NFTs unlock physical biodegradable vinyl records

Hype astir nonfungible tokens (NFTs) has cooled down, nevertheless innovative usage cases for these integer assets proceed to look connected the scene. Particularly successful the euphony industry, which has been fertile ungraded for usage cases of emerging Web3 tools successful caller years. 

On April 5th the DJ, shaper and eco-warrior BLOND:ISH announced a caller NFT project, which erstwhile purchased unlocks carnal copies of her latest medium connected vinyl record.

Cointelegraph reached retired to BLOND:ISH for much details connected the usage of NFTs arsenic a gateway to unlocking carnal items arsenic a portion of a caller euphony release.

The upcoming biodegradable vinyl from BLONDISH. Source: BLOND:ISH, Bye Bye Plastic, Evolution Music

The vinyl itself is made from “naturally occurring bacteria” that mimics integrative and tin decompose successful immoderate situation including the ocean. Typically, vinyls are pressed from the worldly polyvinyl chloride, besides known arsenic PVC, and releases 12 times the magnitude of greenhouse emissions.

NFTs person been utilized successful the past by artists arsenic a constituent to medium releases, and adjacent arsenic a caller mode for euphony streaming. This latest vinyl driblet is an illustration of the increasing phygital trend successful the NFT scene, successful which integer assets person a carnal constituent to them. 

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Last August, the fashionable stone radical Muse released an NFT album. The medium being released arsenic an NFT was a euphony manufacture landmark arsenic it became the newest chart-eligible medium format to beryllium added successful 7 years.

Many mainstream euphony artists similar Snoop Dogg, who is simply a agelong clip champion for the Web3 space, person utilized NFTs successful azygous releases oregon to beforehand further contented alongside their music.

There person adjacent been questions of a new genre of NFT-driven music coming onto the country for artists who inextricably necktie their releases to NFT projects.

Music manufacture behemoth Sony Music filed a trademark exertion for NFT-authenticated music backmost successful September 2022, portion past period Spotify tested a caller Web3 wallet integration for token-enabled playlists.

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