Excerpts of Gridlock
Own a digital collectible excerpt from the novel, Hope Runners of Gridlock. Hope Runners of Gridlock is a story about finding hope and belonging in a cyberpunk city with radical markets. It's available on Gumroad and Amazon (pay-what-you-want) and released under creative commons.
Excerpts Of Gridlock
Excerpts of Gridlock is a digital art project that allows readers to collect 15 unique and scarce excerpts from the novel. This is a proof-of-concept to showcase that in creative works, content can be readily accesible, but still allow the creator to earn from it by selling unique, exclusive digital merchandise related to the creative work. In this case, with fiction, a reader can own specific excerpts secured by the Ethereum blockchain.Collect
There are 15 excerpts available from the novel. To own an excerpt, an initial auction is being conducted for a week on OpenSea.io. A winning bid will automatically be decided by Sunday, December 13th, 2020. After that, future owners would have to contact the owners and bid on them in order to collect an excerpt.*SPOILERS*
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Collect Excerpt 14 on OpenSea.Excerpt 15
Collect Excerpt 15 on OpenSea.Technicals
The excerpts are secured according the ERC721 standard. The code is available on Github if anyone wishes to implement a similar project.FAQ
Why not always-on-sale excerpts?
A core part of the novel covers always-on-sale cars in a gridlock. For this project, however, I wanted to stick with the proof-of-concept of creating collectible excerpts. If successful, I will consider creating an always-on-sale work related to the novel.Will this be all the Hope Runners of Gridlock Collectibles?
As mentioned above, I am working on additional collectibles related to the novel, but none of them would be direct excerpts from the novel in this format.Where can I read the novel?
More Details Here. Pay-what-you-want (fiat or crypto) on Gumroad and $4.99 on Amazon.About The Creator:
I'm a creator at heart. I have created games, writing, music, code, companies, art, and new economics. Solving the problems of the creator has always been important to me. In the past I co-founded Ujo Music, working with Grammy-winning artists such as Imogen Heap and RAC to launch the first music royalty projects using smart contracts. I've helped kickstart wholly new markets and economies. I helped to create the Ethereum ERC20 token standard and token bonding curves, technologies that's currently facilitating economies worth several billion dollars of value. I enjoy creating new forms of art and experimenting with ways to empower creatives. I have more digital art available here. The first artwork that is always on sale.Swing me a follow on Twitter! @simondlr.
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