EXPERIMENT #3
Forkable Futures  - Art Book

a decentralized publishing experiment





What does a decentralized future look like?


We’re inviting artists, writers, and thinkers to imagine future artifacts - speculative tools, rituals, texts, and/or objects - and contribute them to a living, forkable art book on the Solana blockchain.

Each piece becomes part of a chain of ideas: remixable, traceable, and ever-evolving.

Submit one. Fork another. Help us write the future, one artifact at a time.


How to Participate (3 Simple Steps)

1. Imagine a Future Artifact
Submit a speculative object - an artwork, story, image, ritual, tool, video, audio clip, piece of code - anything that captures a possible future.

2. Connect It to the Chain
Start something new or fork someone else’s idea. Each artifact is linked using PDA, forming a living lineage of creativity.

3. Submit It — We’ll Mint It for You
All you need is a wallet. Just fill out the form, we’ll mint your artifact as an NFT and connect it to the evolving chain.



How It Works

  • Artists submit future artifacts.

  • Each artifact is minted on Solana via a Programmable Data Account (PDA).

  • New pieces connect to previous ones — forming a forkable chain of ideas.

  • Artists can start new threads or remix what came before.

  • The art book grows with every contribution.



Attribution & Forked Royalties

  • All works are credited on-chain to their original creators.

  • Forks link back to their source — preserving authorship and influence.

  • When a fork is collected, Forked Royalties are distributed up the chain.

  • The more your work inspires others, the more you earn — creatively and financially.







COLLABORATORS WANTED
We’re looking for artists, storytellers, creative technologists, engineers, builders — and anyone interested in open, experimental creativity.

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Decentralized Futures
is a collaboration between
Columbia DSL & the Solana Foundation