash; Advertisement &ndash;<a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://bit.ly/3uvm777"><img fifu-featured="1" alt="" title="" width="728" height="90" data-src="https://thecryptobasic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Follow-Us-On-Google-News.png" src="https://thecryptobasic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Follow-Us-On-Google-News.png"></a></div>7 Significant Updates on Cardano Ecosystem in a week.In recent times, there has been a lot of fuss around the Cardano project since the development team announced <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://thecryptobasic.com/2021/08/13/cardano-news-today-iohk-announced-much-awaited-cardano-smart-contracts-launch-date/">smart contract functionality</a> that enables developers to build on the network.While many investors seem to be focused on the value of the cryptocurrency, which has been on a decline like other digital currencies, here are seven of the most happening within the Cardano ecosystem in the past week.Genius X (GENXS) Utility TokenLast week, Genius X, a project that enables new startups to build on Cardano and receive support, <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://medium.com/@GeniusXOfficial/genius-x-announces-the-gensx-utility-token-and-a-tiered-staking-program-9245bc8e6aa5">announced</a> the launch of the GENXS utility token, which has a max supply of 1 billion tokens. The team behind the project also announced a staking program for the token that will enable investors to earn mouthwatering rewards.Blueshift Finance Launches Token on CoingeckoBlueshift, a Cardano-based AMM decentralized exchange, noted in an <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/blueshiftfi/status/1514555542953500672">announcement</a> last week on Twitter that its native cryptocurrency, BLUES, has been listed on cryptocurrency aggregator platform Coingecko.Gada Completes Seed Round Sale in 24 HoursIn a groundbreaking development, Gada, a community-governed launchpad for Cardano-related projects, <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/GADALaunchpad/status/1517469549062414336">announced</a> last week that it sold 150,000 units of GADA tokens in a seed sale round in 24 hours.NFT-Maker Launches ICO on LCXSimilarly, NFT-Maker, a project committed to building a non-fungible token ecosystem on the Cardano blockchain, noted in a Twitter announcement last week that it <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/nftmakerio/status/1516084144287236104">flagged off an Initial Coin Offering (ICO)</a> for its native token dubbed NMKR on the trading platform LCX trading platform.Iagon Migrates to Cardano From EthereumAs reported, popular cloud computing platform Iagon said it has <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://thecryptobasic.com/2022/04/22/leading-cloud-computing-platform-iagon-finally-migrates-from-ethereum-to-cardano/">moved from the Ethereum network to Cardano</a>, due to the exciting features associated with the latter and its dedication to providing green climates. The project also noted that it has bridged 50% of its token supply from Ethereum to Cardano.Unsigned Algorithms Joined MOCA Toronto&rsquo;s Panel on NFTUnsigned Algorithms, which makes programmatic non-fungible tokens on the Cardano network, <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/unsigned_algo/status/1516895653884047363">disclosed</a> last week that it participated in MOCA Toronto&rsquo;s panel on non-fungible tokens as a medium.Lending Pond Went Live on Cardano MainnetThe team behind Lending Pond <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/lendingpond_ada/status/1516139361561034754">said</a> it went live on the Cardano mainnet last week, an initiative that will allow Cardano enthusiasts to lend and borrow Cardano NFTs as collateral.&ndash; Advertisement &ndash;</div>Source: https://thecryptobasic.com/2022/04/26/icymi-7-significant-updates-that-took-place-on-the-cardano-ecosystem-within-a-week/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=icymi-7-significant-updates-that-took-place-on-the-cardano-ecosystem-within-a-week</div></div><h2>Post navigation</h2></div></div></div></div>

7 Significant Updates That Took Place on the Cardano Ecosystem Within A Week 

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This is Charlie Chang &ndash; I&rsquo;m back for my third and final week! Don&rsquo;t worry, this won&rsquo;t be the last you&rsquo;ll see of me though ;). Just an update, I&rsquo;ve been hiring people to automate my spreadsheet, there&rsquo;s been a few bumps and pauses along the way but I&rsquo;m trying really hard to get it done! Once it is, you can expect daily posts to recommence, hopefully, a blog and perhaps some paid exclusive content in the not-too-distant future!



