💎 hidden gems: The magic behind Terraforms

Big news: Newsletter, Podcast and community goes fully onchain!

Mar 04, 2024

Here is another edition of hidden gems, where I curate blockchain art, content, products, events and more (sometimes memes).

💎 Gem of the day

Terraforms by Mathcastles

Today, we start with a classic, Terraforms.

This is one of those collections that becomes more popular as time passes. I keep hearing it in conversations happening in different circles, from the more art-oriented folks, generative art aficonados to even the crypto bros with questinable taste. Point being, Terraforms are hard to ignore.

Terraforms is a collection of 11000 land-art NFTs, that represent 3D worlds.
The whole project (code) is fully on the Ethereum blockchain.
Each Terraform is a generative mini-app paint program. A holder can permanently integrate their drawing into the piece, creating a 1/1 artwork. When combined, the complete Terraforms collection creates a massive 3D hypercastle.

If you want a longer explanation, I recommend this IQ.wiki entry. By the way, I can't believe I just discovered IQ wiki? (It's a blockchain and cryptocurrency encyclopedia).

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⛓ New Onchain Membership & Newsletter

I'm in the process of bringing my community, newsletter and podcast on chain!

If you received this email, reply with 'I got it' to help me, as I'm currently migrating and testing Paragraph.

Why am I making this move?

An onchain monthly membership (via NFT) provides incredible benefits in a smooth and Web 3 native way, such as Discord & Farcaster chat, premium content, whitelists, airdrops, newsletter & podcast as collectibles, and even revenue-sharing among members.

The new membership token will be live in a couple of weeks, and all premium members will get it first. More info will be coming soon, but if you are an active premium member, you can fill out this form to get the airdrop.

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📕 Interesting Content

Deep Dive: Farcaster NFTs

I wrote a deep dive on Farcaster NFTs. This list is a list of iconic collectibles by the cofounder of Farcaster, but also artists, creators, and a DAO, who have been very active in the ecosystem from the early days.

Spoiler: Secondary volumes have surpassed $3M across 200,000 NFTs; only 4% are listed on average.

Market Analysis

🟣 Deep Dive: Farcaster NFTs

Kaloh

Mar 1

It has been a while since I created a market report. The reason is It felt unnecessary, and I couldn't find a particular angle that inspired me to pick up the spreadsheets. That is changing as the market is heating up; there are positive signs in different places, one of them being Farcaster.

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🔥 Product to Watch

Highlight

I've been very impressed by the development speed, innovative features, and high-quality releases on Highlight. The platform reported 10,000 mints across 4,000 wallets and exciting releases from Zancan, Melissa Wiederrecht, Ana Maria Caballero, Bright Moments Artists in Residence, and Outcasts (featured in my latest Farcaster article). In addition, they support multiple L2s, and their bridge feature lets you seamlessly bridge ETH from different blockchains.

Last week, I recorded a podcast episode with Nat Emodi, Highlight's cofounder. It will be released next Thursday via my Podcast and YouTube channel.

🎧 Webinar

Zach Lieberman, in conversation with Zsofi Valyi-Nagy

To mark the last week of ‘Circles, Blobs, Ripples’, Zach Lieberman’s debut solo exhibition with Unit, a conversation with the artist and Zsofi Valyi-Nagy, postdoctoral scholar specialising in the pioneering computer-art of Vera Molnár will take place.

This will be an exciting opportunity to learn more about the exhibition, Zach’s practice, and his artistic philosophy.

Until next time,