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Back with the 21st edition of our weekly Paragraph Picks, highlighting a few hand-selected pieces from the past week or so.

@rch writes about how the cryptoart market, despite facing a sharp decline in value and participation since 2021, shows potential for recovery with the advent of more sustainable collector bases, innovative platforms, and evolving artist autonomy.

"Crypto is at the edge. Cryptoart is at the edge of the edge."

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@rch writes about how the cryptoart market, despite facing a sharp decline in value and participation since 2021, shows potential for recovery with the advent of more sustainable collector bases, innovative platforms, and evolving artist autonomy.

"Crypto is at the edge. Cryptoart is at the edge of the edge."

https://paragraph.xyz/@rch/notes-on-the-cryptoart-market

@w1nt3r writes about how the promise of decentralized apps remain unfulfilled due to a lack of convenience for users, developer's continued reliance on centralized infrastructure, and the technical limitations of fully decentralized systems.

"The benefits of ‘decentralized’ are just not something users care about (yet), and the punks have to adjust."

XX DAO profiles @kimasendorf, a German digital artist that uses algorithms and minimalist code to create complex, interactive digital artworks. Kim's work is rooted in pixel art and generative systems, exploring themes of digital nostalgia, perception, and spontaneity.

"I communicate through art; it is my language, but it doesn’t have a big message behind it. What I put out now comes from my deepest inner self."

XX DAO profiles @kimasendorf, a German digital artist that uses algorithms and minimalist code to create complex, interactive digital artworks. Kim's work is rooted in pixel art and generative systems, exploring themes of digital nostalgia, perception, and spontaneity.

"I communicate through art; it is my language, but it doesn’t have a big message behind it. What I put out now comes from my deepest inner self."

https://paragraph.xyz/@xx_dao/kim-asendorfs-x0x

@javelinclub interviews @ericspivak, founder of New Friendship Tech, about how he's creating meaningful and inclusive events to connect people, emphasizing the democratization of knowledge.

"It’s always been about progress and leaving things better than I found them."

@javelinclub interviews @ericspivak, founder of New Friendship Tech, about how he's creating meaningful and inclusive events to connect people, emphasizing the democratization of knowledge.

"It’s always been about progress and leaving things better than I found them."

https://paragraph.xyz/@javelin/flipping-the-script-on-connection-driven-events-with-eric-spivak-new-friendship-tech

@stc writes about a recent project called "Re-frame", reinterpreting classic landscape and still life genres using algorithms that blend fragments of the Finnish National Gallery’s collection into evolving digital collages, exploring the interplay of memory, color, and digital preservation. 

"The artwork, thus, becomes a living entity, continually morphing and redefining itself."

@stc writes about a recent project called "Re-frame", reinterpreting classic landscape and still life genres using algorithms that blend fragments of the Finnish National Gallery’s collection into evolving digital collages, exploring the interplay of memory, color, and digital preservation. 

"The artwork, thus, becomes a living entity, continually morphing and redefining itself."

https://paragraph.xyz/@stc/memory-patterns

@js writes about how Ethereum introduces a new, decentralized form of “hardness,” offering reliability and certainty in digital transactions, contracts, and governance, complementing and competing with traditional institutions and natural resources as foundational elements for a secure, future-oriented civilization.

"Ethereum is the hard foundation of a digital economy where millions collaborate across time and space and nation."

@js writes about how Ethereum introduces a new, decentralized form of “hardness,” offering reliability and certainty in digital transactions, contracts, and governance, complementing and competing with traditional institutions and natural resources as foundational elements for a secure, future-oriented civilization.

"Ethereum is the hard foundation of a digital economy where millions collaborate across time and space and nation."

https://stark.mirror.xyz/A9csRsDaAJHJCCWa2Vv16bmxl0BgDqiLdupASxBT2r4

@w1nt3r writes about how the promise of decentralized apps remain unfulfilled due to a lack of convenience for users, developer's continued reliance on centralized infrastructure, and the technical limitations of fully decentralized systems.

"The benefits of ‘decentralized’ are just not something users care about (yet), and the punks have to adjust."

https://paragraph.xyz/@w1nt3r/dapps-graveyard