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<h2>NFT WORLD</h2>



We&rsquo;ve seen some pretty crazy things happen over the last week. MAYC had their surprise launch and reached 100m in sales in under 24 hours &ndash; making it the most successful mint to date. 0n1 Force has seen a retracement in its floor price &ndash; which, to be honest, was probably expected given the astronomical growth we saw. World of Women has been silently but steadily gaining ground as well. All around, the top blue-chip projects have continued to grow. To be honest, I haven&rsquo;t really been following the success of new projects that have come out. This is not to say that there&rsquo;s been nothing special, but just that I haven&rsquo;t had the time and/or interest to be expanding outside of my collection at the moment.



Personally, I&rsquo;ve been picking up AB pieces (here&rsquo;s some free alpha &ndash; look for the AB Factory projects with a low mint count, good art, and reasonable floor prices and pick some up and hold for at least 3 weeks). That&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;ve been doing consistently over the last ~2-3 weeks. I did this with The Liths of Sisyphus a while back and that&rsquo;s doing quite well. I&rsquo;m also looking at Planets and some other pieces. 



Disclaimer: I own 1 Lith and 0 Planets.



Aside from this, I&rsquo;ve also been exploring NFTs on other platforms like Solana and Cardano. Personally, I&rsquo;m quite bullish on both of these blockchains and I think that there&rsquo;s enough space in the market for both to co-exist with Ethereum. If this is the case, then it&rsquo;s only logical to follow that their corresponding NFT platforms and projects should also be huge.



For Solana &ndash; I recently picked up a SolanaMonkeyBusiness (SMB) and I&rsquo;ve been looking into Solarians.



For Cardano &ndash; I&rsquo;ll list the ones I&rsquo;m looking at below.



Please do your own research before hopping into any of these. Personally, I think that top tier Solana and Cardano NFTs are less risk than bottom tier Eth projects &ndash; the reasoning behind this is that I have faith in the Solana and Cardano ecosystems and I think the NFTs built on those platforms with historical significance attached to their project will do well in the long run (e.g. SMB is the first NFT DAO on Solana). More free alpha &ndash; look for good generative art projects on these platforms.



<h2>The Sevens</h2>



<ul><li>Mint Date: 8 September 2021 AEST</li><li>Mint Time: 5AM AEST</li><li>Mint Size: 7000</li><li>Mint Price: 0.07</li><li>Twitter Following: 19700</li><li>Discord Following: 29494</li><li>Average Following: 23865</li></ul>I&rsquo;m honestly a little conflicted on this project. The numbers are astounding &ndash; especially given there&rsquo;s still one week left until launch. I think the project will do well based on this alone. The project also seems to have a fairly interesting road map &ndash; with cross-project collaborations, artist incubation programs, and the development and release of The Sevens DAO. My only reservation with this though is that I&rsquo;m not a big fan of the art. To me (and this is entirely my own opinion) I feel like the artwork is too derivative of 0n1 Force without the level of cleanliness that 0n1 has. I have no doubt that a degree of attention around the project is due to the success of 0n1 and as such a degree of hype has been the result of cross-pollination across audiences.



Still, I think that the project will mint out with a degree of price appreciation for a period before an inevitable correction. Whether or not this project survives will depend on how the team delivers on its roadmap. The project does have an advantage over 0n1 in that it&rsquo;s intending to implement a DAO structure in 2022 &ndash; something that 0n1 has not considered or announced yet. Overall, I&rsquo;m conflicted but interested.



<a href="https://thesevensofficial.com/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://thesevensofficial.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Website</a>



<a href="https://twitter.com/thesevens_7" data-type="URL" data-id="https://twitter.com/thesevens_7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Twitter</a>







