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Introducing All At Once, in collaboration with
@GrailersDAO
and presented on
@verse_works
.
An Ordinals exhibition featuring 9 artists launching on June 17th, with works responding to the inherent aspects of chronology and time engrained in Ordinals and Bitcoin more broadly. ⏲️
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A thread on generative art: a (very) brief background and where it’s at on Bitcoin
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One of our core goals at Singular is to introduce more people to generative art on Bitcoin. And to continue doing that, we're giving away Refraction
#35
by
@LorenBednar
. ✨
To have a chance at getting it, simply:
- Retweet this tweet
- Follow
@LorenBednar
That's it!
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Let’s chat about “being serious”.
Supporting the generative and broader digital art ecosystem on Bitcoin is only half of what our team at Singular does. Having come from Ethereum, our goal has also been to facilitate those that call other chains home to make the jump to Bitcoin.
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We have some major updates for Singular coming shortly.
In the meantime, let’s talk about “on-chainness” and art.
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Happy Bitcoin Genesis Day, everyone!
We hope you're ready for the Bitcoin-native art takeover in year 15...
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Bitcoin-native audiovisual art using sub-10k inscribed audio files as the generative seed. Tomorrow.
@thecolorblocks_
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The Rise and Fall of Long-form Generative Art
This is a piece we started writing at the beginning of the year. As we watch how the conversation has shifted with the introduction of generative art on Bitcoin and evolving narratives on other chains, now felt like the proper time
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Lovely to see all of the mints of Vimodyn by
@shrimpceviche
emerging from the inscriber.
While the public mint chugs along, a few curatorial comments from us.
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We are LOVING BitBlocks by
@billyrestey
, using other inscriptions as the seed to the generative algorithm. Here are two minted by our team member
@__proper
🔥
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𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚗
A peek into Portents by Rhea Myers (
@rheaplex
) during
@sssluke1
's keynote speech at
#DigitalArtMile
organized by
@outland_art
and
@artmetaofficial
.
The All At Once exhibition goes live Monday!
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We’re looking forward to revealing more about what generative releases we have coming up (Soon™️) and other initiatives we have planned.
For those of you new to Singular or generative art on Bitcoin in general, let’s review what works we have supported up to now. 👇
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The internal Singular collection is coming along nicely. 🧡
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1/ Something we hear constantly from ETH collectors is, “How are Ordinals going? I feel like I don’t hear anything about them anymore.”
That’s a testament to the minimal BTC <> ETH community overlap, so let’s dive into just how active the digital art scene on Bitcoin is. 👇
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Tomorrow, we level up with Vimodyn by
@shrimpceviche
.
Read on to learn more about release details. 🧵
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You all seemed to like our last teaser.
But what's life without a little color?
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A thread on patronage and curation.🍋
Read on to learn about how Manufactured by
@Ordinals10k
was curated, and the thinking that went into the system.
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A quick update from our teammate
@__proper
on what's coming up and what to expect.🟧
TL;DR: Get ready for more novel generative art on Bitcoin.
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Introducing Disco Fever, a long-form generative, animated series by
@lovidlovid
releasing on Singular on Tuesday, September 26th!
Read on to learn more about the project, the artists behind LoVid, and the release on Bitcoin. 👇
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Our team and the Singular community are loving Nakamoto Archives by
@lifofifo
!
First ever fully re-inscribed collection, consisting of every email and forum post written by Satoshi Nakamoto. Each sat carries three inscriptions, representing data, presentation, and art layers.
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Let’s talk about pre-inscribing.
Bitcoin is the only chain where creating and minting all generative works in advance of a collection’s release is the norm. This applies to “long-form” works, curated works, and the vast majority of generative works we see inscribed today.
This
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It would appear
@0xTechno
's luck knows no bounds. Congratulations on winning Refraction
#35
by
@LorenBednar
!
We will get in touch to get this work transferred to its new home.
One of our core goals at Singular is to introduce more people to generative art on Bitcoin. And to continue doing that, we're giving away Refraction
#35
by
@LorenBednar
. ✨
To have a chance at getting it, simply:
- Retweet this tweet
- Follow
@LorenBednar
That's it!
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Now feels like a good time to mention the following...
Manufactured by
@Ordinals10K
is already fully inscribed.
Collectors will not have to pay to inscribe a work nor will high fees leading up to the halving get in the way of its release. 🧠
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"With the state of digital art, so much resembles that of fast-fashion.
Works are shipped out rapidly from a conveyor belt and thrown into seas of endless content.
The pieces 'worn' are absent of heart and soul and dedication, often discarded soon after."
- [Tomorrow]
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So that brings us to today.
