In this interview episode of Waiting to Be Signed, artist CCDDBB (Claudio Dalla Bernardina) recounts growing up in a small village in Italy, learning BASIC on a VIC-20 and later HTML/JavaScript, studying fine arts/media design in Milan, doing 3D work and photography, producing documentaries, then moving to Thailand to manage a restaurant. He describes how COVID shutdowns and his long involvement with crypto led him to Tezos NFTs, early activity on Hic Et Nunc, and then fx(hash), where he learned generative techniques through community peers. He discusses his evolving approach using “profiles” for meaningful rarity and his ongoing “Potable Mess” series.

Follow Claudio on Twitter @CCDDBB

And on Instagram @CCDDBB.art

Check out his websites for more information about his work as well

ccddbb.vercel.app

https://www.claudiodallabernardina.com/

00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro

01:37 Early Computers and BASIC

04:11 Internet and First Web Work

06:00 Milan Fine Arts and 3D Studio

08:00 Photography and Reportage Lessons

09:47 Documentaries and Leaving Italy

12:13 Thailand Restaurant Reset

13:39 COVID and Crypto Comeback

16:40 Discovering NFTs and Hic Et Nunc

22:42 AI Side Projects and McFly Persona

26:34 fx(hash) Beginnings and First Drop

28:29 Generative Techniques and Community

30:40 Profiles, Rarity, and Project Craft

33:07 Breaking Power Ranges

35:07 One Line Obsession

36:44 Plotter Projects Stories

42:09 Why Not fx(hash)?

45:32 Plotting Process And Tools

47:34 Curated Release Plans

50:59 Bear Market Reflections

56:25 Blockchain Pros And Cons

01:02:10 Music And 'The Wallet'

01:08:41 Final Thanks And Goodbye

Thanks to Claudio for taking the time to come on the show!

Episode Art: one of many great Plottable Mess outputs by Claudio

Intro and Outro tracks by PixelWank

Will & Trinity are back after several months to recap and discuss everything going on with fx(hash). Hit us up in DMs etc with your thoughts.

In this episode we discuss:

• Recapping where we were around our last episode in October
• fx(hash)+, $plus, and Lonliboy being brought on to curate
• Deliverance by Valent, the first curated release on fx(hash)
• Theoretical Civilization by Studio Yorktown, pre-curated release
• The success of Rayincarnations by Volatile Moods & where price point meets new expectations
• The Emerge Fund
• fx(hash) announced additional funding, roadmap for the future, and speculation around upcoming releases
• fx(hash) 2026 Vision post from 2/16
• Superpositions by William Mapan via Iconic Culture at Art Basel Paris
• Sessions by Sara Ludy on Objkt via Office Impart & Anika Meier
• https://www.editart.xyz/
• bootloader.art

Thanks as always for listening. Back soonish, maybe.

Intro & outro tracks by Pixelwank

Episode Art: Rayincarnations #57 by Volatile Moods

WTBS is excited to welcome fellow New Yorker and long time friend Haiver onto the show. We've known Haiver from the NYC scene for years and have often talked about setting up an interview. In November Haiver announced the launch of Artist Commons, an educational platform for artists to level up their skills through lectures, feedback, mentorship and more!

Subscribe to their Email List to get program details and updates on Artist Commons

If you are interested to apply, please use our referral code: WTBS2026 to help support the show.

In this episode we discuss:

• Haiver's background in lens-based art and how he came to discover generative art on the blockchain
• The story of co-founding alba.art and what led him down the path to Artist Commons
• What exactly is Artist Commons?
• How (and why) this era of Generative Artists can connect with art history to better contextualize their work
• What artists can expect from receiving, and giving, feedback as a part of the Artist Commons curriculum
• What is the 'business of art'?
• Future ideas for Artist Commons as a platform & the potential for Haiver to get back to curating!
• How visual artists can build multiple revenue streams to sustain a career in art
• How Alba, fx(hash) and now Artist Commons are striving to enable more artists to succeed
• Artist Commons wrap-up & call for applications
• Bonus Question: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

Follow Haiver on Twitter @HaiverArt and check out his Linktree for more

Follow Artist Commons on Twitter @Artist_Commons and find them on Instagram, Farcaster etc under that same handle

Intro and Outro tracks by PixelWank

fx(hash) is moments away from throwing open the doors. $fxh is ripping while crypto markets are down. It's been ~3 months since our last numbered episode... Let's Go!

