New Platform Emerges to Preserve Foundation's Digital Art Legacy
New Platform Emerges to Preserve Foundation's Digital Art Legacy
🏛️ Saving Foundation's Archives
A team of three developers has been working on a preservation platform following Foundation's shutdown. Foundation was one of the earliest digital art auction houses in the web3 space.
Key Details:
- The project is led by @jalilwahdat, @yougogirl_eth, and one other collaborator
- Development has been ongoing for several months
- Primary objective: create a dedicated space to preserve artwork that was minted and collected on Foundation
The initiative addresses concerns about digital art preservation when platforms close, ensuring that historical NFT collections remain accessible to their communities.
For the last couple of months, @jalilwahdat, @yougogirl_eth and I have been working on an idea that was originally prompted by the shutdown of Foundation, one of the first digital art auction houses. The initial goal, a place to preserve the work minted and collected there.
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