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Bitcoin Ordinals: A Way to Save 50-80% When Inscribing SVGs
Four days ago, I posted an idea: would it be feasible to inscribe compressed SVG files (SVGZ) for a savings of 60-70% (or more)?
As of yesterday, I have the answer... ⬇️
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Four days ago, I posted an idea: would it be feasible to inscribe compressed SVG files (SVGZ) for a savings of 60-70% (or more)?
As of yesterday, I have the answer... ⬇️
x.com/TheBenMeadows/…
Bitcoin Ordinals: SVG vs SVGZ
When creating art specifically to store on-chain, I prefer to create vector art.
While I love the aesthetic of dither masters like @0xdiid, there is something very satisfying about the pixel-perfect crispness of a vector image that will not resized.
This is why every piece that I have put on-chain (both on Ethereum and Bitcoin) has been an SVG.
This weekend, I had a thought about SVGs and #Bitcoin #Ordinals.
I was working with an SVG piece that, even after I had simplified the piece significantly, was coming in over 100 KB. If I compressed the SVG by using the SVGZ format (essentially a GZIP'ed version of an SVG), the file size was reduced to around 30 KB.
Modern web servers can serve SVGZ files just as easily as uncompressed SVGs (almost - I'm trying to stay out of the technical weeds with this initial post).
I inscribed a test image over the weekend. However, the SVGZ isn't viewable on @ord_io, @trygamma, @MagicEden, or ordinals.com.
Instead, you get a standard error. It appears that the sites are handling the SVGZ as a standard SVG and not decompressing the data properly (this is not uncommon since SVG and SVGZ share the same MIME type).
Here is my question and proposal. If we made it so that SVGZ inscriptions could be viewed more easily, it would reduce the size of the inscription by a very large amount (more than half).
I can think of two solutions:
1) Use a JS library (like pako) to decompress the SVGZ (essentially, you still wouldn't be able to see the base inscription, but you would be able to see the recursive editions as if they were standard SVGs).
I haven't gone too far down this rabbit hole, but it's an interesting idea that could save artists a lot of money over the long term.
techblogs.42gears.com/extract-gzip-d…
2) Have major Ordinals sites and marketplaces display SVGZ files correctly. I think this is the simpler option, technically, but might be harder from a coordination standpoint.
I would love to hear what other people think. 🙏
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If you didn't already brick your mio click and have to disassemble it to reset it, do you even Web3, bro? 😆
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125 punch cards from Marfa. 🌵
Every one, in order - fully on-chain on Ethereum via @artblocks_io ABX.
Missed you? DM me before I close the mint later this week.
Once every card is in, there will be one more free, fully on-chain generative mint for everyone who holds one.
Stay tuned...
Every one, in order - fully on-chain on Ethereum via @artblocks_io ABX.
Missed you? DM me before I close the mint later this week.
Once every card is in, there will be one more free, fully on-chain generative mint for everyone who holds one.
Stay tuned...
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If your hollerith card isn't showing on your @opensea profile, it's probably in the Hidden tab - OpenSea hides free mints from new collections by default.
Open your profile, switch to Hidden, select the card, and unhide it.
Every card is also on hollerith.thebenmeadows.com
Open your profile, switch to Hidden, select the card, and unhide it.
Every card is also on hollerith.thebenmeadows.com
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TheBenMeadows retweeted
While everyone was busy hunting floppy disks in Marfa, @TheBenMeadows was brute forcing his way into my wallet.
Congrats on gaining access to the Issues Puzzle Wallet!
Issues #316 - The Suburban Reverie & Comfort now in his collection!
Congrats on gaining access to the Issues Puzzle Wallet!
Issues #316 - The Suburban Reverie & Comfort now in his collection!
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Day three of hollerith in Marfa: 34 more punch cards, 112 in all. 🌵
Thank you to everyone who stopped by Plastic Cactus and Do Right Hall yesterday to take a look at my work. 🙏
Last call - cards can still be claimed this morning until 11 AM Marfa time. Find me at the so far: hollerith.thebenmeadows.com
Thank you to everyone who stopped by Plastic Cactus and Do Right Hall yesterday to take a look at my work. 🙏
Last call - cards can still be claimed this morning until 11 AM Marfa time. Find me at the so far: hollerith.thebenmeadows.com
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Tonight 6-9 PM at Do Right Hall (110 W Dallas St), I'm showing the first ever preview of imprint - part of Marfa Vibes by The Temple, in Desert Proving Ground curated by @SteveMiller.
A flatbed press rebuilt in code: ink stacked into raised relief, then allowed to wear.
A flatbed press rebuilt in code: ink stacked into raised relief, then allowed to wear.
Marfa Vibes by The Temple ✨
Saturday, Oct 24th 6-9pm
Do Right Hall in Marfa, TX
come by for a diverse digital curation by @OneLoveArtDAO @SteveMiller @pengwinpants @paperbuddha @myknash and I, with a sick laser install by @laser_lew ⚡️
thank you to @schmrypto for having us again 💚
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Today is the last day to see essentialism on the wall at Plastic Cactus (301 W Dallas St in Marfa). 🌵
It runs live: the same generator that is stored on Tezos, drawing new seeds right in front of you.
Come by and say hi - and grab a free hollerith card while you're there.
It runs live: the same generator that is stored on Tezos, drawing new seeds right in front of you.
Come by and say hi - and grab a free hollerith card while you're there.