Dmitri is one of the artists involved in
@MuseumModernArt
’s postcard NFT exhibition where he prompted the other artists involved to – you guessed it – create a goose avatar.
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Seeing these works from Manufactured on their way to collectors... what a sight. 🍋
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The SE mint of Vimodyn by
@shrimpceviche
will begin at 3:30 PM ET (3.5 hours from now), with public mint to follow.
Collection and mint pages are inbound and will go live in advance of the mint. 🍤
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So you’re an Ordinals collector who owns some Goosinals or you’ve seen the recent attention they’ve been getting.
But why geese? Who is this Dmitri guy? How does a graphic design book from 1965 relate?
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We're excited to become one of Gamma's Partner Curators as a part of a stellar group of fellow patrons working to bring more art and artists to Bitcoin.
Stay tuned for artists debuting to see what we have all curated! 👀
1) Singular
@singulardotart
Singular is a curation platform focused on supporting the generative art ecosystem on Bitcoin through a highly selective gallery, critical commentary, and technical tooling for artists and projects alike.
Singular employs a rigorous curatorial
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Since we've been asked a few times now...
No works from Vimodyn are being inscribed in advance. For those looking to collect, the release is true on-demand generative long-form.
Works generated and inscribed at time of mint. 🟧
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That’s a wrap, folks!
Thank you to everyone who collected “The Journey” today. 🧡
And huge appreciation to
@trygamma
for allowing us the opportunity to curate more great art on Bitcoin.
OMG, SOLD OUT!! 🥹🙏🏽🧡✨
Immense gratitude to all the amazing collectors of ‘The Journey’ and this beautiful community that continues to support and amplify the work of experimental artists like me.
I could not have done it without
@singulardotart
&
@trygamma
🫂
Very, very
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Strokes by
@0xZond
(inscription range 131,639 to 131,654)
Strokes is a series of 16 computer-generated, digital artworks entirely made with JavaScript and SVG string manipulation. The series investigates the distinctive evolutionary elements of algorithmic computer art by
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Terraforms by
@mathcastles
Onchain land art from a dynamically generated on-chain 3D world.
Explaining Terraforms in full goes beyond what can be done in a tweet so we’re just going to leave this explainer video from
@matto__matto
here:
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Tier 3 minting for Manufactured by
@Ordinals10K
is now open!
A massive thanks to collectors who minted in Tier 1 and Tier 2. Mempool willing, we can't wait to see what everyone receives. 🍋
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Inspired by cymatics, PLASMATICS are 12 audiovisual dynamical patterns that mathematically explore the ideas of vibration, potential, and emergence, based on c12's (
@c12hz
) The Seeker musical scores.
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The 24-hour ranked auction for [test] by John Provencher (
@hahajohnx
) begins in just under 2 hours on
@verse_works
.
64 collector-curated works are available and collectors can deposit and bid with Bitcoin and other currencies to participate.
Relevant links below. 👇
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Attention collectors! 🚨
The Color Blocks (
@thecolorblocks_
), the artist behind PLASMATICS on Singular, has graciously offered our community WL spots for their upcoming release STRANGE IDEOGRAPH.
Interested collectors can find more info our Discord to receive a spot.
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Vimodyn as a series attempts to lean away from mass market media fundamentals by returning to process.
But what if, instead, we lean into them?
If you thought we were done pre-halving/runes, you were mistaken.
One more thing for you all... 🍋
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As a part of All At Once, John Provencher (
@hahajohnx
) makes his Bitcoin debut with [test], a 64-piece, collector-curated generative series.
The ranked auction for the series goes live on
@verse_works
on Thursday, June 20th.
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@counterfeitcvlt
:
@pryzmxbt
and team have been releasing sets of cards each week with an ever-growing set of phenomenal artists.
The Cvlt also recently started a new collaborative series: Counterfeit Ordained.
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If you thought we were done pre-halving/runes, you were mistaken.
One more thing for you all... 🍋
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We will soon have more information about our next release. Before then, we will be starting formal commentary + write-ups on generative works throughout the Bitcoin/Ordinals ecosystem.
Let us know what projects or works you would like to see a deep dive on. 👇
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We’ve been heads-down building out the Singular platform and today we’re happy to announce the first of many updates: new payment methods for collecting generative art on Bitcoin!
Collectors can now choose to pay in either BTC or ETH to collect Disco Fever by
@lovidlovid
.
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Also as a part of All At Once and going up for auction this Monday,
@MonkMatto
brings us Strange <Block> Buddha, a computational interpretation of the Bitcoin blockheight.
