#TECHMENTAL
“SURPRISINGLY HUMAN”
Miami Web3 collective that procures #TechEquity through elaborate styles of mediums and cryptic vocations, seemingly projected through an array of authentic tokenized media.
CRYPTO ART + MIX MEDIA
1. MANIFESTO
TechMental identifies as strategic marketing, designing, and pixel developer, who has span decades producing websites, graphic arts, and street art from the neon shores of Miami, Florida USA.
The Web has evolved from the dark days of 14K chatrooms into a metaverse of decentralized fundamentals, and as an established pixel pusher – the constant rediscovery of fresh avenues for creating mixed media projects that represent a brand or a corporation is key for web supremacy. The satisfaction of producing media assets for a greater purpose beyond the commercial facade of corporate agendas in exchange for a decentralized opus, enriches the freedom of raw creativity.
The Crypto Art that TechMental continues to push forward engages the boundaries of an architectural symmetry between the author and the token holder. A mere reflection of its imaginary topography rooted in an organic society, whilst against the grain of the mundane.
2. ($ENS) Ethereum Name Service | Web3 Domains
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is an open and extensible naming system based on Web3 Technology. It is the leading blockchain-based naming infrastructure project and maps human-readable names to machine-readable identifiers such as Ethereum addresses. This system has similar goals to DNS, but it is not a replacement for DNS. The concept is similar to using a domain name in place of an IP address.
One Name For All of Your Cryptocurrencies:
No more copying and pasting long addresses. Use your ENS name to store all of your addresses and receive payments in any cryptocurrency.
Decentralized Websites:
Launch censorship-resistant decentralized websites with ENS. Upload your website to an IPFS Manager and access it with your ENS name.
3. IPFS / InterPlanetary File System
The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a protocol and peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system. IPFS uses content-addressing to uniquely identify each file in a global namespace connecting all computing devices.
IPFS allows users to not only receive but host content, in a similar manner to BitTorrent. As opposed to a centrally located server, IPFS is built around a decentralized system of user-operators who hold a portion of the overall data, creating a resilient system of file storage and sharing. Any user in the network can serve a file by its content address, and other peers in the network can find and request that content from any node who has it using a distributed hash table (DHT).
The first search engine / directory for ENS + IPFS websites, called Almonit, launched in January 2020. You can visit it at almonit.eth (or almonit.eth.link) and browse their directory of decentralized websites on their Discover page. Browser support is going well! You can now visit ENS + IPFS websites in Brave, Opera, Status, MetaMask Mobile, any browser with the MetaMask extension, and more. The IPFS daemon also now comes with ENS support.
4. DECENTRALIZED APPS
(DApps) are a growing movement of Decentralized Applications that use Ethereum to disrupt business models or invent new ones. Innovators from across the globe are developing an entire new spectrum of (DApps) not limited to ESports, Social, Art, Real Estate and Finance communities. Decentralized finance (DeFi) are applications that focus on building out financial services using cryptocurrencies. They offer the likes of lending, borrowing, earning interest, and private payments – no personal data required.
DApps have their backend code (smart contracts) running on a decentralized network and not a centralized server. They use the Ethereum blockchain for data storage and smart contracts for their app logic.
A smart contract is like a set of rules that live on-chain for all to see and run exactly according to those rules. Imagine a vending machine: if you supply it with enough funds and the right selection, you’ll get the item you want. And like vending machines, smart contracts can hold funds much like your Ethereum account. This allows code to mediate agreements and transactions.
5. NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS
ERC-721 / ERC-1155 are open standards that describe how to build non-fungible or unique tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. These avant-garde technologies open doors to decentralize opportunities where one can manifest rare and collectible assets that are unique from one another.
Graphic Designers, Web Developers and Programmers are transcending into Crypto Artists armed with a decentralized palette that conceptualizes, creates and capitalizes their artistry through an encrypted canvas. Museums, Galleries and Art collectors are flocking to unlock these rare tokenized collectibles as they’re added to their own portfolios as virtual assets.
Ethereum, EOS and ChainLink are just a few of the Blockchains that are leading by example within the Non-Fungible Token capacity.
6. VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE
If we’ve learned anything as a society from the year 2020 while living in a social distancing world due to Covid-19 restrictions, its that virtual technology is no longer the future of modern communication, but in essence it is the modern day right of passage to freedom from physical social impediments.
Whether you’re a University Professor conducting a class through ZOOM, a Physician practicing diagnostic care through TeleHealth, or you’re rushing home to gear up for a virtual music concert event in Decentraland. One thing is certain, we are all witnessing the world entering a new realm of social interconnections, a paradigm shift of virtual endless possibilities.
