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Today I proudly present a project I have been working on for several weeks now: The Great Bitcoin Hatching

The idea of a "creation of Bitcoin" artwork had been buzzing in my head for months when I finally came accross this wonderful eggy spot in a multi-dimensional fractal while trying some animations. After many dozens of hours of rendering, adjusting and postworking I finally completed this work. Here it is, showing Bitcoin hatching from its egg when Satoshi Nakamoto implemented the first version of Bitcoin in January of 2009.


Details on the print

print: 90 cm x 90 cm (35,4 inches x 35,4 inches), quadratic high resolution print
material: special sandwich panel using two aluminium plates (0.3 mm each) linked via polyethylene core (alu-dibond): very durable and visually outstanding
limited to: 16, all individually numbered in binary (see picture)
included extras: high quality wall mounting, hand signed and numbered certificate

Numbering on the artwork itself is in binary only. Certificate has the decimal numbering added in brackets.


Only 0/10 directly available purchase left!
look out for auctions of this piece or shoot me a pm

Status (LAST UPDATE: 2018-11-12)

0000 (01): auctioned off                              1000 (09): reserved for auction or external sale 
0001 (02): reserved for auction                       1001 (10): purchased and received by metamorphin   
0010 (03): reserved for auction                       1010 (11): purchased and received by dArkjON   
0011 (04): purchased and received by hybridsole       1011 (12): trade-coins arrived (teeGUMES)   
0100 (05): purchased and received (anonymous)         1100 (13): purchased and received by OneNattyLitecoin   
0101 (06): purchased and received by gadabout         1101 (14): reserved for donation**   
0110 (07): purchased and received by vizique          1110 (15): purchased and received by Chris   
0111 (08): purchased and received by gocoins          1111 (16): reserved for myself*

*I haven't decided yet if I really need that special number to keep for myself or maybe just keep 0010 and put this one up for auction instead.
**If you are interested in this number I can switch it with any other available number. Not sure how to handle this, but this one will be given to a gallery and not be sold for the next 10 years unless a *high price yet to be determined* is bidden, then I might sell it and give 100% to one or several charities. I will discuss details with my family and am open for suggestions.


Additional info

- The first print (0000) will arrive shortly at my home (I expect 11th of October next week). Photos will be posted here.
- The numbering as well as my name (Kryptowerk) is integrated in the picture
- I guarantee that I will never print any more than the numbered 16 editions. Only exceptions are lower resolution prints (postcards size, definitly less than 30x30). Right now I am not planning on doing so at all. I will never release the original files to the public.
- I will probably include a guarantee card about the above terms in the final sale.
- All certificates are unique prints as they have the numbering embedded in the image.
- Auctions will probably start at 0.2 BTC maybe 0.15 and maybe 0.22 - haven't decided yet.
- Escrow accepted if buyer pays fee.
- I reserve all the rights to change any conditions until final deal is settled and payment was made. I doubt I'll do it, just trying to be on the save side here.
- I plan on releasing 0 - 3 crypto related artworks per year during the next years.
- shipping from Europe to anywhere possible
- Ask me anything but please don't spam my thread with nonsense. Thank you.  :)


Pricing

- 0.22 0.205 0.175 BTC (reduced two times due to the rise in Bitcoin price) per artwork (if BTC suddenly jumps to $7k or dumps to $2k I might adjust prices - I probably won't do that unless totally neccessary) done, 2x
- I will pay shipping up to 25€/$30 40€ (~$48), if higher buyer pays the difference.
- #0000 can be directly purchased for 0.44 0.41 0.36 BTC and will then be unavailable for auction

Shipping costs including packaging

Germany:      ~40 €, I'll pay 40€ -> +0.0000 BTC
Europe (EU)*: ~60 €, I'll pay 40€ -> +0.0030 BTC
USA:          ~90 €, I'll pay 40€ -> +0.0075  BTC
Canada:       ~90 €, I'll pay 40€ -> +0.0075  BTC

Note: Due to the size and an error in my calculation I actually have to pay 34€ more than stated above. However I will of course not charge you any more than I originally stated.


Due to the extreme rise of the BTC price I decided to lower the costs for the artwork again. However to create a fair situation for the buyers before the Bitcoin-rise I decided to grant a 20 - 40% off for one piece of my new projects (coming early/mid 2018).
This is the list for all users eligible for this discount:
- hybridsole
- vizique
- anonymous
- gocoins
- metamorphin
- dArkjON
- NattyLitecoin
- teeGUMES
UPDATE 2018-11-14: You will be eligable for a 25% discount on my upcoming coin project. TBA mid December 2018 / early 2019. In the works right now.



