Music from Bitcoin Price Action? Yes, It's Real.
Bitcoin has had many applications in the past few years, spanning from online payments to the usages of its distributed public ledger or blockchain. Interestingly enough, a project co-commissioned by Laboratoria Art&Science Space and Lykke AG in Moscow made use of bitcoin price action to create music. According to its website, the installation tracks real-time market activity changes related to bitcoin price action and litecoin. "The robotic system of the artwork is directed by a computer algorithm: influenced by dynamic changes of data, the installation sounds like a complex sound....
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