Blockchain technology, foundations, protocols and aesthetic considerations. Issue 3 (1st November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Molins, Marie
• Is Part Of: Technoetic arts. Volume 19:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 349
• Page End: 364
• Publication Date: 2021-11-01
• Subjects: Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge -- Periodicals; Interdisciplinary research -- Periodicals; Consciousness -- Periodicals; High technology -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 001
• DOI: 10.1386/tear_00074_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1477-965X

Abstract

This article aims to outline the fundamental concepts that characterize blockchain technology in order to allow for a better understanding of how it is structured within the protocols which govern the internet, but also to portray the devices which allow its re-appropriation by capitalist culture. The theoretical foundations of this article are supported by a medio-archaeological position that allows us to acquire a technical look at the blockchain, but also to weave historical and aesthetic parallels in order to understand the NFT phenomenon, at the core of current economic issues and speculations.