Also accepting LTC (litecoin), ETH (ethereum), KMD (komodo), DASH, GB (byteball), DCR (decred), STR (stratis), BTX (bitcore) and others on request.


Digital preview images

total view @ 20% (that means the original file has 25x the pixels you see here!), blue marks excerpts below
https://i.imgur.com/cgA0Gw8.jpg

full size view @ 100% of the middle top part, giving an insight in the sheer detail and quality
https://i.imgur.com/IS8poPC.jpg

more excerpts @ 50% showing some of the embedded details and texts
https://i.imgur.com/wxLDJ9G.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1l9jEDf.jpg https://i.imgur.com/XKoY8Zl.jpg

A photo for reference of a poster I created a while ago (size 120 cm x 120 cm - it's huge), printed by the same manufacturer - quality was pristine and I expect even better for the alu-dibond (it's 6x expensive after all).
https://i.imgur.com/KWGvAD2.jpg

Oh and here is what the certificate will probably look like - I plan on adding a holographic self-made sticker, will see if that's possible next week:
https://i.imgur.com/bXoDBxt.jpg

IF YOU DON'T SEE ANY IMAGES (not logged into your bitcointalk account?) PLEASE USE THIS LINK: https://imgur.com/a/j14Z3

The first piece 0011 (04) has been reserved by a hero member. Thank you!
I have asked via pm if he/she wants to stay anonymous - until I get an answer I will not reveal his/her name.

Reserve 0110 please

Cheers
Viz

Done!
Thank you very much, vizique.


Updated OP: Shipping from Europe. I will try to aquire more info soon.

Very nice work ! I love to see this nice piece of Art !

Kryptowerk ill take the 1010

Thanks, great associations. These fractals are predestined to fuel the imagination.

Thank you so much, Jon - spot reserved!



hybridsole suggested a combined shipping for buyers from the US. I think that's a great idea if more people are interested.

I'm away for the next 5 - 6 hours. Reservations will be updated in order of appearence.

Reserve 0101 please

Thanks for holding 0011 for me.  This is such an amazing piece. 

If anyone else in US wants to combine shipping, let me know. 

Reserve 1001 please

thanks

Greetz
Steve

0101 and 1001 have been reserved.
Thank you very much, monkeynuts and metamorphin! :)

Really neat, I like the artwork and the material sounds solid.  Looking forward to seeing the final print.  :)

#0111 for me please

Thank you very much, gocoins. 0111 is now reserved for you.

Thanks! I will keep you posted and provide photos soon.


A short update: In the OP I forgot to mention that the mounting of the image will be drilled through each corner of the image via a steel round, keeping the image at a distance of almost 20mm to the wall.
I had looked at samples of all the available solutions and this seemed most interesting to me.
However there are other options available, you will be able to choose freely or even order without mounting if you have an individual solution in mind.
Also, good news, the finished product should arrive shortly, maybe even next Monday, probably Tuesday.

#1011 has been reserved - thank you very much, teeGUMES!

OP updated: Only two left for direct purchase.
Auctions will start when/if I get positive feedback from the first buyers. So probably not before mid/late October.

Fuck it, I’ll worry about where I hang this ridiculousness when it arrives. Lucky 13 please.

Haha :) Reserved! Will answer your questions from PM shortly. Thanks a lot for your interest, OneNattyLitecoin.


The first print (0000) just arrived. I am making photos and analyzing its quality right now.

4 things I noticed:
- alu-dibond seems like a truly nice material, as I expected: durable and valueable.
- unfortunatelly I am not 100% content with the level-of-contrast. I am contacting the manufacturer right now to see if is caused by the choice of printing material or can be optimzed
- Level-of-detail is as expected: very high, looks great.
- mounting: simple and looks very good imho

Will post photos and more detailed info about the actual quality, expected future contrast, mounting options and exact pricing for shipping in the next few hours.

So, finally I have (almost) all the answers.

