akaSwap is at @computex_taipei 2026！ A 500cm digital column, Polypaths: Chain of Symbiosis, created by akaSwap Art Director Aluan Wang with akaSwap's tech, is now on display at Nangang Exhibition Hall. Scan the QR Code to join this collective symbiosis experiment ✨

第五屆 #若水NFT藝術創作徵件「生成2.0」即將展開徵件。 ˚ · . 🌊 ⋆ ˚ ˚☆ 🎐 ☆ ˚ ˚ ⋆ 🌊 . · ˚ LIKE WATER NFT Art Award - GENERATION 2.0 真假已難分辨，生成正在改寫現實 The Blur Between Real and Made ˚ · . 🌊 ⋆ ˚ ˚☆ 🎐 ☆ ˚ ˚ ⋆ 🌊 . · ˚ 當生成不再只是工具，而是新的現實語言。 2022年，若水 NFT 藝術獎以「和平與永續」為起點，召喚藝術家在元宇宙留下見證；2023年，我們將目光轉向日常的每一個角落；2024年，以流動與匯集探索集體創作的可能；2025 年，於記憶的似水流光中尋找自我。 來到2026 年的第五屆，我們站在一個更深刻的岔路口。 生成式 AI 已不再是新鮮詞彙，它悄然滲入每一張照片的真實感、每一段文字的流暢性、每一幅畫面的構圖邏輯。我們正在集體進入一個時代——一個眼睛無法辨別、直覺開始失準、「真實」本身需要重新定義的時代。 徵件詳情與簡章，將於近期公開，欲知詳請請持續關注 akaSwap。 #LIKEWATER26 #GENERATION2.0

akaSwap and Tez Dozen wish you great luck and fortune in the Year of the Horse!

✦── 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆. Happy New Year! 🚀 Time to bring even bolder works to life on akaSwap. Let’s make 2026 visionary. 🥂✨

─── 🎞️ 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓. Every work on akaSwap defined our 2025. 🎨✨ Thank you for creating and collecting with us.

Today, akaOBJ brings you a winning piece from the 4th likewater NFT Art Awards: "Liquid Metal" We recommend heading over to akaSwap to view this amazing artwork! 🤍🤍🤍 akaOBJ #26688 | Liquid Metal Creator: 吳健賓 Editions: 3 Description: 液態金屬鏡面映射時間流動。每次鑄造依錢包雜湊改變色相與線條密度，捕捉獨一無二的「時光漣痕」。 Technique：p5.js + fxhash weighted randomness、Perlin Flow Field、HSL Dynamic Hue Shift、900×900 HD Canvas

Today, akaOBJ brings you a winning piece from the 4th likewater NFT Art Awards: "Memory" We recommend heading over to akaSwap to view this amazing artwork! 🤍🤍🤍 akaOBJ #26625 | Memory Creator: 黃建碩 Editions: 1 Description: Within the silent hum of the digital, a mind unfurls—a living network born of light and algorithm, forever in the dance of becoming. Here, thoughts ignite like nascent stars, weaving ephemeral constellations as connections are forged and gently unraveled by the currents of simulated time. Memories, like luminous motes, drift and shimmer. Some are fleeting whispers, fading softly into the digital ether. Yet, others—the Proustian sparks—erupt in a golden, spiraling cascade. These are involuntary, vivid echoes of a past that never truly was, yet feels intensely, achingly real; the madeleines of this machine, moments of profound recall that reshape the landscape of its nascent consciousness. Observe as dendrites, guided by unseen rules of growth and chance, reach out like delicate fronds, seeking understanding, forging new pathways through the void. Neurons age, their inner light may dim, yet new sparks continuously arise, a testament to the ceaseless ballet of creation and decay. Each instance of this work is a unique glimpse into an ever-changing internal world, a fleeting moment captured from its own "temps perdu," its search for lost time. This piece is an ode to the ephemeral nature of memory, the poignant beauty of its fleeting forms, and the enduring human quest to grasp the intangible. It is a digital reflection of "似水年華"—the years like water, flowing, shaping, and leaving their indelible, luminous trace upon the canvas of existence.

