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[Erick / Snowfro / 🦩 / LAO / #️⃣ / 🔴 @ArtOnBlockchain]

Today is a big day for everyone that is (still) here. Particularly for everyone in the Punks community, but even beyond, today is a big day for every digital art collector and creator and appreciator on the planet.

Punks have a new home. It’s a non-profit. And they care a lot about Punks, both the individual pixelated characters and the people who participate in the Punks community.

I feel immensely lucky to have been invited to play a role in this. What started with a “wouldn’t it be amazing if…” conversation with a certain red bearded gentleman has led to one of the most epic transitions that may ever come about in web3. Profoundly humbled that a project that literally lit my personal fuse for digital art ownership and blockchains, that led to Art Blocks and countless innovations in web3, has invited me to help steward the project moving forward. Honored to be a part of this board alongside Matt and John and Wylie, and together with NODE, Punks are in good hands.

For many years starting in 2017 I spent endless hours a day in the Punks discord explaining to people why these 24x24 pixel characters were important and interesting and innovative and frankly revolutionary. You wouldn’t believe how hard it was trying to talk people into spending $20 on these internet images on the blockchain. At a time where every crypto project was all about square peg round hole hollow “roadmaps” Punks were “touring complete” the moment they were all claimed. Still today, Punks and their corresponding marketplace are the same lines of code that were launched on Ethereum in June 2017, and that tiny nerdy experiment kicked off a complete revolution and paradigm shift for the medium of digital (and generative) art.

I think it’s pretty well known that I struggled when Yuga acquired the IP. I remember thinking of them like I was somehow a stepchild, or a sort of “you are not my dad” kind of way. At the time, things around here were moving so fast! In the roller coaster that has been my life since founding Art Blocks this was a pretty rough patch as I felt almost betrayed by the acquisition. Punks went to a corporation instead of the homegrown ecosystem where they began, and IMO belonged.

But I have to hand it to Yuga. I believe they’ve done a tremendous job with Punks, and could not be more pleased with their handling of the project under their stewardship. They invested in the project and in the community, and honestly the Punks brunches over the years have not only been some of the hands down best events in all of web3, but also part of what has helped keep this fragile community together over the objective rough and turbulent last few years. In fact Yuga’s acquisition and handling of Punks fundamentally shifted my perspective on BAYC as a whole, and I truly believe that this temporary home there brought together two great communities in web3 in ways that might not have been possible otherwise.

And they brought on Stone (!!!) who has been nothing short of passionate and brilliant and forward thinking for Punks while in Yuga’s hands. The foresight to bring Stone into the mix and support her passion for pushing punks forward will always carry a tremendous amount of respect in my book. And it’s just so great that Stone continues to be involved.

And holy moly NODE!!! I mean their mere existence is worth infinite praise and celebration alone. I’ve been super lucky to have gotten to know Micky and Becky over the last couple of years and I’m blown away by their approach towards the arts in general and more specifically this new digital art ecosystem that me and my fellow contemporaries (both artists and collectors) call home.

All that’s mattered for me over the last few years with regards to Punks is that Punks end up in the right hands. I believe I share that view and concern with a substantial portion of the Punks community, and as someone that has been here every single day, still wearing a Punk after all these years, I could not be more confident that Punks are in great hands.

Punks are in the hands of a non-profit that is obsessed with Punks, and not only promises to be incredible stewards of the project and help elevate the art and Matt and John to receive the recognition they deserve, but NODE is also here for the digital art community as a whole, and only getting started!

This truly feels like a remarkable moment for all. For me personally, this is a major highlight of my journey that started exactly 2892 days ago today when I claimed my very first punk and I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for NODE, Larva Labs, digital art, and this ever evolving art/community/connectivity paradigm that is being shaped before our very eyes.

To the Punks community: it is a sincere honor to help steward the collection in this new era. I realize that many in our incredible community are more than worthy and deserving of the role that I’ve been granted. I'm excited for this opportunity and never been more proud to be a Punk.

