are ordinals a bug? swarm_ strong opinions crawling around, good and bad: an attack on the network, a boon to network activity, higher fees, a national emergency, a cultural renaissance, something big swarm_ the history and narratives surrounding ordinals over the past year: first, second, sub10k, sub100k, generative, other firsts, curseds, and more. a healthy debate. inspiring commentary for my latest collection: swarm_ 1/1/64 unique together. an attack on the network? 👾💀 we are one with the mempool. swarm_ into the weeds with some details on these bitcoin bot net crawlerz... swarm_ takes advantage of ordinal features that reinforce the underlying concepts driving the art. some highlights, in no particular order: - a nested parent/child organizational structure usurping attention away from the broader ordinal hierarchy - cursed inscription numbers (i highly recommend setting up an xverse wallet to collect - see below) - metadata (both meaningful and meaningless) - a human touch (no batch inscriptions or scripts) each artwork inscribed by me, 1 by 1, on random blocks with complete disregard for ordinal numbers - embracing some chaotic randomness like skipping blocks and not inscribing in any particular sequential order or numerical range - all inscribed some time around 1/1/2024 swarm_ ⚠️ cursed inscriptions are special - for this reason ONLY buy / store them with the xverse wallet or equivalent tech that will recognize the unique nature of cursed inscriptions (ie those with a negative number)⚠️ swarm_ ordinals are dead. long live ordinals. --rip--