Joe Chiappetta's Blog, page 2

Silly Daddy Coins His Own Money

I have been studying economics and the digital transformation of money lately and have some not-so-serious thoughts (like the above Me-Money comic) and some serious thoughts below.

If a central bank ever decides to compete with bitcoin (which is a decentralized global currency and not government controlled), and that central bank starts to issue its own cryptocurrency, here are the some of the potential positive and negative impacts of such a venture:

Positive Impact to the government and central ...

Art Is Money: 10 Tips & Truths

Fellowship Of The Machine (detail) is rare digital art by Joe Chiappetta, available in select ArtVndngMchn Series 3 NFT packs. The full piece is a statement on how fine art, machines, and money have converged into one bizarre and fantastical fellowship. Art Is Money: 10 Tips & TruthsEconomics, art, and blockchain fell into a blender and out popped NFTs.By Joe Chiappetta
NFTs Take Large Share of Total Art Market SalesThe rare digital art NFT industry has become a very large economic engine in the ...

ArtVndngMchn Series 3 Announcement

ArtVndngMchn Series 3: CryptoSkateboards and Other Things that Fly
Launching February 26th, 2022 at 9am Pacific TimeFine art NFTs wrapped in randomized packages10% donated to charityCryptoart OGs and emerging artistsOn Wax Blockchain ArtVndngMchn Series 3 NFT fine art pack art by Joe Chiappetta ArtVndngMchn is a digital fine art collection that wraps curated, top-notch paintings and drawings into surprise NFT packages on the WAX blockchain. With its new Series 3 pack release, ArtVndngMchn is bac...

What Is ArtVndngMchn?

Art within art, with an unpredictably gamified life of its own.

ArtVndngMchn Logo is rare digital art by Joe Chiappetta, available on AtomicHub.

The first thing to understand about ArtVndngMchn is that it is a multifaceted art project. As soon as a community member tries to describe it, they are simultaneously correct--yet leaving out so much. That's because ArtVndngMchn has never been about just one thing.

[image error]Park Afternoon is rare digital art by famly.photo, available on AtomicHub. In fact, Ar...

Short Story Party

[image error]Short Story Party is an event flyer and rare digital art by Joe Chiappetta, available on AtomicHub.

Is this a metaverse event flyer or an animated piece of art? Yes to both.

ArtVndngMchn presents:

Short Story Party!

When: Friday October 22, 2021 from 7pm to 8pm UTC.

What: Come to ArtVndngMchn Amusement Park and read exclusive (very) short stories as part of this interactive fine art, gaming, and literature experience in our 3D virtual world.

Where: Minecraft Java Edition in The Uplift World server cal...

ArtVndngMchn Woman

ArtVndngMchn Woman is 1 of 1 rare digital art by Joe Chiappetta, available on AtomicHub. This new painting represents a stand-alone NFT piece of retro fine art while also serving as an illustration to a sci-fi short story that can only be read in the ArtVndngMchn Amusement Park on a Minecraft server called The Uplift World. As someone living in Southern California for many years now, I appreciate how this artwork looks like it could be a scene from one of our beachfront piers or marketplaces jus...

NFT Events in The Uplift World

Art Jump is rare digital art by Joe Chiappetta, available on NeftyBlocks. At ArtVndngMchn Amusement Park, players can come to do art jumps through multiple elevations of fine art... if only they dare!
Through my ArtVndngMchn fine art project, I am co-hosting a number of highly interactive events in The Uplift World this week. The Uplift World is basically Minecraft morphed into 3D art galleries of interactive exhibits and adventures with NFT integration built into the environment. We are givi...

MERCYworldwide Thanks ArtVndngMchn

ArtVndngMchn is a fine art project involving over 20 international artists releasing fine art NFTs in wrapped randomized bundles on the WAX blockchain. Series 1 of ArtVndngMchn donated over $4,000 to MERCYworldwide. ArtVndngMchn Series 2, which launches July 10th at 9am PST, will donate 25% of the profits to MERCYworldwide. On the eve of the series 2 launch, Nick Bordieri, the Executive Director of MERCYworldwide, sent the following thank-you letter.

Dear Joe,
A BIG thank you to you and your fello...

ArtVndngMchn 2: Restocked with New Fine Art

ArtVndngMchn is a fine art NFT collection wrapped in randomized bundles on WAX blockchain. Series 2 goes on sale July 10th, 2021 at 9am PST. (Series 1 sold out in 26 seconds.) 25% donated to MERCYworldwide's Real MERCY School, Okobaba, Nigeria.22 artists contribute some of their best artworks.Fine artists from 6 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Germany, Italy, USA.214 original rare digital artworks minted in a variety of rarity levels, including 74 Mythic editions of only 1.Themes: Uplifti...

Chiappetta Fine Art NFTs on WAX

Bold Face of Color is rare digital art by Joe Chiappetta, available on AtomicHub.
Chiappetta Collection of Fine Art Comes to WAXOld-School Artist Finds New Groove on WAX BlockchainMarch 2021 by Joe Chiappetta, Riverside, California

WAX has become world-famous as the go-to blockchain to release brand-name collectible cards and gaming items, also known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Atari, William Shatner, Garbage Pail Kids, and Street Fighter are just some of the prominent official NFT collections...