State of the Sndbox - Week 63 [Media Partnerships, Artful Crypto Co...

State of the Sndbox is a weekly newsletter authored by Hive account@luvabi - providing the latest in Sndbox activities, challenges, projects, and resources for creative empowerment of the Steemit community. To get up-to-date on all of our development throughout the week, be sure to follow our feed Hive account@sndbox.

This Week in the Sndbox

Welcome to the 63rd State of the Sndbox newsletter! This past week, we showcased CC, our very own Blockchain Robot. We wrapped up our media partnerships with Mondo.NYC and the NYC ArtTech + Blockchain Connect conference. We also shared the results from our #dappexplorer series and opened up the next #cryptocollab series. STEEM rallied on Netcoins, and the Crypto Connect the Dots Challenge was launched!

Mondo.NYC Media Partnership

The Mondo.NYC 3 day conference and music festival that engaged newcomers to the blockchain space from the music industry. Highlights from the event were talks revolving around the Steem blockchain and a Steem workshop with Steemit Inc.'s

Hive account@andrarchy about how artists can leverage the Steem ecosystem to empower their content.

The workshop presentation showcased how Steemit has helped launch many projects, one of which is Steem Park, a design-build project that was funded entirely through Steem. Another is The Creative Crypto magazine that empowers creatives to learn more about cryptocurrency. These graphics are free for you to use in your events, check them out here and watch out for more Media Partnerships like this from Hive account@sndbox.

Brainstorming Community Building on the Blockchain

The #dappexplorer series culminated as the

Hive account@sndbox community examined new blockchain platforms and explored the possibilities of their very own decentralized application. Building on that knowledge and momentum, we invite everyone to partake in the Crypto-Collaborations series by initiating a creative collaboration of your own made through 1 or more DApps may it be through an artwork, a community project, or an application. Publish your collaboration using the #cryptocollab tag.

Read the full post and guidelines here.

STEEM's Netcoin Rally

Last week we rallied up the hordes to get Steem at the top rank to be one of the cryptocurrencies listed on Canada's Netcoins' virtual ATM software. Accessibility on the Netcoins ATM software enables Steem to join major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum as well as eases the purchase of Steem, signifying ease of mass adoption.

Read the details of the listing and campaign for votes through upvotes here.

A Forum for ALL Crypto on the Social Blockchain

Steem is the perfect avenue for other blockchain and DApp communities to broadcast ideas, gather feedback and incentivize growth. It is becoming an empowering forum for the cryptocurrency world where new blockchain users are rewarded for their articles, videos, or tutorials. Forget Twitter, Facebook, or other social media platforms, get rewarded for all your blockchain related content on the Steem social blockchain.

Read the full post here.

NYC ArtTech + Blockchain Connect

This past week, we were thrilled to be the supporting partner of New Art Academy's NYC ArtTech + Blockchain Connect at NYU. Our very own Michael Lee moderated a panel of crypto collectables and discussed the role and actionability of blockchain as an infrastructure for art creation, curation and collection. We also spoke with event creator Elena Zavelev about the event mission and goals.

Read the full post about our visit here.

CC the Art Loving Blockchain Robot

Actively curating content and discovering #cryptoart, #photography, #creativity that is stamped all over the Steem platform by incredible artists, designers, musicians, writers, photographers and cool DApps from all over the world is what CC does best. Finding those under-rewarded creative contributions on the blockchain, CC enables our Magazine curate the content and provide rewards to creatives across the platform.

Read more about this lovable Robot here.

Discover + Curate + Explore

`article-topic`	author
`art`	By Hive account@aaronhong. Read more, click here.
	Taking us to New York in 2019, this Graphic Design and Photography Collaboration by Jerome and Aaron gives us the calendar that makes you dream of the Big Apple in black and white.
`archisteem`	By Hive account@kimzwarch. Read more, click here.
	Sketchnation, also classified as the real world, and the virtual world, Archisteem merge together to promote a unanimous vision of a sustainable future for both communities.
`architecture`	By Hive account@critday. Read more, click here.
	Finally Network provides the platform for architecture students to leverage for their digital portfolios, essentially providing proof as to "Why all architecture students should be using Steemit."
`art`	By Hive account@designkoi. Read more, click here.
	Check out the trophy design proposals for the exciting 2018 Steemit KR Community Awards.
`cryptocollab`	By Hive account@hhtb. Read more, click here.
	Hip Hop The Blockchain collaborates with Think You Got Skillz to launch The Beat Meet as the first installment of TYGS in 2018.
`cooking`	By Hive account@mountainjewel. Read more, click here.
	This delicious looking compilation of Digital Heirloom recipes will leave you hungry and wanting more.
`art`	By Hive account@donnadavisart. Read more, click here.
	Music and graffiti come together in a unique collaboration that draws inspiration from digital dialogue.
`travel`	By Hive account@jpphotography. Read more, click here.
	TravelFeed DApp will be "A home to travellers around the world." Check out the plans for the basic features of the web app.
`travel`	By Hive account@for91days. Read more, click here.
	TravelFeed marks a new beginning for travel bloggers as they launch a promotional video to give a shout-out to all travel bloggers on different social media platforms.

Crypto Connect the Dots Challenge

We just wrapped up our week with a question designed to challenge and explore new ways of engaging the Steem blockchain.

We love our cryptocurrencies so for this week's challenge, we ask you to draw your favorite cryptocurrency logo, but to spice things up, download the dot grid image to use as the baseline of your illustration. Stay tuned for a post outlining our favorites of the past week.

Read more about this week's challenge here.

This post was authored by Hive account@luvabi, a Steward of the sndbox incubator. Learn more, follow Hive account@luvabi or begin a conversation in the comment section below.

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