CryptoPunks

  • CryptoPunks Copyright: What Are The Legal Experts Saying?

    CryptoPunks Copyright: What Are The Legal Experts Saying?

    In 2021, I wrote an article called “CryptoPunks and Copyrights: What’s All The Fuss About?” to discuss a debate happening in the Web3 community regarding the copyright-ability of CryptoPunks. Since then, several lawyers and professors have shared their insights. Below is a synopsis of (and links to) five pieces that I believe add important context…

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  • CryptoPunks Derivatives Timeline

    CryptoPunks Derivatives Timeline

    An effort to organize a set of projects that took inspiration, visual elements, and project elements from the CryptoPunks across a multi-year timeline from 2017 – 2021.

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  • AltPunks NFTs: A Short History

    AltPunks NFTs: A Short History

    Alt-punks are a crypto-native art movement that began as an organic social collaboration and an homage to the CryptoPunks in February 2021.

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  • CryptoPunks Copyright: What’s All The Fuss About?

    CryptoPunks Copyright: What’s All The Fuss About?

    CryptoPunks copyright are being debated in the NFT community with input from Punk owners, collectors, artists, influencers, investors, and entrepreneurs. This is what I’ve learned.

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  • CryptoArt: A Brief History

    CryptoArt: A Brief History

    Crypto art has been around since 2011. This is a brief overview of key moments within crypto art over the last decade.

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  • Unofficial Punks

    Unofficial Punks

    The Unofficial Punks revolutionized the use of CryptoPunks as a template for artistic expression and exploration, serving as the progenitor of a sprawling decentralized art movement. This is evidenced by the fact that since the altpunks movement started, Punks derivatives are consistently the go-to starter template for artists, platforms, blockchains, and collectors introducing new artworks,…

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