NFTs through the looking glass
What’s an NFT? As crypto assets leap into the headlines, the race is on for people to understand the blockchain and crypto world, and a new series of bite sized guides is helping newcomers to do just that.
Whether we’re going ‘down the rabbit-hole’, as they say in crypto, or through the looking glass, Wonderland awaits. Unlike Alice’s discovery, this technology is not fantasy but real and it’s delivering tangible benefits to people around the world.
'What's Hot in Blockchain and Crypto - Volume 2' leads the reader through the looking glass on a global journey to the cutting edge of a transformative technology. It brings you news of accelerating crypto adoption, insights from scifi fandom into the importance of NFTs in protecting intellectual property, and using the same NFT approach to preserve and enhance museum pieces. It takes a global perspective on tech, featuring tales from Europe, Africa, the US and Asia about innovation and the regulation that surrounds it. Fifteen carefully curated interviews provide a snapshot of real applications of blockchain and crypto, awakening interest in new readers and drawing them into this realm.
Frances Liddell’s work on the digital lives of cultural objects is one unusual application featured in the book.
“I was thrilled to be interviewed about my work with NFTs,” says Frances. “Blockchain technology has given us a way to embed rich, lived experience into museum artefacts. It’s a truly fascinating area.”
This second volume also includes discussions with Lewis Cohen of DLx Law, who navigated the regulatory chessboard for the Kraken exchange and Pocketful of Quarters; Ethan Vera of crypto mining company Luxor Tech who explains the background to the emerging market for hash rates, and Hartej Sawhney of Zokyo, auditing smart contracts and improving security. We also hear from Devina Paul of Zumo, Laura Bailey of Qad:Re, Ethan Pierse of the CryptoAssets Institute and Morten Rongaard of Doctor Who Worlds Apart.
Lavinia D. Osbourne, Host and Founder of Women in Blockchain Talks, says, "You cannot help but be entertained, awed and excited by this space… This is an experience of individuals sharing their passion and the real-life solutions they are creating."
The series is the brainchild of Ash Costello, a privacy and blockchain lawyer who advises international entities on privacy for blockchain and cryptocurrencies. She wanted to know about the latest emerging projects in blockchain technology and realised there was a gap in the market. Ash met established emerging technology author Kate Baucherel through women in blockchain network The Bigger Pie, and the two have begun a series of collaborations on the 'hot' projects in the blockchain and crypto industry.
'What’s Hot in Blockchain and Crypto - Volume 2' and 'What’s Hot in Blockchain and Crypto - Volume 1' by Ash Costello and Kate Baucherel are now available on Amazon Kindle worldwide.
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