Steve Aoki and Seth Green’s Animated NFT TV Series Empowers Fans
By John Reynolds
In partnership with Seth Green, GRAMMY-nominated music producer Steve Aoki has unveiled the first community-driven animated NFT TV series. This project is the next chapter in the life of his NFT mascot, Character X. Furthermore, it is creating waves by offering community-driven on-chain storytelling.
The Animated NFT TV Series by Steve Aoki and Seth Green
Replicant X is the newest installment in the narrative of Steve Aoki’s mascot Character X. It is a follow-up to Aoki’s 2021 stop-motion NFT project, “Dominion X,” which sold out in less than seven seconds.
This latest incarnation distinguishes out from the pack owing to its high level of interactivity. In fact, as the tale progresses, members of the community have the ability to shape the character’s path.
This Replicant X coin will be used to support the first episodes of the animated NFT TV show “Dominion X.” The series is based on Aoki’s Character X, who initially featured in his debut NFT drop “Dream Catcher” and is now the DJ’s personal mascot. It is directed by Eric Towner and produced by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.
The prototype initiative, which debuted on Nifty Gateway in 2021, presented a new method of connecting with media.
Replicant X Minting Specifications
In terms of aesthetics, the Replicant X collection is likewise distinctive. It features bright graphics created by Seth Green’s Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, with each character hand-picked by Steve Aoki himself.
On September 7, 2022, an Allowlist Mint will take hold. Previous Aoki and Seth Green NFT holders, including A0K1VERSE Passport, Stoopid Monkey, Pizza Bot, Dominion X, and Dream Catcher NFTs featuring Character X, will be able to participate.
On the Ethereum blockchain, the public mint is scheduled for September 8. On September 9, certain A0K1VERSE Passport holders may expect a complimentary airdrop.
Replicant X will continue to grow on Steve Aoki’s A0K1VERSE web3 world. Aoki is taking fan involvement to the next level by giving them the opportunity to help develop an animated series.
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Posted on August 31, 2022
NFTs Minted In August 2022
By Yvonne Martin
It’s the end of another beautiful month, which means there are many exciting NFT mints to talk about. Here at Music Promo Today, we are always looking for the best NFT projects. Between the 21st and 28th of August, we have some NFT projects for you, along with NFTs that are minting now and throughout the week.
Y00ts
Y00ts is an interesting NFT project that has generated a lot of attention in the NFT community. So yet, little information about the project has been released by the very outstanding DeGods project team. The Y00ts website, on the other hand, provides a variety of photographs of the pfp NFTs, which are undeniably interesting and one-of-a-kind.
This is one of the NFT projects you should keep an eye on! The procedure is unique and gives everyone an equal opportunity to participate. It is open; a Twitter page gives real-time information on the most recent whitelist additions.
Cel Mates
Cel Mates, created by @mcbess, is a mystery NFT project featuring excellent pfp prisoner NFTs. To join the NFT, you must first solve riddles and puzzles in order to obtain access to the password-protected premint website. Little is known regarding the mint price, supply, or if a public auction will be placed.
If you’re looking for a challenge, head over to the Cel Mates Twitter feed. To access this unique forthcoming NFT mint, you must wait for announcements, puzzles, and more.
Infinity Void
The Infinity Void virtual world land auction is now open, providing a fantastic chance to become a part of a developing community. You can acquire entry to a hyper-realistic metaverse with an immersive experience if you buy one of these land NFTs.
There are big ambitions for the space, and you may earn money, construct, abide, live, experience, communicate, and do a lot of other things without ever leaving your house!
Tony Stewart – The Legend of Smoke collection
This new NFT mint by Tony Stewart, dubbed ‘Smoke,’ comes with some fantastic functionality. The Champion Series collection of 30 NFTs, which includes five separate animated animations chronicling Tony’s racing career, is a must-have for racing vehicle lovers.
Each NFT includes an autographed Tony Stewart firesuit, VIP trackside hospitality, and a virtual hangout session with Smoke. Furthermore, one lucky NFT holder will win one of Tony’s #14 racing cars and become the proud owner of a piece of racing history.
The Legacy Series is made up of 500 NFTs that cost $250 each. These NFTs offer a low-cost entry point into the Tony Stewart NFT universe, and each NFT includes a 20% chance of a 30-minute virtual hangout with Tony.
The Grannies
The Grannies is another intriguing future NFT collection. A group of grannies surviving a zombie apocalypse are looking for you to join their society and battle for the living. As a member of The Grannies, you will have access to unique NFTs, tokens, and much more.
Furthermore, there are already some big ambitions for this project. A DAO, staking, and a P2E game are all on the roadmap.
The Art of Field Recording
This future NFT collection of field recording NFTs from the pro-audio community is distinctive and imaginative. The Art of Field Recording created an abstract vision of the artform using a neural network. Furthermore, these NFTs will transport you on a visual and auditory journey through mountains, woods, and into the sea.
Ezu
Ezu is a 15,000 pfp NFT collection made up of four factions: light, vapor, liquid, and earth. It is essentially an NFT collection that powers a ‘Wear2Earn’ lifestyle application via apparel. Furthermore, the initiative intends to “embrace change and encourage freedom.”
