Finally, a Good Use for NFTs: Preserving Street Art

Murals and other similar forms of art are often ephemeral. Putting them on the blockchain can give them life after they've been covered up or removed.

SIX artists—Jet Martinez, Wolfe Pack, Vogue, Joshua Mays, Bud Snow, and Ruff Draft—let themselves into the fifth floor of Oakland's most iconic building: the Tribune Tower. Once inside, they painted and installed murals over 10,000 square feet of empty walls. The pieces ranged in style and subject from Wolfe Pack’s figurative piece celebrating dancer IceCold3000 to Jet Martinez’s pastel-colored contemporary work inspired by Mexican folk art. Within a few months, those murals were gone—erased by their creators' own hands. The works were never meant to live in that building. They were meant for the metaverse. Credits to Wired.com