When it comes to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, art is not the first thing that comes to mind. However, art projects based on the blockchain exist as much as the blockchain itself, and here are the most interesting and popular of them.
1. Scarab Project
Scarab — is a decentralized community of artists who create works of art together. The experimental project SCARAB was created in 2014 and is a multi-user personality, which with the help of artificial intelligence from thousands of submitted works creates a single work of art. To become a member of the project, you need to register and send your picture. In return, you will receive A scarab token.
2. Cards Rare Pepe
Rare Pepe - is one of the first blockchain-based art projects, and the creators also use Counterparty. At first, it was just a meme on 4chan, whose users were making photo-jacks of Pepe, a cartoon frog man. The authors of these images put a watermark on each new picture and called it Rare Paph (rare Pepe).
3. CryptoKitties
CryptoKitties are collectible cartoon cats that you can buy, sell and grow on the Ethereum platform. At some point, their popularity has grown so much that users playing with their virtual seals, almost paralyzed the work of Ethereum. Sometimes the platform slowed down so much that because of this it was necessary to transfer ICO of other projects.
4. Bitcoin Monument
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The bitcoin monument at the roundabout in Kranj, Slovenia, although it does not directly use blockchain technology, demonstrates the enormous impact that innovative technologies have on modern society. This object, the money for the construction of which was collected on Bitstamp and 3fs, is the world's first monument to bitcoin.
5. Decentralized art gallery Maecenas
Maecenas is "the first blockchain platform that opens access to art for everyone." Everyone can become an investor at Maecenas. For only 2% Commission you can invest in any of the art objects belonging to this gallery. This is much less than 20%, which is usually required at art auctions. Also, since you do not have to buy the whole masterpiece entirely, you do not have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for the right to become a co-owner of the most popular works.
6. Anime Coin
Anime Coin is a blockchain platform on which you can create, store, buy and sell anime-style artwork. The aim of this project is to improve the provenance of digital works of art. When you create a new picture, you can set the number of copies that are ready to sell. Metadata about this number and the title of your work is stored directly in the image file.
7. CryptoPicture
It is the world's first decentralized advertising platform where each pixel serves as a unique crypto asset. Crypto Picture is a mock-up area of 1 million pixels divided into blocks. Any company can purchase such a block of Sauer and use it as a place for advertising. Here you can place the company name, logo, brand name, etc. e. and also attach the link.The project is positioned as not only an advertising block, but also a safe digital asset with an ever — growing cost-the more pixels are sold, the higher their cost and, accordingly, the cost of whole blocks becomes.
