{"id":7467,"date":"2018-03-27T13:13:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T20:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/?p=7467"},"modified":"2018-03-27T18:43:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T01:43:48","slug":"how-to-buy-digital-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Buy Digital Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blockchain is coming for the art market in a big way. Decentralized verification, certification, and trading of artwork is a major trend within the industry. Eventually, collectors and artists hope that every piece of art will have a digital art certificate. As a result, art will be less susceptible to forgery while also being more decentralized and accessible to anyone in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blockchain art promises to allow artists to sell certified digital prints of their artwork. It will also allow digital artists to monetize their works as uniquely valuable in the same way that traditional artists have always been able to do with physical unique works.<\/span><\/p>\n

Physical works and digital art will also benefit from <\/span>blockchain art provenance<\/span><\/a>–the ability to track art back through its owner history all the way back to the artist. All told, <\/span>blockchain is already radically changing art<\/span><\/a> as we know it. From Rare Pepes to Anime, blockchain and technology is expanding what we think of as art and how we share art in the modern era.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buying Digital Art<\/b><\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re excited about the blockchain art revolution, you\u2019re not alone. Several companies, like <\/span>Verisart<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Maecenas<\/span><\/a>, have arisen in this space to create the platforms for this revolution. However, it\u2019s still early days for blockchain art, and there\u2019s no dominant force for creating a decentralized blockchain art marketplace.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are plenty of marketplaces that offer digital art through a web app. They typically keep certification and authentication in-house as part of the company. The blockchain revolution promises to change that. To date, however, there is only one decentralized marketplace for artists to sell their works on the blockchain: <\/span>DADA<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Purchasing Art on DADA<\/b><\/h2>\n

DADA is an <\/span>Ethereum<\/span><\/a> dapp<\/span><\/a> that uses MetaMask to help you purchase digital art using Ether.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re an art lover new to the world of blockchain and that last sentence made no sense to you, don\u2019t worry. We\u2019ll walk you through the steps to buying your first piece of blockchain art.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Visit DADA to see if you like any of their art<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"dada<\/p>\n

The art on DADA is wide-ranging and with a little digging, chances are you\u2019ll find something interesting to you. However, most of the art is modern and kind of weird, so if that\u2019s not your cup of tea, you might not want to buy any blockchain art at the moment. But stay tuned to this guide, we\u2019ll suggest some alternatives at the end of this article.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Download MetaMask<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"metamask\"<\/p>\n

MetaMask is a browser extension and Ethereum wallet that helps integrate the Ethereum blockchain with web pages in a safe, secure way. Setting up a MetaMask wallet is self-explanatory once you\u2019ve installed the browser extension.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Fund your MetaMask wallet<\/span><\/h3>\n

You\u2019ll need to send the required amount of Ether to your MetaMask wallet in order to purchase blockchain art on DADA. If you already have Ether, send some over to your MetaMask address. If you don\u2019t have any Ether, MetaMask includes an integration with <\/span>Coinbase<\/span><\/a>. Users in the United States can buy Ether for dollars there.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Purchase your artwork<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"dada<\/p>\n

Once you click \u201cbuy,\u201d DADA will direct you to MetaMask to complete the transaction. After you\u2019re done, you\u2019ll be the proud owner of a piece of digital art.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alternatives to DADA<\/b><\/h2>\n

As previously mentioned, DADA is the only platform for buying unique digital artwork on the blockchain. Alternatively, there are other platforms for buying digital art simply online, like <\/span>Sedition<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"sedition<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re open to a more flexible definition of art, many people are calling unique collectible blockchain items like Cryptokitties and Rare Pepes a new type of art.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the future, expect this digital art revolution to continue to grow as more pieces of art get verified, listed, and sold on the blockchain. With decentralized certification and autonomous auctions, the art world as we know it could change drastically as more people have access and means to buy unique art pieces.<\/span><\/p>\n

[thrive_leads id=’5219′]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blockchain technology is expanding what we think of as art and how we share art in the modern era. Learn how to buy digital art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"iawp_total_views":7,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5712],"tags":[7221,7805,7806,7772,7807],"class_list":{"0":"post-7467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-guides","8":"tag-art","9":"tag-blockchain-art","10":"tag-cryptokitties","11":"tag-digital-art","12":"tag-rare-pepes"},"wppr_data":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Buy Digital Art - CoinCentral<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blockchain technology is expanding what we think of as art and how we share art in the modern era. Learn how to buy digital art.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Buy Digital Art - CoinCentral\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn how blockchain is expanding what we think of as art, and how to get some digital art for yourself.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CoinCentral\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-27T20:13:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-28T01:43:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/feat.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bennett Garner\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Learn how blockchain is expanding what we think of as art, and how to get some digital art for yourself.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bennettgarner\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bennett Garner\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/\",\"name\":\"How to Buy Digital Art - CoinCentral\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/feat.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-27T20:13:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-28T01:43:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f25f619861434a4978e9331821e31fd5\"},\"description\":\"Blockchain technology is expanding what we think of as art and how we share art in the modern era. Learn how to buy digital art.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/feat.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/feat.png\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"how to buy digital art\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Buy Digital Art\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/\",\"name\":\"CoinCentral\",\"description\":\"Your Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other Cryptocurrency HQ\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f25f619861434a4978e9331821e31fd5\",\"name\":\"Bennett Garner\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74c436bc232818e77dcd4eb94547fdf8de07bb1d1aeb26787fb41ba3e54efaff?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74c436bc232818e77dcd4eb94547fdf8de07bb1d1aeb26787fb41ba3e54efaff?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bennett Garner\"},\"description\":\"Bennett is an editor at Coin Central and freelance technology writer specializing in blockchain, software development, and AI writing. Visit Bennett's personal website to learn more about him and read more of his writing.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.bennettgarner.com\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennettgarner\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/author\/bennett-garner\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Buy Digital Art - CoinCentral","description":"Blockchain technology is expanding what we think of as art and how we share art in the modern era. Learn how to buy digital art.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Buy Digital Art - CoinCentral","og_description":"Learn how blockchain is expanding what we think of as art, and how to get some digital art for yourself.","og_url":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/","og_site_name":"CoinCentral","article_published_time":"2018-03-27T20:13:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-03-28T01:43:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/feat.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Bennett Garner","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_description":"Learn how blockchain is expanding what we think of as art, and how to get some digital art for yourself.","twitter_creator":"@bennettgarner","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bennett Garner","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/","url":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/","name":"How to Buy Digital Art - CoinCentral","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/feat.png","datePublished":"2018-03-27T20:13:24+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-28T01:43:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f25f619861434a4978e9331821e31fd5"},"description":"Blockchain technology is expanding what we think of as art and how we share art in the modern era. Learn how to buy digital art.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/feat.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/feat.png","width":2000,"height":1000,"caption":"how to buy digital art"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/how-to-buy-digital-art\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Buy Digital Art"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/","name":"CoinCentral","description":"Your Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other Cryptocurrency HQ","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f25f619861434a4978e9331821e31fd5","name":"Bennett Garner","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74c436bc232818e77dcd4eb94547fdf8de07bb1d1aeb26787fb41ba3e54efaff?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74c436bc232818e77dcd4eb94547fdf8de07bb1d1aeb26787fb41ba3e54efaff?s=96&r=g","caption":"Bennett Garner"},"description":"Bennett is an editor at Coin Central and freelance technology writer specializing in blockchain, software development, and AI writing. Visit Bennett's personal website to learn more about him and read more of his writing.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.bennettgarner.com","https:\/\/x.com\/bennettgarner"],"url":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/author\/bennett-garner\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}