Published in Coinmonks·PinnedWhere the Heck is MY Digital Art? a.k.a. Reading the Blockchain for Proof of OwnershipThe Simple Question of Ownership A dear friend of mine kept asking the questions: “What do I get when I buy a Non Fungible Token? How do I know that I bought it? How do I prove that I am the owner?” He is a skeptic. And he is very right to ask these questions…Art9 min readArt9 min read
Published in Coinmonks·Jan 1, 2021Falling Down the Digital DivideMy obviously biased and morbid biggest lesson from last year is that we are in an almost unstoppable technology driven risk environment. If you are eager for some gloomy predictions and depressing analysis; I urge you to read on.. — Is the Digital Divide for real? You probably have heard of Digital Divide concept years ago. In its most basic definition, it is the gap between those who benefit from the digitalization in general versus others who do not. 2020 tested this concept from many angles. When the global response to coronavirus, especially in vaccination, was…Technology9 min readTechnology9 min read
Published in Notum Ignotum·Dec 20, 2020Laurie Anderson: A Personal Tribute to More Than a MusicianWho is she? It was sometime around 1992. I had graduated from high school and preparing for the university. That was the high time of CDs in Istanbul. …Music9 min readMusic9 min read
Published in Coinmonks·Dec 1, 2020Digital Art Index: You Know We Know What You Seem to Know NowDigital Art space is booming on all cylinders. To quote a prominent collector, blogger, maverick and pioneer matthew.cent.eth (@niftytime): “Buying #CryptoArt today is like buying Bitcoin in 2010.” He continues: “Instead of spending 10,000 BTC on a pizza though, I bought a work of art that museums will kill for.” The growth is literally striking — from USD…Art6 min readArt6 min read
Sep 29, 2020Bitcoin: Kullanıcıların Cüzdanları, Cüzdanların Adresleri ve Adreslerin Bakiyelerinde KaybolmakKullanıcı Sayıları Bu sitenin 50 milyon kullanıcısı var. Bizim programı 20 milyon kişi indirdi ve 6 milyonu aktif hale getirdi. YouTube kanalımın abonesi 1 milyon ama nedense 500 bin kişi izliyor videoları. Kullanıcı sayılarına takığız. Haksız da değiliz. Kullanıcı sayıları bize sektörde ne kadar büyük olduğumuzu gösteriyor. Toplam kullanıcının yüzde 20’si burada…Bitcoin8 min readBitcoin8 min read
Published in Coinmonks·Sep 29, 2020Bitcoin: Getting Lost in Users’ Wallets, Wallets’ Addresses and Addresses’ BalancesUser Numbers This website has 50 million users. Our app has been downloaded by 20 million people and 6 million of them have activated it. My YouTube channel has 1 million subscribers but only 500 thousand watch the videos. We are fixated on user numbers. Somewhat rightly so. Number of users show…Bitcoin11 min readBitcoin11 min read
Published in Coinmonks·Sep 28, 2020Minting a Non Fungible Token: Personal Experience of a PhotographerThis article is intended to give a real life example on trying to deploy art in to non fungible tokens (NFT). I will not try to explain any concepts or terms here and only concentrate on specific actions and their results. I believe this could be helpful to a small…Ethereum7 min readEthereum7 min read
Published in Scrittura·Sep 22, 2020This morning, something was different..As the school started, something was radically different from the previous years: The kids were home. It took me a while to outwardly realize the difference as life with pandemic had become the norm for months in a row. What made the difference was an alarm clock, a wake-up call…World4 min readWorld4 min read
Published in Coinmonks·Sep 10, 2020Data Alert-1: Bitcoin Daily Sent Volume (USD) is IncreasingThis is the first of a format I will use to share an idea in a very short article form. This one deals with cryptocurrencies. So read on if it of interest to you. Summary: There is a marked increase since August 14 onwards in the amount of Bitcoin sent on-chain…Bitcoin4 min readBitcoin4 min read
Sep 3, 2020Blokzincir ve SanatZaman zaman Blokzincir üzerinde ne işler yapılabilir konusunda yazmak istiyorum. Bu alanda beni heyecanlandıran ana başlıklardan biri de sanat eserleriyle Blokzinciri bağlamaktı. Kendimi doğru ifade etmeliyim — buradaki amacım teknolojiye bir uygulama alanı bakmak değildi. …Sanat5 min readSanat5 min read