The early days of Bitcoin were a simpler time for mining. The competition for new blocks was sparse: there
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A massive thank you to all bidders! 🧡
The ranked auction for [test] by
@hahajohnx
has completed with a total of 231 bids and a maximum bid of $600.
With the rebate, *all* successful bidders will pay the lowest (64th) winning bid of $201.
Those receiving mint passes have until
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During the PLASMATICS auction, we had some new mints of Aerial by
@RalenArc
come through.
Congratulations to the new collectors of these beauties! 🙌
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A massive thank you to those of you who collected Vimodyn by
@shrimpceviche
. The public mint is now closed.
A few things to be aware of:
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For those attending Art Basel, be sure to check out The Art of Protocols curated by
@outland_art
and presented through
@artmetaofficial
on June 15th.
Along with a great set of panels and speakers,
@sssluke1
from
@GrailersDAO
will be speaking on Curating Ordinals and the thought
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@satributes
:
@uniqueNFT
and
@wwwdidimx
have been spearheading a community focused on bringing art to Bitcoin.
Their “First Light” collection features a growing set of 1/1s from a great group of artists.
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As a part of this, Dmitri launched an online generator () to help both the other artists involved and the community more broadly generate their own goose.
And get this… the generator is licensed under cc0.
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Note: more insight into some of the historical elements discussed below can be found in Dmitri’s thread here. If you find yourself wanting to read more, make sure to come back to this!
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Three things you need to know about if you want to deeply understand some of the underlying inspirations for Ringers
#962
: LACMA Iterations.
1) Armin Hoffman's Graphic Design Manual (1965)
2) Lygia Pape's Livro do Tempo (1961-1963)
3)
@johnmaeda
's ParameterVision (1999)
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The full set of works from All At Once are now on display on
@verse_works
.
Auctions for each of the 1/1s go live on June 24th while the ranked auction for
@hahajohnx
series of 64 begins this Thursday, June 20th.
From Ascribe and proto-NFTs, to Counterparty, to connecting
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Last call:
@Ordinals10K
collectors in the Tier 3 phase for Manufactured have 1 more hour to place their orders.
Come then, the public mint phase will begin! ⏰
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We can look to
@artblocks_io
, a pioneer in on-chain art, for a generative art example.
Releases on Art Blocks have the script stored on-chain on Ethereum, however storage of libraries used (and therefore rendering) like p5.js and metadata (e.g. traits) is done off-chain.
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Studies from the early-to-mid 1900s in this idea as a form are seen in the work of Constructivist/Bauhaus artist László Moholy-Nagy.
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@goosinals
@goosinals_x
In summary, this thread is about how a Bitcoin community was born from a graphic design book published in 1965.
It’s also a story about Bitcoin embracing culture from other chains, and building on its legacy.
Isn’t that neat?
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We'll choose a random winner 24 hours from now.
While you don't need to follow the Singular account, that's always appreciated. And while you're here, we encourage you to check out our other releases up to this point. 👇
We’re looking forward to revealing more about what generative releases we have coming up (Soon™️) and other initiatives we have planned.
For those of you new to Singular or generative art on Bitcoin in general, let’s review what works we have supported up to now. 👇
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Aerial by
@RalenArc
Aerial is a collection of 50 artworks that captures the captivating beauty and intricate complexity of urban landscapes as viewed from above. With this work, RalenArc explores the shapes and patterns of cities and their interaction with natural surroundings,
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At its core, the idea is simple: you have a set of pegs on a board, how many different ways can you wrap string around those pegs?
As you might expect, the answer increases drastically the more pegs you have, approaching infinity.
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🚨Vimodyn collectors!
To aid in exploration of the Vimodyn algorithm by
@shrimpceviche
, we've created a tool that allows you to see piece breakdowns.
Simply paste in your inscription ID and get a full overview of your work's place within the collection. Link in next tweet!
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11/ Apart from platforms, some must follow artists releasing and building on Bitcoin/Ordinals include:
@billyrestey
@null_ish
@PawelDudko
@Ordinals10K
@SwayzeDigital
@0xBoozy
@resaang
with
@chromaticaord
@mulan_art
with
@abstraordinals
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#5
: Highlighting the People
- A big shoutout to Singular artists
@lovidlovid
and
@RalenArc
for bringing pure energy to Miami and showcasing their incredible work.
-
@pryzmxbt
,
@0xBoozy
,
@BitGod21
,
@chiefnquach
, and others building art + cultural houses on Bitcoin truly “get
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@goosinals
@goosinals_x
Some resources:
Experiment in Totality:
Hofmann’s Graphic Design Manual:
Ringers + Goose “Parameter Vision” from
@dribnet
:
Emergence and Generative Art by
@amygoodchild
:
/end
@dmitricherniak
@mattdesl
@johnmaeda
@REAS
one more - here's where Goose Ringer fits in its similarly configured local parameter-vision space.
