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@punk3606
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Pre-Ethereum Blockchain Grails • Number of Assets: 155 (673 with Units/Editions) • Major Art & Heritage Museums Worldwide: ~500 • High-End Art & Historic Artifacts Sold Over $1M Annually: ~1,000 • HNWIs Investing in Art & Historic Artifacts Annually: ~100,000
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@punk3606
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As promised and thanks to the amazing engagement around this graphic, here is the v3.0 (or TLDR 👀) of the W3B/NFT 24-Hour Clock. A ton of significant stuff has been added, so you can still keep v1.0-2.0 as light versions if you don't like zoom in🤝 Feel free to dm for feedbacks
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Choose wisely. ( @natealexnft vs @owlswtf )
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10,000¢ selected from a pool of 100,000¢. Each documented and digitized 1 by 1. Minted fully onchain on the Bitcoin blockchain, 1¢ to 1sat, after physical coins were melted as a copper cube of conceptual art. This is my 25¢.
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13 last years of W3B and NFTs converted in a 24-hour clock
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Here is a basic directory of @pepefestlol cards handmade during @wasthatawolf workshops (a delightful experience), including the 3 test cards made by Looney last week. Instinctively called these FEST RARES, but eager to discover alternative labels! 1/3
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@punk3606
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Table of Rare & Historic Blockchain Assets (updated) Featuring low supply / scarce traits of old significant assets from🔵Namecoin,🟠Bitcoin,🔴Dogecoin,🟣Emercoin & 🟢Ethereum blockchains, from 2011 to 2020. 2011 🔵 Apr. 21 - "d/bitcoin" (Unique) 🔵 Apr. 21 - Genesis Day Names
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@punk3606
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Hunt concluded for me with Cents. It's been a long time since I've had this much fun with a collection. Here are the 14 cents I'm ending with: 🧵
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Blockchain Collectibles Clock (v2023.3) A timeline of significant decentralized semi/non-fungible assets (ownable & transferrable), from 2009 Bitcoin genesis block to today. (file link 👇)
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Spells of Genesis pre-Ethereum cards set complete 🤝
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@punk3606
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I decided to give a try with ChatGPT about the Namecoin names age provenance debate. Why? Because ChatGPT does not collect any NFT from any chain and has no bag to defend. I wanted to see what an unbiased and kind of neutral pov would look like on the topic. 🧵 1/20
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Machine in the Ghost #10 , secured
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Ladies & Gentlemen, time for a pretty fun & exciting announcement. History's first on-chain image has been officially uncovered, predating the Damselfly picture encoded in 5k Namecoin names by 1 year. fuckyea.bit minted on Jan. 20, 2012 was hiding this image all this time: 1/
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After making around 50K QQL generations so far, playing with dozens of different setups, I wanted to share my 25 favorite pieces. @tylerxhobbs @CozomoMedici @punk6529 I would love to have your thoughts on these 👨‍🎨 #QQLduel #QQL 1/25 "Tuscany hill"
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@punk3606
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Time wears and tears sealed in digital amber.
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Regarding the positive engagement around this graphic and the multiple messages, here is the v2 of the W3B & NFT Clock 👊
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@punk3606
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Really proud to have won the auction for this remarkable piece by @obv_ious
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#AuctionResult Lot 83 'Stagnant Elixir's Sweet' by Obvious in our July First Open online auction exceeded its high estimate, realizing $35,280! Congratulations to all parties and artists involved! @obv_ious
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@punk3606
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@xEbumx To me Cents is one of the most relevant collection yet on Ordinal, artistically insane and perfectly executed. My personal conviction is that it would become a true historic collection within NFT/Ordinal ecosystem in the future, what is my main topic of study.
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@punk3606
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I’m happy to finally release the Namecoin names explorer we are side-working on for a few months with @n3t_eth @ImDecentraliser : NMC .Vision. 🔗 🐦 @nmc_vision 1/15
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@punk3606
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1/ Journey into the history's first NFT trade excavation Few days ago, while working on @thenfttimeline , I noticed none of us NFT historians seemed to have thought about digging to find the first recorded NFT trade. The first NFT ever traded.
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@punk3606
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Warmest thanks to @takenstheorem for allowing me to own my favorite piece from 'Machine in the Ghost' by @0xdiid #135 , a standalone output that turned Fritz Petzholdt's German Landscape into a monochrome rotational symmetry that's just as captivating when viewed upside down.
