Alci is the first ever tokenized art collection on the BittensorEVM, and the first ever collection generated using outputs from Bittensor Subnet 17 (@404gen_ ).
άλκι begins minting this Monday, May 12th 2025.
ALCI is a generative 3D art collection with 1024 pieces total.
ALCI is the Spirit of Computer Art
Alci Expresses @404gen_ Point Cloud latent space
Shapes Transformed by Machine Entropy
Forms Arise <=> From 3D Objects
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at the airport in el paso
started writing a few longer thoughts on marfa and @artblocks_io weekend
this first photo here was snapped by @artonblockchain while we were on the phone with @magey_mage
the three of us were running a small prototype from snowfro's upcoming LIFT 1/1 before his exhibition (a new, unreleased artwork he's been building over the last few months)
just having fun, behind schedule, lost in the set up
love this moment, so i'll use it as the vehicle to share my gratitude for everyone this week
first, @magey_mage. for the last few months, madison has spent most of her waking hours building the @glitchmarfa programming for AB Weekend this year
although madison could only join us via phone/video this week, there was a thread to everything we put out in marfa this year because the details had been considered by her for months prior
without fail, every AB weekend, she is the heartbeat of glitch
knowing she wouldn't be able to make the weekend, another one of madison's thoughtful decisions was to bring on her close friend maria sutherland (@riasuth), a killer producer who served as our on the ground director this week. she and madison worked closely during the week to make sure everything turned around quickly, and every detail, across every exhibition, was implemented with the highest quality bar
have to also shout out my good friend @MaggiRichmond, who helped bring to life a number of the more complex exhibitions at glitch this week.
i’ve been lucky enough to get to know maggi and attend a dozen of her events over the last few years, and she was the first person madison and i thought of to help us design, plan, and bring to life the final LIFT exhibition with snowfro this week
she’s one of my all-time favs
huge thank you to @maltefr_eth, who brings an incredible lens for art history and strong curatorial eye around all the exhibitions we put out this weekend. everything is sharper because of him, no question
i hold his work product in my highest regards, and i’m v grateful for his friendship
also grateful for my business partner on too many projects to count at this point (@sbmckeon) who spent the last year turning our kitchen and back side of the building we purchased together four years ago into a now awesome bar
the bar is called 'otherside'
otherside has become a killer space, largely because of him, his wife michelle, and my COO @zackrosenblatt. personally, the kitchen and bar has also become my calm during the weekend's storm, a place to hang, rest, connect, drink, and a great event space in and of itself (as seen by this week’s killer talks/shows/exhibitions featuring @0000ALCI, @0xFAR, @ChrisF_0x, @Fountainxyz).
otherside is now open year round, so make sure to stop in on your next trip to marfa
have to also give flowers to zack
my collab+currency COO @zackrosenblatt_ is one of our secret weapons at glitch. he is always hustling from the first crate to the last cable, keeping everything moving. everyone involved knows how important zack has been to the success of both collab+currency and our work in marfa every year
grateful for all our volunteers this year, including @goku_NFT, @harriet_waghorn, @im_jonooo, @overminn, Martina, Jordan, Holly, Taylor, Jack, Joe, Cole, delanoy, @benroy, @akasteveyyy
thank you for the energy, the help, the heart ♥️
tried to convey this to each of you while out in the desert, but there's no way we'd be able to tackle the week without each one of you chipping all day
you make the dream work
some other v important folks:
to the glitch full set family who rolled 50+ deep to our brunch on friday morning
to @TransientLabs who power so much of our on-chain and off-chain vision
to @oveck, for the killer photography all week
to our killer sponsors this year, including @artblocks_io, @apechainHUB, Yuzu Co, @balconeswhisky, Transient Labs, and more
to folks like @redbeardnft, @gpunknft, @tonyherrera, @aventurine_eth, @HarryOtterNFT, and many others who helped pick up a hammer or chip in either at glitch or behind the gallery at the otherside kitchen/bar