<h2>SIPHER</h2>



<ul><li>Mint Date: 7 September 2021 AEST</li><li>Mint Time: 10AM AEST</li><li>Mint Size: 10000</li><li>Mint Price: 0.1 Eth</li><li>Twitter Following: 9030</li><li>Discord Following: 17966</li><li>Average Following: 13498</li></ul>It&rsquo;s not a secret that I&rsquo;m a big fan of utility NFTs and I&rsquo;m definitely a big fan of SIPHER. The project has brought on two Kyber Network Founders (great low-cap DeFi gem btw) as advisers and is a blockchain-based open-world game. I&rsquo;m not gonna lie &ndash; the goals set by this project are VERY ambitious. From an in-game ERC-20 token to an open-world gaming universe, living economy, customizable characters, breeding economy, and much much more &ndash; the developers have certainly set themselves a task and a half. What gives me confidence though is the industry experience the Kyber Network Founders bring, the great social numbers, and the public identification of the team members. A lesser team would&rsquo;ve remained anonymous given the over-the-top promises, but the fact that the team has come out publicly, and risked their own reputation and the reputation of affiliate projects, is something that I commend.



I&rsquo;m a dreamer and I believe in the grandiose dreams of others. That may be a fault but it&rsquo;s the reason why I choose to believe in this project. Remember &ndash; more than one blockchain game will make it. In fact, dozens of blockchain games will make it. Axie is the only clear winner right now and taking (healthy) gambles on the next top competitors is definitely not a bad decision. If you do choose to invest &ndash; just remember why you&rsquo;re investing. Like all gaming NFTs, the probability of you consistently flipping for a profit isn&rsquo;t that high. These projects inevitably see a reduction in their hype and a lack of interest in their growth. Their true value doesn&rsquo;t shine until their game is launched. This means two things: (1) if you&rsquo;re looking for a quick flip this probably isn&rsquo;t for you; and (2) if you miss out on mint there will most likely be another opportunity for you to pick something up at mint price on OS at some time in the near future.&nbsp;



<a href="https://sipher.xyz/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://sipher.xyz/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Website</a>



<a href="https://twitter.com/SIPHERxyz" data-type="URL" data-id="https://twitter.com/SIPHERxyz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Twitter</a>







<h2>RTFKT &ndash; Avatar Project</h2>



<ul><li>Mint Date: TBA</li><li>Mint Time: TBA</li><li>Mint Size: TBA</li><li>Mint Price: TBA</li><li>Twitter Following: 43,800</li><li>Discord Following: 8964</li><li>Average Following: 26,382</li></ul>The specifics around this project are unknown at the minute. I was initially a bit hesitant given the 5x disparity between its Discord and Twitter numbers. However, the fact that the project has secured $8m in funding via its recent seed funding round gives me a lot of security. Additionally, the project made $3.1m worth in NFT sales for its NFT sneaker collection in February this year &ndash; which was significantly before the NFT craze that has descended upon us. This project meets a lot of my benchmarks, that being: (1) proven track record and (2) community support. Approval from its investors (enough approval to invest 8m) is also a big plus. The project also has a great story line &ndash; being the epitome of NFT hype fashion. I&rsquo;ll be following the progression of this project closely.



The available details right now are:



<ul><li>10k presale &amp; 10k public sale = 20k avatars;</li><li>The owner gets lifetime RTFKT benefits; and</li><li>The owner will get the 3d model.</li></ul><a href="https://www.rtfkt.com/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.rtfkt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Website</a>



<a href="https://twitter.com/RTFKTstudios" data-type="URL" data-id="https://twitter.com/RTFKTstudios" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Twitter</a>







<h2>CryptoDads</h2>



<ul><li>Mint Date: 8 September 2021 AEST</li><li>Mint Time: 7AM AEST</li><li>Mint Size: 10,000</li><li>Mint Price: 0.07</li><li>Twitter Following: 6389</li><li>Discord Following: 6731</li><li>Average Following: 6560</li></ul>There&rsquo;s nothing insanely special about this project. It&rsquo;s a new avatar project that&rsquo;s launching &ndash; this time based on dads that turn to crypto in the midst of their mid-life crisis. I think it&rsquo;s quite funny and the project has captured a fair share of its audience a week out from its launch. The merch is simple and aesthetic and the artwork fits its vibe. I&rsquo;m not sure if I&rsquo;ll participate in this project yet but it did draw a chuckle from me. Beyond this, the social numbers interest me as well.



