My thesis on why HederaPunks are gaining traction:
They’re familiar enough to evoke CryptoPunks, but stripped down into low-effort, MSPaint, 4chan reaction image-style humour.
They’re the antithesis of AI-generated slop. They feel human.
People often overestimate the importance of artistic quality and underestimate the importance of memetic quality.
Either that, or it rugs next week.