2025 Year-End Recap
This year was equal parts art infrastructure, building worlds, shipping collections, and laying the rails so my work (and eventually others) can scale without compromise.
Collections released in 2025:
• Radio Waves
• Descent
• Bitcoin Is The Future
• Echoes of Midnight on the Ridge
• 12 Days ’til Christmas
Built in 2025 (unreleased):
• System Calls
• Project Ascension: honestly, Ascension is what forced the next chapter…
I hit a wall with what existing platforms can support for custom minting evolving releases. So instead of waiting, I went down the rabbit hole and started building my own stack.
What that turned into:
• A 24/7 dedicated offsite server running Bitcoin Core ord so I can control the full inscription pipeline end-to-end
• A Light Waves reveal site (single batch re-inscription reveals)
• Custom Radio Waves mint page for the remainder of the collection
• Comprehensive inscription tooling in progress (inscribe / re-inscribe / parent-child, metadata, galleries, etc.) - Launching Q1 2026
• Holder benefits baked in (discounts tiered perks based on what you hold)
• The real win: limitless creative options going forward because I’m no longer boxed into someone else’s parameters
Worldbuilding & experience layer:
• Started an explorable interactive 3D world (the first planet we’re visiting in the Light Waves universe) a few 1/1s to support that direction
• Built a custom AI (SOLARAI) for the Light Waves universe (website Discord). I tested it on X for a few months, but turned it off for now because the cost/value didn’t make sense, the infrastructure is there when it’s time
• Created a full Discord home for Light Waves: story, roles, giveaways, updates (shoutout
@jpegzrule for helping set it up helping run the day-to-day)
• Integrated SOLARAI inside Discord as a bot (giveaways, interaction, community ops)
Storytelling upgrades:
• Released 2 new chapters in the Light Waves storyline
• Produced custom AI voice narration for chapters a unique voice for SOLARAI, so you can listen to the story, not just read it (visual storyline to be released in 2026)
Brand / foundation for 2026:
• Formed InscribeWorks (officially registered as an LLC in the U.S.) - the cornerstone going forward
• 2026 focus: ship tools services that strengthen the space, reduce friction for new artists, expand options for collectors, and unlock what I’ve been building creatively (more as it’s tested ready in Q1)
Website / gallery work:
• Built a new website virtual gallery
• Shipped the Hood Holder Light Waves Viewer (view your hood Light Waves side-by-side)
Community moments:
• A Top 10 submission for 6529 memes (still pushing it forward)
• Exhibited across the year: NFT Paris, Art Crush (500 billboards in Australia), NFT Summit Lisbon, BTC Summit Hong Kong, Art Basel Miami
To everyone who supported, collected, shared, or even just followed along, thank you!
I’m building slow, building real, and building for longevity.
2026 is going to be the year this all connects!