Will & Trinity are back to recap all things fx(hash) + a healthy dose of Verse releases. This is an XL episode, hope you enjoy.

NOTES

• ArtBlocks 500 Announcement
• AB Buys/Partners with TRAME
• AB Going all in on generative objects?
• Final 500 project, Quine by Larva Labs
• SOLOS points on Verse
• Verse says goodbye to Lonliboy & Sam
• Highlight pivoting to smart contract vibe coding product... Vie.dev
• OBJKT side project launches Bootloader to support generative art on Tezos
• Le Random releases unified art marketplace Raster
• SHVMBLDR is Free!
• fx(hash) first quarterly report
• fx(hash) reopening 10/22 announcement
• Lot's of discussion about the slowdown in momentum and coms
• Collecting strategies with $art tokens, $fxh and the 'refunding' strategy
• Lot's of Tezos grails selling as Darold and others liquidate
• Wishlist for Open Form projects!! Shout outs here include: Öz by DistCollective, Digitum Mens Trahit by David Seven, Traces by PixelSymphony & more
• Residue by Mike Balzer via HEFT & Verse
• Material Certainty and Material Violence by Jeres via Heft & Verse
• Pheno by Julian Hespinheide on fx(hash) ($text)
• Inner Forms by Ty Vek on fx(hash) ($vek)
• check out the SLIPS website by Rudxane
• an improbable thread and the thread we have by gozo via Artie Gallery & Verse
• Zero (Broken Symmetry) by Eric De Giuli on Verse SOLOS
• Shout out to HEFT for all the great releases big and small!
• Soft Continuum by MCHX via Artie Gallery & Verse
• Kevin Esherick kicks of the Artist is Absent series
• CCDDBB showing amazing code/plotted series, 'Plottable Mess' all over socials

Thanks as always for listening.

Episode Art: 'Residue Fibers' from Residue by Mike Balzer

Intro & Outro tracks by PixelWank

Welcome everyone to a special & long-in-the-making WTBS interview episode! Many listeners are probably not aware of Steven Lee aka Jammasterlee on tiktok & twitter. Steven leveraged his entire life on Bitcoin back in 2021 with the goal of retiring off the crypto bull market. He quit his job and put every dollar he could get his hands on into a leveraged Bitcoin position... and he put the whole thing on tiktok. Steven is now working on editing his videos together into a movie to encapsulate the phase of his life. I found Steven at the beginning of his story and have been watching ever since. Hope you all enjoy!

Follow Steven on Twitter @jammasterlee

Follow Steven on Tiktok @jammasterlee

Check out Steven's Substack as well!

Mentioned in the episode & very much worth viewing:

Double Fine Adventure! on Youtube

Double Fine PsychOdyssey on Youtube

Episode Art: Steve's Twitter PFP

Intro and Outro tracks by Pixelwank

We have a special discussion episode this week to share with you. Long time friend of the show & former substitute co-host Pronoia is on to yap with us all about fx(hash), $fxh, $art coins & Open Form. This is a fantastic discussion that is very much Not Financial Advice!

• Welcome back Pronoia & catching up on his last 18 months, including being hired & leaving Trilitech
• fx(hash) decoupling from Tezos, the move to base, and overall review of the launch of the protocol.
• What is the 'Flywheel' and do we believe in it?
• Pronoia's current trading strategy with $fxh and $art coins.
• Launching an $art coin without a project?
• Advice to artists on how to manage an $art coin launch
• Thoughts on bridging Tezos projects to Ethereum and how that could impact fx(hash) and the $fxh flywheel as a whole.

Thanks to Pronoia for taking the time to come on the show!