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Posted on August 18, 2022
The Ultimate Guide to the Ethereum Merge
By John Reynolds
Many Twitter users believe that the upcoming Ethereum Merge will be one of the biggest developments in cryptocurrency. There is a lot of information available, and it will undoubtedly result in a significant change when Ethereum switches from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake.
Explaining The Ethereum Merge
The Ethereum merging was easily presented in a Twitter thread by @twofivedev, complete with beaver illustrations and diagrams.
1/ The #merge has never been this close and will undoubtedly be one of the biggest events for #Ethereum to date.
Still don’t know what all of this really means but feel like it’s too late to ask?
Simply said, as a result of the merger, the Ethereum ecosystem will go from PoW (Proof of Work) to PoS. (Proof of Stake). On Ethereum, the decentralized network can now agree on things like account balances and the sequence of transactions thanks to the PoW method.
The underlying algorithm is what determines the rules and level of difficulty for the task that miners undertake. The “work” itself is mining. It involves adding legitimate blocks to the chain. Ethereum is harmful to the environment because of this method, which has previously resulted in a lot of concerns from environmentalists.
Ethereum will adopt PoS as its consensus algorithm following the merger, on the other hand. Blockchains employ a particular consensus technique called proof-of-stake to establish distributed consensus.
Validators expressly stake money in the form of ether into an Ethereum smart contract when using proof-of-stake.
Before being fully implemented, the new method will be tested. At the end of July, Ethereum engineers verified this last test. They stated that it will take place from August 6 to August 12. They are almost ready to start this fusion now that the time is ended.
According to Watcher.guru, the integration should be finished between September 15 and 16. The merger is just the first step in a multi-year strategy that will eventually result in the release of ETH 2.0.
Beaver-Speaking Explanation
Beavers were utilized in the thread to highlight the distinctions between Proof of Work and Proof of Stake. The beavers that were utilizing PoW were worn out since it took all of the time and effort to figure out how to cross a river with their logs, and only one got rewarded.
However, only the beavers who had laid their log down were squandering their energy; the rest of the beavers in the PoS scenario were lying down and being lazy.
The Merge of Ethereum and Its Environment
With Ethereum switching to PoS, the environment will benefit greatly. Using the Proof of Stake algorithm, Ethereum now uses around 112 TWh of energy annually. This amount is comparable to the population of the Netherlands, which has around 17 million people.
How does the community feel?
Overall, everyone is enthusiastic about the idea of the combine and energy conservation. Some people are thrilled about the prospect of a significant increase in Ethereum’s price. However, this is obviously not a guarantee.
Lark Davis, an investor with 1 million Twitter followers said: “The Ethereum merge is a bigger and more important event than the Bitcoin halving.”
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Posted on August 16, 2022
Top NFT Music Moments in 2022 So Far
By Barbara Drews
The COVID-19 pandemic virtually eliminated all artists’ major sources of income in 2020. Live performances came to an end, sales of items drew to a halt, and the money stopped flowing.
Months passed by without much improvement.
But as a new kind of music art emerged, it was inevitable that the music business will use non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in 2021.
And so it was in 2021 that both established and upcoming musicians began to use a brand-new kind of music known as NFTs.
NFTs are a novel class of digital assets. They provide new channels for content producers to promote and monetize their works, broadening the potential audiences for literature, music, and other forms of media.
The term “music NFT” means precisely what it says. Musical composition is included in this NFT. A single song, a whole album, or even a music video might qualify.
Musicians discovered that they could offer exclusive, tokenized copies of their artwork to their audience directly using this technology, which would ultimately result in much bigger earnings.
January 2022:
Royal and Nas’ first-ever NFT sells in minutes
In January 2022, the hip-hop legend Nas received eternal life on the blockchain. Nas and 3LAU collaborated to present his first-ever NFT collection on the aforementioned platform, Royal, of the legendary DJ in a two-part drop.
1,870 NFTs were included in the collection, which was the first live sale of NFTs on Royal.io.
Both drops sold out quite quickly. And the whole revenue was more than $560,000.
Without further ado.. we’re honored to announce Hip Hop legend, innovator and entrepreneur @Nas will be the first artist to drop his music on royal on January 11th! https://t.co/TkyWvOJOvYpic.twitter.com/hQGGXVuPhz
Coachella’s NFT collection offers lifetime festival passes
In an effort to embrace NFTs, Coachella, one of the biggest and most well-known events in the world, released a variety of digital collectibles. They made a big splash with their NFT offering in February 2022.
Why? Coachella announced plans for a multi-part NFT drop that month in collaboration with the massive cryptocurrency exchange FTX, part of which included lifelong festival passes.
Coachella Collectibles provides fans the chance to buy lifelong festival passes, unlock special on-site experiences, physical items, and more. It has a total of 11,010 NFTs spread over three collections.
