Erick Calderon (Snowfro), Founder of Art Blocks, and Alejandro Cartagena, Founder of Fellowship, join Eli Scheinman to discuss their experiences over the last 4 years as founders and pioneers of digital art platforms. ⏰ YouTube Timestamps: 00:00 ▶️ Intro 03:35 ▶️ Recently Collected 11:00 ▶️ Highs and Lows 18:47 ▶️ Balancing Supply and Demand 27:25 ▶️ What's in Your Vault Topics include: Building an art platform without a blueprint Balancing market dynamics while supporting artists A peek inside their most treasured pieces of digital art 🎨 Thumbnail Art: Artists Mentioned: Douglxss Littlecakes Stina Jones Noper Mowgly Lee Larva Labs 💎 Recently Collected Choices: Snowfro: “𝟭𝟭𝟰 𝗨𝗦-𝟵𝟬, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗳𝗮 𝗧𝗫” by Douglxss https://foundation.app/mint/eth/0xB72490948bb8bf1A3e6A8b93441Ce7D0C0a8144A/21 Alejandro: “mourning the passage of time” by Littlecakes https://daily.xyz/artwork/0xf6d60f7b7b43fd992b583464c2090eb15de71dd8/1210003 🔒 What's in Your Vault Choices: Snowfro: “1 Up” by Stina Jones https://stinajones.co.uk/project/1up-artdrop/ Alejandro: “destroyshit” by Noper https://daily.xyz/artwork/0xf6d60f7b7b43fd992b583464c2090eb15de71dd8/240012

Eli Scheinmann, Director of Art at PROOF/Yuga Labs, is joined by Sofia Garcia, founder of ArtxCode, and Blondie, founder of White Walls, to discuss the business of supporting artists. Topics include: How their teams are addressing artist pain points Digital art in physical spaces How to onboard a new generation of artists and collectors 🎨 Thumbnail Art: “Adam’s Rib” by Yatreda 👩‍🎨 Artists Mentioned: Yatreda Kevin Esherick Sam Spratt Mario Klingemann Helena Sarin ⏰ Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 06:48 - Artist Pain Points 14:45 - Physical Spaces Different Voices What's In Your Vault Outro 🖼️ Recently Collected Choices: Blondie: Adam’s Rib by Yatreda https://magiceden.io/item-details/ethereum/0xd9e9900ab5480e1dd3b5b9e222ad395bb17019ef/6 Sofia: SKU-422 by Kevin Esherick https://magiceden.io/item-details/ethereum/0xa13aba387362cd68e2cbb3985dce3de644017eb7/422 🗄️ What’s in Your Vault Choices: Blondie: Player #184 by Sam Spratt https://magiceden.io/item-details/ethereum/0xda6558fa1c2452938168ef79dfd29c45aba8a32b/184 Sofia: Screenshot this NFT by Mario Klingemann https://magiceden.io/item-details/ethereum/0x9498e391ca49722988fc4da4d0d8c9c987ce8961/36 Once Upon an Art Marathon by Helena Sarin https://superrare.com/artwork/eth/0xb932a70a57673d89f4acffbe830e8ed7f75fb9e0/14786

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is reunited with Derek (Collab+Currency) this week. They’re joined by Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community), Sam (NFTStats; PROOF Director of Research), and Eli (PROOF Head of Art) for the show.

Eli gives details of the ZENTRUM Exhibition at the Foundry and the exciting Helena Sarin drop. NFTstats/Sam gives an overview of the market this week, and the crew starts chatting about Disney x Dapper’s partnership for digital pins. They also talk about the Liquid Delegate marketplace, which tokenizes utility and has a ton of innovative use cases.

Anika Meier is the curator of the ZENTRUM drop by Herbert W. Franke, and Eli speaks with her to learn all about her background, Franke’s legacy, and why this drop is special. 

Follow Anika on X | https://twitter.com/postanika 

ZENTRUM drop | https://www.proof.xyz/exhibitions/zentrum 

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0:00:00 Intro and Host Chat

0:03:14 ZENTRUM at the Foundry DTLA

-http://events.proof.xyz 

0:05:43 La Potiere Jalouse by Helena Sarin 

-OpenSea: https://opensea.io/collection/la-potiere-jalouse 

0:08:00 PROOF Digital Art Market Report

-Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XUjQ6suzkcTY1YVIc7KeJ2VNS_SxX6pXUkfpdjn4rtw/edit?usp=sharing 

0:17:25 Disney and Dapper Partner Up

-https://disneypinnacle.com/ 

0:26:27 Liquid Delegate Marketplace Explained

-Derek’s tweet https://x.com/derekedws/status/1725536651651514854?s=20 

0:35:26 Anika Meier of EXPANDED.ART Interview

-https://www.expanded.art/ 

-Herbert W. Franke: https://art-meets-science.io/ 

-https://www.proof.xyz/exhibitions/zentrum 

0:49:09 Outro

WGMI is the indispensable portfolio tracker and account valuation tool NFT collectors use. Kevin chats with the founder Thomas Mancini, aka nftommo.eth about the origins of the tool, its current capabilities, and its promising future.

