AOTB in the DMV - Top 5, January 22, 2019 Ft. NANU BERKS 1. December 21, 2019 - Article - "Lightning Network Milestone - Micro-Auction Art Piece sells for $0.000000037" by Georgi Georgiev. An art piece entitled "Black Swan" by Cryptograffiti was auctioned to the lowest bidder for a milli-satoshi using the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Cryptograffiti is quoted as posting "I'm excited about a future where micropayments are omnipresent. Artists paid by the view...writers by the poem...musicians by the...
Jan 22, 2019•1 hr 48 min
AOTB in the DMV Top 5 - December 11, 2018 1. DMV Event this week: Washington Elite, November 30 - December 1, 2018 - Two artists' works will be auctioned - Vesa (Blood on the Podcast Floor) and Nanu Berks (Balance on the Chain). 2. Through November 30, 2018 - Gallery - "Crypto-Friendly Gallery HOFA Launches in Los Angeles With Qvantum Exhibition" by Richard Kastelein. The House of Fine Art has exhibition entitled "Qvantum" "the ground-breaking cryptocurrency exhibition of work by internationally...
Dec 11, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Top 5 AOTB Podcast for November 1, 2018 1.October 20, 2018 - Our Music Festival, Greek Theater UC Berkley – Blau www.ourmusicfestival.com 2.October 24, 2018 – NYC ArtTech + Blockchain Connect event by New Art Academy – www.newartacademy.com/events/2018/nycconnect 3.October 22 and 23, 2018 – East-West Cryptobridge – Frankfurt, DE – www.blackarrowconferences.com/ewcc.html 4.October 30 – November 2, 2018 – Devcon IV, Prague - devcon4.ethereum.org/ 5.November 1-2, 2018 – Malta Blockchain Summit - ma...
Nov 01, 2018•1 hr 10 min
AOTB Top 5 - Episode 24 September 24, 2018 1. Fall 2018 - World Crypto Con to be held in Vegas at the Aria Hotel from October 31 - November 2. Described on their website as "global stage for industry leaders to share their projects and technologies with thousands of investors, experts, developers, businesses and attendees who are using blockchain and cryptocurrency to redefine our everyday lives." Will be a hackathon, eRacing (racetrack and flight simulator competition); "Token Tank," blockchain...
Sep 24, 2018•1 hr 34 min
AOTB Top 5 - Episode 23 September 4, 2018 1. July 26, 2018 - "World’s First Blockchain Poetry Auction Created at NIFTY Hackathon," by Alison McGuire, held in Hong Kong. "The Blockchain Poetry Auction is a collaboration between CoinFund, a prominent crypto-asset focused investment firm based in Brooklyn, NY, and uniqx.io, a London-based software development company building UNIQX, a decentralized marketplace for the ownership and trading of digital assets." Collectors will be able to buy and sell...
Sep 04, 2018•1 hr 34 min
AOTB Top 5 - August 15, 2018 1. New to me - "Messages from the Mines" - GitHub interactive art installation - "excavates messages embedded in the Bitcoin blockchain" Learned about this here: It’s Not Just For Geeks – Cryptocurrency in Art - August 8 2018 - Bitcoin.com Australia https://github.com/brangerbriz/messages-from-the-mines https://bitcoin.com.au/page/its-not-just-for-geeks-cryptocurrency-in-art/ 2. A3C Festival and Conference- October 3 - 7 2018 - with DJ J Scrilla! http://www.a3cfestiv...
Aug 18, 2018•38 min
AOTB Top 5 for July 29, 2018 – Interview with Justin Blau! 1. August 4, 2018: Blockchain –N- Grill with DJ Brigidope and hosted by DeBray Codes with four featured comedians and two performers! at Level 13 Ultra Lounge, Oakland, CA https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blockchain-n-grill-mixer-music-comedy-showcase-tickets-47941024896 … 2. Blockchain Beach – Los AngelETH Hackathon, July 28 & 29, 2018. Speakers include folks from Blockdaemon, HelloSugoi; http://Spl.yt . https://www.blockchainbeach.us/e...
Jul 29, 2018•35 min
AOTB Top 5 News – for July 11, 2018 – Interview with Rob Myers 1. Art + Tech Summit – Exploring Blockchain – On July 17, 2018 (one day!) sponsored by Christie’s and co-curated with Christie’s Education and Vastari. https://www.christies.com/exhibitions/2018/art-and-tech-summit-exploring-blockchain … 2. “Inside The Blockchain Art Auction” – Ethereal Summit 2018 video on http://Dapp.tech https://dapp.tech/inside-the-blockchain-art-auction/ … 3. Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme – 6 week online ...
Jul 20, 2018•1 hr 7 min
Top 5 News – AOTB July 2, 2018 Shoutout to this week's Sponsors: Ethereal and bitsonline.com 1. As of today, an unknown buyer purchases art work by Benjamin Katz called “Chasing Hearts/Northern Lights” from the Āto Gallery, an online gallery founded by Carrie Eldridge for 150 bitcoin – or the equivalent of more than $1.25 million at the time of the sale. https://news.artnet.com/market/ato-gallery-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-1297832 … … 2. May 22, 2018 Report called “The Art Market 2.0 – Blockchain an...
