Unofficial Punks

Progenitor of a sprawling decentralized art movement. Started the AltPunks movement. Created February 19, 2021 by @SecondRealm.

[Unofficial Punks @UnofficialPunks]

👀 Should we?

[Second Realm @secondrealm]

ALTPUNKS: FREE TO REMIX. A (mostly) pictures book that closes out the trilogy. An attempt to capture as many derivatives as visually possible to celebrate the largest decentralized art movement. Feels like I need to do this.

[Unofficial Punks @UnofficialPunks]

⛓️the blockchain doesn't lie...

[Second Realm @secondrealm]

I'll go first, I think @UnofficialPunks never got enough cultural credit for being the progenitor of the largest decentralized art movement, AltPunks.

Most of the remixes, derivatives, and homages that use the CryptoPunks as a template for creative exploration sparked from that moment on February 19, 2021. Here's a timeline i put together: https://t.co/7QKBm1wWa5

In a way it seemed to give people permission to remix what many at the time thought were the the most sacred and most untouchable objects brand wise.

As you can imagine, it did not go over well. Punk holders were resistant. They called me a thief, scammer, and money grabber.

Then four months later, remixes would take over the entire PFP marketplace and become THE culture.

I probably need to do a full thread on this to give the full context of the moment.

For now here's a short history of AltPunks I wrote up about a year later: https://t.co/PLSTFOEsSV

[Unofficial Punks @UnofficialPunks]

Unofficial Punks is featured in @seanbonner's unofficial addendum, NOT DED, along with more lore and minutia that didn't make it into the big pink CryptoPunks book. 👇🏼

[Unofficial Punks @UnofficialPunks]

🔪💥🩸

[Second Realm @secondrealm]

Only 13 days until Halloween!

Here's a Jason Vorhees mask to dress up your Punk with.

hint: it's scaleable to 24x24px

#altpunks #cryptopunks

[Anonymous Nobody @AFuckingNobody]

Some dope commission work courtesy of @artbase_.

Based off of @cryptopunks, @RareApepesNFT and @UnofficialPunks by @ericprhodes

[Second Realm @secondrealm]

don't buy a pfp

make your pfp.

then make it iconic. 🫡

[Unofficial Punks @UnofficialPunks]

the @UnofficialPunks put the "alt" in Punk.

https://t.co/M5IGxxzU0c

[Second Realm @secondrealm]

@bitttygordon @UnofficialPunks yeah; that's a good one too

[Second Realm @secondrealm]

might be my best @UnofficialPunks portrait 🇺🇸

[Second Realm @secondrealm]

Wolverine Punk via @UnofficialPunks

[𝐋𝓔𝙲Ќ𝕊 @TechMental_]

Drop something blue from your gallery... #ALTPUNK

[FacelessPunks @facelesspunks]

Drop something blue from your gallery... #ALTPUNK

[kev | Rebel Ants | Founder @kevynlevine]

@ericprhodes @UnofficialPunks @wannabeyourdoge

[Second Realm @secondrealm]

Drop something blue from your gallery

[xn @x3n1n]

@ericprhodes @UnofficialPunks still punk!

[Second Realm @secondrealm]

CryptoPunks as an ethos faded mostly into consumerism in early 2021 when the IP became too valuable to be open and decentralized.

Since then, the Punk community has been in a state of flux between the people who see value in decentralization and the those who see value in IP rights protection.

And while this push and pull in the Punk community became insular, the "Punk as an ethos" was picked up and furthered by the #Altpunks. (https://t.co/d8ZRG6c4xB)

My project, the @UnofficialPunks and the many others that followed, unlocked the concept of using Punks as a template for personal expression and aesthetic exploration in 2021 (https://t.co/wWqmHh03sz)

Since then, the movement has become so wide spread that using the Punks as a template is now the preferred proof of concept for hundreds of artists, projects, and blockchains to showcase their digital collectible capabilities in Web3.

I know this might be tough for some to accept, but the evidence suggests we need to rethink who is really driving "Punk as an ethos." In my biased opinion, it's people outside the CryptoPunks community leading this movement.

[Second Realm @secondrealm]

Marilyn Monroe #altpunks

[Second Realm @secondrealm]

Punk in a Top Hat

[Second Realm @secondrealm]

MoonCat in the Top Hat

[Second Realm @secondrealm]

The Treachery of Pixels