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CryptoPunks
2017 · Pixel portraiture
Ten thousand algorithmic portraits from 2017 whose decidedly non-standard contract helped establish the standard that followed.
- Register
- Original legacy contract
- Interface
- Legacy Punks
The Permanent Collection
Ten projects retained from the early decentralized era: five from Ethereum, five from Polygon, and no attempt to improve the historical record by pretending it was less strange.
An index of consequential enthusiasm.
The inaugural register favors historic reach, trading prominence, and cultural influence rather than present-day price. Each entry points to a verified contract against which a custodian may establish ownership.
Establish custodyThe Ethereum Register
Five collections that defined the market’s visual language, social machinery, and most durable acts of confidence.
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Bored Ape Yacht Club
2021 · Membership portraiture
Ten thousand club portraits preserved as evidence of membership, status, commercial licensing, and an exceptionally eventful swamp.
- Register
- Canonical Ethereum contract
- Interface
- ERC721
03
Mutant Ape Yacht Club
2021 · Derivative portraiture
The serum-induced expansion of the Yacht Club, documenting how a successful collection acquired a sequel, a second population, and additional expectations.
- Register
- Canonical Ethereum contract
- Interface
- ERC721
04
Art Blocks Curated
2020–21 · Generative art
Long-form generative works minted from artists’ code, preserving the moment when the browser, the transaction, and the artwork became one apparatus.
- Register
- Art Blocks Core V2 register
- Interface
- ERC721
05
Azuki
2022 · Illustrated portraiture
A ten-thousand-piece anime-inspired collection whose Garden became a particularly elaborate chapter in digital identity and patronage.
- Register
- Canonical Ethereum contract
- Interface
- ERC721
The Polygon Register
Five projects that used inexpensive transactions for games, portable identity, and distribution at a scale Ethereum could not politely accommodate.
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Aavegotchi
2021 · DeFi game collectible
Playable, interest-bearing ghosts that combined DeFi collateral, rarity farming, wearables, and affectionate maintenance into a single small specter.
- Register
- Historic Polygon contract; project migrated
- Interface
- ERC721
02
ZED RUN
2019–21 · Digital horse racing
A population of digital racehorses bred, raced, and traded through an economy that briefly made the stable a software category.
- Register
- Historic Polygon horse contract
- Interface
- ERC721
03
Lens Protocol Profiles
2022 · Social identity
Portable social identities from an early attempt to place the profile, its audience, and its publications in the user’s custody.
- Register
- Lens V2 Polygon profile register
- Interface
- ERC721
04
Reddit Cup 2022
2022 · Mass avatar distribution
World Cup avatars distributed at mass scale to people who were often politely spared the vocabulary of wallets, gas, and web3.
- Register
- Reddit Collectible Avatars
- Interface
- ERC1155
05
Sunflower Land Collectibles
2021–22 · Game inventory
Crops, tools, decorations, and improbable agricultural inventory from the low-cost farming game that placed almost everything on a public ledger.
- Register
- Sunflower Land inventory contract
- Interface
- ERC1155