On April 16th, PROOF will be launching a mighty flock of 10,000 Moonbirds, beautiful utility NFTs that can be "nested" to unlock more rewards over time. Here, Kevin is joined by Head of Design Justin Mezzell and COO Ryan Carson to give us a sneak peek into this exciting project.

In this episode of Proof, Ryan Carson joins Andrew Badr and Apely.eth from the Proof Collective on Twitter Spaces. They retell the incredible treasure hunting story that took the NFT world by storm on March 14th, 2022. The discovery and decryption of a hidden message in the image of Proof Grails #11 (Protoglyph) led a group of friends down an epic treasure hunting rabbit hole.

Tyler Hobbs, the NFT artist of Art Blocks fame, walks Ryan Carson, Proof's COO, through his process in creating the photorealistic image of "Wall" in Grails by Proof Collective, revealed to be entirely generative.

Kevin is joined by cryptocurrency lending platform Nexo co-founder Antoni Trenchev to discuss how the company is able to offer its clientele such high interest rates, the pros and cons of federal regulation over digital assets, the utility of the NEXO token, and how people can earn crypto by lending their NFTs.

Derek Edward Schloss of Collab+Currency and Flamingo DAO talks to Kevin about his philosophy on why scarce digital objects have value and how to measure the value of future projects.

Renowned Tattoo artist Scott Campbell teams up with co-founder Josh Hubberman and a collection of top-tier artists to transform the Tattoo industry via NFT Shop Passes. Proof Collective members will have allowlist access on mint day with a total limit of 5000 passes available.

Kevin is joined by Justin Aversano and Jonas Lamis, Co-Founders of Quantum Art, a platform focused on curating digital culture through NFTs. They discuss the Quantum Keys, which gives access to exclusive online and IRL mints, token gated access to the Quantum Hub, as well as the Quantum Space Los Angeles.

Kevin is joined by Godmin, creator of Heaven Computer, to discuss the bridge she's created between the worlds of Web1 and Web3.

Kevin chats with Matt Kane, whose artist journey spans 20 years from traditional oil painting to generative art.

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community), Justin (Co-Founder, PROOF), and special guest collector Tony Herrera for this week’s 100 PROOF Live. Kevin and Justin quickly recap their recent time in Japan before the crew dives into "the pump." Are we back -- or not quite yet? Tony also gives a little background of how he got into digital art and crypto. The latest Art Blocks Curated drop from mount vitruvius has gone wild this week, and it spurs a discussion about "The Wall Test" and physical prints of tokenized art. The show ends with Tony sharing his adventure at the Bright Moments Patagonia event minting 0xDEAFBEEF's Hashmarks, and about how in-person events continue to create the best memories. Follow Tony on X |   / tonyherrera   _________ Stay connected with PROOF: Follow Amanda on X |   / akasteveyyy   Follow Justin on X |   / justinmezzell   Follow Kevin on X |   / kevinrose   Subscribe to PROOF Signal | http://signal.proof.xyz __________ 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:55 Host Chat 0:04:35 Kevin and Justin’s Japan Trip Recap 0:11:05 The Pump! – Are we BACK? -PROOF Digital Art Market Report:    • PROOF Digital Art Market Report with ...   -GordonGoner on X:   / gordongoner   0:15:03 Tony’s Beginnings in NFTs 0:22:46 Trichro-matic Art Blocks Drop by mount vitruvius -Website: https://www.mountvitruvius.art/projec... -OpenSea: https://opensea.io/collection/trichro... 0:31:48 The Wall Test 0:33:06 Fidenza Prints 0:36:08 Bright Moments Patagonia & DEAFBEEF’s Hashmarks -0xDEAFBEEF on X:   / _deafbeef   -Bright Moments Event site: https://www.brightmoments.io/hashmarks -Tony’s event Photo: https://twitter.com/tonyherrera/statu... 0:40:30 Closeup of the Hashmark 0:45:40 Justin’s “Taylor’s Version” 0:48:04 IRL Events in the Bear 0:58:43 What’s Tony’s Favorite Punk Trait? 1:01:10 Outro

Breaking through the male-dominated NFT art world, IX Shells gets vulnerable with Kevin Rose and her journey from Panama to Canada. She became the highest-selling female NFT artist with the $2 million sale of her artwork "Dreaming at Dusk."

