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Pionauts, one of the most unique and groundbreaking NFT art collections, is set to launch on 28 April 2022, announced Johan Van Asperen Vervenne, the founder and visionary behind the team that created the series.

Today, Pionauts is the world's first company to create large-scale photorealistic appearances of historical pioneers, such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Nefertiti, Aristotle, Cleopatra, and so many more.

"Pionauts began as an idea for an NFT collection. Most NFT collections have about six different backgrounds," Johan said. "My team used 84 different 17th and 18th-century paintings to create many of the backgrounds used."

The 150 original pioneers selected by Van Asperen Vervenne and his team mostly lived before the invention of the camera. The team behind Pionauts are artificial intelligence, 2D and 3D graphic design specialists from nine countries.

“People of all ages are fascinated by pioneers that lived before the invention of the camera,” Van Asperen Vervenne said. “Before Pionauts came to life, we only saw old paintings and could only imagine what they looked like when they were alive.”

Van Asperen Vervenne felt it was time to bring them back to life today and go beyond the “stories we read about what they accomplished and go beyond imagining what stories they would tell about themselves if they were alive today.”

With that in mind, Van Asperen Vervenne and his team brought to life “the best-known pioneers with the latest 3D and artificial intelligence (AI) technology.” Applying Deep Learning technology and months of manual retouching, a collection of 8,500 unique variations was created with modified characteristics such as age, facial features and expressions.

Voting utility

Each of these NFTs comes with voting powers that grant holders of the breath-taking digital art collectibles the right to voice how they want the Pionauts comic stories told. They also come with copyrights and many of the photorealistic pioneers' portraits are already trademarked, said Van Asperen Vervenne.

“These portrait trademarks safeguard against infringement of copyrights increasing the value of the Pionauts project,” he added. “Pionauts owns the copyrights for commercial and non-commercial use.

 Royalty income

The Pionauts team sees a positive future in collaborating in various entertainment, marketing and educational projects. Johan and his team's goal is to create more 3D models of pioneer's faces and explore collaborations with Metaverse games, brands, educational- and the movie industry.

“Our goal for Pionauts NFT holders is to share in our future success as the Pionauts brand expands. Pionauts will share 25% of its royalty income with its NFT holders that are KYC (Know Your Customers) compliant,” Johan said.

Pionauts allows all Pionaut NFT holders to exclusively co-create new storylines about breathtaking interplanetary journeys and have a voice in choosing where the story goes next, Johan said.

"The ambition of the Pionauts team is to create a series of pilots, blockbuster movies, similarly as Pixar's Toy Story franchise and the Marvel cinematic universe," Van Asperen Vervenne said. "Pionauts has some very exciting announcements in the pipeline," he said.

The Pionaut's inception

Van Asperen Vervenne one day became intrigued by musician George Aquilla Hardy's depiction of what the first US President would look like today. But Johan went further. He dove into the topic of facial recognition and researched facial reconstruction techniques for digital illustration.

After he concluded his investigation, he decided to see if he could recreate the faces of a few famous people throughout history. After forming a dedicated team of international designers, he looked at historic pioneers regarded as some of the world's greatest minds.

With the help of some of the world's best artificial intelligence (AI) experts, including the founding father of the AI Gan source code, Johan added movements to the face of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle from the image of a statue representing his likeness.

Patience paid off, and it enticed Johan and his colleagues to continue with more restorations. They chose several more famous personalities of the past, that also include Socrates, Beethoven and William Shakespeare.

After many hours of meticulous attention to detail, the talented group transformed the faces of several of the most renowned pioneers worldwide into a photorealistic likeness of them thanks to groundbreaking AI. And then the decision to make them Pionauts.

"Earth is explored by the greatest minds in history. Imagine the progress we can make if these brilliant people help us explore space?" Johan asked. "And thus, the pioneers from history became Pionauts."

Utility

Each of the 8,500 NFTs comes with great utility. They come with voting rights on comic stories with the pioneer characters, their stories, the possibility for holders to input their stories, royalties from their sales, and future movie deals from which we like each NFT holder to profit.

“The goal is that holders of any Pionauts NFT will enjoy passive income as the Pionauts brand expands,” and “This 'army' of thousands of Pionauts NFT holders will undoubtedly help signal, prevent and protect Pionauts portrait rights for the benefit of all those invested in the collection.”