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@punk3606
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I released an article with the help of Daniel Kraft (Chief Namecoin Scientist) that delves into expired Namecoin names & their provenance misconceptions. I hope this will provide better clarity to various questions that may have led to confusion. 🧵1/17
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@punk3606
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Welcome to the vault, 'Machine in the Ghost' #1 . The physical counterpart, 'Mother Nature', will have a special place at home @0xdiid @stephensantoro_ @VertuFineArt
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@punk3606
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My Subjective Top 0.0001% of Old Blockchain Collectibles (2011-2020) • Total Supply: 6,459 • Museums & Galleries Worldwide: ~125,000 • High-End Art & Historic Artifacts Sold Over $1M Annually: 1,000+ • HNWIs Investing in Art & Collectibles: ~5,000,000 (8-10% of ~59,600,000)
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@punk3606
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Here is a cheat sheet + graphic to help better understand the Namecoin naming system. Namecoin is history’s second blockchain and first altcoin (forked and customized from Bitcoin) which was launched in April 2011. It was created by Vincent Durham (aka “Vinced”) to provide the
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@punk3606
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Black & white onchain dynamic art looks mesmerizing when you gather multiple collections. Chaos Roads by @ChainLeftist Hidden in Noise by @404dotzero LightOnChain by @404dotzero & @Hanrgb Black Hole by @miragenesi Mercurials by @nvonpentz
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@punk3606
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Permanent Collection update • "SOLD" Stamp (May 6, 2011 - Namecoin) • FUCK YEA OnChain Meme (Jan. 20, 2012 - Namecoin) • Face 5 by @StephanVogler1 (Apr. 2, 2015 - Bitcoin) • Cryptopunk #3606 by @larvalabs (Jun. 23, 2017) • Ryan O'Reily by @obv_ious (Aug. 21, 2018) • John
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16/25 "Kaiju in Tokyo"
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I recently acquired this intact 1.96 inch T. rex’s rooted tooth (meaning it was from the last polyphyodonty cycle before the death of this specimen), with authentic predation wear marks preserved. This is the kind of prehistoric & unique provenances that fascinates me.
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Inscriptions bringing lot of attention & desire to collect on-chain punk-vibe graffitis, I like it. Curious to see the level of degenity when people will realize about these giga-punk level experiments from the emergence era, 8 to 12 years ago.
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@punk3606
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Yesterday, I finally completed my Spells of Genesis pre-Eth cards set. But a few months ago, I completed another very special set to me, as it's fully on-chain & only one full set can exist since 2 of the cards are 1/1s. Cartae by @0xdiid , feat. @moody_marv & @tetragocommando
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@punk3606
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Did you know that 8 to 11 years before Bitcoin Ordinal inscriptions, some pioneers managed to fully "inscribe" image files into various blockchain collectibles' metadata using base64 two-way hash standard? Here are the 10 oldest historic artifacts of these. 🧵
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@punk3606
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"Hope's Horn" just join my personal collection. This baby triceratops horn (~67Myo) shows healing from a large pathology caused by an adult T-Rex's bite, indicating 'Hope' survived an encounter with Earth's most dangerous predator to date—an exceptionally rare testament.
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@punk3606
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Of all the assets I own, digital or physical, this one continues to fascinate me the most.
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"Hope's Horn" just join my personal collection. This baby triceratops horn (~67Myo) shows healing from a large pathology caused by an adult T-Rex's bite, indicating 'Hope' survived an encounter with Earth's most dangerous predator to date—an exceptionally rare testament.
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@punk3606
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I'm now the proud owner of @StephanVogler1 Face #5 🔥 It's been months I wanted to acquire one of these Legend pieces, among the earliest forms of digital art tokenization back in 2015, the dream finally came true. I will take a warm care of it Sir 🤝
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I really need to stop accumulating these little buddies
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7/25 "Blue Whale"
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After receiving some messages asking for it, I released the full investigation which led to the discovery and final proof of the first NFT trade in history on May 6, 2011 🤝
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9/25 "PEPEQQL"
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@punk3606
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Let’s clear this up: I wish I were that genius, but I’m not behind the Ape heist. EDIT: Based on the ongoing investigations, it seems clear I’ve already traded OTC with that person (thought it was the previous owner of the ENS at first). I’ll try to figure out who it is, but
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@XAYA_tech The current holder of the punk 0x35126E6e02E4d3836DDe1fF4B1ACF26bfF5a1a03 received all his punks from 0x0452b1228AB09524d371E3f1F69eBD6360c79181 which received multiple ETH from an ens named archivist.eth which could lead me to @punk3606 IS THAT YOU?
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@punk3606
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This weekend I finalized the acquisition of Infinite Skulls 18/101 by @videodrome & Ronan Barrot (2018) via @avant_galerie , marking an unprecedented collaboration between a painter, a GAN & its creator. A thread was aimed, but this @artnome article about it is another level.
