WHY OMB IS THE CRYPTOPUNKS OF BITCOIN - Launched March 12, 2023. One of the earliest major collections after Casey Rodarmor dropped the Ordinals protocol in January 2023. - Created by ZK Shark. OGs may remember zk as the ex-Wall Street alpha hunter who left DeGods. He teamed up with irl artist Tony Tafuro and rare-sats hunter/developer Nullish. With Nullish, they helped establish the narrative that art belongs on Bitcoin, as well as the value of rare sats. - Every OMB is a true 1/1 hand-drawn sketch. There's real value and proof of work in non-generative art. Black-and-white backdrops against Bitcoin-maximalist traits with color eyes feature historical moments, ₿ symbols, slogans like “Not your keys, not your crypto”, and more. There are also prized traits like miners, shadows, zombies, and hoodies. It's one of those rare collections where there's something for everyone, and you can browse it for hours and always find something new. - Eye-color traits are on-chain and tied to historic Bitcoin blocks. Green eyes are on Block 9 sats (mined by Satoshi), and Blue eyes are on Block 78 sats (mined by Hal Finney). They've been inscribed on the rarest early sats, and are the first artworks ever inscribed on Block 9 and Block 78 sats. - First Bitcoin Ordinals auction in Christie’s history (April 2024). Four primary-market lots curated by ZK Shark were sold for $730,800. It marked the first time the auction house ever sold Bitcoin inscriptions. - Fast numbers. Supply: 8,898. Held by 5,115 owners. Total volume: 2,381.94 BTC 🤯 - OMB isn't a community. It's been described as a cult and as a movement. Its official slogan, “OMB Cannot Be Stopped," has proven accurate. Holders still pfp their OMB, and many collectors are still proud of what they're holding, which is rare, considering everyone is down bad. But OMB isn't focused on price action, since it works on a cultural level, and its holders are delusionally optimistic about Bitcoin's future, and many holders' core values also align with the Bitcoin ethos. - Campaigns burned not 1 but 2 CryptoPunks. To show the world that CryptoPunks should live on the god chain, two campaigns in the early days teleburned CryptoPunks and fractionalized them for all participants. The result was a ton of pearl clutching from the punk community, and the campaigns garnered major media coverage. - Not another art project. Despite what zk wants you to think, OMB is more than an art project. zk helped popularize solo miners and started sending them out to holders to mine Bitcoin. Then he launched Parasite Pool. OMB has also taken out a two-page ad on the New York Times, and has sent out an art book to collectors as well. - Antifragile. One of the only Ordinals collections repeatedly called “the grail JPEG collection on Bitcoin” by OGs. Positioned as the ideological cornerstone of Bitcoin digital art. I'm sure I'm not covering everything here. You could write a book about OMB and the early Ordinals period. I've collected dozens of Ordinals collections since then, and OMB still remains my favorite. Wdyt? Does OMB live up to its reputation?

I rarely go to the gym. Thought i’d take a selfie cause i was feeling cute. idono might delete later

Annual fair in town 🫠

Are you this old? Bonus points if you can name the project

I enjoy rooms with high ceilings 🫠

OMB isn't a community. It's a cult.

We do a little kicking 🦵

gm legends 🫡 Just finished making sweet, sweet love to my Solo Miner ⛏️ It's a fantastic time to run a Bitcoin miner. Here's why: Industrial mining facilities worldwide have been shutting down or pivoting to AI, with some of them turning into data centers. AI revenue is more predictable, and they don't have to operate at a loss, which makes sense. (Price has also been going down, squeezing margins. Mining Bitcoin can get expensive. Who knew?) This has led to the network difficulty dropping considerably, which means that solo miners have a greater chance at mining $BTC with less hash power. The idea is that with the big players exiting, smaller miners will rush in to secure the network, since it presents a bigger shot to mine a block. This is what real decentralization looks like. It's playing out right in front of your very eyes. DM me if you want to learn about solo mining, about how Parasite Pool works, or if you're interested in joining the mission. Happy to answer any questions. Solo Miners Unite ✊⛏️

Time to unwind 😈

Thanks Daddy Elon 🙏🏼 What are we buying?

It's Fridayyy 😈 gm to the legends who made it through the week 🫡

Can this old man get a gm? 😈

gm if you lost money on solana:MEFNBXixkEbait3xn9bkm8WsJzXtVsaJEn4c8Sam21u

gm Another day in the office 🫡

gm. Ceiling caved in so I had to stop my miners... for now. Are you running Bitcoin? 'Cause if you're not, you fking should be ✊

Here's why Bitcoin is a superior canvas for art: Immutable and onchain. Immutability means that no third party can ever alter your art. There are no smart contracts on Bitcoin, so your Ordinal is your Ordinal to keep, forever. It's also 100% onchain, so there are no pointers or centralized servers. Your Ordinal lives on your sat, and if it's stored in your wallet, that's where it remains. Inherits Bitcoin security. Since your Ordinal lives on Bitcoin, it enjoys the security afforded by the most secure chain in existence. Rare sats. The Ordinal protocol enabled each sat to be enumerated. This is how we get early inscriptions, but also the ability to trace the provenance of historical sats. For example, we can trace the Pizza Sats from when programmer Laszlo Hanyecz bought 2 pizzas with 10,000 BTC. We can buy those sats and inscribe whatever we want on them, creating an additional layer of gamification (e.g., @pizzaninjas). More fees for miners. With Ordinals pushing fees up to mine $BTC, miners have a greater incentive to continue mining. Attracts new users. Art on Bitcoin is a strong value proposition, especially for folks who know little about crypto but are interested in collecting digital art. No royalties. This is a drawback, and a major reason the ecosystem has been suffering. The largest Ordinals marketplace (MP) used to be Magic Eden, which owned roughly 90% of the volume at one point. All the fees generated were extracted. But thanks to new MPs like @ord_net, a small percentage of the fees are being returned to projects, so that they might be able to do more for their holders. (Let's see.) My biggest gripe with the Ordinals community has been how certain projects put each other down. The infighting is real clown shit, and it's not a good look for outsiders. Also putting down NFTs on other chains with snarky comments won't help onboard NFT enjoyers. It's offputting, and it's just not a smart strategy. (You don't see Nintendo clowning on PS5 and Xbox players.) If we want to onboard more folks, we need to do better.

Happy Sunday. Just another day in paradise 🌴

gm and happy weekend if you’re still here 🫡 what a glorious day ☀️

Filmed this one a while back to review @RyderWallet. Pros: - No seed phrase required - Gorgeous UX and UI - Easy recovery via recovery tag trusted contact - Never got their customer data leaked like Ledger Cons: - No staking yet (Coming soon) Price: $149.99 when you use the code below: ryder.id/uponly 🫡 Watch the ep: youtube.com/watch?v=b4PJ1i93…