Wallet Blocks

Series 1 // RETIRED

This OBJKT was generated entirely from my Tezos Wallet ID!

!! IMPORTANT !!

This project has been retired. Read about it below!

The Basic Idea

If you swap for/purchase a Wallet Blocks Key: Series 1 OBJKT on Hicetnunc (even on the secondary market), you will receive an additional custom, 1/1 single edition OBJKT that is generated entirely from your Wallet ID.

Description

The Wallet Blocks Key: Series 1 OBJKT (aka WBK: S1) is an endless looping .GIF with a design generated entirely from my Wallet ID. If you swap for (aka “purchase”) the WBK: S1 on Hicetnunc, I will transfer to your wallet an additional custom, 1/1 single edition OBJKT that is generated entirely from your Wallet ID using the same processing technique that generated the WBK: S1. Your new single edition 1/1 OBJKT will look and feel exactly like the WBK: S1 OBJKT, but it is, in fact, a completely unique design. Once you receive your custom 1/1 single edition OBJKT, you are encouraged to swap the WBK: S1 OBJKT on Hicetnunc for any price you’d like. When it swaps, I will make a custom, 1/1 single edition OBJKT that is generated entirely from that person’s Wallet ID and transfer it to that person’s wallet, and so on.

The idea is the WBK: S1 OBJKTs will move from wallet to wallet and continue to generate beautiful 1/1 single edition OBJKTs for collectors on the secondary market for years to come. And everyone in between will earn some Tezos along the way!

Neat, right?

But how does it all work? Well, I’m glad you asked!

How it all works

Warning: This gets nerdy. But on the blockchain, isn’t everything nerdy?:

After spending a few days building some propriety generative tools within Adobe After Effects, the Wallet Blocks Key: Series 1 was created by simply typing my Tezos Wallet ID into a data field (as seen above) within AE on my computer. The Wallet ID typography is processed using numerous After Effects layers and some simple coding to generate a completely new block and line design, which I call a “barcode,” every time the Wallet Blocks Key is regenerated. A new color scheme is also randomly calculated every time the WBK is used to regenerate.

Because of these two changing variables, even if the same Tezos Wallet ID is reused multiple times, the WBK: S1 will generate a new barcode and color scheme each time, thus creating a very similar, yet entirely new design every single time it’s regenerated.

The GIF that your Wallet ID generates will be personally rendered out of AE and minted to Hicetnunc by me, and then sent to your Wallet ID.

TL;DR: It’s one of those fun cryptoart projects where you pay for something and you don’t really know what you’re getting. But as you can see in the examples below, you kind of do know what you’re getting because they all look so similar…but different. Woo wee! 😅

Make no mistake, the barcode is not just some randomly generated string of lines and blocks. It is 100% created from the typography of the entered Wallet ID. In fact, that’s my absolute favorite thing about this project!

The barcode is not generated from the value of the Wallet ID (ie A=1, B=2, etc.) but the typography of your Wallet ID. For example, the capital letter [M] will create more blocks and lines in the barcode design than a lowercase [i] because there are more pixels in the typographical design of the letter [M] than the letter [i]. Similarly, a capital [O] is much more likely to create a sequence of pixels with a hole in the middle than a capital [X].

As a font nerd who knows very little about code, but loves generative pixel art, the idea that these designs are generated from the typography and not the values is what excites me the most.

To test the project, I have generated and regenerated what seems like hundreds of different design variants and barcodes (as seen above), testing and tweaking my design with every variation produced. Once I regenerated dozens of beautiful pieces over and over, I knew the the design for Series 1 was finished. All test variants were deleted and trashed and a final Wallet Blocks Key: Series 1 was generated and minted.

For Series 1, I have minted 10 editions in an effort to avoid someone hoarding them all. To keep this item rare, I’ll trickle out the release a couple editions at a time but will try to always hold 1 or 2 editions in case anything were to happen to the available the WBK: S1 OBJKTs.

As stated, collectors are encouraged to swap for the WBK: S1 OBJKT and swap it with others to create more unique pieces. I personally guarantee it will generate beautiful and unique variants every time it is swapped for as long as I can keep this project up and running, which will hopefully be years and years to come!

And as you can probably assume, Series 1 implies that there will be more of these to come in the near future with new and exciting designs, more limited edition counts, new variables and more!

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Wallet Blocks!

Design Breakdown

Pixel and Line Design aka "Barcode" // Processing variance generated entirely from the typography of the entered Wallet ID.

Color Scheme // Hue variance is randomly generated every time the Wallet Blocks Key is used to generate a new OBJKT.

Flares // Variance generated from Barcode and color luminance.

Animation // Variance is randomly generated every time the Wallet Blocks Key is used to generate a new OBJKT.

Constant Properties // format: .gif, editions: 10, time length: 299 frames, fps: 12-15 fps, width: 500 pixels height: 500 pixels, max colors: 128, file size: ~11-12mb

Title of OBJKT You Will Receive: Wallet Blocks Series 1

Description: [Wallet Blocks Serial #] This single edition, 1/1 OBJKT was generated from the WBK: S1 OBJKT (#134087) and the Wallet ID of this OBJKT's original collector.  It was created and minted [date of creation and minting] by @JimmyTheGhost.

Wallet Blocks Serial # Code: WBS1-[A]-[B].  [A] = # of Wallet Blocks Series 1 OBJKTs generated to date, [B] = last five digits of collector's Wallet ID.  Example: WBS1-17-4e2vS

The WBK: S1 will be minted and swapped at https://www.hicetnunc.xyz/JimmyTheGhost and the custom pieces will be minted and swapped at https://www.hicetnunc.xyz/WalletBlocks.

WBK processing variants designed, coded, and tested by @JimmyTheGhost.