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transparency time and some bg on opepen: it began life as a free 60 minute open edition inspired by @batzdu geometric pepe series which is of course inspired by the legendary @Matt_Furie (both have incredible work to col…

@ChristiesInc @nftnow have been consumed by a couple things since this launched and haven't gotten around to sharing some of the details the info layer here (press n) reveals the data that informs each signature (rotatio…

@ChristiesInc @nftnow any signature drawn "organically" (by a human) is absolutely unique, even if visually similar the above are not drawn hand drawn, but the code that ensures their randomness is the below are hand dra…

@ChristiesInc @nftnow attribution, provenance, proof all different lenses on the same set of questions provoked by the ability to distribute consensus and verify independently

Please excuse the duplicate plug — swimming upstream against the algorithm, here's the link to the Sotheby's auction for '1 of 1', which includes the digital original and a physical copy of 35,262 signatures, completed o…

Some additional reflection after spending a few dozen hours writing my signature over and over again, on the many ideas that I borrowed:

The most obvious is the parallel to an earlier piece 'NFTs, explained' — which became the genesis of the idea for @checksvv two years later. ( 'Fungible, non-fungible' employs this contrast to communicate the idea more b…

@checksvv @gillesdc So why write my signature 35,262 times? To comment on the perception gap between the authenticity of physical and digital work, and to test the assumption that physical effort or time spent correlates…

@checksvv @gillesdc The eventual owner of '1 of 1' receives a provably scarce digital original, and a hand authenticated proxy for every official copy that exists (82ft x 3ft ink on Tyvek):

@checksvv @gillesdc Final note — the accompanying physical piece is titled 'Proof of Work' a reference to the repetitive, energy intense process to create it and the chain on which the artwork will live forever. Tyvek is…