We speak to Julien Niset of Argent about crypto wallets, how they work, and how Argent has designed theirs around the concept of Account Abstraction, which we unpack in some detail during the show. We also talk about EIP-4337 which makes Account Abstraction a more established concept in the Ethereum Community

We also talk about Zk Proofs, Zk Sync and Starkware, and, of course, NFTs on Argent.

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In this episode we talk to Erika Knierim of Nomic Consulting, a legal "engineer" who is advising artists as well as institutions, galleries, and collectors on the how to be legally compliant when releasing, purchasing or collecting NFT artwork,

We discussed securities (and why she thinks NFTs should all be considered as such), regulatory frameworks in the US and Europe, KYC, digital identity, and more.

Some of the links we mentionned

https://ubirch.com/

https://kyax.com/

https://www.kali.gg/

A conversation with Maria-Paula (MP) and Trent from JPG.space, the OG curatorial platform for NFTs.

We discuss the principles that drive JPG, their new "Canon" concept, derived from the older Token Curated Registry (TCR) primitive, and of course what curation means in general and in the NFT space in particular.

Aubrey Anderson has had a unique career in the software development and creative fields. Working for Sun, and Apple, co-founding the Barbarian Group and other businesses, he now focuses on https://ncc.la/. He develops tools for creatives with a strong focus on music. He is also the first person we have spoken to who is developing mainly on the Algorand blockchain, and he explains why.

We dive into music NFTs, the reasons for building now more than ever, the democratization of access, royalties, and the need to pay attention to what big corporations don't want us to do and double down on it. We also discussed why its better for artists to not completely get rid of intermediaries, and why traditional artists should explore blockchain-based approaches.

In this episode we focus on NFT Smart Contracts, how they are made, what are the things people often don't know about their structure and their fragility.

Jake also touched on a critical aspect of NFTs, which is that we believe them to be valid "tokens" to validate ownership of artwork because of a social consensus, beyond just an unbreakable technical implementation.

We also discussed Javascript vs Solidity, ERC721 as a standard, and the potential demised of the term "NFT".

The rhizome article mentioned can be found here : https://rhizome.org/editorial/2021/mar/12/before-the-boom/

In this episode we focus on Smart Contracts, building on top of our first episode around Blockchains.

Nathan Ginnever and Scott Brewer are seasoned smart contract developers. In a conversation that sometimes became a bit technical, we discuss the potential and limitations of smart contracts, their history, and their implementation in the NFT space.

Some of the terms we used, such as account abstraction, are a bit complex and require additional context. Find us on Twitter for any questions about all these more abstract concepts

@parallel__art

In this first episode we break down blockchains with Sean Moss-Pultz, CEO of Bitmark.com

Sean has a long history working with blockchains, and Bitmark has been pushing new ways of interacting with them across multiple domains. We learned about Bitmark because of Feralfile.com, an NFT marketplace we find to be one of the most interesting of the current landscape.

We discuss different ways of representing blockchains, metaphors that might make the concept more understandable, and ways of thinking about them that shed more light on their importance for the present and the future.

We mention Sean's blog on Medium, which you can find here

https://medium.com/@bitmark

An introduction to the Terms of Service Podcast, and an explanation as to why another podcast on web3 is needed. In a series of interviews with builders in the space, we unpack, for the art and culture industries specifically, the concepts that need to be understood to engage meaningfully with this essential field.