Bitcoin Pioneer Ross Ulbricht oksjonil originaalkunstiteosed, NFT loodud vanglas

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Ross Ulbricht, founder of darknet bitcoin marketplace Silk Road, is auctioning a series of art created while serving his life sentence.

Ross Ulbricht, the former operator of early darknet bitcoin marketplace Silk Road, will be auctioning a collection of four original oil paintings and an animation consisting of 318 hand-drawn frames at Bitcoin 2022. He created the series, called “The Growth Collection,” as he jätkab oma rolli eest Siiditeel kahekordse eluaegse karistuse kandmist pluss nelikümmend aastat föderaalses vanglas.

“Human Blockchain – Series 1, Block 6” by Ross Ulbricht. All images sourced from FreeRoss.org

The oil paintings and animation will have five corresponding non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and certificates of authenticity minted on the Bitcoin blockchain through the Counterparty protocol. The pieces will be auctioned by Lightning Network-focused platform Scarce.City.

“The artwork’s data and proof of ownership will be stored and secured by the Bitcoin blockchain using the Counterparty protocol,” according to a release shared with Bitcoin ajakiri. “The artworks will be auctioned for bitcoin using Scarce.City’s Bitcoin and Lightning Network native auction platform.”

. Vastaspoole protokoll was introduced in 2014 and leverages its own token, XCP, which was originally issued by sending 2,140 BTC to a provably unspendable Bitcoin address, thus “burning” these bitcoin and, in a sense, transferring their value into the XCP.

NFT-d vermiti 5. aprillil the honorary “birthday” of Bitcoin’s pseudonymous founder Satoshi Nakamoto. The auction is open from April 6 to 8 via Scarce.City. The animation and oil paintings are being displayed at Bitcoin 2022’s onsite art gallery.

Ulbricht lõi kollektsiooni üheksandat vanglaaastat kandes, kasutades Tupperware'ist valmistatud valguskasti, mis sisaldas ja lugemisvalgustit, ning visandas iga päev taime, et jäädvustada selle kasv seemnest idanemiseni.

“I’m working my fingers to the bone on these art pieces for Bitcoin 2022,” Ubricht wrote in a piiksuma. “Kõige aeganõudvam on animatsioon. Vanglas pole arvuteid. Pean iga kaadri käsitsi joonistama.

“Human Blockchain – Series 1, Block 7” by Ross Ulbricht. All images sourced from FreeRoss.org

Silk Road still represents one of Bitcoin’s most widely-used and infamous use cases and many in the space see Ulbricht’s sentencing as unfair for a first-time, non-violent offender.

Bitcoin 2022 on osa Bitcoini sündmuste sarjast, mida korraldab emaettevõte BTC Inc Bitcoin ajakiri.

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