to everyone who came to one of our events, or any of the art blocks events
thank you
and most importantly -- i am grateful for all the crypto artists
to the five incredible artists we created exhibitions for this weekend at glitch, including @justinaversano, @harriet_waghorn, @pakmanscoop, @toadswiback, and @artonblockchain
along with all the artists / creatives that supported us with their work at different events all week, including @mitchellfchan, @VinnieHager, @bryanbrinkman, @dave_krugman, @DaCaldera, @efdotstudio, @rebeccarose, @emailyedelman, @steviepxyz, @tylerxhobbs, @pridesai, @awrigh01, @, and many others i know i’m forgetting here
thank you for trusting us to help bring your creative work into the world ♥️
we don’t take this responsibility lightly
it’s incredibly meaningful for us to be able to spend time with each of you and help share your unique vision and stories with the world
five years ago, snowfro told me he wanted to buy property and build art blocks in the marfa desert
i had no idea how much this place would eventually mean to the world of crypto art
and to so many other people around the world
snowfro is a v special human
and marfa is starting to feel less like an event and more like a shared memory
a living experiment in what art and code and crypto and the people around all of those things can do if they all decide to come together and work on stuff
pretty brilliant
honored to play a small part in it
ALCI is in Marfa for ABW 2025
In collaboration with @404gen_
Find us at Otherside @glitchmarfa this Thursday from 8-11 PM
Drinks, polaroids, visual experiences, sculptures, collectibles and more 🤠
/alci_you_there
I've been on Bittensor for a while now and it's almost like there's a subnet or project for everything you can think of
Some of the most beautiful use cases
Is it prediction market?
We've got @sportstensor and @MANTISBittensor
The list goes on........
But I recently came across ALCI (@0000ALCI)
the first digital art collection built on the Bittensor blockchain, a project that turns AI intelligence into unique 3D artworks.
Explored their platform today and it's beautiful
ALCI’s creators began with 256 base 3D objects, called Seeds.
Each seed belongs to a theme and a category.
So, 256 total objects across multiple themes and categories.
Each object was created using Subnet-17 (@404gen_), a Bittensor subnet that converts text prompts into 3D objects using advanced AI (called text-to-3D generation).
So subnet miners earn rewards for improving these 3D generation models
Here's how to get started
1. Visit the official site → https://t.co/MILZPq9SXZ
2. Connect your wallet → use a Web3 wallet compatible with Bittensor EVM (for example, MetaMask configured to Bittensor’s EVM network).
3. Check availability → only 1,024 pieces exist and each mint uses a random object + algorithm pair.
4. Mint your piece → when you mint, the smart contract automatically generates your unique art.
5. View your art → explore the 3D network graph in your browser or via the “Seeds Mode” grid.
6. Trade or showcase → since each piece is tokenized, you can hold it, display it, or trade it like an NFT.
About 30% of the total pieces already minted
If you've got 1 TAO then you should mint yours
I'm simply saying Bittensor has it all
And as a miner you get to choose and start earning dTAO
Explore SN41, SN123, SN17.
Bittensor is beautiful
Bittensor is art
1024 procedurally generated pieces.
-> 256 Seeds from @404gen_ intelligence
-> 4 generative art algorithms
The first tokenized art on the Bittensor EVM.
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ALCI is the Spirit of Computer Art
Alci Expresses @404gen_ Point Cloud latent space
Shapes Transformed by Machine Entropy
Forms Arise <=> From 3D Objects
[https://t.co/4dPlyDxp9R]
latent space is like an abstract map of patterns a model learned
Alci's NFTs (3D point clouds) have always reminded me of these latent space visualizers
I like to think of them as representations of the latent space of Bittensor and @404gen_
#bittensor is the /first\ (read OG) and by far biggest crypto AI network
$tao is the meta token
an index of 128 AI startups or subnets
subnets span the entire AI stack:
compute, training, inference, vision, even virtual drug discovery!
and they’re building and shipping real products today
each subnet has a token:
21M total supply. no pre-mines. liquidity seeded with $tao based on token price.
it’s that simple and powerful
more vibes c/o of @0000ALCI + @404gen_ below.