Category «Culture»

Snipcoins – A Snappy New Social Platform For All Things Crypto

Continuing on my unprompted, unlikely odyssey into Proton’s budding young ecosystem, I stumbled onto a nifty social media platform called Snipcoins ($SNIPS). Founded by Jervis Dent, an experienced web developer from Orlando, FL, Snipcoins describes itself as “a place where NFT and crypto enthusiasts can connect, share, engage, trade and learn from each other.” More …

Mid-Century Modern Inspired NFT Collection “Mod Commodities” Launches Exclusively on Proton ($XPR)

Phoenix-based artist and poet Brandon Adamson is in the process of launching a new NFT collection called “Mod Commodities” on Proton’s NFT platform, Proton Mint. Currently, the easiest way to obtain Proton (XPR) is probably through the exchange, Kucoin. This particular NFT series consists of unique, mid-century modern inspired pieces of artwork. These one of …

Crescendo Poised to Launch Music and Arts Marketplace on Algorand

While perusing the list of projects running on Algorand, I came across one called Crescendo (CRSD) which got my attention. With a few notable exceptions like Lofty.ai, most of the assets on Algorand tend to be either ambitious defi applications, meme coins, or charity tokens. So it’s interesting to see something a little more avant …

Ravencoin’s NFT Renaissance

When I decided to get back into crypto about two years ago, Ravencoin was one of the first coins I looked at, and I even held some for a period of time before moving on to whatever else I got myself hyped up on. The Ravencoin community at that time seemed robust, yet fairly small …

The Far Side of Leda – Exploring Jupiter’s NFT Marketplace. ($JUP)

As I’ve mentioned recently on a few different occasions, a lot of artists have begun to gravitate away from Ethereum-based NFT platforms due to the high minting costs and flea market “ebayfication” of these sites (specifically the gargantuan ones like OpenSea). In a previous article, I noted how impressed I was with Ardor’s NFT marketplace, …

Do You Believe in NFTMagic?

For a while now, I’ve been meaning to get away from minting NFTs on Ethereum and start trying my hand with some other blockchains. After perusing a number of options, I ultimately decided to go with Ardor’s NFT marketplace, NFTMagic. Though there’s less hype surrounding Ardor than other prominent chains like Polkadot, Zilliqa, and Cosmos…Ardor …

WAX Cloud Wallet Fills a Consumer-Friendly Void in the NFT Space

It might seem like ancient history, but there was a time not so long ago (in the early 1990s) when activities like browsing the internet and sending an email required levels of technical knowledge that rendered them too impractical, intimidating and cumbersome for most people to engage in. In those days, internet usage was largely …

At the LBRY

For both content creators and regular users, there has been an increasing demand for alternatives to Youtube and various other “Big Tech” social media platforms. Having used sites like Vid.me (now defunct), Gab, Parler, and BitChute, I’ve recently decided that one of the more promising “new media” creations is LBRY. LBRY insists that it is …