Here are the photos I took including some short comments:
https://imgur.com/a/Zwbx3 (https://imgur.com/a/Zwbx3)


Two excerpts from the imgur gallery (https://imgur.com/a/Zwbx3):

The full print on alu-dibond:
https://i.imgur.com/33XN3CF.jpg

The mounting, imho it looks really good, the drill holes are very well done, too:
https://i.imgur.com/gikR8b9.jpg


My personal opinion regarding the print:

- quality of the canvas (alu-dibond) is superb, it seems durable and looks good.
- sharpness/resolution and level of detail is as I expected: details are all visible on the print, if you stand at a distance of ~20 cm to the print some small graininess is visible - it really does look good though
- now, regarding contrast, I am not as content I wish I could be: I have contacted the manufacturer if it is because more contrast is not possible on this kind of canvas or if there can be made some adjustments to the original file to create a higher level of contrast.
  As of now the very few black areas are only dark-grey and the few white lines in the centre of the images are a very bright grey (you only notice the fact that it probably is not true white if you have something with high contrast to compare nearby). The overall not-high contrast is slightly noticeable, though! I still think the print looks great, but also want this sale to be as transparent as possible and inform you about as much detail as possible.
- very happy with the matt surface, there are almost no reflections compared to the poster print I created a few months ago
- also happy with the colourfastness of the print


Shipping costs including packaging

Germany:      ~40 €, I'll pay 25€ -> +0.0035 BTC
Europe (EU)*: ~60 €, I'll pay 25€ -> +0.0085 BTC
USA:          ~90 €, I'll pay 25€ -> +0.016  BTC
Canada:       ~90 €, I'll pay 25€ -> +0.016  BTC

*I did not check all countries, it seems pricing is the same or similar, there may be some unexpected differences for some countries, unless they are significant (10€+ or more) I'll just neglect them.


Now I am waiting for an answer from the manufacturer regarding the contrast questions. Maybe there are some options to increase contrast. If so, I will do so for all other prints except this 0000 one.


For all having reserved a unqiue print, please read

If you are uncertain if you still want the print because of the not-ideal contrast, you can wait for the answer from the manufacturer. If you are sure you want to opt-out, please do so now, giving others a chance to get their desired #.
If you are however certain you want a print, you can send me your address details now, including if you want escrow or not and I will send you the payment details.

This is the final update on the project.

Shipping costs slightly reduced:
Germany:      ~40 €, I'll pay 25€ -> +0.0030 BTC
Europe (EU)*: ~60 €, I'll pay 25€ -> +0.0080 BTC
USA:          ~90 €, I'll pay 25€ -> +0.015  BTC
Canada:       ~90 €, I'll pay 25€ -> +0.015  BTC


PAYMENT ADDRESS: 1MWVa7LURR7ZUAvByvgnCx5tMSzuGiXorB
Make sure never to pay to any other address that was suggested to you via pm (imposter warning!)


The certificate arrived today, I am happy with the quality. It will be signed via a unique stamp and my Kryptowerk signature. You can choose wheather you want me to write your or any other name in the owner column or leave it blank.

Regarding contrast it looks like it is a matter of the material. However I noticed I probably over-reacted. It does look great imho, when I took the first photos it was bright daylight, no wonder I was a little disappointed comparing it to my bright CAD monitors.
My girlfriend who usually helps as my moral compass suprised me when she said "you shouldn't have written that at all, it looks great". But hey, as an artist I have high standards regarding these things.
Here is a short video (sorry for the wobbly camera) with artificial light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ILaxt9Za_A


I will send out pms to everybody that reserved a piece.
Thank you.

Hello my dear crypto-art enthusiasts, I am very happy to announce a few updates:

- after investigating further and having a great talk to one of the leading printing technichians at my manufacturer I am pretty certain the final prints will be higher contrast.

- the next test print is scheduled to arrive next Tuesday (again 0000), I have put all others on-hold until then to ensure the highest quality result for the end product.
(I will then have to destroy the old 0000 print, will be a great test to see how sturdy this material really is - video incoming)

- regarding longevity of the product: These prints can be put in the rain and direct sun and will not suffer from any loss of colour or contrast. That's what the technician promised.  :o

- if BTC price at Oct 31. is at $6k+ I will drop costs to 0.205 BTC and if it is at $7k+ I will drop prices to 0.19 BTC - if you have paid already you will get a refund accordingly.

So, the print with corrected contrast arrived today (one day earlier than expected!).

Now I am really content with the result. Colours and contrasts looking as I was hoping for from the beginning.

Thank you for payments so far. Your prints (1011, 1100, 0111, 1001, 1010) are already in production and should ship somewhere between 20th to 24th October if everything goes as expected.

I might take some photos maybe tomorrow, right now I try to stay low and get rid of that horrible cold of mine.

hybridsole, [anonymous], monkeynutz and vizique, please make payment to the address in OP and PM your shipping address and the name you want on your certificate.
As stated you can also pay in a wide variety of alts.
See OP for shipping costs, and see last post for eventual price reduction.

Hello minerjones,

yes the last one (1110) is still available!

Thanks for your interest.