Jul 02, 2018•1 hr 27 min
Top 5 AOTB News – Episode 18 – June 9, 2018 Guests: Marcus K. Dowling and Matt Hall 1. June 7, 2018 - Blockchain Innovation Conference at Rabobank in Utrecht the Netherlands. https://blockchaininnovationconference.com/ 2. June 13, 2018 – Basel ArtTech + Blockchain Connect in Basel, Switzerland https://www.forbes.com/forbes-live/event/basel-arttech-blockchain-connect/ 3. June 26-27, 2018 - Blockchain Summit – London – Two day conference and exhibition. http://blockchainsummitlondon.com/ 4. July 1...
Jun 19, 2018•1 hr 41 min
Part 2 of 3 of our Ethereal Summit Coverage A Conversation with Ruth Catlow form Furtherfield.org and Sam Hart of Avant.org. Furtherfield.org Avant.org Buy the book "Artists Re:Thinking The Blockchain" here: https://www.amazon.com/Artists-Re-Blockchain-Marc-Garrett/dp/0993248748 Or if you are struggling to buy something you can download it free here: http://torquetorque.net/wp-content/uploads/ArtistsReThinkingTheBlockchain.pdf No news this week.. Enjoy the interview! Bitcoin tips: 1D3DYP4nBC5DqT...
May 31, 2018•1 hr 26 min
Crypto Art Rock Stars – Ethereal Summit – May 2018 Featuring interviews with: Ruth Catlow, Furtherfield Sam Hart, Avant.com Poppy Simpson, Meural Jess Houlgrave, Codex Protocol Grayson Cox Ronald Gierlach Brian Gruber Hollis Witherspoon Yiying Lu Joe Chiapetta Manuel Palou Moises Sanabria Eddie Negron Travis LeRoy Southworth Cryptograffiti Beatiz Ramos, Dada NYC Yehudit Mam, Dada NYC All music by DJ J-Scrilla intro rap by Holy Wi-fi Rap bot BTC tips: 1D3DYP4nBC5DqTm1g5GeKf1uWeemLipwpY ETH tips: ...
May 24, 2018•2 hr
Episode 15 – Recorded at Depth Charge in Arlington, Virginia on April 25, 2018 – Conversations with Rare Digital Art Labs and Bidio CEO, James Waugh AOTB Episode 15 – Top 5 News CreativeWeek is coming up next month! The CryptoCreative portion will be on May 10, 2018. Lots for guests to see and do – including meeting yours truly. Also, this just in, Snoop Dog will be at XRP Community Night,” in NYC on May 15 – invite-only event with Twitter competition. https://cointelegraph.com/news/snoop-dogg-t...
May 03, 2018•1 hr 52 min
In this episode we tackle the Codex Platform with the wonderful Jessica Houlgrave - A London to DC adventure you surely dont wanna miss! AOTB Top 5 - Knowledge 4/19/18 Fresh from Atlanta! Thanks to Mimi from Shear Love on The Goat Farm artist community. 1. April 8, 2018, 5 Ways Blockchain Technology is Changing How Art is Made by Steven Buchko, on CoinCentral.com https://coincentral.com/5-ways-blockchain-technology-is-changing-how-art-is-made/ Projects mentioned: Anime Coin (anime-related digita...
Apr 19, 2018•1 hr 18 min
Top 5 - April 11, 2018 openbazaar.com bitcorns.com 1. Curated crypto art resources by obxium - (https://github.com/obxium/awesome-crypto-arthttps://github.com/obxium/awesome-crypto-art) 2. Ethereum development Conference -DAppPitchfest (demos and business models) Conference speakers include Vitalik Buterin, Joseph Lubin, Gavin Wood, Mihai Alisie - May 3-5 in Toronto (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crypto-nyc-and-edcon-2018-present-ethereum-dapp-pitch-fest-tickets-44415914195) 3. First bitcorn auct...
Apr 12, 2018•1 hr 47 min
AOTB Top 5 March 15, 2018 Tickets to ATL "Intro To CryptoART & CryptoMUSIC" available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-cryptoart-cryptomusic-tickets-44182783896 and check out the Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/762311900639902/ 1. March 7, 2018. The Blockchain Is Just Another Way To Make Art All About Money by Oliver Roeder on fivethirtyeight. Mentions Bea Ramos and Jason Bailey where the author suggests that crypto art's allure inclues moneyand power. Quotes...
Mar 21, 2018•2 hr 1 min
AOTB Podcast - Top 5 News 1. Research results published: Democratizing Art Markets: Fractional Ownership and the Securitization of Art, January 18, 2018, by Amy Whitaker and Roman Kraussl. Using data from the Leo Castelli art gallery, the authors created a "novel model of evaluating art market returns using first-sale prices alongside auction results." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3100389 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/artists-would-do-well-to-invest-in-their-own-wor...
