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A thought on bitcoin proof of work, and the correlation it has as an artist. (I’d love thoughts on this).

As an artist, you create. To make something original and of your own, it takes proof of work.

Time and energy.

After you have put that new media into existence, you can sell that original proof of work, which is finite to the supply of 1/1.

But, you can also scan your work, and create print. Creating print makes you the artist, the issuer, similar to Fiat or any shit coin. You can print them into oblivion if you’d like. You are the centralized entity.

It’s a funny thought I had selling some print the other day. The value has much more meaning than that of a printed/controlled currency, but it is indeed the same.

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Clayton 2mo ago

I’ve often talked with people about Saifedean’s chapter in the Bitcoin standard about modern art.

Modern money takes no work to create, and modern art takes no work either. Yet we’re told both are valuable. And if you don’t think some slaps of paint are valuable it’s because “you don’t understand.”

We have to bring back beauty of art and architecture being directly related to the work it took to produce; both the amount of work and the intellectual work.

Scott ••• 2mo ago 💬 1

When doing any piece of artwork, I always post progress photos as proof of work.

On the left is a large thing by Jackson Pollock, where he threw a lot of paint onto a big canvas on the floor with no purpose other than putting a bunch of one thing onto another, then it wound up being more famous than a turd of a newly discovered dinosaur species.

On the right is a picture of a dog, which took many hours and looks like something; namely, a dog. Here are the progress photos of the picture as I worked on it. It’s not intrinsically better or even famous, but the person who got the drawing loved it.

https://goldfishthumb1.com/clover

#artstr #proofofwork #plebchain

Clayton 2mo ago

“In times of low time preference, artists worked on perfecting their craft so they could produce valuable works in the long run. They spent years learning the intricate details and techniques of their work, perfecting it and excelling in developing it beyond the capabilities of others, to the astonishment of their patrons and the general public. Nobody stood a chance of being called an artist without years of hard work on developing their craft. Artists did not condescendingly lecture the public on what art is and why their lazy productions that took a day to make are profound. Michelangelo spent four years hanging from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel working for most of the day with little food in order to paint his masterpiece.“

- nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak in The Bitcoin Standard

bitboarder 2mo ago

Love this! Is it graphite?? This is a recent watercolor dog commission I worked on. I actually like pollock’s work. I get that it’s not a subject, but they are very balanced paintings and did stand out for the time. I think they have been way over valued for what they are, but that’s classic high art culture putting astronomical price to names.

Scott ••• 2mo ago

Yes, my drawing is graphite. I do most of my stuff in graphite or ballpoint. I esp like these two media because they’re so portable and can allow you to do spur-of-the-moment stuff as well as bigger projects.

Your picture is fantastic!! You good post more stuff up on #artstr - there’s a market for commission art for sats here.

bitboarder 2mo ago

I agree, although plenty of modern art takes a lot more work when compared to modern money. But fiat money is one hell of a low bar haha.

Scott ••• 2mo ago

Making unlimited copies of art is fiat. Having a company make professional quality prints in a set edition , hand-signed and numbered by the artist, is legit.