From geert at xs4all.nl Mon Jul 5 12:25:33 2021 From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink) Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 12:25:33 +0200 Subject: authenticity and originality in NFTs References: Message-ID: <1B4601EF-2F3F-4AA8-8BE9-26E2ED932BE1@xs4all.nl> > From: Sebastian Posth > Subject: Re: [read20-l] authenticity and originality in NFTs > Date: 2 July 2021 at 12:09:51 am GMT+2 > To: Read20 List > > Well, this sale provides an example and evidence of what is 'kaputt' in the > NFT space. Unfortunately. But well, I suppose that people made some money > on the sale, which is probably a good thing, who cares about the damages. > > A token has been sold for $5.43 million (to my knowledge). And no-one > understands a thing about what has happened. The question is who cares what > has been the reference (signifikat) of that token? My assumption is that it > is irrelevant! Has there been any proof of integrity of what has been > associated with the NFT? No, not that I am aware of. Has Sotherbys > identified or defined the art which has been associated with the NFT? I did > not locate any info within 5 min. research: > https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/this-changed-everything-source-code-for-www-x-tim-berners-lee-an-nft/source-code-for-the-www. > Are there any metadata available? Nope, as far as I see. Has a hash been > published on IPFS? Not that I can verify. ? Whether this eagle-eyed > researcher detected *< and >* for what is supposed to be *< and >* in > the artwork, this is *entirely irrelevant* and totally independent of the > token sale! Which is sad, imo. > > I wrote a block post on this topic: > FOUR LESSONS OF CRYPTOART > https://posth.medium.com/four-lessons-of-cryptoart-efb7d7108791 > > Take care! > With best regards, > Sebastian > > ------------------------------------------------ > Sebastian Posth > Mobile: +31 6 12676726 > ------------------------------------------------ > > > Am Do., 1. Juli 2021 um 23:13 Uhr schrieb Peter Brantley > : > >> An NFT memoralizing the development of source code for the web protocol >> http delivered for auction by web pioneer Tim Berners-Lee had encoding >> mistakes in the animation delivered with the code sample, translating >> angle bracket characters ("<" and ">") into the corresponding html >> elements. >> >> >> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/video-of-berners-lees-5-4m-nft-hints-another-exists-with-an-error/ >> >> "An eagle-eyed researcher pointed out on Twitter that the animation >> initially posted on the Sotheby?s site had errors in the code, possibly >> introduced when the person making the video fed the Objective-C code >> through an app or web service to produce the typing effect in the >> animation. Instead of angle brackets that are present in the code (< and >>> ), the HTML codes for the symbols (< and >) appeared instead. On >> the poster, which was made by a Python script created by Berners-Lee, >> the brackets appear correct. " >> > _________________________________________________ > Read 2.0's Code of Conduct: https://read20.pubpub.org/code > List address: Read20-l at mailman.panix.com > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/read20-l -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From geert at xs4all.nl Wed Jul 28 16:27:17 2021 From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink) Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:27:17 +0200 Subject: moneylab linklist Message-ID: <6F398694-2373-429C-A33A-01442BD7FBDE@xs4all.nl> About the Cambridge Centre for Alterative Finance https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/ NFTs and me: meet the people trying to sell their memes for millions (via Patrice) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jun/23/nfts-and-me-meet-the-people-trying-to-sell-their-memes-for-millions MUSE0 is a DAO created by an Alien and run by artists and curators https://docs.muse0.xyz/#what-is-muse0 Worldcoin wants to give you cryptocurrency ? in exchange for scanning your eyeballs https://www.vox.com/recode/22557715/worldcoin-sam-altman-cryptocurency-orb-eye-scanning-iris-biometrics-privacy-concern Quinn Slobodian: Cryptocurrencies? dream of escaping the global financial system is crumbling (via Eduard de Jong) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/05/cryptocurrencies-financial-system-digital-future Among Cultists: The State of Bitcoin by Max Gr?nberg https://kim.hfg-karlsruhe.de/the-state-of-bitcoin/ If you want to transform IT start with finance https://zwischenzugs.com/2021/07/12/if-you-want-to-transform-it-start-with-finance/ Codice La vita ? digitale 2021 - Criptovalute (via Donatella Della Ratta) https://www.raiplay.it/video/2021/07/Codice---La-vita-e-digitale---Criptovalute-69b3abc6-5ae3-4de0-98d9-2b52fedb8fb7.html Twitter thread, concluding remarks of Jackson Palmer about dark side of crypto https://twitter.com/ummjackson/status/1415353984617914370 US Senate Committee hearing on Cryptocurrencies: What are they good for? https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/cryptocurrencies-what-are-they-good-for -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: