"Decentralisation" is the buzzword most commonly associated with web3, but it can be tricky to understand what it actually means. This post walks you through the difference between centralised and decentralised data. I'm no expert on blockchain tech, but the recent surge in popularity of decentralised data storage through the NFT boom made me curious to learn more about it. There's a common misconception in the NFT community that blockchain technology is impervious to corruption. Th...

"Decentralisation" is the buzzword most commonly associated with web3, but it can be tricky to understand what it actually means. This post walks you through the difference between centralised and decentralised data. I'm no expert on blockchain tech, but the recent surge in popularity of decentralised data storage through the NFT boom made me curious to learn more about it. There's a common misconception in the NFT community that blockchain technology is impervious to corruption. Th...

Chromie Squiggles is an on-chain generative art collection from Art Blocks founder Erick Calderon (aka Snowfro). Even though it initially sparked controversy—“you paid what for those squiggly lines!?”—it has evolved into one of the most memetic and iconic NFT art collections. They come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, textures and colours, some rarer than others. Public minting is paused because Art Blocks are reserving 719 of the total 10,000 supply for “manual distribution to collectors and c...

Chromie Squiggles is an on-chain generative art collection from Art Blocks founder Erick Calderon (aka Snowfro). Even though it initially sparked controversy—“you paid what for those squiggly lines!?”—it has evolved into one of the most memetic and iconic NFT art collections. They come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, textures and colours, some rarer than others. Public minting is paused because Art Blocks are reserving 719 of the total 10,000 supply for “manual distribution to collectors and c...

If you’ve been following the insane growth of Axie Infinity, you may have heard of a new video game incentive model called “Play-to-earn” (P2E). Like traditional video games, people are encouraged to engage with a game and its ecosystem. The difference here is that players create value for both the platform and themselves. In short, they are rewarded for their engagement with the game! Game assets are composable, meaning the value earned as a reward can either be kept in the game’s ecosystem ...

If you’ve been following the insane growth of Axie Infinity, you may have heard of a new video game incentive model called “Play-to-earn” (P2E). Like traditional video games, people are encouraged to engage with a game and its ecosystem. The difference here is that players create value for both the platform and themselves. In short, they are rewarded for their engagement with the game! Game assets are composable, meaning the value earned as a reward can either be kept in the game’s ecosystem ...