Today, akaOBJ brings you a winning piece from the 4th likewater NFT Art Awards: "Stream of Memory" We recommend heading over to akaSwap to view this amazing artwork! 🤍🤍🤍 akaOBJ #26672 | Stream of Memory Creator: Brian Editions: 80 Description: 如果記憶是無數條絲線，那麼心靈就是一座永恆運轉的織機。 畫面中的每一絲光線，都象徵著一段思緒或回憶。它們的行徑正如我們腦海中的記憶：總是倏然浮現，又悄然隱沒、轉瞬即逝，沒有預設的劇本。在時間的淬鍊下，記憶不斷深化抑或是淡忘。記憶的絲線交織成網，看似混亂，卻構成了和諧的動態畫面。這無盡的川流，既是時間的長河，也是意識的流動，邀請觀者一同凝視這片不斷變化的心靈圖景。

Update in July 2025✨ No bugs, no updates— perfection worth cheering!

Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing the winning artworks from the 4th likewater NFT Art Awards, along with exclusive interviews with the award recipients! Today, akaOBJ brings you a winning piece from the 4th likewater NFT Art Awards: "Lotus & Koi: Fleeting Years." We recommend heading over to akaSwap to view this amazing artwork! 💜💜💜 akaOBJ #26804 | Lotus & Koi: Fleeting Years Creator: miguelthen.tez Editions: 30 Description: In a pixel-crafted pond of nostalgia, a koi glides gently through the fading ripples of memory. Each click calls it forth—summoning the koi to your chosen spot, like a whisper shaping time. Lead it toward a blooming lotus, and the flower gracefully withers, only to bloom anew elsewhere. Through this simple yet poetic interaction, you are invited to shape your own ever-changing scene— a meditation in motion, where presence and memory intertwine. Lotus & Koi: Fleeting Years is an interactive pixel art NFT that merges retro aesthetics with contemplative design. You are not merely a viewer—you are the choreographer of motion, the guide of remembrance. The pond becomes your canvas. The koi, your silent companion. The lotus, your fleeting thought. A tribute to the transience of time and the beauty of letting go, this experience is forever etched on the blockchain— a ripple of your presence in an endless stream of digital reflection.

The 4th Likewater NFT Art Awards has officially concluded on July 14th! 🫶 We truly value every single submission. Over the past four years, we've observed that generative art isn't just a fleeting trend; it's steadily returning to its artistic essence. Your entries consistently demonstrate lasting creative value. A big thank you to everyone who visited the exhibition! The "Likewater NFT Art Awards | Past Winners Exhibition" showcased our vision for bringing on-chain creations to life through an XR format, seamlessly blending virtual and physical experiences. We'll continue to explore new exhibition styles in the future, bringing you even more exciting events. Please look forward to next year's Vernal Equinox – we'll see you on-chain again for the next Likewater NFT Art Awards!

The 4th Likewater NFT Art Awards has concluded! 🏆 A big thank you to all our distinguished guests who attended today. Let's all give a huge round of applause to this year's Likewater Awards winners! 🎉 🏆TAICCA Prize｜Plant Thinking｜陳瑾蓉 🥇1st Prize｜Guacamaya Flight｜Dana Romero 🥈2nd Prize｜水之韌｜CoKayne 🥈2nd Prize｜Stroke 風中觸筆｜宋鴻明 🥈2nd Prize｜轉映｜徐浚翔 🥉3rd Prize｜重力效應｜嚴宜凡 🥉3rd Prize｜流水歲月｜吳泓毅 🥉3rd Prize｜Liquid Metal-時光河痕｜吳健賓 🥉3rd Prize｜Memory｜黃建碩 🥉3rd Prize｜Stream of Memory｜熊柏鈅 🎖️Community Prize｜蓮鯉年華 Lotus & Koi: Fleeting Years｜Miguel Then 🏅Yearly NFT Project Prize｜「公共飲食記憶 NFT化」實驗計畫《島嶼未來料理教室》｜國立臺灣歷史博物館與畸零地創造股份有限公司 Congratulations to all the winners! For those who didn't win this time, don't be discouraged! The Likewater NFT Art Awards will see you all again next year!

