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By TheDW
By TheDW
The newspaper that you are about to read right now – yes, this one – is an NFT, which means non-fungible token. But what does that mean?
It means that this edition of the Dallas Weekly newspaper has a unique, 1 of 1, digital certificate of authenticity that verifies its origin. That digital certificate is similar to a numbered art print from a famous artist or a professionally appraised and sealed Michael Jordan rookie basketball card. Both of the items in the examples are more valuable than their un-numbered or un-appraised counterparts. That is because you can prove the origin of the former. So when you hear NFTs, just think of certificates of authenticity with provable ownership. Ok, back to the top!
This week’s newspaper is an NFT or non-fungible token. Or, to be more specific, we have minted a 1 of 1 NFT edition of the Dallas Weekly newspaper. You can view it on Opensea. Opensea is one of several platforms for NFTs; where artists, content creators, and financial innovators are exploring the limits of NFT use cases. This edition stands proudly beside our physical print edition, digital e-edition, website, app, and social media offerings.
Each of our platform editions are freely accessible, currently offered free of charge to our readers, and supported by our trusted community partners. This NFT is a 1 of 1 edition that is unique and can have only one owner at a time. Think “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,” the infamous singular studio album recorded by Wu-Tang Clan over six years before auctioned off in 2015 to notorious former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO, Martin Skreli, only with an NFT edition you can read and then transfer to another owner instead of a now-seized-by-the-Feds physical album.
You can also take this NFT edition of the Dallas Weekly newspaper and donate it to charity, or give it as a gift. Or, you can hold on to this NFT newspaper and give it to your grandchildren in fifty years. Since NFTs are built on complex Web3 decentralized blockchains, they will theoretically be safely available forever.
This NFT project was produced as a guide to help other publishers, especially Black, Brown, and Under Represented publishers, to get into the NFT space. The project team is Director of Product Jeremiah Long, who put together the pieces and wrote the cover story; the team at Dallas Weekly including co-publisher Patrick Washington and COO Jessica Washington; and our local Black Dallas NFT artist Arif Merritt
Continuously published, without missing a single issue for more than 67 years, the Dallas Weekly has emerged as the leading most trusted voice of the African American community in north Texas. The Dallas Weekly has been recognized and awarded for its impactful journalistic excellence not only locally, but also statewide, regionally and nationally; more than any other Black owned media enterprise of its kind in the area. The company takes great pride in the fact that we speak to and for our community in a way that insures we are a part of and not apart from those whom we serve. Over the last six decades, the Dallas Weekly has been at the epicenter of all things African American in the fastest growing region of the country. As such, we have evolved, like our region, into a diverse, dynamic, forward thinking strategically minded enterprise that attracts people of all walks of life.
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By TheDW
By TheDW
The newspaper that you are about to read right now – yes, this one – is an NFT, which means non-fungible token. But what does that mean?
It means that this edition of the Dallas Weekly newspaper has a unique, 1 of 1, digital certificate of authenticity that verifies its origin. That digital certificate is similar to a numbered art print from a famous artist or a professionally appraised and sealed Michael Jordan rookie basketball card. Both of the items in the examples are more valuable than their un-numbered or un-appraised counterparts. That is because you can prove the origin of the former. So when you hear NFTs, just think of certificates of authenticity with provable ownership. Ok, back to the top!
This week’s newspaper is an NFT or non-fungible token. Or, to be more specific, we have minted a 1 of 1 NFT edition of the Dallas Weekly newspaper. You can view it on Opensea. Opensea is one of several platforms for NFTs; where artists, content creators, and financial innovators are exploring the limits of NFT use cases. This edition stands proudly beside our physical print edition, digital e-edition, website, app, and social media offerings.
Each of our platform editions are freely accessible, currently offered free of charge to our readers, and supported by our trusted community partners. This NFT is a 1 of 1 edition that is unique and can have only one owner at a time. Think “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,” the infamous singular studio album recorded by Wu-Tang Clan over six years before auctioned off in 2015 to notorious former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO, Martin Skreli, only with an NFT edition you can read and then transfer to another owner instead of a now-seized-by-the-Feds physical album.
You can also take this NFT edition of the Dallas Weekly newspaper and donate it to charity, or give it as a gift. Or, you can hold on to this NFT newspaper and give it to your grandchildren in fifty years. Since NFTs are built on complex Web3 decentralized blockchains, they will theoretically be safely available forever.
This NFT project was produced as a guide to help other publishers, especially Black, Brown, and Under Represented publishers, to get into the NFT space. The project team is Director of Product Jeremiah Long, who put together the pieces and wrote the cover story; the team at Dallas Weekly including co-publisher Patrick Washington and COO Jessica Washington; and our local Black Dallas NFT artist Arif Merritt
Continuously published, without missing a single issue for more than 67 years, the Dallas Weekly has emerged as the leading most trusted voice of the African American community in north Texas. The Dallas Weekly has been recognized and awarded for its impactful journalistic excellence not only locally, but also statewide, regionally and nationally; more than any other Black owned media enterprise of its kind in the area. The company takes great pride in the fact that we speak to and for our community in a way that insures we are a part of and not apart from those whom we serve. Over the last six decades, the Dallas Weekly has been at the epicenter of all things African American in the fastest growing region of the country. As such, we have evolved, like our region, into a diverse, dynamic, forward thinking strategically minded enterprise that attracts people of all walks of life.
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