“New Project Alert” began Han, prefacing an X Article and surprise collection release.

256 unique characters - ‘Artificials’ - were ushered in, each a “self-contained computational and economic object”.

The collection swiftly sees a sellout at 0.128 ETH each across 192 characters (64 reserved by the artist) for 24.576 ETH in total.

Each collector mint is its own smart contract, possessing a compressed neural network, inference engine, rendering pipeline, algorithm, and marketplace logic. The network itself was trained on 43,000 anime faces.

“All of this is made possible by the power of the World Computer [Ethereum]” says the artist, and he concludes with a quote from Oren Harari: “The electric light did not come from the continuous improvement of candles”.

Via teto:
“See, it’s easy to mint out a project in 2026
All you need is to be a trailblazer in on-chain innovation
Spend years building your own smart contracts and standard for your work
And be relentless about it
Simple”

The Foundation <> Blackdove deal is no more.

Via Kayvon, Foundation Cofounder:
“Earlier this year we entered into an agreement to sell the Foundation platform to a buyer who intended to continue its operations. Unfortunately, the sale did not complete as expected, and the buyer is no longer able to operate the platform.”

An important takeaway is that the platform will be pinning underlying media and metadata for a calendar year, with subsequent responsibility passed to the community. Kayvon shares this Pinata article resource, and artist Bryan Brinkman shares his step-by-step thread how-to.

The Memes by 6529 - ‘Codex Obscura’ by JoelleLB: 165 editions minted thus far at 0.06529 ETH each, closes 10:00am ET

Galerie Met | Verse - ‘Playgrounds’ by loackme: Three artwork series with works spanning 2024-26

Objkt - ‘Weird Red’ by Weird▲Klub: 38 artwork curation by Esra Eslen, 6.73k XTZ volume across 114 collectors thus far

Ninfa - ‘What We Leave In The Cold’ by Samantha Cavet: 17 artwork collection, available at 0.4 ETH reserves, 1 sold

Hash Gallery | Verse - ‘CROSSHASH’ by Scott Kominers: Celebratory generative open edition and puzzle available at $55.55 USD each, closes in a week

Thursday, April 16th:
‘Classical Revival’ by phenomena with Art Blocks Studio: 100 unique artwork collection available at 0.12 ETH set price each, opens at 11:00am ET

Thursday, April 16th:
‘Timechain’ by Jaen with Transient Curated: 18 artwork collection, each “its own museum” with 7+ variations

Catch-up: The DAM Show!
Yesterday’s The Digital Art Market Show had three segments:

Watch the show here.

Weekly Dose of Art:
‘The Walking Figure: Cem Hasimi's Artistic Inventions’ by Justin Wetch, his 42nd deep dive artist interview via 24 Hour of Art

Today Reported:
Sales thresholds of 2 ETH+ Collection, 0.2 ETH+ 1/1, 0.25 ETH+ 1/1/X, and 0.2 ETH+ Edition