Certificate of Authenticity - Digital Provenance and Ownership Verification on ERC721 Blockchain Assets

Fouad Sabry

Sinopsis

Step into the cutting edge of Political Science through the lens of blockchain technology. Certificate of Authenticity explores how digital verification and ownership intersect with power, identity, and trust—core themes in political systems. By examining the ERC721 standard and its realworld applications, this book unveils the subtle but powerful shift in how authenticity and authority are defined in the digital age.

Chapters Brief Overview:

1: Certificate of authenticity: Introduces the role of authenticity in digital and political legitimacy.

2: Doctor Who: Worlds Apart: Examines NFT use in licensed games and its impact on governance models.

3: ERC721: Explains the technical foundation of ERC721 and its politicaleconomic implications.

4: Digital art: Explores how digital art NFTs reshape intellectual property rights and creative freedom.

5: Pudgy Penguins: Analyzes communitydriven NFT projects and their parallels to social movements.

6: CryptoPunks: Highlights how early NFT projects influence cultural authority and digital citizenship.

7: Deed: Draws parallels between land deeds and NFTs in defining ownership and legal structures.

8: Nonfungible token: Clarifies the uniqueness of NFTs in relation to property, identity, and law.

9: Mike Winkelmann: Showcases Beeple’s role in legitimizing NFTs within cultural and institutional power.

10: Impact of nonfungible tokens on traditional businesses: Investigates disruption in industries and governance.

11: Kevin Abosch: Explores how conceptual artists use NFTs to challenge political and value systems.

12: Pak (creator): Profiles Pak’s work as a commentary on scarcity, control, and decentralization.

13: Ethereum: Examines Ethereum as the ideological and infrastructural base of ERC721 governance.

14: Uniswap: Demonstrates decentralized exchanges as models of autonomous political economies.

15: Curio Cards: Studies early NFT art experiments as foundational expressions of digital sovereignty.

16: Everydays: the First 5000 Days: Interprets this milestone as a culturalpolitical event in digital media.

17: Collectable: Discusses collecting as a political act of value assignment and cultural memory.

18: CryptoKitties: Reviews the game's role in mainstreaming token uniqueness and digital identity.

19: Fungibility: Contrasts fungible and nonfungible assets in the context of law, money, and political theory.

20: William Entriken: Highlights the coauthor’s contribution to ERC721 and its political design choices.

21: Colored Coins: Traces the roots of NFTs and their evolution from early blockchain experiments.

This book is an essential resource for professionals, students, and enthusiasts eager to understand the fusion of technology and political systems. It offers not just insights, but a new framework for interpreting power, ownership, and governance in a decentralized world.

Disponible desde: 13/06/2025.

Longitud de impresión: 207 páginas.

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