The lead artist at Bitcoin art community “Nurorealm” said it was a “dream come true” to have his 3D artwork engraved on the “epic toe” he won at a recent auction.
“(This work of art is one of the most valuable digital assets in existence today and is etched on the most valuable digital canvas of all time),” said “Nuro” in a recent interview with Cointelegraph.
Nuro and fellow Bitcoin art community “Book of Blob” won an auction on April 25, successfully acquiring the latest epic satoshi, the first satoshi mined in the new Bitcoin halving block mined by ViaBTC.
“Winning the auction was surreal,” explains Nuro. “Having my work ‘Spike #1’ on the Epic site is a dream come true.”
According to Book of Blob, founded by Nuro, Spike #1 is the first 3D neurogenerated artwork inscribed on Bitcoin’s Ordinals protocol.
Book of Blob Spike #1 “Epic”
Art by: @nurorealm @elocremarc @boppleton @steaktoshi
characteristic @Grimes @GRIMES_V1The first neurogenic 3D audiovisual scene
Block 840,000 engraved on the 4th Epic Toe
Spike Collection Author: @nurorealm Time capsule and brain data… pic.twitter.com/EMRitUaaZW— Book of Blob (@bookofblob) May 5, 2024
Nuro’s Nurorealm, a collection of neurogenic brains on the Bitcoin Ordinals protocol, aims to “free the mind” and create a community where anyone can create art and technology to live out their truth.
“(It) leverages my on-chain brain data to create works of art and preserve human consciousness on Bitcoin forever,” Nuro said.
The epic 3D artwork engraved with Sat was accompanied by an artificial intelligence-generated voice and music by Canadian electronic pop artist Claire Boucher, popularly known as “Grimes.”
Book of Blob said the original artwork took more than 12 months to create and required more than 50 libraries.
We came, we saw, we got soaked. #EpicBlobArmy pic.twitter.com/JiZYcEVNps
— Book of Blob (@bookofblob) May 12, 2024
Bitcoin artists “Eloc”, “EPIC CHEF STEAKTOSHI”, and “Bop” helped Nuro with his work.
Reflecting on the achievement, Nuro said, “Every artist and OG ordinal member dreams of owning their work and engraving it into the epic.”
More details about the auction
Book of Blob’s Asian representative “XBT” placed a bid of 33.3 bitcoins, worth $2.13 million at the time, in the final minutes of the auction hosted by CoinEx Global, ViaBTC’s partner cryptocurrency exchange. This comprehensively beat the previous highest bid of 20 Bitcoin (BTC). .
Nuro said XBT’s “clear bidding strategy” was to bid high at the last minute to successfully claim the fourth epic Sat.
Related: Bitcoin whale wallet moves $61 million in BTC after 10 years of dormancy.
Funding mostly came from the Blob team and its community.
One sat is currently worth $0.00065. However, special sats like those claimed by Book of Blobs have “collectible value” that is unique to the Bitcoin ecosystem, CoinEx Global explained.
In a previous interview, ViaBTC said the auction was an event of “particular significance” for the Bitcoin ecosystem, which continues to expand its initial use as a peer-to-peer cash transfer system.
“Allocating these special commemorative SATs to communities in greater need is a more effective way to promote the development of Bitcoin.”
Big questions: How can Bitcoin payments be revived?