Today I wanted to make a few photos to show the improved contrasts on the latest print.

Due to difficult lighting however it is almost impossible to see the difference on photo.
Will try and make better shots before shipping the first batch.
left: old (less) contrast version, right: new (ideal) contrast version
https://i.imgur.com/YuIFG6U.jpg

Here are two pics of the certificate.
https://i.imgur.com/98Ttb5t.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/e6odRXQ.jpg
Paper is really nice. Note: the version you receive will have a trimmed white border.

If you somehow can't see the images here, check my The Great Bitcoin Hatching imgur album: https://imgur.com/a/j14Z3 (https://imgur.com/a/j14Z3)

1011, 1100, 0111, 1001, 1010 are on the way to my home, I hope to receive them this week. If everything looks great I will start shipping next Tuesday.

Very very cool.
Well done dude!

Very nice work, the pictures look really good and the new contrast (although hard to see in that image) should provide some better tones.  The certificates look like they turned out great as well!   :)

Thank you @digicoinuser and @marckenigsberg!

dArkjON and Steve already got their prints delivered in person, we met at a blockchain meetup and discussed the Bitcore project!

I will ship the first images tomorrow.

Steve was kind enough to not only send me two photos of his mounted print, but also allowed me to post them here:
https://i.imgur.com/xuGXhqd.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/tylWzFY.jpg

The first print has been sent to the US.
It proved more complicated and expensive than expected. Shipping costs to non-EU countries are now at a total of 118 EUR and for all other contries it also cost an additional 34 EUR. However I will not charge anything extra, the prices written in the OP remain the same.

https://i.imgur.com/mF3RQHp.jpg

Prints 0011, 0101, 0110 and 1110 (the last one available for direct purchase) are now also on their way to my home.

One more good thing: Because of the dimensions and weight of the package I have to send via "priority shipment". This should also result in the package arriving a lot faster.

Next batch will be sent tomorrow. Will send tracking ids via pm..

Congrats, everybody, new BTC all-time-high! As promised I lowered the price to 0.205 BTC since BTC was over $6k at the end of October. This is the final price. I will start refunding everyone that paid 0.22 BTC their 0.015 BTC by sending you a PM with a pin that you should please quote-answer to with your refund BTC-address (this is to avoid imposter pms).

I've shipped two more today.
Now I am waiting for the last images to arrive, it could have happened today, now I expect them to arrive tomorrow.

To easily see the status of your artwork:


0011 (04): hybridsole:       awaiting arrival 04. Nov - shipping: Monday
0100 (05): (anonymous):      at home - shipping: Monday
0101 (06): available         
0110 (07): vizique:          awaiting arrival 04. Nov - shipping: Monday
0111 (08): gocoins:          already shipping
1001 (10): metamorphin:      already received
1010 (11): dArkjON:          already received
1011 (12): teeGUMES:         already shipping 
1100 (13): OneNattyLitecoin: already shipping
1110 (15): available   

Today the last prints went into shipping. : )


0011 (04): hybridsole:       shipping
0100 (05): (anonymous):       shipping
0101 (06):                   available          
0110 (07): vizique:           shipping
0111 (08): gocoins:           shipping
1001 (10): metamorphin:       received by buyer
1010 (11): dArkjON:           received by buyer
1011 (12): teeGUMES:          shipping  
1100 (13): OneNattyLitecoin:  shipping
1110 (15):                   available    

https://i.imgur.com/zb7wiqW.jpg

The picture Came in great condition and is of very good quality. The computer screen is canted in the photo, the pic is level. Only issue was one of the mounting screws wasn’t machined properly, so i wasn’t able to get the bottom right mounted immediately. No big deal, will be on the lookout for the next werk!

Thanks for the feedback, OneNattyLitecoin.
Haha, your office desk must be huge, the print looks almost tiny in that pic! Sorry about that screw, though.


Short status update on the print:

0011 (04): hybridsole:        shipping
0100 (05): (anonymous):       shipping
0101 (06):                    available         
0110 (07): vizique:           received by buyer
0111 (08): gocoins:           shipping
1001 (10): metamorphin:       received by buyer
1010 (11): dArkjON:           received by buyer
1011 (12): teeGUMES:          shipping 
1100 (13): OneNattyLitecoin:   received by buyer
1110 (15):                    available   

Is there an original that will come up for sale or only the prints?   Thank you

Quick update.
Mine arrived safe and sound and in perfect condition.
What an EPIC pic. Very impressed. Even the GF was like ... "wow, thats great!"

now to find somewhere to put this monster to enjoy it. Seriously detailed, just my thing, love it.

