A non-fungible token (NFT) is a type of a digital deed that is inscribed on a public internet registry. Simply put, it can be understood as a container for metadata and media content, thus being a means of artistic and financial expression that allows for the self-issuance of scarce digital assets. For more details on this technology and its applications, you can watch Episode #8 of Triangle Network TV where artist Pedro Victor Brandão discusses the fundamentals of this technology from the creation of Acerola Fund, a public collection of cryptomedia works made by artists from the Global South.

All the works presented in the MORE ABSTRACT exhibition were minted on the Ethereum blockchain. The works from the Detremura, Cloud, continent, island, and View to nothingness were minted with the ERC-721 standard, as unique pieces. The editions of the work Faucet, from Prepared screen series are issued as ERC-1155 and can be collected for free (except for the gas fee) on the same page.

To collect the works, you will need a non-custodial wallet that has a balance corresponding to the price of the works in Ether, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain. If you don't have Ether, you can buy it on an exchange like https://foxbit.com.br or https://coinbase.com.

You can install Metamask through the website https://metamask.io, for free.

It is a digital cryptocurrency wallet that is installed in your internet browser as an extension (add-on), in which the custody of the assets is not centralized by any third party entity (like a bank, for instance), but by the person who owns the wallet itself. It is recommended to use Metamask, the most widely used wallet. When installing Metamask in your browser, you will be asked to securely note down a secret recovery phrase (seed phrase) of 12 words that gives you access to the wallet. It is very important to have a backup of this phrase, preferably physically and never share it with anyone, because with this phrase you (or anyone in possession of it) can access the wallet on any device. As a browser extension, Metamask has proven to be quite secure, requiring a minimum amount of personal information sharing. For more details on its operation, visit https://metamask.io/faqs/.

You can use other wallets that operate on the Ethereum blockchain, but using Metamask is recommended. It is compatible with many decentralized applications (such as this page) and also with most internet browsers. It is considered safe because it is frequently updated in rigorous audit processes. If you are interested in discovering other wallets that are compatible with the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine), visit https://ethereum.org/en/wallets/find-wallet/.

For all the works in the exhibition, there are two ways to acquire them: (1) direct acquisition in the gallery with traditional means of payment - and in the case of the work that is also a physical item, the buyer can later indicate a digital wallet for the token to be sent; or (2) acquisition on this page, where the purchase is made with Ether and the buyer can later indicate a physical address for the work to be sent.

Works sold as tokens have the following distribution: 45% for the artist; 45% for the gallery, and 10% for the Acerola Fund.

The works in this series are paintings, acrylics on canvas, thus 'naturally' non-fungible, and there is not much sense in just making a tokenized copy of them.

Yes.

Yes. Anyone who wants to collect one or more editions that will be minted during the course of the exhibition will need to connect their wallet to the website and make a transaction, paying only a gas fee. The number of editions will be variable, but there will always be a limit, with a total number of tokens that can be claimed for each edition minted. If a certain edition is minted out, people can make purchases on secondary markets if they wish.

The Ethereum gas fee is a fee that users pay to perform transactions on the network. This fee is calculated in gas, which is a unit of measurement that represents the amount of computational resources needed to execute a transaction. The value of the gas fee varies according to the supply and demand of the network, being higher when demand is high. People who use the network pay this fee to incentivize validators to process their transactions more quickly, making the Ethereum network more efficient and fast.

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