SuperWorld is cornering the Virtual Real Estate market by using an ERC-721 standard of tradable assets, meaning that each plot is a non-fungible token (NFT) — characterized by its digital scarcity as a collectible and wholly distinct asset to buy, sell, trade, or hold.
So, when you buy a piece of SuperWorld virtual real estate, you acquire a unique and immutable piece of the Ethereum blockchain, including monetization opportunities available on your virtual property.
#BITCOIN
“The ability to create something which is not duplicable in the digital world has enormous value… Lot’s of people will build businesses on top of that.” – Eric Schmidt
#CRYPTOART
“Tokenization applies to scarce assets. Today, the most appropriate thing to tokenize is something that’s purely digital.”
– Balaji Srinivasan
#ETHEREUM
Today, billions of people can’t open bank accounts, others have their payments blocked. Ethereum’s decentralized finance (DeFi) system never sleeps or discriminates.
#NFT
CRYPTO
ART
★ DAUGHTERBOARD NFT | UKRAINE DAO ★
/ˈdôtərˌbôrd/ an expansion circuit card affixed to a motherboard that accesses memory and the CPU directly rather than through a bus.
Daughterboard was inspired by the relentless tenacity of survival against all odds. A digital mosaic provoking transparency through a veil of modern warfare and all of the corporate theatrics that takes place behind the scenes, while innocent lives hang in the balance on 4K screens across America.
The scene is set on a postwar Soviet circuit board, where most of the game pieces are placed based on their political motives.
Cryptocurrencies are showing their teeth through their utility by circumventing all censorship of global bias via blockchain technology. Bitcoin warriors are on the cusp of crushing the Russian Ruble by rising another 140% – meanwhile, Crypto Artists worldwide are funding their Degen counterparts in Ukraine with Ethereum, through Decentralize Autonomous Organizations.
Social media evangelists across the globe are declaring Peace & Unity, but alas its easier typed than done. Seems the entire young world has enrolled in Political Science 101 at their local Community College via CNN Zoom and unfortunately contrary to popular belief, credits do not transfer over.
Echoes of school children laughing have fallen on deaf ears only to be replaced by the stained silhouette of orphans playing PTSD 2K22 on a never-ending loop in real time.
According to legend, the King of the North will continue to threaten the world through malevolence power as one of the last super potentials on Earth, only to succumb to the King of the South – until the end of days.
Dedicated to Ulka Mak and her journey to freedom, while fleeing her home, a war-torn Ukraine.
#BTC
2022
MIA
★ THE LARGEST BITCOIN EVENT IN HISTORY WELCOMES YOU TO MIAMI BEACH ★
Bitcoin 2021 was the biggest Bitcoin event in history with a sold-out crowd of 12,000 attendees. In 2022, we’ll bring together over 35,000 Bitcoiners from around the world, as we work to accelerate hyperbitcoinization.
With headliners such as Jack Dorsey, Nick Szabo, Michael Saylor, Cynthia Lummis and Tony Hawk, Bitcoin 2021 set the stage for an even better 2022. Join us as we take this event to the moon.
April 6: Industry Day
April 7: Main Conference (Day 1)
April 8: Main Conference (Day 2)
April 9: Sound Money Fest
THE VENUE
Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Dr.,
Miami Beach, FL, 33139, USA
Located in the heart of Miami Beach, the Miami Beach Convention Center is a world-class event space with capacity for over 100,000 people. MBCC is a global destination and has played host to some of the largest gatherings in the world.
From unforgettable nightlife to beautiful beaches, the venue and destination were chosen to provide Bitcoin 2022 attendees with a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
#NFT
CRYPTO
ART
★ SuperWorld and SuperRare partner up for a groundbreaking NFT Takeover in Augmented Reality ★
This past week, SuperWorld spent time at Miami Art Week, and we’ve got lots to report. First and foremost, RAREWORLD, our collaboration with NFT platform SuperRare at the Miami Convention Center, was a resounding success. In what was dubbed an “NFT Takeover,” SuperWorld and SuperRare exhibited 3D digital art and sculptures from renowned NFT artists in Augmented Reality (AR), with the works on display sold on SuperRare via a reserve auction throughout the week.
The immersive works in RAREWORLD were installed in AR throughout the Convention Center in guerrilla fashion, probably by gnomes or some other extraction of .glb goblins 👀 ….Then, visitors were encouraged to locate the art, snap a screenshot of the works in-situ and share them on social media for an opportunity to win a POAP (Proof of Attendance Protocol) badge to collect as a memento of the event.
#NFT
CRYPTO
ART
★ Wild West Crypto Show @ FTX Arena + NFT BZL ★
Wynita Yancy, Certified Life Coach and Fitness Trainer, fills in for Drew Taylor and Brent Bates at the NFT BZL conference in Miami, Florida on November 30th to interview and learn all about the NFT craze!
