ArtPro Leverages Blockchain to Filter Out Fake Art
Blockchain has secured a decent place in various sectors, including payments, finance, and supply chain management, among others. But how it can change art – an industry that is...
Lightning Network Milestone: ‘Micro-Auction’ Art Piece Sells for $0.000000037
A ‘Black Swan’ art piece by Cryptograffiti has auctioned to the lowest bidder for a milli-satoshi or just $0.000000037 thanks to the Bitcoin Lightning Network, making the...
Christie’s Auction House Leads Art World in Blockchain Tech
Christie’s recently announced the introduction of a system for recording art transactions on blockchain. The decision is just the latest example of how the tech is catching on inside...
Cryptocurrency Enthusiasm Is Fueling A New Eclectic Arts Culture
Artists are bringing the digital nature of cryptocurrency to life by creating and displaying eclectic and unique pieces that draw inspiration from the buzz around virtual currency. The...
Netflix And Shill? Hollywood Films Its Cryptocurrency Premiere
Hollywood has announced it will film its first high-profile feature centered on cryptocurrency – and its alleged connection with money laundering in the art world...
‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Puts Mona Lisa Painting on the Blockchain
Bitcoin core developer Peter Todd defended Blockchain art startup Verisart against Terence Eden June 13 after claims the company believed he had painted the Mona Lisa. ‘Obvious...
Crack This Puzzle and Win One Bitcoin
A Reddit user with the username Cryptogreetings put up a puzzle on the platform offering one BTC to anyone who can solve it. Redditors have thronged the thread trying to crack the code...
Street Artist Nets $1000 From Bitcoin QR Codes in His Murals
French street artist, Pascal Boyart is taking bitcoin to the art world. The mural painter known by the moniker ‘PBOY’ is incorporating bitcoin QR codes in his artworks. This allows...
Blockchain Could Solve One of the Art Industry’s Biggest Problems
A blockchain-based platform, Verisart, aims to use the technology to not only protects artists’ work, but to also possibly revolutionize the art industry as a whole. Art is a...
Bitcoin Puzzle Artwork Worth $50K Solved After 3 Years
The value of a piece of art is often hotly debated and can sometimes appear fairly arbitrary. But TORCHED H34R7S, a painting by Marguerite deCourcelle, was far easier to put a price...
Birth of a Meme: Rare Pepe Shines Light on Altcoin Absurdity
Is Rare Pepe the killer app for Bitcoin? In 2009, it would have been hard to imagine that the cryptocurrency’s blockchain could morph into a Disney Land for satirical...