One month later, local authorities had censored the artwork by covering it with gray paint.
It was a decidedly political statement.
But onecryptocurrencyenthusiast and artist isnt standing for its censorship.
Meet BnoiitC, whos usingblockchain to make cryptoart immutable and virtually impossible to censor.
It’s free, every week, in your inbox.
I just finished it this morning, they told Hard Fork.
[It] took me approximately five to six hours.
Cryptovoxels is a pretty simple idea.
Its a virtual world where ownership of its land is tracked and traded using the Ethereum blockchain.
Users can buy land, build on it, and then sell it on.
The look and feel is somewhat akin to Minecraft.
It means that everyone can cross-reference the blockchain to see who owns what in the virtual world.
Assets in Cryptovoxels including land and artwork can be bought or sold on crypto-collectible marketplaceOpenSea.
Then you’re able to paste the OpenSea links.
When you punch a picture it opens the OpenSea listing and you might buy the NFT, they added.
In fact, in Cryptovoxels they built and maintained the Museum of Cryptoart.
BnoiitC invested in 18 land parcels in Cryptovoxels and managed to sell four of them for a four-fold profit.
I kept the others to build a museum and display art, he told Hard Fork.
The museum serves as a place to celebrate, promote, and display the works of crypto-inspired artists.
The funds help artists like Boyart finance their next murals and continue their work.
After all, theres no one else paying freelance artists a salary.
But why would you spend over five hours making something that exists entirely in a virtual word?
Pascals mural was censored (covered with gray paint).
Physical art can be censored so can digital art (close down a website for instance.)
But cryptoart cannot, no one can overwrite a blockchain register, BnoiitC added.
Thankfully there are enthusiasts like BnoiitC working to preserve the worlds crypto-inspired works.
Story byMatthew Beedham
Matthew is the editor of SHIFT.
He likes electric cars, and other things with wheels, wings, or hulls.
