Happy 5 year anniversary to the OnChainMonkey community. Forever on-chain.

I've been working on a new explorer focused on Art on Bitcoin. It highlights what makes this medium unique for digital art. Preview of the browse page where you can shuffle across artists and discover their works on Bitcoin:

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We love conceptual art. On-chain and generative art often is conceptual. OCM Dimensions was built around the concept that generative art was possible on Bitcoin, and was first to show how code libraries like p5.js and three.js could be used by artists to create art on Bitcoin🍌

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The bond market reacted to news of increased Treasury buybacks by pushing longer-term yields down across the board. Beyond the immediate reaction, this move is less about the buyback itself, which is small in both absolute terms and relative to net issuance, than about the possibility of a broader deployment of “yield curve control” (YCC). #economy #yields #bonds #markets

Here Comes QE Lite: Yields, Dollar Tumble, Gold Spikes After Treasury Unexpectedly Doubles Size Of Long-End Treasury Buybacks zerohedge.com/markets/here-c…

I’d push back on this. There were already 10+ million NFTs before 2021. NFTs aren’t valued simply by their date, but by what they are (artwork, utility, or something else). Where date matters is with NFTs that pioneered important concepts. Those can be quite valuable, and naturally, date is important. It can take years for a new concept to be understood or recognized as historically important, so early conceptual NFTs are overlooked and undervalued. So there is an “early and undervalued” category, but it's a small set and a consequence of innovation taking time to be recognized. That said, early conceptual NFTs are my favorite kind of NFTs! And IMO, NFTs are still so new that even NFTs being created today can be early conceptual works, especially around the concept of "ONCHAIN"!🔥

I asked frontier AIs the best way to preserve something for *really* long term permanence. Imagine if you can leave your message to future generations, and it will be around for hundreds or even thousands of years. This is a hard problem, but our best possible solution today only costs a few dollars to leave your message! The answer is exactly why artists are starting to create their Art on Bitcoin. 🧠 Frontier AI Answer 👇 Best Digital Permanence for a 400 KB File (Ignoring Cost) If the sole objective is maximizing the long-term survivability of a 400 KB digital file—and cost is irrelevant—the strongest option available today is to inscribe the entire file directly onto the Bitcoin blockchain. Why Bitcoin? Bitcoin offers the strongest known combination of security, decentralization, and economic incentives for long-term data preservation. - The data is replicated globally. Every archival Bitcoin node stores the blockchain, including inscribed data, creating thousands of independent copies across jurisdictions. - Exceptional economic security. Bitcoin has the largest and most battle-tested proof-of-work network, giving it the greatest resistance to censorship, tampering, and historical revision. - Strong incentives for preservation. Bitcoin's primary purpose is to secure a global monetary system, providing continuous economic motivation for participants to maintain and replicate the blockchain. - Longest operating history. Since launching in 2009, Bitcoin has demonstrated exceptional resilience through market cycles, technical challenges, and geopolitical changes. Its longevity strengthens confidence under the Lindy effect—the idea that technologies that have survived longer are more likely to continue surviving. Unlike cloud storage or archival services, the file itself becomes part of the blockchain's immutable history rather than existing as an external object referenced by a hash or URL. A 400 KB file is well within the technical limits for inscription using Bitcoin Ordinals (via Taproot witness data). Comparison with Other Options Bitcoin Best overall choice for maximum digital permanence. - Highest security and decentralization - Strongest economic incentives for indefinite replication - File becomes part of Bitcoin's historical ledger Ethereum An excellent long-term platform, but generally a step behind Bitcoin for pure archival permanence. - Large, decentralized network with strong security - More complex protocol and a faster pace of evolution - Greater emphasis on computation and smart contracts rather than serving as the most conservative, immutable ledger Arweave Purpose-built for permanent storage and an outstanding archival system. - Specifically designed to preserve files indefinitely through an endowment-based economic model - More efficient and less expensive for storing large files - However, its network, security budget, and adoption are substantially smaller than Bitcoin's, making its very long-term survival more uncertain Bottom Line If the question is "Which digital system gives a file the highest likelihood of surviving for centuries, assuming cost doesn't matter?", then inscribing the complete file onto Bitcoin is the strongest answer available today. No digital medium can guarantee survival forever, but Bitcoin currently provides the most compelling combination of decentralization, security, economic incentives, and global replication for preserving digital information over extremely long time horizons.

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Recursion is a defining feature of on-chain generative art. These three works tell that story and are immutably connected on Bitcoin.🔥 OCM Dimensions by @OnChainMonkey The Golden Ratio by @harto_fr Deus Ex Machina by @CyberSeaNFT

The ability to burn an Ethereum NFT to Bitcoin was one of the early features of Ordinals. The first burn was by Casey. Later that same day, BAYC #1626 (previously purchased for 108 ETH) was burned to Bitcoin on Feb 11, 2023. This burn (officially called a teleburn), is a conceptual act involving digital assets that have no physical form to burn or even own. The act of burning is a demonstration of ownership, explored in conceptual art - see Yves Klein’s “Zones of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility.” Teleburns are rare. As of today, less than 10,000 inscriptions have teleburns! The majority are for @OnChainMonkey's Certificate of Ownership, the on-chain "receipt" inspired by Yves Klein's work.

I dreamed about this day for soooo long ........ I'm officialy a D300 holder 💪🐒!!!!! I can't explain how I feel right now 😝 !!!!!! LFG @OnChainMonkey fam and !RISE 🤙

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I‘d rather watched Kongo : Curaçao in the final😩

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TBT. Two weeks ago we wrapped our second annual gathering at @KSWaveCo after six months of planning. Two days of surfing, wake surfing, and incredible conversations with founders, investors, and creators pioneering in their fields. Grateful to @huuep, @KiteVC, and to the 35 founders and investors who joined us. The people are what make these experiences so epic 🏆 Feeling grateful and inspired. 🌊🙏 Recap video in comments 👇