New Substack drop👇
This isn’t just about Occulum.
It’s the raw journey: 2 years building 9 mini-collections, battling a brutal market, multiple launch attempts, and still selling out.
Lessons on persistence, psychology, and creating in Ordinals. Ends with a teaser on what’s next.
Worth a read if you’re building here.
Read here: https://t.co/1yv2VYZjC1
Parasite Pool does it again 🫡
3rd Bitcoin block found, with some we hitting my wallet.
It's another win for solo miners, and a brilliant way to introduce miners to Ordinals. I've always argued that Ordinals won't pump if we just keep selling to each other. We need to figure out ways to onboard more outsiders.
If you want to join the cult behind Parasite Pool, look into Ordinal Maxi Biz.
And if you want to join the mining movement, hmu in DMs. Always happy to chat about solo mining and OMB ✊
badgers been grinding since 2023 without a single break and your ass is still holding monkes waiting for something to happen
at some point you gotta look in the mirror and ask yourself what you're doing with your life ser
⛏️Occulum Mint is tommorow⛏️
Let's go over the minting odds:
- 10% Chance of a free mint
- 7.5% Chance of getting 200k sats per mint
- 0.5%-2% Chance of getting a @BtcBravocados
- 10% Chance of minting an artifact
- 23% Chance of minting a land
The above is assuming a sellout
Congratulations @pffffffffle on being the first project to sell out on @ord_net F◉UNDRY
If all goes to plan @0cculum and @photos8nthesis will join forces and rent hash at the same time on Sunday, June 14th!
We will each be renting 1 EH/s for hours trying to hit this 3rd block
⛏️Occulum x Parasite Mint🦠
100% of funds used to rent hash towards @Parasite_wtf
1 EH/s for at least 10 hours if we sell out!
Where | On @ord_net foundry
When | June 13th 2pm Est
Price | 90k Sats WL - 100k Sats Public
Supply | 250 to be sold
The Fun Part of the Mint:🥳
• 100% of proceeds (after fees) go to renting hash for the Parasite Pool
• If we hit a bravocado or other rewards → raffled to minters
• If we hit a block → 0.5 BTC split with minters
• Every 10 mints → 1 random refund (paid from @tominator76)
Stats:🧮
• 10% chance of a free mint
• 33% chance (83 pieces) of a rare lands/artifact mini collection
• Sellout = ~7.5% chance to hit a block + very likely at least 1 @BtcBravocados
WHY OMB IS THE CRYPTOPUNKS OF BITCOIN
- Launched March 12, 2023. One of the earliest major collections after Casey Rodarmor dropped the Ordinals protocol in January 2023.
- Created by ZK Shark. OGs may remember zk as the ex-Wall Street alpha hunter who left DeGods. He teamed up with irl artist Tony Tafuro and rare-sats hunter/developer Nullish. With Nullish, they helped establish the narrative that art belongs on Bitcoin, as well as the value of rare sats.
- Every OMB is a true 1/1 hand-drawn sketch. There's real value and proof of work in non-generative art. Black-and-white backdrops against Bitcoin-maximalist traits with color eyes feature historical moments, ₿ symbols, slogans like “Not your keys, not your crypto”, and more. There are also prized traits like miners, shadows, zombies, and hoodies. It's one of those rare collections where there's something for everyone, and you can browse it for hours and always find something new.
- Eye-color traits are on-chain and tied to historic Bitcoin blocks. Green eyes are on Block 9 sats (mined by Satoshi), and Blue eyes are on Block 78 sats (mined by Hal Finney). They've been inscribed on the rarest early sats, and are the first artworks ever inscribed on Block 9 and Block 78 sats.
- First Bitcoin Ordinals auction in Christie’s history (April 2024). Four primary-market lots curated by ZK Shark were sold for $730,800. It marked the first time the auction house ever sold Bitcoin inscriptions.
- Fast numbers. Supply: 8,898. Held by 5,115 owners. Total volume: 2,381.94 BTC 🤯
- OMB isn't a community. It's been described as a cult and as a movement. Its official slogan, “OMB Cannot Be Stopped," has proven accurate. Holders still pfp their OMB, and many collectors are still proud of what they're holding, which is rare, considering everyone is down bad. But OMB isn't focused on price action, since it works on a cultural level, and its holders are delusionally optimistic about Bitcoin's future, and many holders' core values also align with the Bitcoin ethos.
- Campaigns burned not 1 but 2 CryptoPunks. To show the world that CryptoPunks should live on the god chain, two campaigns in the early days teleburned CryptoPunks and fractionalized them for all participants. The result was a ton of pearl clutching from the punk community, and the campaigns garnered major media coverage.
- Not another art project. Despite what zk wants you to think, OMB is more than an art project. zk helped popularize solo miners and started sending them out to holders to mine Bitcoin. Then he launched Parasite Pool. OMB has also taken out a two-page ad on the New York Times, and has sent out an art book to collectors as well.
- Antifragile. One of the only Ordinals collections repeatedly called “the grail JPEG collection on Bitcoin” by OGs. Positioned as the ideological cornerstone of Bitcoin digital art.
I'm sure I'm not covering everything here. You could write a book about OMB and the early Ordinals period. I've collected dozens of Ordinals collections since then, and OMB still remains my favorite.
Wdyt? Does OMB live up to its reputation?
Even @ord_net is joining the Parasite Pool block party 🦠⛏️
40% of the trading fees from OMB and Bravocado sales on ◉RD will be used to rent hashpower ⚡
That means every trade helps increase the collective hashrate pointed at Parasite Pool, giving the community a bigger shot at finding the next Bitcoin block. 🧱⚡
The coolest part:
If you click on the Parasite badge on ◉RD, you’ll be redirected to the their account where you can watch the rented hashpower live in real time. 👀🦠
OMB CANNOT BE STOPPED.
Pizza red eyes just secured on ◉RD.
This marks the ATH sale on our platform and highest Ordinals sale in the past month.
Absolute grail.
Collectors collect 🫡
We're joining the Parasite Pool block party 🦠⛏️
40% of the trading fees from OMB and Bravocado sales on ◉RD will be used for renting hash through Parasite Pool Refinery until the end of June.
Novo dia, já agradeceu por estar vivo e poder fazer tudo que se propõe a fazer? Eu agradeço a Deus por tudo, pela minha família , pelos caminhos que a vida me ensina novos conhecimentos. Gratidão Deus por ter conhecimento para tentar minerar um bloco @Parasite_wtf
Digital scarcity in the era of digital expansion/abundance.
Bitcoin as the scarcest digital asset.
Bitcoin block-space data limitations.
Digital Art on Bitcoin.
Ordinals are not just JPEGS, but scarce objects anchored to scarce block space on a scarce network.
1/ @OrdinalMaxiBiz Orange Eyes is one of the most iconic drops in Bitcoin Ordinals history. 🟠🟠
3141 Orange Eyes were inscribed during Super Bowl LVIII and minted on 3/15/24.
A quick thread on the cult collection that’s somehow still flying under the radar... 🧵