Jack Butcher /
This piece from March 2021 "NFTs, explained." contains the genesis of this idea: Since then I have been exploring the overlap between social contracts, NFTs, digital provenance, what art is, how it evolves, and who decides all of the above. https://t.co/uvCuFGtuWG https://t.co/8kiLHLiRhp
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