The unique Pionauts NFT collection launches on 28 April 2022

www.pionauts.com         Discord: https://lnkd.in/eQktanmD         Twitter: @pionauts 

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Layer1 Events (www.layer1events.com), the premier multifaceted approach to blockchain events and marketing, and Miami Crypto Experience (www.expcrypto.io), the first crypto event endorsed by the City of Miami, and featured in Forbes as a Top 5 NFT Event, today announced the debut of Blockchain2022, an interactive conference bringing together thought leaders driving the growth of blockchain technology and Web 3.0. The event will take place April 10-11, 2022 at the popular James L. Knight Center in Miami. All entrepreneurs, creators, collectors, developers, investors, crypto degens and crypto curious are welcome to attend. Early-bird and VIP tickets are available at www.blockchain2022.miami.

Sponsored by Transform Ventures, Blockchain Wire, and Bizbits, Blockchain2022 will feature five stages with keynotes, fireside chats, and thought-leadership panels around topics such as NFTs, metaverses, DAOs, mining, DeFi, ReFi, interoperability, regulation, and investing.

Initial Speakers include:

• Brock Pierce, CEO of Helios; Chairman of Bitcoin Foundation; Candidate for Senator of Wyoming

• Michael Wagner, Co-Founder & CEO of Star Atlas

• James Haft, Chairman at DLTx

• Masha Prusso, Marketing for Polygon; Partner at Story Ventures

• Irina Litchfield, Partner at Percival Capital; BitAngels City Leader Austin

• Dirk Lueth, Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Upland

• Brad Yasar, CEO, EQIFI

• Michael Terpin, Founder and CEO of Transform Ventures; Co-founder of BitAngels

• Paul Puey, CEO and Co-Founder of Edge

• Kaitie Zhee, CMO of DLTx

• Adryenn Ashley, Founder of Foxies NFT; NFT Community Designer at Wow! Is Me, Inc.

• Ed Prado, CEO/Co-Founder at RAIR Technologies; Founding Partner at Novena

• Mitchell Dong, CEO at Pythagoras

• Miles Paschini, CEO of FV Bank

• Christina Cartagena, Founder of BizBits; Founder of Architechtura; Co-Founder of Miami Crypto Experience

• Brian Nelson, VP of Surety at Crypto & MSBs; Advisory Board Member at Utah Blockchain Coalition

In addition, Blockchain 2022 will offer signature features like a Bored Ape Yacht Club After Party powered by NFT.tips at the Wharf, BitAngels Breakfast Pitches, NFT Carnival (the first digital gallery event series for non-fungible tokens), Executive Soiree Area, Recovery Zone, Miami Crypto Block Party, Builder Block Experiences, a Vendor Village, Neural Networking, Media Studio, and more. 

“Last June, Miami was the epicenter of the crypto world as Bitcoin2021 rolled into town and brought 50,000 people to sunny South Florida for a series of conferences, with the main event being exclusively by and for bitcoin,” said Michael Terpin (AKA The Godfather of Crypto) and Founder of Layer1 Events. “With Bitcoin2022 returning to Miami this April, we decided to create a new conference for everything in crypto that's not bitcoin, including Ethereum, Solana, Cardano, BNB, NFTs and DeFi, in partnership with our friends at Miami Crypto Experience.”

“Ultimately our partnership is about uniting the crypto curious with the crypto veterans, showcasing that Blockchain is more than just Bitcoin, and providing intimate learning and networking opportunities that give people the chance to experience the next big thing first-hand,” said Christina Cartagena, Miami Crypto Experience Co-Founder.

To learn more, sponsor a presentation or party, showcase your art or buy tickets, visit www.blockchain2022.miami or follow @blockconference.

ABOUT BLOCKCHAIN2022

Blockchain 2022 (www.blockchain2022.miami) is an inclusive, interactive conference bringing together thought leaders driving the growth of blockchain technology and Web 3.0. Blockchain2022 does not solely focus on one chain, brand, or demographic and welcomes all entrepreneurs, investors, developers, and creators to experience the latest blockchain innovations and build and network with some of the most influential names in crypto.

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ABOUT LAYER1 EVENTS

Layer1 Events (www.layer1events.com) is a multifaceted approach to blockchain events and marketing. Through our various event series offerings, we provide individuals and projects options to meet their goals such as Brand Awareness, Funding, Community Building, Lead-Gen, Education, and Partnerships. Our team of experts has been producing international blockchain events since 2014, including CoinAgenda, BitAngels, NFT Carnival, and Satoshi Salon.