<a href="https://www.cryptodadsnft.com/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.cryptodadsnft.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Website</a>



<a href="https://twitter.com/CryptoDadsNFT" data-type="URL" data-id="https://twitter.com/CryptoDadsNFT" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Twitter</a>







<h2>Cardano NFTs</h2>



<ol type="1"><li>SpaceBudz</li><li>Coco Loco</li><li>Cardano Trees</li><li>unsigned_algorithms</li><li>CryptoDino</li></ol>That&rsquo;s all I&rsquo;m going to write on these for now. The space is still quite tricky given how new it is. Alonso is deploying on September 12th and the success of the above projects will be affected by Alonso&rsquo;s launch. I hold a decent bag of ADA so I will be allocating some of that into the above projects.



<h2>Concluding Notes</h2>



Look, recently the space has been a bit tough for me. The sheer volume of projects releasing is something that&rsquo;s become impossible to keep up with. It&rsquo;s getting harder and harder to sift through the trash from the diamonds. I don&rsquo;t really have much advice except to do your own research and trust in your convictions. For me &ndash; that&rsquo;s been trusting in dev teams that have performed in the past and focus on niches that have yet to be capitalized on. Generative art is a space that I&rsquo;ve been playing a lot of emphasis on. NFTs are revolutionizing the way digital value is perceived. There are sectors that are more prone to this evolution &ndash; the most significant of which, in my opinion, is digital art. Other sectors will be affected too &ndash; think gaming, music, and fashion. Avatar projects, to me at least, have been over-capitalized at this point. But the reality is that there&rsquo;s only ~200K registered OpenSea accounts. The majority of the crypto community has not ventured into this space yet so I wouldn&rsquo;t argue with you if you said that there&rsquo;s much more room for growth. Just make sure that if you are going into avatar projects, you&rsquo;re going into ones that have a good dev team and real potential.



Anyway &ndash; I hope this has helped some people! As always, stay safe and I wish you all the best &#128578;



P.s. if you got into Geometry Runners at the mint from last week&rsquo;s post &ndash; you&rsquo;re welcome.



