Exploring the Ability to 'Drop' on Opepen

opepen ramble

as you can probably infer from my tweets, the idea of shipping a finished collection in the middle of what we are currently experiencing in image generation does not feel that special or interesting

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023

some feedback we've gotten along the way on recognizability is also well taken

what we're currently exploring is the ability to "drop" on opepen — and give collectors full agency on how they'd like to proceed (lock or unlock canvas)

maintain max optionality on both sides

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023

there have been many iterations that I would love to put in the collection but wouldn't want to make 16k of them, feels dilutive and again not that exciting

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023

things we are testing

provably random drops (of differing edition sizes, editions within editions if you will)

collection influenced drops (checks originals ownership influenced for example)

evolving metadata standards (to keep relativity among all pieces)

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023

basically, I see no end in sight for evolving the art in the short term (more surprised every day at what can be accomplished, exponential progress etc)

the immutability of checks makes one statement, and this will make another

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023

one thing that happens as a function of being transparent about the process/tools is instant proliferation, but also fast fatigue

but the cycles of different styles and interpretations are also the how the symbol can transcend any specific "render" of itself

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023

my first idea was to do all 16k "by hand"

say the line

if no one is an artist...

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023

one of the most common inputs:

"let holders customize and put on chain"

my timeline is full of custom interpretations, and I would encourage everyone to keep making them, minting them, etc

to me it doesn't make much sense to attach them to the collection for a couple reasons:

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023

1/ it's your art, you should sign it yourself

2/ you will probably want to change it at some point

3/ you can't control the context in which it appears if others are minting to the same contract

to third point, us engineering a way to prevent abuse seems like a massive waste…

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023

for anyone who thinks this is too abstract or complicated, totally fair (it's also probably not going to resolve itself any time soon)

only thing I can guarantee is that if it's not interesting to me personally, it isn't getting made

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023

if you still want to follow along, we've got some code cooking and will probably have some interface updates in the next day or so

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023

early early pic.twitter.com/IoTWCwjosP

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023

if we pull edition sizes and distribution from checks, we have:

1, 4, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023

if you have been around long enough to remember the semi-perfect number influence on the checks math, the numbers above are all divisors of 80 (the number of checks in the original artwork): pic.twitter.com/O4Qifovk1e

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023

the total supply of opepens is 16,000-16 (15,984)

odd coincidence (free, 1 per wallet, 1 hour mint)

at a clean 16k, the semi-perfect numbers above fit perfectly

— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) April 1, 2023