As Q2 2024 ends, we are making big moves in the art sector. We've been busy with new art, new tech, and bringing more people together. Let's look at what we've done this quarter!

🌟 New Art Drops & Collaborations

We've had some great artists share their work:

• 🌊 Kenny Vaden's "Rift" - 128 NFTs blending different art styles

• 🔬 Gorilla Sun's "Under the Microscope" - 64 NFTs showing tiny parts of nature

• 💧 Zolfaqqari's "xest" - 128 pieces with intricate patterns

• 🌼 Reza Milani's "Wild anemones in the wind" - Digital flowers dancing in the breeze

• ⚖️ Steve Makerspace's "Enough" - Art showing the beauty of simplicity

• 💿 Dotconatus' ".hdd" - Art inspired by PC components

• 🗺️ Julia Vergazova's "Aeroloom" - Where maps and terrain blend

• 🏠 LikeMurvin's "Leadlight" - Showcasing cool light reflections

• 🔧 Kali Shade's "Electronik" - A digital engineering marvel

• 🌈 Cartist00's "Aurora" - Capturing the beauty of raindrops

• 📦 P1x3lboy's "Packing" - Exploring negative space

• 🧠 SamuelAnn0924's "Memoverse" - A swirl of digital memories

• 🖼️ Thomas Art's "Tilescapes" - A sold-out success!

🛠 Making Our Tech Better

• 🎲 New way to mix up NFTs when you mint them

  • We've updated our drop page hash generation. Now, when you mint an NFT, you'll get a surprise! The NFT you receive is randomly selected from the collection, not the one you see in the preview. This makes minting more exciting and ensures everyone has a fair chance at getting any NFT from the collection.

• ✅ KodaDot Code Checker: Making sure art code works well

• 🗓 Reminders for new art drops

• 🏗️ 300+ commits during June 2024

🤝 Growing Our Community

• 🗣 More talks about art on Farcaster

  • We've been very active on Farcaster, especially in our /koda channel. It's becoming a hub for generative art discussions, where artists showcase their work and collectors can discover new pieces.

• 🎓 Teaching about Web3 in Thai universities

• 🎁 Giving away cool swag

• 📱 More people joining our Warpcast channel (soon 400+)

🚀 New Stuff on Our Platform

• 🖼 Easier to see and buy art on Farcaster directly through frames

• 👤 Soon you can make your profile look how you want

Drop Party

We've introduced a new feature called "Drop Party" to make minting more social and interactive. When a new drop is launched, you can see other collectors exploring the page with you. You can view their activity, what they're generating or minting, and even how much they're spending. It creates a sense of community and excitement during drops.

👨‍🎨 Helping Artists

• 🎨 Bringing in artists who are well-known

  • We've been successful in attracting established generative artists to mint on KodaDot. Some notable names include Kenny Vaden, Gorilla Sun, Zolfaqqari, and Thomas Art. These artists bring their unique styles and established followings to the ecosystem, helping to raise the profile of NFTs on our platform.

• 🤗 Helping artists with everything from making to selling their art

🎭 Events

• 🇩🇪 Onchain Art day in Berlin: Talks, art shows, and special digital badges

• 🇸🇰 Showed off our stuff at ETH Bratislava 2024

• 🇦🇪 Brought our art to a big event in Dubai

Onchain Art Day in Berlin

Our Onchain Art Day in Berlin was a significant event in collaboration with Modern Meta & Office Impart. It featured panel discussions with leading minds in web3, a generative art exhibition showcasing works from artists like DistCollective, SamuelAnn0924, SteveMakerspace, and Julia Vergazova. We also had a talk by our own Viki Val on "Exploring the Tech Side of Generative Art". Attendees received exclusive POAPs designed by Dennis Chilas. The event was a great opportunity for networking, learning, and celebrating generative art in the heart of Berlin's tech scene.

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Wrapping Up Q2 and Looking Ahead 🎨

What a quarter it's been! From exciting new drops to tech improvements, community growth, and unforgettable events, Q2 2024 has been a whirlwind of creativity and innovation for KODA.

We've seen our community grow, our platform evolve, and our artists push the boundaries of what's possible with generative art. Every NFT minted, every line of code checked, and every event attended has brought us closer to our goal of making our platform go-to place for digital art.

But we're not stopping here. As we move into the second half of 2024, we're more excited than ever about what's to come. We've got plans for more mind-blowing drops, new features to make collecting even more fun, and more ways to bring our community together.

To our artists, collectors, and everyone who's been part of this journey - thank you. You're the ones who make KODA special. Your creativity, enthusiasm, and support drive us to keep innovating and growing.

So, what's next? More art. More tech. More community. More KODA. Stay tuned, because the best is yet to come. Let's keep making history, one NFT at a time! 🎨🌟