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BlitmapNifty Newsletter #04
There’s a lot to talk about in this fourth edition of the Nifty Newsletter, a community-run bulletin that highlights Blitmap-derivative projects and some of the recent happenings in the Blit universe. Leading off is the major announcement that Sup, a company co-founded by Dom Hofmann and Bigpapap, just received a $12M seed round led by Paradigm. The company’s mission, Dom wrote in Discord, is “creating and nurturing open, community-driven (and hopefully important!) fictional universes.” Later...
BlitmapNifty Newsletter #08: An Interview with Dom Hofmann and Totally
Hello, all you lovely readers! Can you believe it? Blitmap is celebrating its first anniversary of being on-chain! This issue of the Nifty Newsletter, a community-run missive, is very special, as it features my interview with Dom Hofmann and Totally about the past, present and future of Blitmap! This was an incredibly exciting conversation in which I learned about the comic and found out that the Blitnauts are █████ ████ ██ ████████, that Sugar is ████ ██ ██ ███ ████ ████████ ████ ████ and th...
BlitmapNifty Newsletter #11: Boot Up My OKPC
A great big hello to all you folks, and thanks for tuning into this eleventh edition of the Nifty Newsletter, a community bulletin that highlights the happenings and projects adjacent to the Blitmap universe! This issue is a throwback to an oldie-but-goodie project that I know a lot of you love: OKPC. I got to visit with the founders to better understand the project’s origin story, find out how they were inspired by Blitmap, learn what an OKPC actually is and answer the key question “Do you n...
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This post was originally made to Medium to August 12th and is being reposted here in its entirety.
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Last night we voted unanimously to make the original Blitmap collection public domain under CC0.
Starting today, you are free to use the original Blitmap collection for any reason and without restriction, personally or commercially. This includes any selection of pieces, components, or characters within it, or the collection as a whole.
Recent developments in the NFT ecosystem indicate an increasing desire for NFTs to incorporate some of the same ideals that crypto itself is based on. Namely, that value comes from a decentralized ledger, the provenance it enables, and the trustless composability that comes out of it. At the same time, these new ideals encourage a more open ecosystem of work where historical gatekeepers (“moats”) are not the primary drivers for proliferation or longevity.
We choose to incorporate these values into our beliefs around Blitmap.
We believe that attention and mindshare — in other worlds, culture — are increasingly becoming the greatest drivers for sustainability in our space. It doesn’t matter if derivative works or outright copies can be created. In fact, it’s probably better. Every derivative work shares some of its significance with the original it was based on, and vice versa. Over time, the original has the capability to become a platform and ecosystem in and of itself.
In making our decision, we considered some pros and cons:
Pros:
Decentralizes distribution and significance. Derivatives are created trustlessly. Every derivative increases attention and mindshare of the original.
Aligns interests. Creators can make self-sustainable derivatives. They are incentivized to create more (and hopefully, higher quality) derivatives.
Simplifies things. No more worrying about rights, or answering questions about what is and isn’t okay. Everything is spelled out and easy to understand. We can focus on our work and we can be *surprised *by what the community does.
It’s crypto-native.
Cons:
No exclusive rights. Both the entity and the individual artists have the same rights as everyone else: to create derivatives.
Bad actors. The IP could be co-opted or otherwise tainted by trolls, extreme political groups, cults, etc.
Will seem less valuable to some. Some people will believe that IP is the moat and believe Blitmap has less significance if it is given up.
We also considered a list of fictional works and universes that are already in the public domain:
King Arthur
Shakespeare
Dracula
The Wizard of Oz
Jane Eyre
Little Women
Moby Dick
Peter Pan
An interesting thing about these examples is that many of the derivative works they are reponsible for are not public domain. In other words, just because the foundation and universe of King Arthur is public domain, it does not mean that adaptations like The Green Knight or The Sword in the Stone are. Still, these adaptations contribute to the significance of the original as a whole. Imagine a world where the King Arthur mythology was started on a blockchain and its components were represented as tokens. Surely, there is value in proving one is the creator or the owner of the Excalibur.
Currently, we are releasing the original Blitmap collection, including any selection of pieces, components, or characters within it, and the collection as a whole.
Our plan is to release all IP created in Season 1, including Blitnauts, the third expansion pack, and the lore reveal shortly after their respective drops. After Season 1, we will reevaluate and decide on our plans for future IP, but we are optimistic!
You are, of course, free to create your own expansions or interpretations (including new Blitnauts) at any time.
Because the siblings themselves are derivative works made by combining originals, they are in a bit of a grey area. In theory, we currently have the right to release siblings, but just doing that feels strange. We value community involvement and acknowledge that the community owns most of the siblings in existence. To that end, we will put out a vote to Blitmap owners today asking for support to also release the sibling collection.
Regardless of outcome, you can always use the original Blitmaps however you like, including (but certainly not limited to) remixing or combining them to create your own siblings.
CC0 does not affect trademark rights. We are working on opening up the naming separately, but this will require a little more work on our end. For now, we would ask that you refrain from the following phrasing in your derivative works: “Official”, “Canon”, “Blitmap(s)” or “Blitnaut(s)” followed by any sequence number, just “Blitmap(s)”, or just “Blitnauts(s)”.
✅ My Little Blitnauts
✅ Baby Blitmaps
✅ Blitland
✅ Blitmaps GAN
✅ Coolblits
✅ Blit Blit Maps
❌ Blitmaps
❌ Blitnauts 2
❌ Blitmap Mk III
❌ Blitnauts Part 4
❌ Official Baby Blitnauts
No. There may be mutual community benefits in it but it is entirely up to you.
No. There may be mutual community benefits in it but it is entirely up to you.
