<MoneyLab> FRED FOREST DEVELOPS ETHICAL CRYPTOCURRENCY PROJECT

[Geert Lovink]

> 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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