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This POAP is part of a series of 5 POAPs that celebrate the buidl-ers of KB5. ART B - Blocks are seeds - Ali Rizvi U - Unlocking trust - Ada Yoadaxyz I - In an open future - Shilo D - Decentralize the garden - Adam Lieber L - Let value grow -Jessica Soueidi WORDS Rory Ou COORDINATION Sam He --- Artist, Ada Yoadaxyz, interpretation of Unlocking Trust (U): Binary code is the foundation of blockchain, trustless protocols. You, we, us collectively determine how this technology gets used. In light of everything happening in the world, certain conflicts were on my mind. Human nature, humanity is tested. It will continue to be tested so here we are, finding ways to unlock trust. The living has an expiration but this technology will remain and carry on thus the animated 0s and 1s, contributions left by you (U) the people, if you choose to. We are a part of the earth. Sunflowers for hope.

This POAP is part of a series of 5 POAPs that celebrate the buidl-ers of KB5. ART B - Blocks are seeds - Ali Rizvi U - Unlocking trust - Ada Yoadaxyz I - In an open future - Shilo D - Decentralize the garden - Adam Lieber L - Let value grow -Jessica Soueidi WORDS Rory Ou COORDINATION Sam He --- Artist, Adam Lieber, interpretation of Decentralize the Garden (D): My response was to take the process I have been playing with the last year which is around machine learning. For this I used VQGAN+clip which is a text to image converter. The term being used around this is now being called "promptism" ie: the words one uses to prompt the GAN are close to the artist. I took Rory's words and created several versions, tweaking the prompt as I went, until I ended up with one I was happy with through a conversation with the machine.

This POAP commemorates this week's learnings about complementary opposites. And seeking "balance" between the strong crypto criticisms brought up in that "Line Goes Up" video and more purpose-driven movements(a la wikipedia + Vitalik's thoughts in Soulbound) The inspiration for this visual comes from SHARON ZHOU's musings that these discussions reminded her of Marvel's Venom's difficult relationship with its host. She also added Sophocles' quote: “Nothing vast enters the world of mortals without a curse.”