Mar 11, 2018•1 hr 24 min
The Crypto Art Business is booming! Here are the top five news items since Ep. 9. 1. On Valentine's Day, 2018, 10 investors put up $100k each totalling $1 million, for the "Forever Rose" as part of a charitable event sponsored by Gifto, which worked with artist/photographer Kevin Abosch. https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2018/02/128411-valentines-day-crypto-art-sells-1-million-gifto/ http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/14/technology/crypto-art-valentines-day/index.html 2. Lixar I.T. Inc. launched Megaph...
Feb 28, 2018•1 hr 14 min
As part of the Top 5 news, we have identified a few new or current projects we've learned about as a result of the Rare Digital Art Festival on January 13. We've got a lively discussion about the event among ourselves and with our guest, Jason Bailey of Artnome. 1. Art Project Decentralized - This is a blockchain-driven collaborative open source art project by artist Jessica Angel in collaboration with TrueBit. https://vimeo.com/249089063 https://projects.invisionapp.com/share/R6F7UY5CQ#/screens...
Feb 12, 2018•1 hr 32 min
Top 5 - November 20, 2017 1. TetzelCoin - Conceptual Art project earning SIN tokens paid for with Ether where the money is used to pay medical debt. Created by Will Doenlen and Leanne Luce. From the website: TetzelCoin is a blockchain-based app that forgives users of their sins. Users confess their sins and pay an amount of Ether they believe their sin is worth. In return, they receive forgiveness in the form of SIN tokens. 85% of the proceeds go to medical debt forgiveness." Appreciated note: "...
Dec 01, 2017•28 min
This week we have an in depth conversation with ICO Analyst Aram Barnett of Affinity.io, who funny enough talks about how he stumbled onto bitcoin at age 14. AOTB News – Top 5 for this Episode 7 recorded September 27, 2017 Disclaimer – The AOTB podcast is not a recommendation or endorsement for any of businesses or services mentioned. AOTB is not advising anyone to invest or rely upon any statements made during this podcast. It is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views are our own. ...
Oct 04, 2017•1 hr 34 min
Follow us on our new twitter account @AOTB_PODCAST 1. Protostarr.io shut down after less than a month of fundraising on August 31. According to their press release, they were contacted by the SEC on August 24 regarding their ICO and decided to cease operations. They are returning funds received starting on September 2. https://protostarr.io/press-releases/protostarr-shutting-down/ https://protostarr.io/ 2. Artist T.I. joined FLiK as co-owner on August 20. FLiK is touted as a video streaming plat...
Sep 16, 2017•37 min
In this week's episode we tackle the bitcoin fork politricks, the arrest of bitcoin exchange BTC-e operator, Alpha Bay's dramas, North Korea mining bitcoin? Penisium, blockchain news and of course Art On The Blochchain with an exclusive interview with Oscar Perera from CreativeChain This week's episode is sponsored by RarePepeMagazine.com and you can follow them on twitter at @RarePepeMag . The Rare Pepe Magazine MAYMAC Superfight Raffle : win some 100- issued rare pepes (MCGREGOR & MAYWEATH...
Aug 06, 2017•1 hr 14 min
This week we talk with Counterparty and RarePepeWallet.com developer Joe Looney about tokens, rare pepes, bitcoin, counterparty and much more. Cynthia's News Of The Week: 1. Sonar had a Creativity, Technology and Business conferenc from June 14-17, 2017 in Barcelona. Resonate Founder, Peter Harris, talked about his new blockchain based cooperatively owned streaming music business. The Resonate business model allows users only pay for what they listen to. https://medium.com/resonatecoop/the-story...
Jul 24, 2017•1 hr 44 min
In Episode 3 we talk a bit with cyber security expert Matthew Monte about protecting your passwords, assets and how to avoid the WannaCry. Fred Wilson talks Rare Pepes at Token Summit. You may also learn to become a memeologist, explore some of the other blockchains issuing tokens and cards and hear a snippet of a new DJPEPE token addition. Helpful links: News 1. A new Blockchain Art exhibit opened on May 20 and ends on June 25 in London at Furtherfield Gallery - called "New World Order." The Fu...
Jun 07, 2017•54 min
In this episode of Art On The Blockchain we tackle the secret society of the lathe trolls, rare pepes, high school token chat groups, midi art and much more with guest Theo Goodman who is part musician, part podcast and web host for World Crypto Network and others, one of the founding members of The Rare Pepe Foundation and well versed in all things crypto. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In This weeks News we cover: 1. Tokenly...
May 05, 2017•1 hr 1 min
This is Episode 1 of ART ON THE BLOCKCHAIN with your hosts DJ J $crilla and Cynthia Gayton. In this episode we familiarize our listeners with who we are and what our aim is with the podcast. We speak to Adam B. Levine for an hour about tokensizing art, his projects Tokenly and token.fm and much more. Art on the Blockchain News Discussed: 1. Spotify has acquired Sonalytic, a UK start-up that uses audio identification technology to recognize songs and tracks copyright protected material. 3/7/2017 ...
Mar 18, 2017•1 hr 23 min