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We do a little print curation with our friends at
@trygamma
. Excited to help bring Jimena's work to Bitcoin tomorrow! 🌈
The first of many things we have planned over the next couple weeks.
🚀🌟 Overflowing with joy to present "The Journey," my inaugural Bitcoin artwork! 🌟🚀
Crafted with p5.js, it renders live from HTML and JavaScript code stored entirely on-chain.
Curated by
@singulardotart
🎨✨
✍️ "The Journey" is an immersive animation, where geometry
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But by far and away the community that took the geese and ran with them was the Ordinals community.
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The work of artists like like
@NickKuder
and
@zachlieberman
show more modern approaches that refer back to the work of Armin and others from the time period.
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The community saw people rushing to inscribe their own geese, and thus projects like
@goosinals
/
@goosinals_x
were born which have since grown into full-fledged communities.
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Gm Bitcoiners!
After yesterday’s announcement, we hope everyone is as excited for the cultural and digital art renaissance happening on Bitcoin as we are.
As part of our launch, we have opened the remaining supply (34) of Aerial by
@RalenArc
for minting. 👇
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Nick has evolved the concept starting with initial iterative sketches in 2019 to subsequent collection releases on Ethereum.
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The collection page for PLASMATICS by
@thecolorblocks_
is now live. 👇
We strongly recommend viewing this page on desktop.
If you plan on bidding, make sure to read through the information about the blind auction mechanics on this page.
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These explorations from artists like Nick and Zach led to
@dmitricherniak
beginning to explore a more direct system-based approach to string-and-pegs that started with these sketches in 2019.
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We've pushed a quality of life update for project pages: you can now easily access and view minted pieces from collections! ✨
Featuring Aerial by
@RalenArc
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You will soon see the first set of artists/projects using Singular's engine to support their own generative-based releases on Bitcoin.
If this sounds like something you too are looking for, don't hesitate to reach out (see next tweet). 👇
A question we get asked by artists and collectors is: “Does Singular only focus on low supply, curated generative works?”
While many releases in the past follow this model, we’ve custom built our engine to support far more than that and we can’t wait to show you more of that
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Well, the cat's out of the bag. We're having one last hurrah before the halving!
Manufactured by
@Ordinals10K
, a curated collection of 420 works releasing on Singular on 4/17.
More details about the work and release to follow. 🍋
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Happy New Year, Bitcoiners!
Now that it's January 1st, members in our Discord up to this point have been granted the "Torchbearer' role which may or may not come in handy for what we have planned in the new year.
Here's to more art on Bitcoin in 2024! 🧑🎨
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Based on this, let’s look at the levels of on-chain art:
Tier 1: Third-party cloud
Tier 2: IPFS/Arweave
Tier 3: On-chain data / off-chain dependencies
Tier 4: All data and dependencies for work stored on-chain
Tier 5: In-chain/runtime art
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It's about that time!
The blind auction for PLASMATICS by
@thecolorblocks_
is now live and will last for 48 hours, closing on January 17th at 3:00 PM ET.
Prospective collectors can head over to the collection page to place a bid. 👇
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Since Bitcoiners seem to like "firsts"...
Here is a thread of some of the "firsts" on Singular.😉👇
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For most on-chain works on Ethereum, this is the standard. There have also been some instances where packages like p5.js and three.js have been put onto Ethereum.
You can read more about how Art Blocks does it and they’re reasoning here:
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We've been waiting for this one. Thoughtful conceptual work from the
@InscribAtlantis
team! ⏲️
e m b r a c e d e e p t i m e
ephemera genesis kit is now inscribed
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Originally sold to
@pixelpete
for 1.26 ETH after mint, it would go on to be sold to now-defunct fund Three Arrows Capital for 1,800 ETH.
Once 3AC went under, the Goose would later be sold
@Sothebys
in a highly-publicized auction for over $6 million to
@6529capital
.
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The Ordinals community was quick to jump on this, and for good reason.
The notion of off-chain assets or metadata doesn’t exist with Ordinals; the status quo for digital artifacts is that they are inscribed directly to Bitcoin in their entirety in their native format.
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In-chain/runtime art is the most technically complex to create.
We have not really seen any examples of it on Bitcoin yet to the degree of the above examples on Ethereum.
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The outcome of this generator being cc0 was as expected.
Thousands of people generated their own goose, a host of derivative projects popped up, and the timeline was filled with honks.
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