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From Yuga to NODE to Larva Labs. Forever Punk #98. Eras aren't meant to be endless. They're meant to complete, including my era at the helm of @cryptopunks. Stewardship, by definition, is temporary. It's caretaking until something can stand on its own, or until you no longer need to mediate it. In my eyes, stewardship was never about control or ownership. It was about care and support. That's the role my stewardship played, to make room for something more permanent. A home. CryptoPunks have found homes before. On Ethereum. In a big pink book. MoMA. I found my home with my Punks, more than ever when I lost my physical home in the fires. Home is a place you can return to. Home carries memory. Home gives structure to something alive without fixing it in place. And that's the spirit I hope continues for this project and the community with @nodefnd as their home. Under my care, CryptoPunks moved from the artists who made them, through Yuga, and landing softly at NODE. Helping open the Foundation's doors with the first solo Punks exhibition, this was an incredible honor and a wonderful encore after I stepped down as GM last year. Thankful to Micky, Becky, and the entire NODE team for that opportunity. And now I'm going back to the beginning. To the source. To my new home. Matt & John. I'm officially joining @larvalabs. I spent my last chapter taking care of the collection. Now I'm working with the creators who made that collection. My focus will be on their legacy beyond CryptoPunks alone, the studio's day to day work, and supporting their incomparable vision wherever it leads. More on everything else I'm thinking about soon.

2048 CYPHERDUDES

45DF: A new NFT project by one of the best artists working in digital today, @kimasendorf. Just deployed this morning, a project conceived and begun in May 2024! It is spectacular, scaled small or large!

Thank you for coming to the opening of Edmund’s Bazaar by @darktalesxyz at @avant_galerie You left last night… but something about you still remains in the program Welcome to the Dark Tales @serc1n @Arthemort @Sherone33 @judithESSS New 20 Dark Tales minting end of week; Seance collection now live (visit grimoire on DarkTalesxyz)

Your presence is imprinted on the negatives of the @darktalesxyz story. Your appearance captured, interpreted. A story found and wrote you inside itself. Thank you for coming, joining the fiction is the proof of presence in this exhibition reality at @avant_galerie, open till February 20, every day from 2 to 6pm. (New 20 Dark Tales photos minting end of week, Seance collection currently out, visit the grimoire at darktalesxyz) @johnkarp @maxpretends @videodrome @nuclearsamurai

NFT Paris is canceled. CryptoArt isn’t. This week, Paris is still very much alive: Panels, exhibitions, private collections, artists, and real conversations, happening all over the city. Here’s a Weekly Program for NFT Paris Week (without NFT Paris) 👇🗼👾 @ArtverseParis @avant_galerie @Danae__io

Hearing Matt and John say that Meebits are the evolution of everything they learned from creating Punks was one of the highlights from Node weekend. Take a listen 🎧

We caught up with @sergitosergito at the Meebits Cafe, presented in partnership with OpenSea, to talk about his reverence for digital art history, the value of IRL connection, and his vision for how @MeebitsNFTs live beyond the screen.

10,000 CryptoPunks. One physical space. Walk with us for an immersive, in-depth exploration of @nodefnd with Larva Labs co-founders Matt and John. (0:01) Introduction to CryptoPunks (0:30) The CryptoPunk smart contract code (1:43) Receipt printers (2:18) The Infinite ETH node (2:55) Timeline of Punks market activity (4:01) Punk activity columns (4:23) "The Node" room (4:57) OpenSea's Punk (6:19) Visualizing the full 10,000 collection (6:42) Trait exploration console (7:44) The "Trait Wall"

“Welcome home!” 4:20pm is for the Punks at @nodefnd

10,000 at NODE Foundation has been an incredibly special experience for us. From the beginning, CryptoPunks was an experiment in digital value and ownership - a new kind of networked art and protocol. CryptoPunks has been shaped over time by the people who hold it, trade it, argue about it, and build culture around it. This exhibition is our clearest attempt to present this thesis in material form and physical space. We’re deeply grateful to @mickymalka and Becky Kleiner for building a home for CryptoPunks and a space capable of supporting work like this, and for @redbeardnft for facilitating this opportunity with @nodefnd. Thank you @asacurates, @philmohun, @loudsqueakmedia, @q2design, @yungwknd for your curation, creativity, and skills in bringing our nerdiest of visions to life. And of course to @naughtaliestone who worked closely with us to develop the exhibition and bring this all together. We’re excited for everyone to see it, especially the CryptoPunks community, whose passion for the work has carried this project far beyond anything we could have imagined. — Matt Hall & John Watkinson (Larva Labs)

Our full schedule for opening weekend is now live. Join us from January 23 - 25 to celebrate 10,000, a new presentation of @cryptopunks. nodefoundation.com/program/10000

See you next week. @larvalabs

An artist-led exhibition created by @larvalabs & developed through NODE’s collaborative framework - 10,000 presents CryptoPunks as a living artwork. @nodefnd have put together an amazing weekend of art & community to celebrate. Welcome home, Punks. nodefoundation.com/program/10000

Something special is coming to @cryptopunks brunch in Palo Alto... The “Punks Minifigure Lab” by @generativegoods and @ArtOnBlockchain will be featured as part of the experience. Find your Punk. Customize it. Take it home. See you there!

As we close out the year, here’s a list of what we shipped since the acquisition in February: - OpenSea partnership - Noper art drop - PlayerZero integration - mmERCH popup + collab - DashBo integration - Upcycling program - Licensing Expo booth - Meebits Podcast with A-list guests - Voxel Journal Newsletter - Tokyo Gift Show booth - The Hundreds collab + ComplexCon - IRL Meetups in NYC, Lisbon, Las Vegas - $MEEBSTR innovation - Marfa Larva Labs gallery exhibit - Art Basel Shop partnership - Meebits Pins - Curio AI Plush Toy - miniMeeb Otherside Viz - Acquired 77 additional Meebs for our treasury It was a year of experimenting and rebuilding the community. Next year we’re going all in on our North Star: Meebits are Art that’s fun and functional. We’ll kick off with an event at the Node Opening Weekend in Palo Alto, a co-submission to The Memes, and the launch of our new website. From there we’ll have some fun with the Meebits Futbol project into our summer 5th Anniversary celebration. Thank you to everyone who’s supported the Meebits this year, we’re excited for what’s to come.

Went to the Lab today, Components are being mounted on Cypherboards ! @judithESSS look that's yours here

@I____felix____I @CYPHERDUDES Amazing! Can't wait ...