On-Chain Art

I’ve just minted three new pieces to my Ephemera collection!

1. The first meme that actually lives and breathes on Ethereum!
2. Most future-proof, everlasting IPFS pointer.
3. An artwork that only performs when the artist is truly trusted by the collector.

Let's explore! 👇

Drakeflipping

An iconic meme that now truly lives and breathes on the Ethereum blockchain. 

We've seen plenty of meme NFTs before, but a meme that actually operates fully on-chain? That's a first. 

Drakeflipping brings the iconic Drakeposting meme into Ethereum. The current collector gets Drake's approval, while the former collector gets disapproval—all of this rendered and executed on Ethereum through smart contracts.

Check it out on Manifold Gallery:

creator on always on computers • built nightwatch.art, Rothko on Pennies, Ephemera • pfp: saintwave.art

Fully On-Chain IPFS Pointer 

A conceptual piece that stores an IPFS pointer fully on-chain. By "fully on-chain," I mean every bit of it—the content of the IPFS pointer, the hashing function to generate the CID—all of it lives on Ethereum. 

It’s perhaps a bold statement, but I'm calling it the world's safest IPFS pointer. Why? Because it can always be resolved or resurrected using the on-chain content data. 

Additionally, as an aesthetic choice, I created a vanity CID generator to ensure the IPFS pointer includes the word 'onchain.'

Check it out on Manifold Gallery:

Fully On-Chain IPFS Pointer 

A conceptual piece that stores an IPFS pointer fully on-chain. By "fully on-chain," I mean every bit of it—the content of the IPFS pointer, the hashing function to generate the CID—all of it lives on Ethereum. 

It’s perhaps a bold statement, but I'm calling it the world's safest IPFS pointer. Why? Because it can always be resolved or resurrected using the on-chain content data. 

Additionally, as an aesthetic choice, I created a vanity CID generator to ensure the IPFS pointer includes the word 'onchain.'

Check it out on Manifold Gallery:
https://gallery.manifold.xyz/fully-onchain-ipfs-pointer

Blind Trust

An on-chain experiment that explores trust between the artist and the collector. 

The artwork activates—creating a perfectly symmetrical resonance animation—only when the collector grants token transfer approval to the artist. Otherwise, it remains a static brick-like rectangle.

Check it out on Manifold Gallery:

Blind Trust

An on-chain experiment that explores trust between the artist and the collector. 

The artwork activates—creating a perfectly symmetrical resonance animation—only when the collector grants token transfer approval to the artist. Otherwise, it remains a static brick-like rectangle.

Check it out on Manifold Gallery:
https://gallery.manifold.xyz/blindtrust

The reason for dropping all three works simultaneously is to announce that I am building my artistic identity in public with these Ephemeral pieces, unfiltered and without hesitation. 

I plan to create a lot more over the course of a year. I’d love to have you join me on this journey.

Special thanks, in no particular order:

@diid for diither.
@frolic for EthFS.
@hashrunner for putting IBM Plex Mono on-chain using EthFS.
@optimizoor for the incredibly efficient utility smart contracts.
@manifoldxyz and @whitelights.eth for creating this beautiful, extendable infrastructure and for assistance with custom implementations.
@tokenfox.eth for creating OnChainChecker, which I use religiously to verify metadata and scores on testnet.
@ovanwijk for the IPFS v0 CID Library, which was invaluable in building the v1 Library.

Make sure to check source code of the drops from GitHub if you are interested :)

Make sure to check source code of the drops from GitHub if you are interested :)

https://github.com/ygtdmn?tab=repositories

Drakeflipping

An iconic meme that now truly lives and breathes on the Ethereum blockchain. 

We've seen plenty of meme NFTs before, but a meme that actually operates fully on-chain? That's a first. 

Drakeflipping brings the iconic Drakeposting meme into Ethereum. The current collector gets Drake's approval, while the former collector gets disapproval—all of this rendered and executed on Ethereum through smart contracts.

Check it out on Manifold Gallery:
https://gallery.manifold.xyz/drakeflipping