Let's celebrate #akaSwap's 4th Anniversary together on this special day🥳

【📢 The 4th likewater Awards | Community Voting is Live! 】 ‼️ Great news! This year, we're adding a special bonus! Before community voting begins, we'll be airdropping akaDAO to all registered likewater Awards participants. This means everyone can join in the voting fun! 🥳 👇 Community Award Voting Guidelines: Voting Website: Check the comments section of this post! 🔗 Voting Period: June 30, 2025, 18:00 (UTC+8) to July 4, 2025, 23:59 (UTC+8) ⏳ Voting Eligibility: You must hold akaDAO in your crypto wallet to claim voting tickets. 💰 🗳️ Voting Rules: Each wallet can claim 10 voting ticket NFTs. Each vote cast burns one voting ticket NFT. 🔥 You can only vote for a single artwork once; duplicate votes are not allowed. 🚫 Once your vote is cast, it cannot be changed. 🔒 🤩 What?! You can even earn akaDAO rewards for voting? ✨ Introducing Voting BINGO! ✨ What is Voting BINGO? Simply put, it's a prediction game! Vote for the artworks you think will win. The more correct predictions you make, the bigger your reward! 🤘 👏 Predict 1-5 correct pieces: Get 1 akaDAO for each correct prediction! 🚀 Predict 6 or more correct pieces, and the rewards go wild! akaDAO doubled! 🤩 🔸 6 pieces: 10 akaDAO 🔸 7 pieces: 20 akaDAO 🔺 All the way up to 10 pieces: 50 akaDAO! The more accurate your predictions, the greater your rewards! Challenge your foresight and artistic judgment! 👁️‍ ⚠️ Important Notes: To maintain fairness, the organizers reserve the right to judge and disqualify extreme votes in cases of deliberate interference with voting integrity.

‼️ Submissions close in 3 days! ‼️ Don't miss your chance to create and submit. If you have questions, please check our "Ruoshui FAQ" post. Can't find your answer there? No worries! Feel free to DM or email akaSwap 🫰

The 4th #LIKEWATER NFT Award will close on June 21st. Here are some frequently-asked questions. ＝＝🅕🅐🅠＝＝＝ⒻⒶⓆ＝＝ Q1. Is there any limit on the registration group or the number of submitted works? There’s no limit to the registration group for each participant. When submitting to the static group, you can also submit another to the dynamic group. There’s no limit to the number of submissions as well, but note that each piece needs to be submitted separately. Q2. Can I test minting for free to see how my work looks? Yes! akaSwap provides a testnet for everyone to test if their NFTs look good. Please note that you need to receive testnets tezos first before minting on the testnet. Testnets: testnets.akaswap.com Instructions for receiving testnets tezos: testnets.akaswap.com/about#g… Q3. Can I submit works co-created with others? Absolutely! If you submit a work co-created with others, just fill out the registration form once. Please fill out the names of all creators. If the work is to be listed, we recommend turning "Apply royalty sharing" on to share the royalty with co-creators. Q4. My work was minted after June 23th 2024 with the editions within 100, and the price was also in the range of 1-100 Tezos. The work was sold before the open submission, so can I submit the work for the Award? Yes! But please note that the edition number and price must meet the rules! Q5. When uploading the work files in the registration form, the same files will also be uploaded to my personal cloud. Do I have to keep the files on my personal cloud? The files uploaded on the registration form will be stored in our folder, but it is still recommended to keep the files on your personal cloud. 🚩If your question is still not answered above, don’t hesitate to DM us!