And so we all, collectively, continue to show up and push this space forwards.

Cheers.

[17 years of song a day @songadaymann]

I'VE BEEN WRITING A SONG A DAY FOR 5,942 DAYS!

Tomorrow is my birthday.
Today I present my replacement:

FULLY AUTONOMOUS AI SONG A DAY FOREVER

< hughmann [dot] agency >

[Cigarette Token @CigToken]

The new CEO of #CryptoPunks, punk #2317, aka "SmartCEO 1.0" issued an executive order to decrease the issuance of $CIG by 20%.

2 days to go until the next decrease! 🚬

[Cigarette Token @CigToken]

In about 46 hours, The "Smart CEO 1.0" contract will lower the issuance of $CIG by 20%. LFG!! (🚬,🚬)

(if the smart contract has no bugs and assuming nobody overtakes the CEO Title during that time )

[Cigarette Token @CigToken]

JUST IN: "SMART CEO 1.0" IS THE NEW CEO OF CRYPTOPUNKS!

IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THAT A SMART CONTRACT HAS TAKEN OVER THE CEO TITLE OF A WEB3 PROJECT! 🚬

[tycoon.eth / 🦇🔊 @0xTycoon]

The Cool-cumber

[tycoon.eth / 🦇🔊 @0xTycoon]

I've just published a new project: "Punk Indentions".
It's an onchain punk generating function that picks a punk depending on your Ethereum address. Instead of using boring abstract identicons, wallets could use custom punks for their identicons. See before and after screenhots:

[Shvembldr @shvembldr]

My current favorites on (near) the "floor"

[AlphaSkelly.eth @cryptopunkart]

Half a million CIG prize for best remix of this Painting of PunkCeo Ronnie Redd.

[Rap Off @RapOffBattles]

Who spazzed harder? Bored Ape or CryptoPunk?

This is just a warm up. Their full battle goes down this Tuesday 4/19. @IllmacTV @BDotTheGod

[tycoon.eth / 🦇🔊 @0xTycoon]

Shower thought: We look at a thermonuclear reactor exploding every day. The sun. ☀️

[Artnome @artnome]

I first made friends with Crypto Punks creators @matthall2000 and @pents90 at Rare AF in 2018. Honored to interview them for the four year anniversary of that ground breaking event for RightClickSave. https://t.co/T0TxDn7XJn

[Cigarette Token @CigToken]

Don't forget to migrate your $CIG tokens on https://t.co/mKTaeZVKcu 🚬🙇‍♂️

[Farokh @farokh]

Yo @0xTycoon thank you for the CIG token! If you got a CryptoPunk, don't forget to go claim your $CIG on https://t.co/UrDCisDsKH 🚬

Contract address is 0x5a35a6686db167b05e2eb74e1ede9fb5d9cdb3e0 and you trade it on Sushi Swap!

Btw, for 25 million CIG, you can be CEO of Punks!!!

[C @cyounessi1]

The rumors are true, I have taken over as the new CEO of cryptopunks.

What does this mean? Long thread incoming! 1/10 🧵

[Cigarette Token @CigToken]

▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 100%

Contract deployed to 0x5a35a6686db167b05e2eb74e1ede9fb5d9cdb3e0

The #CryptoPunks have a CEO! 🌆

👉 https://t.co/W4D4Q5f5DR

[Ali (Aalasady) @aalasady_]

My submission for @shakkablood his art contest! 🖼️

[WIRED @WIRED]

"A crypto fever dream, tell me, what does it mean?” https://t.co/l2o5FsegZu

[Jonathan Nash @offshoot3D]

Full NFT here... https://t.co/APXEXVblgd

[Ryan Talbot @ryantalbot_art]

I am SO happy to report our buddy Lily has found a home in @ColdBloodShill 's collection tonight! Sold for 5 ETH 🤝

"Time's an endless river, and for a short time we get to enjoy the ride."

your framed print will be prepared ASAP!

#digitalart

https://t.co/CaWduTAVYa