[NetBehaviour] The Unreasonable Ecological Cost of #CryptoArt

Graziano Milano grazmaster at googlemail.com
Sun Jan 24 15:27:10 CET 2021


Well if a better detailed research and tools can understand and then show
the ecological impact of some or all online Crypto-Art platforms, then the
196 nations who signed the 2016 Paris Agreement within the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) may be able to legally
force Google, Apple and Amazon to block those online platforms and apps.

On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 at 11:24, Ruth Catlow <ruthcatlow at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Graz,
> Our emails crossed in the ether..
>
> The question is what kind of ecological impact each digital artwork
>> uploaded and sold at Async Art and/or at any other similar online platforms
>> as CryptoArt will have in the short and long term as a result of
>> blockchain-based transactions. Probably the vast majority of artists
>> selling their digital artwork on those online platforms are not aware of
>> that. A detailed scientific study of the ecological impact of selling
>> their digital artwork on any of those platforms as CryptoArt must be
>> provided to all digital artists so they can make an informed decision if
>> they wish to use any of those platforms or not.
>>
>> If a detailed scientific study can prove and highlight the ecological
>> impact of those online Crypto-Art platforms, then Google, Apple and Amazon
>> must block those apps as they recently have blocked the far-right "free
>> speech" app Parler.
>>
> And yes we agree - we need better research and tools to understand the
> ecological impact of technologies and better ways to hold companies to
> account. Though how this is achieved is up for discussion - are we now
> saying that Google, Apple and Amazon become de-facto global law makers?
>
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