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Miami Crypto Experience (www.expcrypto.io), the first crypto event endorsed by the City of Miami, and featured in Forbes as a Top 5 NFT Event.

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Trustedd is proud to announce the release of its limited 3D Art Avatar NFT Collection designed to change the Face of Modern Business and Education.

Trustedd is a new cutting-edge Web 3 Ecosystem dedicated to revolutionizing modern innovation and education by establishing a transparent and validated community that deems one another trustworthy. By doing so trustedd aims to solve misinformation and scams, especially in the crypto and blockchain realm. By creating this unique Gateway into Web 3, trustedd users have the opportunity to build a transparent trustedd score and safely connect with the right people, and find the exact services and products they are in need of within seconds.

To bring this vision to life in the fastest and most decentralized way possible, the trustedd Founding Members Collection will be marked as the foundation of the ecosystem. The Founding Member NFTs will be released on the Ethereum blockchain and come to life as an exclusive membership for the new Ecosystem, available to individuals, businesses, and brands alike who share the values and vision of trustedd. The Genesis Collection is limited to 10.000 Avatars, but there are millions of unique trustedd 3D avatars to come in the future.

"Any holder of the Founding Member NFT, no matter if a person, a business, a brand, or organization symbolizes that he or she wants to foster innovation and the adoption of new technologies through education and collaboration." - Christof Wallner, CEO & Founder

The Founding Members Avatars are created through machine-learning generated 3D Avatars that are both individually unique and come with a functional design. Like a fingerprint, every Avatar has its own uniquely generated design, making it easy to visually distinguish them from another, giving individuals and businesses the option to build a memorable and recognizable brand around their artwork.

To ensure utility trustedd 3D Avatars can be seen as the 'iPhone of NFTs'. Users can utilize their Avatars directly in Metaverses, Conference Calls like Zoom, and in the future even as your private Virtual Assistant as an alternative to current Voice Assistants within the trustedd Ecosystem.

As a demo, the first official trustedd video trailer, 'It is time to wake up!' was created with the 3D Avatar which will be available for Founding Member NFT Holders only a few days after the official NFT Sale.

Trustedd will implement a Dutch Auction system to launch its Genesis Collection in March 2022. That will allow the community to set the price of the NFTs. A Dutch Auction is a market structure in which the price of something offered is determined after all bids arrive at the highest price at which the total offering can be sold. The starting price for the auction will be 100 ETH and once the bidding begins, the price of the NFT will decrease by 1 ETH every 8 minutes until it is either sold out or hits the set floor price of 1 ETH.

The Founding Member NFT sales revenues will be used to build the planned Web 3 ecosystem, while parts of the sales revenue will go towards helping Ukraine. The trustedd ecosystem consists of a Web 3 platform accessible through any browser under trustedd.com and, in the future, of a native Operating System as an alternative to iOS, Android Operating Systems. The ecosystem and its content will then be curated and governed by its users under a legal Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO).
The generated proceeds from the NFT sale will be secured by an industry-leading Custody Provider. In addition, all transactions will be monitored by Chainanalysis, a leading KYT, to stay compliant with local and global regulations, and safely interact with emerging technology regulations.

Benefits of joining the Founding Members include an exclusive Membership, access to future NFT drops, an airdrop of trustedd's social token $trustedd, early access to contribution rights, new features on the ecosystem, exclusive invites to events, free and discounted Hardware, and much more. To be a part of the Founding Members is to be a part of an inner circle breaking ground on breakthrough innovations and next-gen developments.

Through proof of concept, dedication to innovation, and unwavering commitment to bridging the gap between blockchain technology and mainstream adoption, trustedd's purpose-driven vision can come to fruition with the release of the Founding Members NFTs.

About trustedd

Trustedd is a new and revolutionary ecosystem to easily onboard users into Web 3, which will transform into a Decentralized Autonomous Organization to give control and privacy back to the people. Founded by Christof Wallner, trustedd reimagines how modern business and education function to effectively usher in a new era of transparency, innovation, and trust using blockchain technology.

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Discord: https://discord.gg/DMThwZ2nJN

Project Name: trustedd

Contact Name: Christof Wallner

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://trustedd.com