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*State of the Sndbox is a weekly newsletter that provides the latest in Sndbox activities, projects, and provides the best resources in creative empowerment for the Steemit community. To get up-to-date on all of our development throughout the week, be sure to follow us @sndbox. This SoTS was guest authored by our very own @luvabi.*

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**Welcome to the 41st State of the Sndbox newsletter!** This past week, our team has been busy behind the scenes building out thecreativecrypto.com website, program planning for Cohort 2 of the Sndbox incubator and having fun with all things artistic on the blockchain. We launched our Steem Art & Design Challenge on Friday and announced the Cardano art winners last week. The final cut of "Explaining the Blockchain to your Grandma" was published via @creativecrypto with a peek into the next episode of Blockchain and Bourbon. On Monday, we shared project updates from impactful Steem-powered initiatives wrapping up within the incubator. And through The Creative Crypto, we talked about Whitepaper Projections and how we can educate and prepare blockchain users for a decentralized future.

For a more thorough breakdown of what our members have been up to, be sure to go through our weekly [Sndbox Selections of the Week](https://steemit.com/curation/@sndbox/articles-of-the-week-art-community-and-culture-posts-4-30-5-7) and [Project Updates](https://steemit.com/community/@sndbox/project-updates-housing-in-south-africa-marketing-to-kr-non-profit-empowerment-5-07) that we publish each Monday.

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<h3>  Blockchain & Bourbon Weekly </h3>

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<i><a href="https://steemit.com/news/@creativecrypto/new-official-livestream-series-blockchain-and-bourbon"> Blockchain and Bourbon </a> is a weekly webisode hosted by [The Creative Crypto Magazine](https://thecreativecrypto.com/) streamed <b> LIVE </b> on multiple social media apps such as <a href="https://join.rizeapp.io/8ubfY44T3L"> Rize </a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/creativecrypto/"> Facebook</a>. </i>

Last week's episode of Blockchain and Bourbon - [Explaning the Blockchain to your Grandma](https://dlive.io/video/creativecrypto/abdba510-4f1b-11e8-b262-b5616ac90d7f) has been released on dlive.
Covering the analogies of blockchain and crypto, this episode dives into methods we Steemians use in explaining this innovative platform and technology to others. The discussion primarily revolves around Steem as we delved into how Steemit and d.tube / d.live are precedents we can point to when we find ourselves in controversial discussions of the Facebook and Youtube monetization fiasco.

Click [here](https://dlive.io/video/creativecrypto/abdba510-4f1b-11e8-b262-b5616ac90d7f) to view this episode.

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<h3>  Cardano Logo Art Winners </h3>

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It was quite a challenge deciding the winners among 100+ incredible logo art entries! The support has been amazing and a BIG THANKS to all who got inspired to visualize the Cardano logo  through the lens of a famous artist or style. @dalebor enamored us with Crypto Gardens and won the top spot. 

See the full post <a href="https://steemit.com/art/@creativecrypto/cardano-crypto-art-and-design-challenge-round-6-winners">here </a> and see who of the 100 entries stood out. @bulent1976's Lazer Bomb had the workings of a space themed battle that roused the gamer in all of us. @stashin's Aerial showed us an unexplored planet, C4R:D4N0.  @mbell's Orphistic Composition  transcends time. @ryh0505's Fireworks entry was exploding with handmade creativity. 

The entries by @olia1, @katalinaooma, @karenthfer and @jeeuuzz were hard to miss as they are the honorable mentions, see the entries in the full post [here](https://steemit.com/art/@creativecrypto/cardano-crypto-art-and-design-challenge-round-6-winners). 

Join future contests by checking in on Fridays on the @sndbox page.
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<h3>Project Updates on Housing in South Africa, Marketing to KR + Non-Profit Empowerment  </h3>

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<i>"Sndbox Project Series" brings you the latest updates on all Steem-powered projects led by current cohort members.</i> 

@urban-thinktank is a research and development studio with their flagship project <i>Empower Housing</i> in South Africa, they share their strategies and solution for communities in producing a sustainable income. @kr-marketing is a Korean community project that reinvents blockchain news and crypto-information into powerful graphics and illustrations. They recently launched a comic strip "Can I earn money as I travel the world?" @mrblinddraw's #whisper Gallery showcases cross-disciplinary collaboration of various artists on the platform where @yusaymon gives us the latest submission. The @blockmountain group is in the process of developing Steemit's first community powered music album and just released a new lineup of Steem-powered musicians. @phillyhistory is a graduate-level history seminar that compiles student research, read on as they share their current students stats. An eBook in progress that aims to onboard musical professionals onto the Steem blockchain, @heymattsokol shares the reminders on their ongoing fundraiser for The Musician's Guide.
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<h3> Whitepaper Projections on @creativecrypto </h3>

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The @creativecrypto's core principle is to make the blockchain accessible for artist and entrepreneurs in the real world. Our team recently announced that we will be selecting whitepapers and digging into them as we analyse a series of pros, cons and future uses relayed in [this post](https://steemit.com/review/@creativecrypto/whitepaper-projections-a-new-way-to-understand-decentralization). Selected whitepapers will be those that strive to disrupt current creative and entrepreneurial sectors with the focus on the influence and transformation decentralized technologies can offer the world as we know it.  

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<h3> Steeming with Creativity </h3>

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Our next Crypto Art Challenge highlights our own beloved Steem! 


We challenge artists, graphic designers and creatives to  pick a famous artist or style and in that art form, re-imagine the Steem logo in the most creative way possible. There is no limit to your imagination!

View the Steem Crypto Art and Design Challenge Guidelines <a href="https://steemit.com/steem/@sndbox/crypto-art-and-design-challenge-round-7-steem">here</a> and submit your entries by <b>Tonight! Wednesday, 10pm EST</b>.

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<h3> Sndbox at Ethereal in NYC </h3>

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The  Ethereal conference in New York is happening on May 11th and 12th at the Knockdown Center in New York. We invite everyone to come say hello to us at  @sndbox and @creativecypto. We will be at the conference and at the talk on Friday, 2:00 PM with @mintvilla as she shares the impact of decentralized systems on civic institutions and displays her work implementing Steem and other blockchain systems into Herbert von King Park. We hope to see you there!

See [this post](https://steemit.com/conference/@sndbox/say-hello-to-sndbox-at-ethereal-in-nyc-showcase-on-mintvilla-steem-park) for more details.

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<h3> Basics of a Blockchain Encyclopedia </h3>

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One week into our launch of our partnership with the @kr-marketing and @keepit teams to feature  their concise blockchain and crypto terminology on [www.thecreativecrypto.com](https://www.thecreativecrypto.com/) Resource Page, we give you a sneek peek on how it's shaping up. Future additions include profiles / flash-cards of different cryptocurrencies and common conversational pieces that describe the functions and nature of blockchain technology.

Check out the [full post](https://steemit.com/education/@creativecrypto/basics-of-a-blockchain-encyclopedia-korean-english-pt-1) for the English translations of the Korean made graphics and the preview we gave of these engaging graphics on our website.

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A warm thanks to @sndbox's SoTS guest author; @luvabi. Abi is a member of Sndbox's first Cohort. [Guest Authors receive 20% of the SBD rewards, and an opportunity to showcase projects developing within the incubator / broader Steemit community.]

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