Kevin chats with the founders of objkt about its path to becoming the dominant platform of the Tezos based NFT marketplace.

Investor, writer, and art collector Adam Lindemann chats with Kevin about his early social life with icons such as Andy Warhol and the modern traditional art world. Adam gives exciting perspectives on the similarities and differences between traditional and NFT art.

Kevin has a unique chat with the incognito duo behind Hackatao, N, and S. They discuss the origins of their style and the upcoming Queens + Kings PFP project.

Ryan Carson Proof's new Chief Operating Officer leads a panel discussion on wallet security. This discussion was recorded live in the private Proof Collective Discord group and will be the first of many Proof Collective Sessions.

Kevin is joined by John F. Simon, Jr of Every Icon fame, the code-based conceptual art created by John in 1997. John brings the historical project to an on-chain expression collaborating with Divergence and Fingerprints DAO.

Kevin is joined by Coldie, a stereoscopic 3D artist whose work focuses on blockchain and decentralized crypto art. Here, they discuss his collaboration with Snoop Dogg, the changes he's seen in the space over just the past few years, and what he's collecting when he's not creating.

On this week's Consensus, Kevin, Feyyaz, and John O'Connell discuss the latest in Crypto and NFT. Kevin updates everyone on the new Proof Collective projects, including the Grails project and Heart You PFP. They cover the new Twitter Blue, which adds NFT profile pic support. They also cover Cover Frog Nation, An alternative to OpenSea called LOOKS, and Feyyaz drops alpha on Fantom and Opera Browser.

Kevin is joined by Platon, a photographer whose work you've seen countless times even if the name doesn't ring a bell. Here, they discuss Platon's NFT projects past, present, and future; the transformative power of art; what Muhammad Ali taught him about greatness; the promises and potential pitfalls of the NFT space; Putin's favorite Beatle, and much more

Kevin is joined by Justin Trimble and Gene Kogan, co-creators of BrainDrops, a new platform for AI-generated art. Here, they discuss the ever-increasing importance of NFT discovery platforms as staggering quantities of new content roll out daily, how BrainDrops could become the Art Blocks for AI-generated art, new developments in GAN and text-to-image AI, and much more.

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community) and Sam (NFTStats; PROOF Director of Research) for this week’s 100 PROOF Live. 

After Sam’s market overview, the trio discuss how a crypto rally is affecting NFTs before discussing Snowfro’s colorful Velocity Series project, ///. 

Sam then talks with artist ThankYouX about his exciting new solo exhibition, inertia, kicking off at Sotheby’s LA on November 28. The two discuss his background as an artist, how he is inspired by Korea, and the topic of royalties in the NFT space. 

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0:00:00 Intro

0:00:32 Host Chat

-RSVP to Tokyo event | http://events.proof.xyz

0:03:31 Sam’s Market Overview

-Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14k7fNQeEViFjmqYQva8Nd3qhTMHrrZFEnYzdoceNABU/edit?usp=sharing 

0:11:25 Is the crypto rally bullish for NFTs?

0:19:50 Snowfro’s Velocity Series ///

-OpenSea | https://opensea.io/collection/by-snowfro 

0:30:56 Artist Spotlight: ThankYouX

-inertia | https://www.sothebys.com/en/digital-catalogues/thankyoux-1 

-ThankYouX on X | https://twitter.com/ThankYouX 

0:52:43 Outro

Kevin sits with the founders of the Particle Collection. Particle aims to acquire and tokenize the world's greatest masterpieces via a Particalization Process which involves taking a painting's title deed, or the legal term for proof of ownership, and dividing into (in the case of the first acquisition) a 100x100 grid resulting in 10,000 unique NFTs. Their first piece; Banksy's 2005 "Love is in the Air."

Kevin is joined by Alexis Ohanian, founder of venture capital firm SevenSevenSix and co-founder of Reddit. Here, they discuss youthful Digg vs. Reddit rivalry, Web2 lessons for Web3 aspirants, the cultural and economic benefits of diversifying the crypto space, NFT collecting, the future of investment, Bored Apes vs. CryptoPunks, the power of community, and much more.

NFT artist Dun joins Kevin to discuss retaining the warmth of human creation in a digital format, the joy of collaboratively combining individual pieces to create unexpected new works of art, storytelling through art, and much more.

