usnea: links
A compact bibliography documenting the release and its technical, institutional, and scholarly context.
In the AB[500]: Art Blocks
Art Blocks explains the wallet connection and purchase process through which collectors participate in its generative releases.
Purchase guidePress and criticism
OpenSea's feature explains how a hexadecimal seed supplies variables to an artist's algorithm to create deterministic Art Blocks outputs.
OpenSea featureMuseums and institutions
SaveArtSpace documents Generative Generation, a public exhibition organized with Art Blocks, StreetCode Academy, and the Philanthropic Ventures Foundation.
Generative GenerationEssays, talks and podcasts
Art Blocks discusses the relationship between generative code and artwork through its presentation of Larva Labs' Quines.
Code Generates ArtProfiles and archives
Raster aggregates usnea's tokenized works across platforms.
RasterA third-party archive preserves usnea's description as a generative and digital artist and architect, along with posts announcing transparency.
usnea social archivePlatform documentation
Art Blocks documents the on-chain architecture through which unique hashes are supplied to artist-authored scripts to produce deterministic works.
Art Blocks documentationArt Blocks' artist FAQ records creator guidance concerning pseudorandom number generation, static renders, and project activation.
Artist FAQArt Blocks explains that its Minter Suite provides artists with several methods for distributing work to collectors.
Minter SuiteResearch
A scholarly study examines how NFT standards and marketplaces define metadata and organize digital collections.
NFT metadata studyA large-scale study analyzes market trends, trading networks, and visual features across millions of NFT transactions.
Mapping the NFT revolutionA study of NFT metadata storage identifies risks created by reliance on centralized infrastructure.
Hidden RisksA peer-reviewed article surveys blockchain art markets and notes Art Blocks as an example of generative NFT production.
Blockchain art marketsUse this research
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