Last summer when Artnome was featured in Oliver Roeder's excellent article in FiveThirtyEight, I briefly received a cavalcade of email inquiries. One stood out among them all. The email had the subject line "An Email From Your Next Artnome Intern" from Kaesha Freyaldenhoven. I was drawn in by her chutzpah, and I was rewarded for my instincts.

I explained to her on our first call that I had no money to pay an intern. Undeterred, she applied for a grant, and won her own funding to subsidize her support of Artnome and the Artnome database. As a third-year student at University of Chicago, Kaesha did a summer internship with Goldman Sachs as a "private wealth management global summer analyst" where she excelled. Yet she chose to follow her heart and pursue art history.

I couldn't be more proud to have her on my team. When it came time to interview my favorite "crypto" artist, Moxarra Gonzalez, who lives in Mexico City and speaks Spanish as his first language, I reached out without hesitation to Kaesha, who speaks fluent Spanish, to run the interview. This is just one of many contributions from Kaesha to date and hopefully just one of many more to come!

One last note, Moxarra works in a wide variety of materials and subject matter. In this interview, we primarily focus on his work done in the Dada.nyc platform. Be sure to check out the rest of his work by following him on Twitter @moxarra, Instagram, and Facebook. And now for the interview:

K: Hi Moxarra, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me! Jason and I have been very excited to do this interview with you!

M: Oh, thank you. And likewise.

K: We are looking forward to learning more about you, your practice, and how blockchain plays into your day-to-day as an artist. So first thing’s first -- is Moxarra your real name?

M: No, it isn’t! Moxarra (pronounced “Mo - ha - ra”) is my nickname. Mojarra is a kind of tuna fish in Spanish. My brother gave me this nickname. He is Moxarra, Sr., while I am now Moxarra, Jr. He lives in San Luis Potosí and I see him and my family when I'm on vacation. My name is Carlos González, but I really only go by Moxarra. I am 37 years old and from San Luis Potosí, but currently living in Mexico City. I studied visual arts at the UANL (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León).