Kevin is joined by GMoney, a well-known and highly respected early NFT investor. Here, they discuss his collection, his foresight to purchase a CryptoPunk ape in January of 2021 for 140 ETH (then a record, now a bargain), how his new collaboration with Adidas came about, and much more.

Kevin and Feyyaz discuss the launch of the new Proof Collective NFT and all the benefits of the NFT holder. They also discuss Sheep Game, Jack Dorsey's rebranding of Square, Monaco NFT, the future of Facebook Metaverse, Filecoin, and IFPS, and Feyyaz drops some alpha on us for Tomb Finance.

Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and Fort Minor fame joins Kevin to discuss why he was initially reluctant to embrace the NFT scene (in spite of setting Kevin on the path to his own obsession), drumming up acceptance of NFTs in the mainstream, industry skeuomorphism, current collaborations, the state of unreleased Linkin Park music, and where people can go to await Mike's upcoming ZIGGURATS drop.

Kevin is joined by Alida Sun, a Berlin-based interdisciplinary artist and intersectional futurist who integrates generative art, large-scale installation, blockchain technology, and live performance. Her current studio practice focuses on assemblage, fluid dynamics, time crystals, and experimental humanities.

Kevin is joined by John Karel (aka jjjjjjjjjjohn), the low-poly animation artist best known for OBJKT generative PFP project Randomly Common Skeles and the Window Still Life series on Hic Et Nunc.

Kevin is joined by Nicolas Sassoon, a Franco-Canadian artist who uses early computer imaging processes to render visions of architecture, landscapes, and natural forces into digital animations, installations, prints, and sculptures.

Kevin, Feyyaz, and John cover the rise of Shiba Inu, Olypmus DAO, KLIMA, Abracadabra, Fantom, and the new NFT photo platform Quantum. Quantum Art Quantum Mint pass Thor Starter Thor Chain Olympus DAO Klima DAO Toucan Abracadabra.money

PROOF CEO Kevin Rose is back with Derek, Amanda, Eli and Sam, to discuss some of the latest art drops and the rising popularity of physicals.

They look into XCOPY and his latest piece “Algo Bro” , as well as art from Matt Kane and Wiliam Mapan. The crew wraps it up with a discussion on the impact of royalties and prints in the digital space before turning it over to this weeks special guests. 

Luke Shannon and Jesse Woolston from “Notes from a Neutron Star,” come on to give us an inside look at their work, contribution and creative process.

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0:00:00 Intro  

0:02:56 Tigerbob’s printed cashmere, physicals & transient drops 

- Store |  https://tigerbob.store/

0:04:00 Notes from a Neutron Star Recap  

- Website | https://www.proof.xyz/exhibitions/notes-from-a-neutron-star

0:08:00 Market Update

- Matt Kane “Zombie ANON” | https://anons.art/auctions/

- William Mapan “Sketchbook” Collection | https://verse.works/collections/sketchbook-a-by-william-mapan

0:13:38 X-Copy Drop & Crypto Art

- Algo Bro | https://x.com/XCOPYART/status/1715310902549868980?s=20

0:18:38 William Mapan’s new collection 

- Verse Solos, William | https://verse.works/journal/verse-meets-william-mapan

- “Intimacy” | https://verse.works/exhibitions/intimacy

0:26:00 Digital art, scarcity & the rise of physical art NFTs

0:29:35 “Souvenirs” by Matt Kane 

- Collection | https://opensea.io/collection/souvenirs-by-matt-kane

0:38:08 Luke Shannon and Jesse Woolston Interview

- Luke Shannon Website | https://www.lukeshannon.xyz/

- Jesse Woolston Website | https://woolston.studio/

0:57:35 Limited edition Moonbird hat giveaway & raffle

0:58:25 Outro

Fingerprints is the DAO that curates and collects artworks that uses smart contracts in exceptionally creative ways. They are the second-largest single entity to hold Larva Labs Autoglyphs, after Larva Labs themselves. Today, Kevin chats with DT | Luiz, the founder of the Fingerprints DAO and the upcoming RAW DAO. The two discuss the origins of Fingerprints, thoughts on collections, and the forthcoming formation of Photography-based collector DAO.

Kevin chats with GFunk, founder of Pixel Vault, about the roots of the PUNKS comic, the project's tokenomics, the benefits of burning vs. staking, and the future roadmap.

