From geert at xs4all.nl  Sat Apr  5 09:15:55 2025
From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink)
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 09:15:55 +0200
Subject: <MoneyLab> FRED FOREST DEVELOPS ETHICAL CRYPTOCURRENCY PROJECT
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> From: Fred Forest <contact at aiutahia.agency>
> Subject: French Artist and Digital Project
> Date: 4 April 2025 at 20:09:08 GMT+2
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> FRENCH ARTIST AND DIGITAL PIONEER FRED FOREST DEVELOPS ETHICAL CRYPTOCURRENCY PROJECT
> Fred-bit-coin-coin: A Knowledge Economy
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> ? An Alternative Artistic Economy
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> How can we imagine, in my work as an artist, an artistic economy that
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> rests neither on speculation nor on commodification, Based on several
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> practices and concept I?ve already implemented, we can envision a
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> model that redefines value Public Participation as a Central Value
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> I have always placed interaction and participation at the heart of my
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> work, transforming the spectator into an actor. The Gift Economy and
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> Open Archives
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> This could be further developed into an economy based on gifting and
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> open access to archives, as I have already Crowdfunding and the
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> Valorization of Ethics
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> Since I refuse to commercialize my work, crowdfunding and ethical
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> subscription models could offer promising paths. Technology as a
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> Tool for Emancipation
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> With the exploration of artificial intelligence, we can imagine an
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> artistic economy where my digital avatar interacts PART TWO ?
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> Fred-Coin-Coin: A Participatory, Anti-Speculative Crypto-Art Model
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> How can we design a cryptocurrency of artistic exchange that uses
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> blockchain and NFTs?not to fuel speculation, Defining the Principles
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> of My Cryptocurrency
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> This cryptocurrency must operate on a non-speculative logic, favoring
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> public engagement and creative action over Choosing the Right
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> Blockchain
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> Several options are suitable: n- Ethereum (ERC-20 or ERC-721 for
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> NFT support): supports smart contracts to automate How to ?Mine?
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> Tokens Differently
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> Instead of being created by machines, the tokens would be generated
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> by acts of participation: nn Interaction and How to Use the Tokens
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> These tokens could be used for:n- Accessing exclusive digital
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> artworks (with free-use rights, no speculation) n- Joining Preventing
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> Speculation and Ensuring Ethics
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> A central challenge is to prevent the cryptocurrency itself from
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> becoming a speculative asset. nn Proposed mechanisms: A
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> Decentralized, Living Art Project
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> My artistic cryptocurrency should be participatory, transparent, and
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> ethical.
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> Copyright ? 2025 Web Net Museum, All rights reserved.
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From geert at xs4all.nl  Wed Apr 30 14:58:50 2025
From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink)
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:58:50 +0200
Subject: <MoneyLab> MoneyLab Link List
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Crypto-Angels
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Jason Bailey: The NFT Apocalypse
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Justice Department scraps crypto unit as Trump further loosens oversight of digital assets
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Milk Road on Bitcoin's Pet Rock Problem
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About the Bitcoin Policy Institute
https://www.btcpolicy.org/research

BreadCon Berlin June 21-22, 2025: Reimagining Crypto Beyond Capitalism
https://dandelion.events/e/breadcon2025

NYT about Trump?s Crypto Firm World Liberty
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-crypto-world-liberty-financial.html