AOTB in the DMV - Top 5, January 22, 2019 Ft. NANU BERKS 1. December 21, 2019 - Article - "Lightning Network Milestone - Micro-Auction Art Piece sells for $0.000000037" by Georgi Georgiev. An art piece entitled "Black Swan" by Cryptograffiti was auctioned to the lowest bidder for a milli-satoshi using the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Cryptograffiti is quoted as posting "I'm excited about a future where micropayments are omnipresent. Artists paid by the view...writers by the poem...musicians by the listen." https://bitcoinist.com/lightning-network-black-swan-cryptograffiti/ 2. January 4, 2019 - Article: PixEOS - "Pixel-by-Pixel, New Project Offers Game Where Crypto Players Can Create Blockchain Art" by Connor Blenkinsop quote: " Offering a 1 million pixel canvas, PixEOS Paint offers a profit-sharing system where players can paint pixels over one another and create a collaborative art piece. At the conclusion of every game, a blank canvas begins." Reminds me of DadaNYC project. Scheduled to launch the first quarter of 2019. Canvas turns into a non-fungible token. Users can vote on favorite canvas. Work will go to highest bidder on PixEOS Auction House. https://cointelegraph.com/news/pixel-by-pixel-new-project-offers-game-where-crypto-players-can-create-blockchain-art 3. January 6, 2019 - Article: "Will the crypto art market continue to expand in 2019?" by David Robb. According to the article, at least one art retailer, Lynx Art Collection, owned by Frank McKeever, said the bear market had little effect on sales, selling over 1,000 pieces of crypto art repesenting 75% of the company's sales. https://www.chepicap.com/en/news/6420/will-the-crypto-art-market-continue-to-expand-in-2019-.html 4. Event - Spring 2019 - Crypto and Digital Art Fair- organized by New Art Academy https://www.cadaf.io 5. Event - May 18, 2019 - RareAF2 - Bonus - Event February 2019 - TabCon in Atlanta tabconf.com Follow @nanuberks on twitter or visit nanuberks.com for more info Follow @AOTB_Podcast on twitter All music and editing done by DJ J-Scrilla News gathered by Cynthia Gayton BTC tip address: 1D3DYP4nBC5DqTm1g5GeKf1uWeemLipwpY