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<div data-id="143070" data-title="Cardano NFTs researched at University of Oxford" data-slug="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2022/01/30/cardano-nfts-university-of-oxford/">Cardano NFTs (or CNFTs) have been gaining a lot of traction over the past year, even reaching prominent institutions like the University of Oxford.We invited Eva from GINGR pool, who previously was on the Cardano SPO Column, to talk about a thesis for her Art History Master that she&rsquo;s doing in the UK.<h2>Cardano NFTs at University of Oxford</h2><figure id="attachment_143072" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-143072"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cardano-NFt-Oxford-1.jpeg.webp 485w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cardano-NFt-Oxford-1-300x180.jpeg.webp 300w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cardano-NFt-Oxford-1-408x245.jpeg.webp 408w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cardano-NFt-Oxford-1-195x117.jpeg.webp 195w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cardano-NFt-Oxford-1-96x58.jpeg.webp 96w" sizes=" 485px) 100vw, 485px"></source><img loading="lazy" src="https://cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cardano-NFt-Oxford-1.jpeg" alt="Cardano NFT" width="485" height="291" srcset="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cardano-NFt-Oxford-1.jpeg 485w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cardano-NFt-Oxford-1-300x180.jpeg 300w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cardano-NFt-Oxford-1-408x245.jpeg 408w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cardano-NFt-Oxford-1-195x117.jpeg 195w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cardano-NFt-Oxford-1-96x58.jpeg 96w" sizes=" 485px) 100vw, 485px">SPO [GINGR] is researching CNFTs at Uni of Oxford</figure><h3>Hi Eva, welcome back to The Cryptonomist. Let&rsquo;s first talk about Project Catalyst, what is it and how can it help your research?</h3>Hi Patryk and thank you for having me again, much has changed since the last time!Project Catalyst is the world&rsquo;s biggest Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO). It is also the tool through which holders of ADA (Cardano&rsquo;s cryptocurrency) can actively be part of the governance and steer what is being built in the near future. Everyone with a registered wallet (containing a minimum of 500 ADA) can use their voting power to either up- or downvote proposals.For Fund 7, I have submitted a Catalyst proposal called Researching CNFTs at Uni of Oxford (Miscellaneous Challenge). As the title implies, I am working on a thesis about Cardano NFTs at the University of Oxford. Getting funding for doing research is always difficult and crucial at the same time. In this case, it would allow me to dedicate even more time to this and other Cardano-related projects.&nbsp;<h3>What is this research focusing on and what do you hope to achieve with it?</h3>The core of my research is to study blockchain as a new art medium. Looking at the art that is being produced on it, the NFTs, allows me to draw conclusions about the medium as well. I&rsquo;ll be using unsigned.algorithms as one case study to describe how art is intertwined with the blockchain as its medium. My main interest lies in projects that are created fully on-chain &ndash; Blockchain Native Art. The goal is also to locate NFTs in the broader context of art history; I am looking at art movements of the past 70 years (such as abstract art, digital art, but also performance art) and I&rsquo;ll be analysing their influence on Blockchain Native Art.Eventually, I will argue that the blockchain as an art medium is restructuring the ways how art is conceptualised, made and consumed. This is relevant as this change in art making represents the fundamental change that blockchain technology can bring to our societal structure in general.While Cardano is research-based, the Humanities have been mostly neglected so far &ndash; leaving me in a very fortunate position to represent Cardano in humanistic research, namely in the field of art history. The University of Oxford has an excellent reputation and my goal is to establish a new research field.More information about my research can be found on my website.<h3>There are so many blockchains to choose from to mint NFTs, why does Cardano stand out for you?</h3>There are various aspects about it, but the main reason for me is ideological. Cardano is using the Ouroboros protocol which relies on peer-reviewed research. Being affiliated with academia for such a long time, Cardano was very attractive to me from the very beginning when there was no NFT space yet. This thorough research is the reason why it is possible for Cardano to offer the most sustainable infrastructure and this is also what I wish to support.Even though I am only involved in the CNFT space, I think NFT art bears immense artistic potential in general and great art can be found on other chains as well. But no gas fees and a high transaction volume are undoubtedly advantages Cardano has to offer, especially compared to the more mature Ethereum space.<h3>Besides the usual JPEGs, what other use cases are there for NFTs? Can you give some examples?</h3>There is an incredibly wide range of use cases that involve NFTs and I&rsquo;ll focus on some that are related to art. In the traditional art market, tracing the chain of ownership (provenance), and thus having a guarantee for authenticity is highly important. NFTs inherently cover this use case. There are certain platforms that offer to connect physical artworks with NFTs.Yifu Pedersen, as already mentioned previously, uses NFTs as a proof of ownership for their Cardano-themed jewellry collection. OriginThread has a similar concept. They are building a men&rsquo;s fashion brand with the goal to connect people with the entire story of their garments. The fashion industry has been under critique since a while due to illucid production conditions and unfair price policies. Connecting garments with NFTs makes it possible to have all information transparently stored on-chain and trace the piece back to its origin.As a last example, I&rsquo;d like to talk about Non-Fungible Visualizations (NFVs) which serve as a second case study in my research. I work with <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/the_unsigned_">Patrick</a> from programmable.art on this new type of NFT which consists of a dynamic data source (can be blockchain data but also external data such as weather or health data) and its visualisation which is minted on Cardano. In short, an NFT that is changing whenever the data source is changing. On one hand, it is possible to visualise information in a way that is much more understandable and tangible; data that is telling a story (the Epoch Clock is displaying the epoch time for example). On the other hand, these visualisations can be turned into abstract art; information that is translated into pure aesthetic expression. The possibilities are (almost) endless! This means NFVs are the combination of ownership, information and aesthetics &ndash; the art of data.<h3>Thank you kindly for your time, do you have any final thoughts to share? Where can people find you and the Catalyst proposal</h3>Everyone who wants to connect can find me on <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/eva__ginger">Twitter</a> or Discord, I am always glad to hear others stories! Researching CNFTs, building new things on Cardano and exploring this space together with other people are incredibly powerful tools to me to do something meaningful. We are building our future &ndash; which feels amazing.&nbsp;I am grateful for every support on my way. Staking with GINGR pool or voting for my Catalyst proposal is the easiest way to do so &#128578;Thank you!</div>

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