We caught up with Devon and TechMental to learn more about SuperWorld, a virtual world where you can buy, sell, collect, and curate over 64 billion unique plots of virtual land.
NFT —
This ERC-721 Non-fungible Token encompasses an original animated video that represents the discovery of the Emerald Matrix.
This ERC-721 Non-fungible Token, also includes the ownership of an Emerald stone.
#NFT
CRYPTO
ART
★ EMERALD MATRIX NFT: ANIMATION + EMERALD STONE ★
The ancient planet of Esmaurade was inhabited by a congress of hexagonal systems that adorn endless moons with a hemispheric silhouette of crystals.
Fyah, the 4th sun in the Cyclosilicate Galaxy completes one life cycle every 730 Esmaurade nights, where there are no days only dark shades of glimmering jade.
On its celestial mark, Fyah illuminates the galaxy and by proxy had Esmaurade in its crosshairs. A brilliance penetrates the jaded atmosphere unveiling all that is true, all that is beautiful, all that is Emerald. With one single pull of its cosmic drape, all that was dark now contains an abundance of radiant life.
In the far distance a source of vibration is felt increasingly closer and stronger with every Cyclosilicate second that vanishes into infinity.
A Galaxian Typhoon is on the horizon, a congress of planetoids embarks on a doomsday scenario, where Esmaurade’s luster hangs in the balance.
A tidal wave of rogue disciples disguised as broken planets breech the celestine chamber, with absolutely no remorse for the death of decadence.
Billions of quartz shatter in concert, in wake of a symphony of Brute-force attacks ricocheting at Warp 9.
An aftermath of destruction looms in silence where once a galactic olive tree hung, leaving only ubiquitous orphans of Emerald Matrix to seek refuge throughout the Metaverse on distant life stars.
Let it be known, whomever governs this ancient stone and holds its lore true, will eternally inherit the lifeforce of Esmaurade, along with the power of its legend.
NFT —
This ERC-721 Non-fungible Token encompasses an original animated video that represents the discovery of the Emerald Matrix.
This ERC-721 Non-fungible Token, also includes the ownership of an Emerald stone.
#NFT
VIRTUAL
LAND
★ SuperWorld Land Owner Interview: TechMental ★
We go in-depth on virtual real estate, augmented reality, non-fungible tokens, and the metaverse in this interview!
If you want to learn what’s possible in blockchain virtual worlds, like SuperWorld and Decentraland, watch this video entirely! Then, jump into SuperWorld and begin augmenting your reality, curating your own world to enhance your everyday life and share with others.
Show off your NFT collections in augmented reality, to be experienced physically or virtually, anywhere in the world! Create an art exhibit in Times Square or through a popular hiking trail in your own city, and show it off to the world!
#NFT
VIRTUAL
WORLDS
★ PRANKSY'S PALOOZA @ DECENTRALAND ★
Lobby: ARTorDAI battle will be held on August 16th @ 3pm PT × 6pm ET × 10pm UTC (@ShytoshiKusama VS. @diegrich) PRIZE: 350 DAI to the winning Artist, 100 DAI to the collector
First Floor: Kalamint highlighted artists and BB Studios artists’ “Heroes Vs. Villains” collection submissions
Second Floor: SuperWorld highlighted artists
Third Floor: Artists curated by VALIANT, BB Studios, and Kadine James and The Immersive KIND
Fourth Floor: Eric(SecondRealm)’s Brutalist mannequin series and SINthesis avatars series
Fifth Floor: Avastars and NFT42 crew
Sixth Floor: Trevor and Violet Jones
#NFT
CRYPTO
ART
★ NFT Warp Zone X NES Minus World ★ 36th Glitch Anniversary ★
Yabro has tunneled into a strange new world, a SuperWorld of pixeled game characters that inhabit an *NFT Warp Zone.
(1/1 ERC721) Audio / Video Token depicting a tribute to the 8-bit / 16-bit video game era, in true Trash Art Glitch fashion.
The Minus World is a glitched level found in the 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System video game Super Mario Bros., which is found after World 1-2.
In order to encounter it, players must maneuver Mario through the bricks separating the normal exit from the Warp Zone area.
So long as players do not lock the screen in position, players can make Mario enter the first Warp Pipe before the “Welcome to Warp Zone!” text is revealed.
The console did not have a method to check for collisions between tiles, and the task of checking all points around a tile for possible collision points was too difficult for the game’s MOS Technology 6502.
Have an Art Project in mind that you feel would make a cool NFT?
Currently accepting submissions from Musicians, Beat producers, Film makers, Graphic designers, Graffiti writers, Street artists, and all content creators who would like their digital content tokenized onto the Metaverse. Ask TechMental about Turnkey NFT Collections.
