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Oct 16, 2021

NiftyBills: The Generative NFT Project That Looks Like A Million Dollars

· NiftyBills are created with authentic banknote design protocols, including guilloche patterns, genuine typeface, and banknote industry standards. · The variable elements of NiftyBills are designed to be both true to genuine currency, and also offer exciting rarity dynamics for collectors. · 9,999 NiftyBills will be dropped. · NiftyBills will…

Nft

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NiftyBills: The Generative NFT Project That Looks Like A Million Dollars
NiftyBills: The Generative NFT Project That Looks Like A Million Dollars
Nft

3 min read


Sep 18, 2020

Advice For Artists: The Van Gogh Paradox

What is success? Is money success? Money is the major limiting factor in our lives, which makes it a contentious measure of success. To say it isn’t so seems to ignore our dependency on money. But to say that money=success would unfairly imply that the starving millions are failures. My…

Cryptoart

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Advice For Artists: The Van Gogh Paradox
Advice For Artists: The Van Gogh Paradox
Cryptoart

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Sep 17, 2020

The Last Drops Of 2020 — Olympians, Snakes & Lions

I had a very specific art plan for 2020, which in spite of everything, is on track. I wanted to take my techniques to beyond portraiture, beyond the banknote format, to make huge, ambitious, detailed art. I’m pleased to say, September will be the month where I reach my goal. …

Cryptoart

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The Last Drops Of 2020! — Olympians, Snakes & l
The Last Drops Of 2020! — Olympians, Snakes & l
Cryptoart

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Aug 1, 2020

The Transparent Pixel — Cryptoart’s Bananagate? A Thesis In 5 Parts

1. Innocence The thing that characterizes cryptoart and the rare digital art/collectible space, in its present form, is innocence. Anything in its early stages is filled with hope and promise, and a sense of pioneering fresh, unexplored space. …

Cryptoart

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The Transparent Pixel — Cryptoart’s Bananagate? A Thesis In 5 Parts
The Transparent Pixel — Cryptoart’s Bananagate? A Thesis In 5 Parts
Cryptoart

7 min read


Jun 30, 2020

June/July Update: Bitcoin, $Paper & Gold

Last day of June, first day of July, a new quarter, the middle of 2020 — the perfect moment for a timely update. Let’s play a game: a variation of ‘rock-paper-scissors’… It’s ‘Bitcoin-$Paper-Gold’ … BITCOIN: LAS PARABOLAS FOR THE PRINT! I have the green light to print my Las Parabolas…

Bitcoin

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June/July Update: Bitcoin, $Paper & Gold
June/July Update: Bitcoin, $Paper & Gold
Bitcoin

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Jun 16, 2020

$PAPER: The world’s first physically backed social token.

I. WHAT IS $PAPER? $PAPER is a social currency with three elements: THE TOKEN THE NFT ARTWORK THE PHYSICAL ARTWORK THE TOKEN $PAPER token is a digital social token, with an issue limit of 10,000,000. Aside from an initial pool, 6.8 million $PAPER will be released over 3 years, in monthly tranches. THE NFT ARTWORK $PAPER NFTs are digitally…

Nft

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$PAPER: The world’s first physically backed social token.
$PAPER: The world’s first physically backed social token.
Nft

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Jun 11, 2020

Reconcile: Artist Statement On New Work

View new work on SuperRare here: https://superrare.co/tombadley The full meaning of my work isn’t yet known. You can’t see the full picture yet… I consciously make art from a place of knowing — to some extent — the future. I reach into the future and grab my ideas from there…

Cryptoart

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Reconcile: Artist Statement On New Work
Reconcile: Artist Statement On New Work
Cryptoart

5 min read


May 24, 2020

No Lazy Masterpieces.

A masterpiece is a work of art of “outstanding creativity, skill, profundity, or workmanship”. Not all creators aspire to make masterpieces, but I do — I believe that life is to be lived constructively, and that means committing to excellence. How high can excellence go and to to what lengths…

Cryptocurrency

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No Lazy Masterpieces.
No Lazy Masterpieces.
Cryptocurrency

2 min read


May 14, 2020

May 2020 Update: Cash, Gold & Social Tokens

I’m excited to share updates on the progress of new projects… $PAPER First, my new social token, launching soon! $PAPER will be a ‘physically-backed’ social currency like no other — both the embodiment of my art, my process, and my continuing project to encourage crypto adoption, in a collaborative format. …

Cryptocurrency

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May 2020 Update: Cash, Gold & Social Tokens
May 2020 Update: Cash, Gold & Social Tokens
Cryptocurrency

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Mar 22, 2020

2020s: The Age Of Modesty

The age of modesty, sincerity and grace is here! Welcome! There were many paths, but the destination was certain. A global pandemic forces isolated Humans to consider what they truly value, and quarantine becomes a time of introspection and deeper connection to each one’s personal truth. …

Feminism

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2020s: The Age Of Modesty
2020s: The Age Of Modesty
Feminism

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Tom Badley

Tom Badley

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Director of www.independentcurrencies.com and artist at www.tombadley.net

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