BETA
Chapter 1
The pioneers of pixels
Chapter 2
When the web became the canvas
Chapter 3
The multi-million dollar blockchain boom
Chapter 4
Screens taking over physical spaces
Ch 3 · The multi-million dollar blockchain boom
andy On March 11, 2021, Christie's sold Mike Winkelmann's Everydays: The First 5000 Days, establishing screen-based art in the blue-chip market.
Quiz
Over how many consecutive years did Mike Winkelmann (Beeple) create the daily images that made up 'Everydays'?
Quiz
What was the final sale price of Beeple's digital artwork 'Everydays: The First 5000 Days' at Christie's in March 2021?
andy Pixelated profile pictures transformed screen-based creations into a major blue-chip art market segment.
Quiz
How many unique pixel-art characters were generated for the CryptoPunks project launched in 2017?
Fun Fact
Free pixel punks: When CryptoPunks launched in 2017, anyone with an Ethereum wallet could claim them for free; years later, individual punks sold for over $20 million.
Quiz
On which digital art platform did Pak host the historic $91.8 million sale of 'The Merge'?
Quiz
What was the name of the modular, multi-buyer digital artwork created by Pak that sold for $91.8 million in 2021?
Glossary
non-fungible token (noun)
A unique digital identifier that cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided, used to certify ownership of an asset. In March 2021, Christie's sold Beeple's digital collage as this unique token for sixty-nine million dollars.
A unique digital identifier that cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided, used to certify ownership of an asset. In March 2021, Christie's sold Beeple's digital collage as this unique token for sixty-nine million dollars.
Quiz
Which iconic generative art series was created by Art Blocks founder Erick Calderon under his pseudonym Snowfro?
Quiz
What unique data is used as the random seed to generate an artwork live on the Art Blocks platform?