Munhwa Experience

Because I’m doing other creative things (I make music under the name ‘Donak RV’ and I’m currently studying filmmaking two days a week) I don’t have a lot of time to work on ‘Crypto Characters’, but I do try to do a little every day. My main goal is to finish a collection of 12 characters (but this will be spread over two collections due to Open Sea technical issues). My current project is ‘Nodal…

After returning from Japan for work, I’ve finally had a bit more time to continue ‘Crypto Characters’ on Opensea. However, due to developments on Opensea, I cannot ad or take away any cartoon NFTs to that original collection, I can only edit the title, which I’ve done by called it Crypto Characters A. Now, in order to ad more Crypto Characters, I have to ad them to a new collection, which I’ve…

While I do work on the odd crypto character, I have also been using my drawing in an imaginative way to contribute to a Youtube channel looking at Web3 music and film projects. The Youtube channel is called ‘Blockchain Stew’ and can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@BlockchainStew-jf9us/videos So far I’ve drawn several ‘spaceships’ for different projects. For example, Newm – a Web3 music…

2022 has been an interesting year for me and a great learning curve. I developed most of my Opensea collections, used Polgyon to get that free minting, and converted a lot of my old cartoons from this blog into NFTs. I also gave away quite a few of my cartoons, and have since been listing many for sale. But this project has more been just a new avenue for me to express my cartoons. I still see…

The Tantrum is Finished

I’ve just listed the latest cartoon NFT called ‘Taper Tantrum‘, in reference to the US Fed tapering from it’s QE program. Actually, it’s doing QT and raising interest rates so the tantrum should be even more violent… we’ll see what the results of the markets will be over the next 12 months or…

Almost Finished…

I’m just doing the finishing touches on my latest cartoon, soon to be minted to an NFT! It’s called ‘Taper Tantrum’, as mentioned in the previous post. I’ve been slowing down minting, as earlier in the year I had minted the past catalogue cartoons from over the years. The problem with doing so many in such as short time, and making copies of 20 to 30, is that it’s kind of ‘inflationary’. So, as…

Progress on the next Onesie

Taper Tantrum in progress I hope to finish the next cartoon soon: Taper Tantrum! A reference to markets and the economy, and particularly the relationship they’ve had in America to the Federal Reserve. I believe the last ‘taper tantrum’ was in 2018, when the Fed started to taper off its balance sheet and slow down QE (quantitative easing, which is ‘eco-speak’ for printing loads of cash!). Now,…

Update September 2022 – Isengard Woes

It looks like I won’t be continuing with Isengard for my ‘Crypto Character’s’ collection for the time being due to the fact that I simply can’t log in. I’m using a Maiar wallet to mint and list the cartoon NFTs, but due to a technical glitch the Maiar wallet hasn’t been able to log in for a couple of months, it just hangs there. So, I may have to wait a while, and if the problems isn’t fixed…

Risks in a Blockchain Environment

My latest ‘onesie’ cartoon NFT, where there is only one, is a form of expression for all the risks and challenges that one faces in investing in blockchain technology. Of course, there’s fantastic upside, and I continue to DCA in BTC, ETH and some other layer-one blockchains (and DOT and ATOM – I’ve been putting my research up here for free public viewing.) The new technology is exciting, with…

Don’t worry, I’m still drawing cartoons, and due to come out with ‘Blockchain Environment’ soon. I’ve also just listed another cartoon for the week: Moptop Substance Abuse, for those who have a weakness for coffee, cigs, alcohol, chocolate-fudge ice-cream etc… But I may bring my Crypto Characters over to Opensea, and stick with the one platform. Cartoons published on Isengard will remain there,…

Challenges in the NFT space

I’m trying two blockchains at the moment: most of them in Polygon (Eth) on Opensea, and a few cartoons using Elrond on Isengard. However, an unintended ‘double mint’ has occurred. When I tried to mint the first of my ‘Crypto Characters’, I also started a new collection under the same name. In the online form I only opted for one copy of the cartoon, but my wallet kept asking me to pay, so I did,…

Still working on some ‘Crypto Characters’ while I focus on releasing 1 cartoon a week from my second standard collection. This week, the wise-yet-cynical Moptop is listed, giving his timeless sayings to the public for their edification! Also, I have started to share some of my research about smart contract platforms, or layer-one block chains. I’m not sure which blockchain to mint some future…

The end of March was also fraught with setbacks and difficulties – my hometown, Lismore, had another flood, barely 4 weeks after the record flood at the end of February. We got 11 metres this time (the big one was 14), flooding out the business district again, but fewer houses were impacted as it didn’t reach the surrounding suburbs as much. The previous flood to these two had been five years…

Munhwa Experience ‘NFT’ cartoons on Elrond

Opensea is the main market place with the main collections, but I have some odd cartoons that I’m experimenting with other blockchains. Before Opensea I’d originally minted three cartoons on Cardano’s CNFT platform, but found some issues with that, and it was hard listing the cartoons. Now they’re not listed, so I may try listing them on Elrond’s Isengard, to test out the functionality and…

Global events have impacted my productivity. Of course there’s the awful Russian invasion of the Ukraine. I feel Putin should be on trial for war crimes as a blatant act of violence.But in my local town, in Australia, there was a natural act of violence enacted by mother nature – the worst flood ever recorded (Lismore, New South Wales, Australia). Previously the flood level reached 12 metres in…

Minor update: congestion issues on Polygon

This week’s listing has been delayed as for some reason I can’t freeze the NFT on the Polygon chain. Once a copy has been sold, it’s impossible to freeze NFTs to the blockchain, it needs to be done by the minter/original owner, and I’ve got into the habit of freezing them now to make them more permanent. I haven’t had a problem until the last couple of weeks, when I guess there’s a lot of…

Update – last of the ‘Nerd’ Collection

So the Nerd Collection has all been listed at some time or rather. Some of the cartoons have been taken off the market, but other owners have the option to sell them again. The next completed collection where I’ll start to list some cartoons will be the ‘Standard‘ Collection – basically the best-picks of my old cartoon blog, each with between 20 to 30 copies. It incorporates old characters I’ve…