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Some additional reflection after spending a few dozen hours writing my signature over and over again, on the many ideas that I borrowed:

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Proof of Work: completion and the reason for signing

Project documentation: 1 of 1 of ? · VV Rare

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  1. 01 / A reply to this post

    The most obvious is the parallel to an earlier piece 'NFTs, explained' — which became the genesis of the idea for @checksvv two years later. ( 'Fungible, non-fungible' employs this contrast to communicate the idea more broadly. (

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  2. 02 / Same selected reading record

    Please excuse the duplicate plug — swimming upstream against the algorithm, here's the link to the Sotheby's auction for '1 of 1', which includes the digital original and a physical copy of 35,262 signatures, completed over the past few day…

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  3. 03 / Same selected reading record

    @checksvv @gillesdc So why write my signature 35,262 times? To comment on the perception gap between the authenticity of physical and digital work, and to test the assumption that physical effort or time spent correlates to value.

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  4. 04 / Project: 1 of 1 of ?

    '1 of ?' now open for 24 hours. All platform fees will be donated to @StJude Children's Research Hospital.

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  5. 05 / Project: 1 of 1 of ?

    The relationship between the two pieces is their shared commentary on the underlying mechanisms that enable "non-fungibility" on these media, and our ongoing search for consensus around the tradeoffs and durability of each. Ethereum: "(Soci…

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  6. 06 / Editorial topic: Authorship

    @ChristiesInc @nftnow attribution, provenance, proof all different lenses on the same set of questions provoked by the ability to distribute consensus and verify independently

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  7. 07 / Editorial topic: Value

    did not intend to activate a zora coin but apparently happens automatically when you log into the ios app, which is a bit mental would like to have done something like this much more intentionally, but here we are

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  8. 08 / Editorial topic: Value

    transparency time lemonade stand a visualize value market simulator

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