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WE ARE SPECULATION
WE ARE GAME THEORY
WE ARE BLOCKCHAIN
WE ARE PSYCHOLOGY
WE ARE ART
We’re living in a historical moment in which a giant wave of innovation is questioning pillars such as politics, economics and art.
This wave is called blockchain.
It’s for this exact reason that we decided to start this experiment, desiring to take advantage of a delicate balance of speculation, technology, psychology, and art to encompass it into a single astonishing masterpiece.
We aim at creating the first crowdsourced artwork entirely hosted on the blockchain.
We believe that what we have shaped can influence an entire branch of digital art: the individual will be dethroned from the lone title of “artist” and be replaced by the community, which not only participates in the work of art itself but becomes its owner.
The direct consequence of this radical change means that the work of art is no longer the product of a single mind, but rather it becomes the emergent property of the individual actions of the participants.
“An emergent property can appear when a number of simple entities — called agents — operate in an environment giving rise to more complex behaviors as a community.”
An example of an emerging property is the shape and behavior of a flock of birds or a shoal of fish.
With that concept in mind, we present our (and your) first painting named “Thermal Death”:
The whole project is completely decentralized and completely on-chain. Moreover, we do not use ISPF or any other external hosting, but only the ethereum blockchain.
This means that by not relying on any other external information, as long as the ethereum network is active, this project will be fully accessible in its entire essence, pixel by pixel.
Furthermore, as mentioned above, you can change the colors of the pixels contained in the NFTs whenever you want, but this will not be possible forever.
The sale of the last pixel on the smart contract will kick off the final phase of the project: the completion of the painting itself.
THERMAL DEATH
The smart contract will start by itself a 2-week countdown from the moment in which the last pixel has been sold. At the end of the countdown, it will be impossible to modify the color and signatures ever again, crystallizing forever the first crowdsourced work of art on the blockchain. This action cannot be stopped by anyone since it’s already written in the code.
Once the mosaic is frozen, the NFTs can be appreciated for their artistic and historical value.
Users will go from owning a speculative NFT to owning a part of the most influential collaborative artwork of the last decade, which we are sure will be exhibited in museums around the world.
Will you be one of the visionaries who change the art world with us?
The smart contract will start by itself a 2-week countdown from the moment in which the last pixel has been sold. At the end of the countdown, it will be impossible to modify the color and signatures ever again, crystallizing forever the first crowdsourced work of art on the blockchain. This action cannot be stopped by anyone since it’s already written in the code.
Once the mosaic is frozen, the NFTs can be appreciated for their artistic and historical value.
Users will go from owning a speculative NFT to owning a part of the most influential collaborative artwork of the last decade, which we are sure will be exhibited in museums around the world.
Will you be one of the visionaries who change the art world with us?
Your piece of art is on the way, it's fabric is being assembled by the universe... you have to wait...
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On which blockchain is this project running?
Ethereum
Which is the official address of the smart contract?
0x36fbc0bdbb8299b89d10c2bc8852c48645a1a7a4
What are the dimensions of the painting, and how many total pixels comprise the image?
160 * 110 = 17,600 pixels
How many NFTs can be generated?
There will be a maximum of 17,600 NFTs, where each NFT is a pixel and gives the owner the power to control its color and signature.
How much is an NFT pixel?
The goal is to give a free pixel to all addresses that supported digital art by buying NFT art in the past.
We are continuously selecting NFT projects that we consider significant and then open a time window of free claiming to its supporters.
What if I wanted to get a pixel even if I wasn't among the supporters of these projects?
In this case it is possible to buy a pixel while supporting the project. We have set the price of each pixel to 0.1 ETH. There is no bonding curve.
Why did you choose this model of distribution?
We want users to be able to own a limited number of pixels, avoiding monopolizing the artwork. By implementing the current model, there will be more unique users that will have to cooperate with each other to create something significant at a macroscopic level.
Why should your NFTs be worth more than others?
We firmly believe that the value of an NFT is determined by its future historical relevance. Most of the NFTs that are being created these days won’t stand the test of time. We will.
Is this a scam?
You can check the public code of the smart contract to verify that everything we have said is true.
Do the pixels have different rarity coefficients?
Each pixel is assigned an incremental ID when purchased
(#1; #2; …; #17,600).
A low ID could make the pixel more interesting in the future. We also think that the position (x, y) can influence the value, such as the pixels in the edges or corners. Finally, the image that your pixel helps to form could also play a significant role.
Can the pixel color be changed?
When you claim a pixel, you immediately decide which RGB color you want to assign to it. Subsequently, you can call a function on the smart contract to change it whenever you want, only paying the gas fees of the network.
But be careful: at the end of the Thermal Death countdown, you will lose the power to change the pixel color and signature forever.
What happens once all the pixels have been claimed?
Upon the claim of the last available pixel, the smart contract will automatically activate a 2-week timer called Thermal Death phase.
During these two weeks, NFT owners will be able to influence the overall work of art by changing the color of their pixels.
Once the timer expires, the power to change the color and the signature of the pixels will be revoked from every holder forever, thus producing the final work of art.
Will it be possible to trade or sell NFTs after Thermal Death countdown?
It will always be possible to trade or sell your NFTs, both before and after the Thermal Death countdown has ended.
Where will I be able to sell this NFT?
You can trade the Thermal Death Pixel NFT in every marketplace that is capable of trading the standard ERC-721 (like OpenSea). However, we do have it in mind to develop an internal marketplace contract to help you avoid the pain of paying additional fees.
Who are you?
We have never been able to answer this question.
Will you produce other art projects besides this one?
We don’t do art.
Other non-artistic projects?
You can bet.
Where do you post the latest updates?
You can find us drinking a glass of wine in the Cabaret Voltaire Telegram group.
