Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction. Blockchain for Artistic Research? / Paulo de Assis and Adam Łukawski — Rethinking Musical Objects in and for Blockchain Technologies : from the Work-concept to Hypermusic / Paulo de Assis — Performative Transactions : Artistic Collaboration of Humans and AI Agents in Decentralized Creative Networks / Adam Łukawski — Integrating Generative AI and Blockchain Technologies to Create Musical Objects with Agency / Martin Zeilinger — Valuing Web3 music : from NFT prices to the quadruple bottom line / Marcus O’Dair — From blockchains to NFTs : Decentralized (?) platforms for unique (?) content distribution / Claudio J. Tessone — Art, People, Museums, and the Promise of Blockchain / Diane Drubay — Can’t Knock the Hustle : NTFs, DAOs and Creativity / Catherine Mulligan — Breaking the 5th wall. Stories happen through interaction. Interaction leads to experience / Kristof Timmerman — Hypermusic Experiment 0.9 : Modelling, Mapping, and Prototyping The Future / Einar Einarsson — Decentralized transindividual collaborative experimental musicking / Kosmas Giannoutakis.”Moving beyond blockchain’s financial applications, this book presents various perspectives on how this technology plays an important role in a creative, conceptual and philosophical rethinking of the current modes of artistic creation. Including contributions from leading researchers in music, arts, and technology, the chapters of the book address blockchain’s capacity to reconfigure notions of agency, authorship, authenticity, provenance, and ownership in music. Taken together, these chapters challenge conventional centralized mechanisms in music creation and dissemination. They advocate for new forms of musical expression and stress the need for the artistic community to engage with blockchain technology. This book is essential reading for artists, musicians, researchers, and policymakers curious to know more about the implications of blockchain for the future of music. More than an academic exploration, it is a call to the artistic community to critically engage with blockchain technology and its consequences for creative practices.”–