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Matt DesLauriers

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Generative Artist and Creative Coder. Born in Toronto, Canada, currently based in London.

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Matt DesLauriers @mattdesl · Oct 6, 2022
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worth reading Vitalik’s essays on blockchain governance imho—a lot of essays and discussions extol the virtues of on-chain DAO governance but he has long pointed to the problems of this model.

Article Aug 16, 2021
Moving beyond coin voting governance
by Vitalik Buterin
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Matt DesLauriers @mattdesl · Aug 30, 2022
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Great article demonstrating how Stable Diffusion and AI synthesis is probably going to upend everything to do with the image and image-making process... →

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4.2 Gigabytes, or: How to Draw Anything
by Andy Salerno
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Matt DesLauriers @mattdesl · Jul 8, 2022
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Interesting paper on zero-knowledge proofs for cryptographically verifiable and anonymous credentials, identity, attestations. 👇

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$\texttt{zk-creds}$: Flexible Anonymous Credentials from zkSNARKs and Existing Identity Infrastructure
by Michael Rosenberg
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Matt DesLauriers @mattdesl · Jun 6, 2022
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Good essay by @matdryhurst, "D̶i̶g̶i̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶S̶c̶a̶r̶c̶i̶t̶y̶ Feasible Abundance and the Shock of the Nude." →

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D̶i̶g̶i̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶S̶c̶a̶r̶c̶i̶t̶y̶ Feasible Abundance and the Shoc…
by Mat Dryhurst
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Matt DesLauriers @mattdesl · May 12, 2022
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great article. 🙌 though if you go down the route of PGP signing + PayPal/Stripe payments (a la Sedition), some users will inevitably desire more decentralization. I’d be curious to see you respond to this as it covers some of the points you’ve raised.

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Digital artists' post-bubble hopes for NFTs don't need a blockchain
by Molly White
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Matt DesLauriers @mattdesl · May 6, 2022
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searching an open market is like looking at your inbox without a spam filter and wondering why the quality is so poor. I would recommend taking a look thru FeralFile’s curated exhibitions for a start:

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Feral File - Browse Artworks
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Matt DesLauriers @mattdesl · Apr 27, 2022
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this is great, and very clear in what it targets (fossil fuel based Proof of Work facilities, mining @ home is fine). 👍 I expect this trend will continue in other jurisdictions, putting more pressure toward the shift to non-PoW consensus mechanisms.

Report Mar 18, 2022
NY State Assembly Bill A7389C
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