Follow Pronoia on Twitter @Pronoia10

Episode Art: Inner Forms #407 by Ty Vek (minted by Pronoia)

Intro and Outro tracks by PixelWank

Welcome back to another WTBS. Will and Trinity are here with a core episode to go over the first few weeks of Open Form and the new $fxh powered $art coin ecosystem. Short notes today for the sake of getting this out... in this episode we discuss:

• $fxh launch and bots/snipers getting to the bonding curve
• $art coin & project performance + pricing strategy observations
• fx(hash) roadmap, the shift away from Tezos, and the potential for bridging Tezos art to Etherium
• See all the projects discussed here (Open Form on fx(hash))
• Participate in the Uniswap LP here if that interests you
• upcoming release from Eric Andwer
• SOMA by Erik Swahn on Verse
• House Talk

Episode Art: m e t r o #160 by Punevyr

Intro & Outro tracks by PixelWank

In this special 'call-in' episode of 'Waiting to be Signed,' host Will dives into the excitement surrounding fx(hash)'s new Open Form generative art platform and the launch of its token. This episode features 10 artists who generously took the time to record their response to three prompts:

1. Tell us about your project, what ideas/themes are you exploring here?

2. what was your experience like creating an Open Form project? How did you take into account the potential for large edition size? What about the generational/evolution aspect that is now enabled?,

3. How do you feel about releasing an $art coin as part of your project? What will your coin be called? Are you excited for this new system? Any big fears or concerns?

Thanks to everyone that took the time to participate. Don't forget to claim your $fxh!!!!

00:18 - Intro & Gorilla Sun (@gorillasu). Check out Gorilla's projects open for mint: Exotic Quarpets, Hex Appeal & Somewhere In Between

10:58 - Punevyr (@punevyr). Check out all of Punevyr's amazing history here on fx(hash)

15:29 - itsgalo (@GaloAndStuff). Check him out at galocanizares.com and please consider getting a PRINTERS book

27:42 - Pixel Symphony (@Pixel0Symphony). Give them a follow and learn more at pixelsymphony.art

38:41 - Rudxane (@rudxane1). See most of Rudxane's amazing body of work here on fx(hash) and here on Verse

41:43 - Julian Hespenheide (@julihespenheide). Learn more about Julian and his past works at julian-h.de

54:20 - David Seven (@D_VISION7). Learn more about David, his works, and his writings on his linktree

59:33 - Agoston Nagy (@_stc). Find links to Agoston's works and more at entangled.tools

01:10:46 - p1xelfool (@p1xelfool). See amazing renderings of his projects at p1xelfool.com

01:22:17 - Ty Vek (@ty__vek). ty-vek.art

01:25:58 Closing Remarks and Final Warnings

Episode Art by Julian Hespenheide

Intro and Outro tracks by Pixelwank

In this special episode of 'Waiting to Be Signed,' hosts Will & Trinity interview Ciphrd and Cosimo from the fx(hash) team to discuss the latest platform developments. They delve into the introduction of the $fxh token and its transformative potential for the generative art and NFT space. Key highlights include the evolution of the token protocol, its impacts on artists and collectors, and the innovative features of 'Open Form' projects, which allow continuous interaction with artworks. They also discuss the token's correlation with large edition artworks, its implications for the future of digital art, and how it aims to revitalize the art market amidst the ongoing bear market.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome

01:15 Token Launch and Protocol Refinement

03:06 Open Form Art Mechanics

05:09 Evolutionary Art and Open Form

08:51 Tax and Legal Considerations

13:10 Why Base as the L2 for $fxh (and is Tezos cooked?)

19:05 $art Token Mechanics and Bonding Curves

28:52 Art and Finance Interplay

43:39 Primary Pricing, Ethereum Fee Structure, Legal Concerns

49:57 Future of Artist Tokens

54:20 FX Hash and Traditional Minting

57:20 Survival and Success of fx(hash)

01:11:00 Artist Participation and Market Dynamics

01:18:06 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsIntro & Outro music by Pixelwank

Will and Trinity are back to discuss the vibe shift around fx(hash) and the upcoming $fxh token release, the return of #price-discussion, and even some art!

• Heft Gallery opening recap
• Club NFT shutting down May 31
• We do our best to understand and describe the mechanics of $fxh and the interplay with $art tokens!
• New fx(hash) logo
• fx(hash) site re-design is now live!
• The Deviates by Artie Handz
• Sketchbook B & Etudes by William Mapan on Verse
• Thread by Anna Lucia on Art Blocks Studio
• BUSY by James Merrill on Art Blocks Curated
• Nauthera by Anika Vendel on Highlight
• Please help us find Lunarean!!

Episode Art: Thread by Anna Lucia

Intro and Outra tracks by PixelWank