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AI Artist Robbie Barrat And Painter Ronan Barrot Collaborate On “Infinite Skulls” @DrBeef_
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6/6 These two Punks embody the philosophies of pseudonymity, community, and tradability that are essential to the blockchain ecosystem, further representing the technology’s elegant simplicity. The CryptoPunks journey to non-fungible stardom places the collection alongside modern
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@punk3606
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Sort by Name Creation Date or Image/Event (main name data in name's values history) Creation Date 7/15
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Namecoin naming system's Consensus explained: Name = unique on-chain identifier (non-fungible) / base asset Operation value = on-chain metadata / auxiliary asset Token (0.01NMC) = controller UTXO = control exercised Self-evident provenance → name tracking
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4/25 "Stars on Pompeii's coast"
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Night / Day modes 13/15
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Does this remind you of anything? NamecoinFiles[.]org/.bit was the Ordinal Inscription services' ancestor, back in June 15, 2014. It offered to store files fully on-chain using Namecoin names & base64 two-way encoding. The creator also stored the logo in the name's metadata.
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Minimalistic take: board of search -> final logo #MediciLogo
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@punk3606
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SNOW CRASH by @thecryptobushi is one of the most provocative and genius onchain art experiment I’ve seen so far No worry @Coldie , nothing scammy, just audacious cryptoart 👇 Just disable images loading in your browser and move it in the hidden folder
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This got sent to my wallet and is crashing my @opensea profile. Can't hide it either. Any ideas fam?
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3/25 "Layers"
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Data = Asset Token = Asset's Deed Address = Deed's Owner Transaction = Owner's Receipt Block = Receipts Book Blockchain = Book Library
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20/25 "The Bear"
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'on-chain' (aka 'onchain'), lately overused label in art/collections marketing, can have 1% to 100% indelibility score. People hooked by this narrative should care about that % when jumping in. Useful tools: - OnChainChecker by @tokenfox1 - ContractReader by @backseats_eth
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@delronde @0x113d Some that have truly excited me (2023+): Chaos Roads by @ChainLeftist Any @Hanrgb ‘s 1/1s Cartae / Machine in the Ghost by @0xdiid InChainPepeGAN by @LifeOnChain_NFT Snow Crash / Any ‘weaponized’ art by @thecryptobushi Buterin Cards by @Xatarrer Bit Rot by @Nahiiko
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My love and admiration to the Damselfly fragmented asset will never change and it remains the first on-chain photography at the end 🖤 fuckyea.bit becomes officially the first on-chain image & file ever minted, and what a fun one to be the first. F*CK YEA!
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I’m a fossil collector, and I wouldn’t expect that. If you start investing in fossils, aiming at iconic dinosaurs is a solid bet (T-rex, Triceratops, Velociraptor, Stegosaurus, Sauropods, Pterodactyls).
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Millions of NFT trades occurred in the last few years. May 6, 2011: the trade of radio.bit for 5btc on the Namecoin chain marks the first time a non-fungible data’s ownership switched hands. The ‘SOLD’ mention can be seen in tx & name_history linked to the asset since 2011. 👇
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After receiving some messages asking for it, I released the full investigation which led to the discovery and final proof of the first NFT trade in history on May 6, 2011 🤝
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As a former D2/WoW player and MTG/Pokemon collector, it was impossible not to complete a set of @enigmaticbox_ on-chain loot boxes ✅
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I never subscribed to "token is the art" tbh. To me, data = art, blockchain = canva, token = proof of ownership/authenticity. Sometimes ofc, token = art (e.g.NILIcoins, INVISIBLPEPE, IKB). But for most cases, if you ignore/lose data, you just hold a certificate for a blank canva.
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@punk3606
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Nibble #4 by @StephanVogler1 just sold OTC for 3.2BTC (~$200k) today to an anonymous Ether Rock holder. It is the first Vogler piece to move hands in months. Congratz to both buyer & seller, I’m convinced this will age very well 👌
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I confess, I felt totally in love with @OpenAI Dall-e2. So I decided to create some minimalistic storyboard experiments. One pager visual-only stories to match with songs. I start with my Genesis, "The Last Birth", to match with 🧵 about the intent:
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Stamped on Namecoin 4,452 days ago (Jan. 20, 2012) and now stamped on Bitcoin (Mar. 30, 2023).
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Minimalistic take v3 final version @CozomoMedici #MediciLogo 1/3
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$1.4M Not for a dancing parrot, but for a 2022 protocol’s timestamp / unique chronological id. Now imagine this applied to protocols born between 2011 and 2015. Kind of encouraging to keep collecting old digital records.
