Gamma.io, Xverse, Bitcoin Magazine Announce Ordinals Alley Artist Open Call
Collaborate with renowned curators from the web3 and traditional art to highlight the new art medium, and settle on the longest-lived and most secure blockchain, Bitcoin.
PALO ALTO, California, 30 March 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Gamma.iothe open marketplace and creator launch pad for Bitcoin NFTs; Xversethe most advanced and user-friendly Bitcoin wallet; and Bitcoin Bladethe oldest and most established source of Bitcoin news; have jointly launched an initiative to showcase new visual artists at Bitcoin Miami 2023’s Ordinals Alley – the first ever art gallery for Bitcoin ordinals, and presented in the largest Bitcoin conference all over the world.
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Ordinals and inscriptions are a technology that allows artists to preserve their work and ensure longevity. While some Bitcoin maximalists claim ordinals are spam, a growing number of artists are embracing this technology and exploiting it Bitcoin as it was designed – in an open, permissionless and immutable way.
Xverse CEO, Ken Liaoshared, “Xverse’s Bitcoin wallet puts the keys in the creator’s hands, so they can secure their work directly on Bitcoin blockchain and distribute it in a way that cannot be mitigated. This is made possible through our secure design and direct integrations with web3 apps like Gamma.”
The Artist Open Call is an opportunity for emerging artists to showcase their work to a global audience. Six featured artists will be selected by a curation committee of influential web3 curators. The committee consists of members from Art Blocks, 6529, Bright Moments, The Medici Collection and others, and with experience from traditional art and auction houses.
“Gamma’s focus, from day one, has been to empower creators with simple and powerful tools to launch their works on Bitcoin. Together with Xverse, we bring even more visibility and exposure to new artists from web3, and those who are interested Bitcoin for the first time,” said Gamma founder and CEO, Jamil Dhanani.
The gallery’s curation is led by Dennis Kochart gallery director for Bitcoin Magazine, and Hugo Pouchard, art curator and advisor for Gamma and Xverse, ex. Christie’s, Artsy.net. “Despite criticism from Bitcoin maximalists, the Ordinals protocol is a remarkable technology that empowers artists and their work in the long run. The gallery will explore the evolving relationship between the art world, the medium and crypto society,” Pouchard said.
About Gamma
Gamma is the open marketplace for Bitcoin NFTs, powered by ordinals on L1 and stacks on L2. Gamma consists of three core platforms: a starter platform for no-code creators, an open marketplace, and API infrastructure services, which power dozens of dapps and wallets in the programmable Bitcoin ecosystem. The marketplace has enabled millions of dollars worth of transactions and supports trading of the largest number of collections on any platform built on Bitcoin.
About Xverse
Xverse builds the world’s most advanced and user-friendly Bitcoin Web3 wallet. Xverse gives individuals worldwide access to the true potential of Bitcoin for Ordinals, NFTs, DeFi and decentralized applications by delivering a beautifully designed, easy-to-use wallet. Available for iOS and Android, as well as a Chrome browser extension, Xverse allows users to secure, manage and share Bitcoin on L1, as well as L2s like Stacks, and soon Lightning Network.
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