No. There may be mutual community benefits in it but it is entirely up to you.
Yes. You can do whatever you like.
All the original artists agreed unanimously in a 17 of 17 decision, so we believe this takes effect today. For anyone who wants further assurance and immutability, we are also working on creating a smart contract that contains the release, which every artist will sign with their wallet. We expect to deploy this in the coming weeks.
—
We love NFTs and the new possibilities they open for world building and storytelling. In some ways, this change is a bet on the NFT premise as a whole. In other ways, it’s just a natural extension of our own “community crafted” values. We are looking forward to seeing what we can make together.
If you are interested in discussing this or anything else related to Blitmap, join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/blitmap
P.S. This post should be on Mirror but we’re still in the process of setting it up. We’ll …mirror… it over there as soon as we do.
This post was originally made to Medium to August 12th and is being reposted here in its entirety.
—
Last night we voted unanimously to make the original Blitmap collection public domain under CC0.
Starting today, you are free to use the original Blitmap collection for any reason and without restriction, personally or commercially. This includes any selection of pieces, components, or characters within it, or the collection as a whole.
Recent developments in the NFT ecosystem indicate an increasing desire for NFTs to incorporate some of the same ideals that crypto itself is based on. Namely, that value comes from a decentralized ledger, the provenance it enables, and the trustless composability that comes out of it. At the same time, these new ideals encourage a more open ecosystem of work where historical gatekeepers (“moats”) are not the primary drivers for proliferation or longevity.
We choose to incorporate these values into our beliefs around Blitmap.
We believe that attention and mindshare — in other worlds, culture — are increasingly becoming the greatest drivers for sustainability in our space. It doesn’t matter if derivative works or outright copies can be created. In fact, it’s probably better. Every derivative work shares some of its significance with the original it was based on, and vice versa. Over time, the original has the capability to become a platform and ecosystem in and of itself.
In making our decision, we considered some pros and cons:
Pros:
Decentralizes distribution and significance. Derivatives are created trustlessly. Every derivative increases attention and mindshare of the original.
Aligns interests. Creators can make self-sustainable derivatives. They are incentivized to create more (and hopefully, higher quality) derivatives.
Simplifies things. No more worrying about rights, or answering questions about what is and isn’t okay. Everything is spelled out and easy to understand. We can focus on our work and we can be *surprised *by what the community does.
It’s crypto-native.
Cons:
No exclusive rights. Both the entity and the individual artists have the same rights as everyone else: to create derivatives.
Bad actors. The IP could be co-opted or otherwise tainted by trolls, extreme political groups, cults, etc.
Will seem less valuable to some. Some people will believe that IP is the moat and believe Blitmap has less significance if it is given up.
We also considered a list of fictional works and universes that are already in the public domain:
King Arthur
Shakespeare
Dracula
The Wizard of Oz
Jane Eyre
Little Women
Moby Dick
Peter Pan
An interesting thing about these examples is that many of the derivative works they are reponsible for are not public domain. In other words, just because the foundation and universe of King Arthur is public domain, it does not mean that adaptations like The Green Knight or The Sword in the Stone are. Still, these adaptations contribute to the significance of the original as a whole. Imagine a world where the King Arthur mythology was started on a blockchain and its components were represented as tokens. Surely, there is value in proving one is the creator or the owner of the Excalibur.
Currently, we are releasing the original Blitmap collection, including any selection of pieces, components, or characters within it, and the collection as a whole.
Our plan is to release all IP created in Season 1, including Blitnauts, the third expansion pack, and the lore reveal shortly after their respective drops. After Season 1, we will reevaluate and decide on our plans for future IP, but we are optimistic!
You are, of course, free to create your own expansions or interpretations (including new Blitnauts) at any time.
Because the siblings themselves are derivative works made by combining originals, they are in a bit of a grey area. In theory, we currently have the right to release siblings, but just doing that feels strange. We value community involvement and acknowledge that the community owns most of the siblings in existence. To that end, we will put out a vote to Blitmap owners today asking for support to also release the sibling collection.
Regardless of outcome, you can always use the original Blitmaps however you like, including (but certainly not limited to) remixing or combining them to create your own siblings.
CC0 does not affect trademark rights. We are working on opening up the naming separately, but this will require a little more work on our end. For now, we would ask that you refrain from the following phrasing in your derivative works: “Official”, “Canon”, “Blitmap(s)” or “Blitnaut(s)” followed by any sequence number, just “Blitmap(s)”, or just “Blitnauts(s)”.
✅ My Little Blitnauts
✅ Baby Blitmaps
✅ Blitland
✅ Blitmaps GAN
✅ Coolblits
✅ Blit Blit Maps
❌ Blitmaps
❌ Blitnauts 2
❌ Blitmap Mk III
❌ Blitnauts Part 4
❌ Official Baby Blitnauts
No. There may be mutual community benefits in it but it is entirely up to you.
No. There may be mutual community benefits in it but it is entirely up to you.
No. There may be mutual community benefits in it but it is entirely up to you.
Yes. You can do whatever you like.
All the original artists agreed unanimously in a 17 of 17 decision, so we believe this takes effect today. For anyone who wants further assurance and immutability, we are also working on creating a smart contract that contains the release, which every artist will sign with their wallet. We expect to deploy this in the coming weeks.
—
We love NFTs and the new possibilities they open for world building and storytelling. In some ways, this change is a bet on the NFT premise as a whole. In other ways, it’s just a natural extension of our own “community crafted” values. We are looking forward to seeing what we can make together.
If you are interested in discussing this or anything else related to Blitmap, join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/blitmap
P.S. This post should be on Mirror but we’re still in the process of setting it up. We’ll …mirror… it over there as soon as we do.
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