Keep up the good work!

Viz

It's comparable to a limited minted coin. Just a little bigger ;).  They are all originals, since the serial is embedded into the image. Only 16 in total.
After all have been distributed I will destroy the original files and sign some document (blockchain comes to mind) to testify I will never reprint these.

Thanks so much for the feedback, Viz!
Means a lot to me.

Really glad it all arrived unharmed. And thank you, mj!
Shipping to the US isn't the easiest thing, either. Sorry it took so long.

For full disclosure: I created a reprint of 0111 for gocoins. His print unfortunatelly was damaged on 3 of four corners during transport. We have agreed that he will destroy the damaged print as soon as the new one arrives.
Even though I was confident my packaging was good already, to hopefully avoid any future incidents like this I have stepped up my packaging game, buying plastic straps, high-quality tape and some nice red fragile stickers.  :D
https://i.imgur.com/sY5r5JH.jpg


Short status update on the print:

0011 (04): hybridsole:       received by buyer
0100 (05): (anonymous):       received by buyer
0101 (06):                   available*          
0110 (07): vizique:           received by buyer
0111 (08): gocoins:           re-shipping
1001 (10): metamorphin:       received by buyer
1010 (11): dArkjON:           received by buyer
1011 (12): teeGUMES:          received by buyer  
1100 (13): NattyLiteCoin:    received by buyer
1110 (15):                   available*    

*I recently got two PMs indicating interest, so if they decide to buy within 48h then no print is available.
However I plan on putting at least one up for auction in mid-December (0010 probably).


An important note: As we are probably all aware, Bitcoin lately behaves like an inverted-avalanche moving up-and-up-and-up, apparently unstoppable.
To create a fair solution for the buyers of this piece when BTC price was a lot lower while also including the fact of Bitcoin's recent prise rise I decided to do the following:
- lower the price to 0.175 BTC per print. I also pay shipping costs up to 40 EUR no!
- for recent buyers I will grant a 20 - 40% off (I cannot pin exact numbers yet, really depends on the costs for the new project) for my upcoming project (coming early - mid 2018).
- I will reserve corresponding numbers of my new project for buyers of The Great Bitcoin Hatching

Update: 0101 has been reserved.

OOh discount on future pic?! I'm in :D

Looking forward to it

Viz

Sure thing, Viz! :)
Not saying it's gonna be a pic, though. Maybe but debating other options currently.
I should mention the discount only counts for one piece/print per eligible TGBH-buyer.


0101 is sold (payment received) to gadabout.
Thank you!

1110 is available again.

Short status update on the print:

0011 (04): hybridsole:       received by buyer
0100 (05): (anonymous):       received by buyer
0101 (06): gadabout          received by buyer          
0110 (07): vizique:           received by buyer
0111 (08): gocoins:          received by buyer
1001 (10): metamorphin:       received by buyer
1010 (11): dArkjON:           received by buyer
1011 (12): teeGUMES:          received by buyer  
1100 (13): NattyLiteCoin:    received by buyer
1110 (15):                   available    

Anyone interested in the last one now that BTC is relatively cheap again?

RESERVED - 1110 (15): available subject to confirmation

Viz

Short status update on the print, all regular pieces are now SOLD:

0011 (04): hybridsole:       received by buyer
0100 (05): (anonymous):      received by buyer
0101 (06): gadabout          received by buyer         
0110 (07): vizique:          received by buyer
0111 (08): gocoins:          received by buyer
1001 (10): metamorphin:      received by buyer
1010 (11): dArkjON:          received by buyer
1011 (12): teeGUMES:         received by buyer 
1100 (13): NattyLiteCoin:    received by buyer
1110 (15): Chris             received by buyer   


If there is interest I will soon start an auction for the low numbers 0001 (2) and 0010 (3).
I am also happy to say, that my new project(s) are slowly getting some shape. As promised, corresponding #s will be reserved for the TGBH buyers.

I know I have said months ago I would put up the auction for #1 -#3 soon. Me moving to a new place and some personal circumstances have delayed all my projects. I apologize.

Currentlly having trouble getting these huge packages shipped via my DHL office nearby (it's a few cm over the maximum allowed size...), so looking for alternatives now. If the shipping services and prices are clear, I can start the auction if there is still enough interest in these limited prints on alu-dibond.

Updated main post.
 
#1 /16 now in auction: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5065305

Quick update:

Possibly willing to part with 1000 (09).

I found a great shipping solution to USA, delivering in less than a week and for an acceptable price (~140 - 150 €).