This is i-wave — a blog for everyone interested in learning more about web3, music, and underrepresented artists making great music. So of course, we had to bring you a resources section that covered many areas! As an aspiring web3 maven myself!, I like to keep a toe in all of the web3 worlds. I’m talking coding, crypto (the good and the bad! That’s important), news, and more. Below, find resources organized by various categories that will hopefully help you on your wild wild web3 journey!
what is web3?
New York Times // Kevin Roose’s The Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto
Open Sea // The Non-Fungible Token Bible: Everything you need to know about NFTs
Decrypt // Beginner’s Guide to NFTs: How To Mint a Non-Fungible Token on Ethereum
SuperLibrary // How to Wrap Your Head Around Web 3
nft now // Blockchain 101: All the Basics Explained
big moments in history
BET // Call Her Latashá: Meet Your Guide to Creative Liberation Through NFTs
NFT Evening // Unsigned Artists Make More Money With Music NFTs Than Spotify
nft now // Deadfellaz’s Betty on Defending Artist Royalties
for the crypto critical: articles
The Globe and Mail // How much would you pay for this? NFT market in the dumps after exploding in popularity last year
iridescent wave // crypto & the environment
NPR // The Environmental Cost of Crypto
TIME // Fact-Checking 8 Claims About Crypto’s Climate Impact
New York Times // Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom’s Opinion: The Strange Allure of the Blockchain
The Verge // Chris Dixon thinks web3 is the future of the internet — is it?
in their own words: artists
VÉRITÉ // a year in music and web3…
VÉRITÉ // Independent artistry in the era of web3
The Web3 Music Podcast // Episode 1: Jadyn Violet- Entering Web3 As An Independent Artist
Mint // Reo Cragun: The Journey As An Independent Artist In Web3
resources for artists (mostly music-focused!)
Prism Collective: creating access and opportunity in Web3 for Queer & Trans BIPOC creatives
EQ: a community-based resource center for the music industry powered by HIFI Labs
wavWRLD’s wavLETTER: Your Guide to the Best Emerging Artists & Songs in Music x New Internet
nft now: Freshly minted NFT news, features, and analysis. On a mission to empower the creators of culture.
hifi labs: An incubator for artists and their biggest ideas
VAULT: A new web3 music experience on Solana.
Future Surf Labs: Global Research & Curation Experiment
for developers: learn for free
Buildspace: Buildspace accelerates your builder journey into web3.
App Academy: Get access to App Academy’s entire online full-stack curriculum for free.
RabbitHole: Learn and earn crypto by using the best web3 applications
KryptoKelly: Skip Web2. Join the dark (decentralised) side
iridescent wave interviews & coverage
Rug Radio // “queer Latine artist @celiainside is joining jesse & ME to talk: art, community, and founding a web3 music blog highlighting underrepresented folks”
Proof of Human by Kelly Kim // “In this [episode], we take a look inside the world of music NFTs with Celia Inside and talk about some of the most pressing questions circulating the music NFT space.”
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