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48 more cards on day two in Marfa. 🌵
Find me and hollerith at Plastic Cactus, 301 W Dallas St, or anywhere around town through Sunday morning. If we meet, you get a fully on-chain punch card - free, no gas, just a wallet, ENS or email.
Every card so far: hollerith.thebenmeadows.com
Find me and hollerith at Plastic Cactus, 301 W Dallas St, or anywhere around town through Sunday morning. If we meet, you get a fully on-chain punch card - free, no gas, just a wallet, ENS or email.
Every card so far: hollerith.thebenmeadows.com
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Stop by the Plastic Cactus today, or find me in Marfa today or tomorrow for a free mint from @cexagon. 🌵
If you're in Marfa, go find my QR code and claim your free Biomorphic 🦠🌵
Have fun!
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30 cards on day one in Marfa. 🌵
Find me and hollerith at Plastic Cactus, 301 W Dallas St, or anywhere around town through Sunday morning. If we meet, you get a fully on-chain punch card - free, no gas, just a wallet, ENS or email.
Every card so far: hollerith.thebenmeadows.com
Find me and hollerith at Plastic Cactus, 301 W Dallas St, or anywhere around town through Sunday morning. If we meet, you get a fully on-chain punch card - free, no gas, just a wallet, ENS or email.
Every card so far: hollerith.thebenmeadows.com
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Made it to Marfa. 🔥
Obligatory photos attached. I didn't stop at the Prada store because there were people there, and I got scared that they could be some of those weird NFT people.
Obligatory photos attached. I didn't stop at the Prada store because there were people there, and I got scared that they could be some of those weird NFT people.
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TheBenMeadows retweeted
Tomorrow hollerith, my new on-chain experiment, and I arrive in Marfa for @artblocks_io weekend.
Card no. 1 is already on Ethereum. If we meet in Marfa Thursday through Sunday, you get the next one, with a hole punched in the hour we met. 🌵
opensea.io/item/ethereum/…
Card no. 1 is already on Ethereum. If we meet in Marfa Thursday through Sunday, you get the next one, with a hole punched in the hour we met. 🌵
opensea.io/item/ethereum/…
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Tomorrow hollerith, my new on-chain experiment, and I arrive in Marfa for @artblocks_io weekend.
Card no. 1 is already on Ethereum. If we meet in Marfa Thursday through Sunday, you get the next one, with a hole punched in the hour we met. 🌵
opensea.io/item/ethereum/…
Card no. 1 is already on Ethereum. If we meet in Marfa Thursday through Sunday, you get the next one, with a hole punched in the hour we met. 🌵
opensea.io/item/ethereum/…
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TheBenMeadows retweeted
hollerith - one IBM 029 punch card for each person I meet in Marfa this week. 🏜️
Scan the code, give a wallet or just an email - nothing to sign, I cover the gas - and it's minted on Ethereum, drawn fully on-chain. ⛓️
Drawn on-chain, built on @artblocks_io ABX. 🔜
Scan the code, give a wallet or just an email - nothing to sign, I cover the gas - and it's minted on Ethereum, drawn fully on-chain. ⛓️
Drawn on-chain, built on @artblocks_io ABX. 🔜
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hollerith - one IBM 029 punch card for each person I meet in Marfa this week. 🏜️
Scan the code, give a wallet or just an email - nothing to sign, I cover the gas - and it's minted on Ethereum, drawn fully on-chain. ⛓️
Drawn on-chain, built on @artblocks_io ABX. 🔜
Scan the code, give a wallet or just an email - nothing to sign, I cover the gas - and it's minted on Ethereum, drawn fully on-chain. ⛓️
Drawn on-chain, built on @artblocks_io ABX. 🔜
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TheBenMeadows retweeted
WHEN - Saturday, 10/24 from 6pm to 9pm
WHERE - Do Right Hall alongside The Temple (@paperbuddha + @desultor)
TL;DR - Explore work you'd only find at the desert's center; debuts from @goppie + @WomanNFT alongside @TheBenMeadows latest experiment.
RSVP - partiful.com/e/VLgfq80UnOdh…
WHERE - Do Right Hall alongside The Temple (@paperbuddha + @desultor)
TL;DR - Explore work you'd only find at the desert's center; debuts from @goppie + @WomanNFT alongside @TheBenMeadows latest experiment.
RSVP - partiful.com/e/VLgfq80UnOdh…
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essentialism #1 is in VAULTED, the open call ART & VAULT is running with @artontezos_ and @theHUGart to acquire digital work on Tezos.
Part of how they choose is a community vote, and anyone with a free HUG account can vote.
If you have a minute, I would love your vote. 🔗⬇️
esson display at Plastic Cactus in Marfa, Texas next week (the whole 44-edition decay, running live). If you are in town, come say hi (and get something free).
Part of how they choose is a community vote, and anyone with a free HUG account can vote.
If you have a minute, I would love your vote. 🔗⬇️
esson display at Plastic Cactus in Marfa, Texas next week (the whole 44-edition decay, running live). If you are in town, come say hi (and get something free).
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GM & Happy Saturday
My wife (@laurencmeadows) dropped her tenth song yesterday, "War with God."
The vibe on this one is a bit different. What do you think?
Listen below 🎧🔗⬇️
My wife (@laurencmeadows) dropped her tenth song yesterday, "War with God."
The vibe on this one is a bit different. What do you think?
Listen below 🎧🔗⬇️
GM & Happy Sunday
My wife (@laurencmeadows) released her ninth song on Friday, "The Scene of the Crime."
The melody on this one is very catchy - earworm. 🪱
Listen below 🎧🔗⬇️
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