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[Cathy 🪷 @TallowGirl]

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[Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K]

MINT DETAILS:

Supply: 420
(404 spots offered through @SignalsArt)

NO RESERVE!

Max spots per backer: 21

Signal phase duration:
From now until until September 21st - 5pm ET

Mint on September, 24 at 7am ET on @trygamma

BID YOUR SPOTS HERE → https://t.co/NSGeYC7Lsy

[Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K]

"What if art had a lifespan?

That's the question at the heart of Best Before, a first-of-its-kind generative art project on the Bitcoin blockchain. Here, the traditional concept of an immutable, permanent digital asset is turned on its head, mimicking instead the impermanent, sometimes all too short human lifespan.

Each of the 420 unique works is born "sealed" at the time of inscription, its fate, lifespan, and even its final visual identity is determined unwittingly by the collector who chooses to "unseal" it. Once activated, the piece begins a countdown, aging according to a mortality curve dictated by Bitcoin block time. It will live, peak, and eventually expire: the inscription remains on-chain, but the living render is gone. Yet, within this system of transience lies a tantalizing exception: a tiny fraction of these works, 0.69%, are mathematically destined to become immortal. These rare pieces will defy the mortality curve, existing forever as an enduring testament to the permanence of the blockchain.

By choosing when to activate a work, the collector becomes a critical participant in its life, making an intentional decision to either keep a piece sealed for years to come, or release it to begin its countdown toward an uncertain fate. Each sealed artwork is full of potential, a state of perfect and eternal preservation. But it is only by unsealing it and revealing its predestined expiry that its full beauty and story can be enjoyed.

This act of activation is a profound one, transforming a static object into a living work of art. It forces us to confront a fundamental question: Is the risk of starting the countdown - knowing its life may be all too short - worth the reward of witnessing its full, vibrant, fleeting existence?"

How it works?

Sealed at birth. Before activation, a piece remains sealed and its expiry is unknowable. You can activate it years—or even a century—later.

Unsealed by the collector. Activation happens by inscribing a child to the piece; activation, not mint, starts the clock. The first activating children form their own “First Children” collection.

A lifespan with a floor. After activation, every piece lives at least one Bitcoin difficulty period, then follows a mortality curve: an early drop, a calmer Golden Era, and a Final Decline.

Rare immortals. There’s a tiny probability (~0.69%) for an immortal piece.

The collector's role:

You choose when the life of your piece begins. Activation injects the randomness that determines the piece’s fate; time and block height write the rest. The result is a culture of stewardship and timing: some collectors may incubate sealed works for years; others may activate early to watch an artwork’s life unfold in public. A sealed work invites patience; an activated work invites attention.

[Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K]

CONCEPTUAL ART ON BITCOIN

[Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K]

gm fine art lovers ⏳

[Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K]

Almost at 50% in the first 24 hours! ⏳

$16,900 in bids

193/404 spots

63 backers

Thank you!! 😍

[Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K]

gn ordinals

ft. Best Before

[Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K]

"The concept?

Art for art’s sake, art that is timeless,
art with the guts to make you feel
uncomfortable with the truth
most people won’t say."

– December 24, 2024, 11:43 AM (Phú Quốc, Vietnam)

This was the very first spark. Before 'Best Before'.

I heard people say: "art is all about concept now"
or "art on Bitcoin must use chain data." bla bla bla…

I was irritated. A concept? Futile buzzword! Or so I thought. Using the chain’s data just for the sake of it? Not for me. What does it even mean - to me, to you, to us as human beings?

So many questions, and life went on… January, February, March, April - oh God, it was Rock and Roll.

Early morning, April 29th:

Coming from Thailand, I landed in Hong Kong a couple of days before. I was letting myself die… no, even worse: accelerating my own demise.

To the point where I start thinking about how quickly things can turn bad in life and how you always think it’s not gonna happen to you - but what if it does?

This time I felt it more strongly than ever before: time is passing by. For me. For the one I love. For the family I miss dearly.

Lingering thoughts kept knocking at my door. Circling back to old conversations with my friend about how genetics shape health, and the countless other intangibles that determine fate.

I always bring up the example: the one who lived healthy but got hit by a car at a young age, versus the son of a b!tch who drank and smoked since he was 10 and still made it to 88.

Now, I have an idea.
Or should I say, a "concept".

I want the work to be more human and expire just like we do - with the chain determining fate and keeping track of time.

I needed, O.

L:
April 29, 2025 - 1:24pm:
"Hello sir! Hope you’re doing great. (...)"

[Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K]

gn ordinals

"Best Before" after 2 days:

$20,785 total in bids
235/404 spots
86 backers 🫶

[BID HERE] →https://t.co/NSGeYC7Lsy

[Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K]

Another one just changed hands on secondary for 0.0069 BTC!! 😍🦋 - congrats and thanks to everyone involved! 🫶

[Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K]

Leading by example.

[Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K]

It's almost time - in 15 minutes the exclusive mint of the "Minute, papillon!" editions will kick off on @trygamma for Season Pass holders only!!! 😍🦋

Really excited to share this work with you all today - let's see how it goes!

Start time: 10am EST
Price per edition: 0.0021 BTC
Supply: 21 (20 available for the mint) FCFS

MINT → https://t.co/yPzNhS6aOQ

[Gamma.io @trygamma]

Minute, Papillon! by @Ordinals10K for Season Pass holders minted out in seconds 🚀

[Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K]

Minute, Papillon! SOLD-OUT in 15 seconds... 🥹🦋

A warm thank you and congrats to all collectors who got one of these editions today - as well as to all the team at @trygamma for making this happen - it's surreal and real at the same time - just grateful for it all. 🙏

[CamCrypto @CryptoCamNFT]

That was a tough one, minted...

Minute, Papillon! by Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K

Sold out in 15 seconds!

[mrx @mrx25_]

Epic Friday! Two new additions to the vault #AOB #CollectorsCollect
@hafftka @Ordinals10K

[Tork Penderloin @P8erade4u]

Look, I'm a normal guy. When I wake up in the morning, I put my pants on one leg at a time just like everyone else, except when I put my pants on, I mint legendary art.

We did that damn thing, @Ordinals10K and @trygamma.

Today is going to be a good day.

[Nick Sainato @nicksainato]

Makes for a pretty fun wallpaper.

The aspect ratio is already pretty close!

[Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K]

gm ordinals

[hstream.eth | .tez @hstreamx]

Minute, Papillon! by @Ordinals10K might be the best looking art I've ever minted! Got lucky on small edition (20) drop thanks to @trygamma season pass. #artonbtc

[Lemonhaze @Ordinals10K]

I want to become a better inscriber - so much more to learn