Kevin is joined by Harri and Arran, aka Divergence, the team that brought you Brotchain -- generative NFT art with bitmaps generated from the Mandelbrot and related Mandelbar, Multibrot, and Burning Ship fractals and rendered entirely by a blockchain contract purely with Solidity code on Ethereum. Here, they discuss the mathematical seeds from which Brotchain pieces sprout, SVGs on the blockchain, the collective consciousness of the Buddhabrot, Divergence's love/hate relationship with Solidity, building fairness into the world of NFTs, and much more.

Chris Wallace joins Kevin to discuss the Woodies PFP roadmap, including outdoor apparel, potential TV licensing, and the 960,000 trees planted with a portion of the proceeds from the NFT minting. They also cover UltraDAO, DAOhaus, the intricacies of collecting NFTs on the Tezos chain, Hen platform, and the various tools available to find and price art.

Creators 8ncient Gardeners and Eternal Caretaker join Kevin to chat about their 8888 unique procedurally generated 3d bonsai trees. They discuss their influential time spent in Tokyo, the unconventional rarity ranking within the community, and their future road map and community building in the ever-evolving project.

Yield Guild Games is the DAO that invests in virtual world and blockchain games. Gabby Dizon talks about YGG's Origins in Axie Infinity "Scholarship" program, Governance mechanics in the DAO, and their game of up-and-coming blockchain games.

Pindar talks to Kevin about his AI process, including the introduction of feedback loops. He touches on his feeling around imposter syndrome in the digital AI world and early influences from the earlier "digital art brat pack."

Punks Comic - Meta Hero vs DAO route

Tezzards

Art Blocks Subscapes

Floors.cafe

Snoop Dog is Cozmo Medici

Arbitrum - Optimistic rollups

Kevin chats with August Rosedale, the owner of Mirage Gallery, and the AI artists "Alejandro" and "Taylor." The two fictional AI-generated personas create crypto-native evolving art. August discusses using Open AI to create art as well as a complete persona behind the generated art. He also touches on the legal and moral thought experiment of intellectual property of AI outputs based on large existing datasets.

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency), Sam (PROOF Director of Research), and Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community) for an amazing show. Sam dives into an NFT market overview for the week before the crew discusses Pace's collaboration with Peter Saville on the CP1919 project, Blur Season 2 Ending, Refik Anadol enters MoMA’s permanent collection, and Blackdot.tattoo: generative art tattoos.

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0:00:00 Intro

0:00:05 - NFTs and Collaboration With Peter Saville

0:07:46 - NFT Market Update and Blur Season 2

0:18:13 - Community Proposal for Token Governance

0:25:39 - NFTs in Museums and Art Tattoos

0:36:18 - The Experience of NFTs in Art

0:49:54 - Creative Expression Without Approval

0:58:01 - Artistic Influences and Semiotics

--------- EPISODE CHAPTERS WITH SHORT KEY POINTS ---------

(0:00:05) - NFTs and Collaboration With Peter Saville

On 100 Proof Live, we discuss NFTs, bear markets, Japanese streetwear, Moonbird, CP1919, Joy Division Unknown Pleasures.

(0:07:46) - NFT Market Update and Blur Season

We discuss NFTs, Moonbirds holders, PFPs, Artblocks, Ringers, Winds of Yalanawa, Opepen, Subscape, one-of-one sales, and Gabe Weis's 'The Blame Game'.

(0:25:39) - NFTs in Museums and Art Tattoos

NFTs, MoMA, generative art tattoos, tokenizing real world assets, Scott Campbell's Glory Hold discussed.

(0:36:18) - The Experience of NFTs in Art

NFTs authenticate digital art, generative art contributes to art history, and data maps create a virtual landscape.

(0:49:54) - Creative Expression Without Approval

Peter Saville created Joy Division's iconic Unknown Pleasures album cover without commercial objectives, inspiring global appreciation.

(0:58:01) - Artistic Influences and Semiotics

Peter Saville shares his journey into NFTs, reflecting on Warhol, Kraftwerk, symbols, semiotics, European canon, and art, music, fashion, photography, architecture, and film.

Kevin Rose chats with Sarah Zucker on creating her unique voice in the art world. Sarah discusses the art of "quality degradation," The current glitch art community, platform loyalty, and the importance of NFT authenticity validation.

Kevin interviews Dmitri Cherniak, creator of the Ringers project. The Ringers series comprises 1,000 generative art NFTs made up of automatically generated "strings and pegs." Dmitri discusses his early influences, how the projects are generated utilizing his p5js script, and his take on where generative art fits into the traditional art world.

"Chris" from Flamingo DAO breaks down his thesis on why long-term holding is the key to value accrual. They also cover the historical importance of key NFTs.