Introducing Coachella Collectibles NFTs 🎡 Lifetime festival passes, digital collectibles redeemable for physical items & more available Friday at 10am PT at https://t.co/D8v4cD04wc
Dillon Francis signs residency deal for Bored Ape NFT
Electronic artist Dillon Francis has received several honors. The platinum-selling DJ and producer garnered Latin Grammy and Latin American Music Award nominations for “Sexo” in 2018; in March 2022, he added a historic deal to his resume.
In return for an NFT from the Bored Ape Yacht Club collection, Francis agreed to a sole residency with Big Night.
Snoop Dogg releases first Death Row NFT mixtape
Snoop Dogg released an NFT mixtape on OpenSea little than a month after acquiring ownership of the storied Death Row Records, the company that saw his rise to fame.
The compilation, “Dogg on it: Death Row Mixtape Vol. 1,” was released on the Polygon blockchain and includes entire songs, acapella, and rhythms that Snoop made in conjunction with musicians from all around the world.
“Dogg on it” was a fresh competitor in the expanding music NFT sector at the time. The collection was an alluring drop for the Hip-Hop audience within the NFT ecosystem since NFTs granted complete ownership rights to their owners.
Snoop would release “Death Row Mixtape Vol. 2” in April, containing an even larger lineup of Web3 musicians and artists.
April 2022:
NFTs take over the Grammys
The Grammy Awards, the most esteemed ceremony in the music business, included a representation of NFTs in April 2022. As part of a three-year effort to include NFTs into the entire Grammy experience, the Grammys unveiled an official NFT collection in partnership with Tezos-based NFT platform OneOf.
The critically regarded fine artist ThankYouX, the Emmy-winning Emonee LaRussa, and the 3D animator and contributor Andre Oshea were the highlights of the debut collection.
Coachella x ODESZA NFT breaks Solana 1/1 sales record
An exclusive NFT with a 360-degree immersive experience of the Antarctic Dome at Coachella sold for $145,000 on April 18, 2022, exceeding the previous record for a single NFT transaction on the Solana blockchain.
The NFT, which clocks in at little under six minutes yet provides an almost flawless visual representation of Coachella’s REGEN‘s unique projection dome experience, contains work from nine prominent digital artists and a musical composition by ODESZA.
May 2022:
Pussy Riot and Salem Ilese Drop ‘Crypto Boy’ in support of reproductive rights
After their song “Crypto Boy” acquired popularity on social media in the spring of 2022, American singer-songwriter Salem Ilese became viral. Ilese decided to work with Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot on an NFT release with a charitable goal in line with the tone of the song.
Ilese and Tolokonnikova recruited popular TikTokers Sad Alex, 30, and July for a music NFT collection, as opposed to women’s reproductive rights, which grew quickly in the U.S.
They had the intention of donating 100% of the proceeds from the collection’s primary sale to the Center for Reproductive Rights. The initiative, appropriately dubbed “Crypto Boy,” served as another example of how NFTs may be utilized for good.
June 2022:
SongCamp launches Camp Chaos NFT collection
SongCamp, a collective Web3 lab exploring the frontiers of blockchain and music technology, embarked on one of the largest projects the music NFT industry has ever seen in March 2022. Chaos was founded as a 77-person “headless band” with the goal of writing 45 songs for publication as an NFT compilation costing over 20,000 unique tokens.
Chaos was the third project ever for SongCamp and its most daring undertaking to date. It was created by musicians, visual artists, engineers, and more. With Chaos, the SongCamp community developed a ground-breaking use-case for Web3 music collaborations and proposed fresh, original ideas for dividing money.
Pharrell Williams joins Doodles as Chief Brand Officer
One of the most significant statements Doodles made at NFT.NYC 2022 was that Pharrell Williams will be joining the team of the adored PFP project as Chief Brand Officer. Just over a month and a half had passed since Julian Holguin, a former president of Billboard, was appointed CEO of Doodles.
It was also announced at the same time that Doodles would be breaking into the music industry through Doodles Records, with a Volume 1 compilation to be released, featuring original music with executive production from Pharrell. However, it is still unknown exactly what the long-term plan is for Pharrell x Doodles.
LimeWire returns from the dead as a music NFT platform
LimeWire, a historical client for peer-to-peer file sharing, saw a chance to reinvent itself as an NFT and Web3-focused brand, much like other abandoned products and services. LimeWire debuted its marketplace in July with featured collections from Travis Barker, Soulja Boy, Dillon Francis, A$AP TyY, and other artists after concluding a $10.4 million private token sale in April.
Bored Ape-masked DJ takes over the main stage at Tomorrowland
At the next edition of the famed Belgian electronic dance music festival Tomorrowland in 2022, Ape Rave Club, a DJ, and production initiative reported to be supported by “some of the most exciting producers and creatives in dance music and NFTs,” took the stage.
A single DJ made the Ape Rave Club live premiere, performing an hour-long set to a crowd of thousands while sporting BAYC merch and a complete wraparound Bored Ape-styled helmet.
NFTs have had a significant impact that is being felt throughout the digital, financial, and creative industries. But the most instructive litmus test for how blockchain technology can make it easier for people to co-create and co-own intellectual property seems to be the music industry alone!
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