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ATH Ordinal sale ever! Inscription 2 just sold for $1.4M (24.48 BTC) Ordinals are dead 🫡 Inscription: Transaction:
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I decided to give the entire @thenfttimeline  database to @0xSchatz  to may help contribute to make @oldnftcom  the one-stop place for historical NFTs education and adoption (WIP). His free work and dedication are priceless and the product at another level 🤝
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Rectification thread as this tweet was made by someone who never took a single look into the Namecoin protocol code and who doesn't even know how this works. 1/14 🧵
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May 6, 2011: Namecoin name d/radio is sold for 5BTC & stamped with the "SOLD" mention in the name’s value during the transfer, forever linked to its provenance history, onchain. This marks the first non-fungible asset transfer on a blockchain. Full doc:
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5/25 "Petrification"
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24/25 "Filaments"
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A 60.11weth bid came just 1sec too late. @StephanVogler1 could have reopened the auction, but he chose fairness. Not only a pioneer, but also a beacon of integrity.
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Sorry for the delay. The auction has ended! The highest bid was 34.755 ETH. Congratulations and a big thank you to the new owner! 👏 Many many thanks to all who participated! 🙏
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Ok, I'm officially addicted to QQL (generative art playground made by @tylerxhobbs @dandelion_wist )
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Another fun fact: Androidify LL’s avatar app had 44 traits similar to Cryptopunks in 2011, 57 (+13) in 2014 update
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Punk quiz: of the 87 punk attributes, 86 of them it is obvious what type of attribute it is (for example muttonchops are a type of beard because you'll never have muttonchops as well as another type of beard). What is the 1 attribute which is ambiguous/non-obvious?
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23/25 "The Time Temple"
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2/25 "A night on ISS"
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@oncyber_io The true Metaverse vision is led by interoperability / NFTs importation compatibility. No hype, just facts. Believe that @oncyber_io will surprise us in this way in the coming months.
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This piece really nails what Han's all about. He creates unique, lasting 3D artifacts using geometry and math, with their entirely on-chain nature almost giving them a tangible weight. You just want to touch them and explore every angle. He’s like a blockchain gemologist.
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Art pieces that exist as individual smart contracts.
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And 20+ years from now, as AI, robotics, and blockchain reshape foundational concepts like work, money, and property, the rare digital artifacts that laid the foundations of digital ownership, crypto art, and on-chain provenance will be among the most coveted stores of value.
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Of AI Angels and Demons I see a lot of commentary around AI and comparing it to the internet bubble. This is the wrong way to think about it (and the internet).... it is all so much bigger than most people yet understand. Yes, internet stocks got wildly overvalued in 1999 and
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This is 100 million years provenance. Blockchain is digital goods’ amber.
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People often talk about Quantum, Monegraph & Kevin McCoy when referring to the first cryptoart & experiment of using blockchain to assign ownership of digital artworks. But in fact, another little-known artifact created 54 days before Quantum, should get that credit 👇 1/8
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Purest collector's spirit in four words.
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Be your own Museum
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14/25 "Behind the train window"
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With dozens of chats made before this one, I could notice GPT has all the information needed about Namecoin protocol and history to give relevant answers, so I started the chat with a fake but neutral & realistic use case. Here is the full convo: 2/
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This is my first time seeing that much engagement on my content, I’m thrilled af. Thank you so much for the support and all the precious feedbacks. A v3.1 update will be release soon (in the thread to keep it in one place) with few new significant discoveries and fixes 🤝
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As promised and thanks to the amazing engagement around this graphic, here is the v3.0 (or TLDR 👀) of the W3B/NFT 24-Hour Clock. A ton of significant stuff has been added, so you can still keep v1.0-2.0 as light versions if you don't like zoom in🤝 Feel free to dm for feedbacks
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For those wondering why I'm obsessed with InChainPepeGAN: - iirc first 'advanced' Neural Network stored on-chain (the only previous one was the simplest possible form of NN, 阴XOR阳, by genius @Nahiiko ) - gifs are generated on-chain - 999 supply - pepe
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I'm very excited to share my first Medium article and first significant historical NFT discovery 🕵️‍♂️ #HistoricalNFTs
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@saintsonso @xEbumx Agree, community education and curation is mandatory on this kind of collection imho, but it's a very fun and interesting journey. If we manage to come with something close to Squiggles to explore curated traits, it would be incredible
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On Jan. 20, 2012, someone minted the Namecoin domain fuckyea.bit including a base64 encoding string in the name_firstupdate configuration value. This base64 string was hiding a low quality .gif file of the epic F*CK YEA meme from 2010 when decoded. 2/
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22/25 "Alone on Mars"
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When 'former digital assets history and ethics advocates' want a piece of the 2024 shitcoin degens' cake. Cypherpunk ethos slowly substituted for gambling opportunism.
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'Point Judith, Rhode Island' - Martin Johnson Heade, dithered for 'Machine in the Ghost' by @0xdiid Hash: 0x2d12012208002500090f000200d820bdc86557e131429199de96b1f6d4099be6
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want to win your very own "machine in the ghost" free of charge? myself, curator @stephensantoro_ , and friend of the project @RogerDickerman are teaming up to select 3 winners to receive 1/1 tokens. The grand prize will also get a plotted physical! details 👇
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