Alexander Watanabe is the artist & founder of Unsigned Algorithms - the first algorithmically generated art living on #Cardano

EPISODE LINKS:
Unsig Website: https://www.unsigs.com/
Unsig Twitter:   / unsigned_algo  
Unsig Discord:   / discord  
Unsig Telegram: https://t.me/unsigned_algorithms
CNFT Marketplace: https://cnft.io/marketplace.php?s=0e1...

PODCAST INFO:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KkgX35...
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast...

OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:16 - Guest intro
4:40 - Presentation begins
4:50 - Programmatic #NFT
5:00 - Purpose of unsigs
6:05 - Unsig context
7:17 - Technology informs design
10:28 - NFTs = JPGs on chain?
12:25 - Biggest fear for unsigs
14:15 - Unsig h8ers
15:00 - Art = universal truth
16:14 - Art and entropy
19:14 - Precedent = Sol LeWitt
20:20 - Template for unsigs
21:31 - What is an algorithm?
22:45 - Art from Code
24:00 - Building blocks: Colour
24:35 - Building blocks: Distributions
25:47 - Building blocks: Rotation
26:28 - Building blocks: Multipliers
27:18 - Bit-based computing
29:22 - Bending the rules of art
30:25 - Stacking layers
32:30 - Form follows functions
33:00 - # 00000 genesis unsig
35:33 - # 00000 = load bearing column
36:28 - Parameters, properties, combinations
37:56 - 50 million unsigs filtered down to 31,119
39:07 - # 00007 unsig
39:08 - smaller number = less properties
39:31 - Single property unsigs = ≤12 of them
40:12 - # 00012 unsig
40:44 - # 00164 unsig
42:30 - # 27754 unsig = palette cleanser
45:20 - Unsig scarcity
46:20 - Horizontal scarcity
47:43 - The goal of unsigs
49:30 - Unsig community wallet
50:05 - End of presentation
50:52 - Shifting value towards ideas
51:05 - Unsig NFT is the code not the JPG
52:16 - Resolution independant
53:06 - Tokenising ideas
53:44 - Buying instructions for art
54:54 - Idea of art vs execution of art
55:37 - “Computer as a paint brush”
57:37 - Unsigs as lego
1:00:00 - Sparking creativity
1:02:07 - Cardano has a different community
1:03:05 - Multi chain NFTs
1:04:00 - Unsigs = “bits of text on chain”
1:05:00 - Balancing disorder and order
1:06:20 - Fundamental unsigs?
1:09:00 - Unsig failures
1:10:10 - User with 3000+ unsigs
1:10:50 - Marvel vs museum
1:12:50 - NFT ownership
1:14:50 - NFTs are about authenticity
1:16:45 - How to verify authentic unsigs?
1:17:15 - Unsig policy idea
1:19:35 - Policy ID = NFT signature
1:21:45 - What is generative art?
1:22:54 - Generative art formula: input x rules = output
1:25:29 - My psychological response to # 27754
1:29:00 - The moment we became besties lol
1:30:06 - My Māori, Irish and Norwegian heritage
1:32:20 - Designing a virtual museum for unsigs
1:32:50 - Connect with unsig community
1:36:20 - Financial opportunity for NFTs
1:38:40 - High creative IQ behind unsigs
1:39:40 - What excites you the most about the future of Cardano?
1:41:30 - Artist royalties built into NFTs
1:42:00 - Airdrop for new unsigs
1:42:35 - New business model for creatives
1:43:00 - Scaling impact through enabling creatives

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