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When the asset is on such a cloud. You only need to store the address of an image _on-chain_ and return it on request when someone is reading your contract. Storing on IPFS is important – it makes the collection more DEcentralised. No one can _delete_ your pfp from the internet.

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Bad people use their own websites for _centralised_ storage. That's not good. I tend to avoid such NFT products. The moment the founders stop paying for hosting (rug, unforeseen circumstances, or abandonment), the tokenURI from their contract will lead nowhere: NFT -> gone!

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Better people use IPFS. That's not ideal, but more secure. Your NFT investments are safer this way. However, the best way to ensure that your NFTs are not going anywhere – is to store them _on the freakn' chain_.

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As long as the blockchain is up and running, and many people claim it's too big to fail at this stage and will likely last for ages to come, your _on-chain_ art is gonna be there for you. It would truly last forever. Let me demonstrate.

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This is Blouns contract. Prior to this thread, I minted (paid the mainnet price to create and record the token on the blockchain). Let's visit 'Read contract' tab. Here, anyone can send a message into the contract, it will process it and respond as coded

Blouns | Address 0xb220FaEADb7E5A726959Cfb9d699D9134BE816dD | Etherscan

The Contract Address 0xb220FaEADb7E5A726959Cfb9d699D9134BE816dD page allows users to view the source code, transactions, balances, and analytics for the contract address. Users can also interact and...

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I know that token #1 exists and I can prompt the contract with '1'. The contract seems smart but it comes back to me with this unreadable rubbish... Was this a waste of time?

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Blockchain contracts cannot output images and binary files. In order to pass an image through the contract needs to encode it into a regular text string. The string with a hidden meaning. You can see a hint at the very top of the response. It's using base64. That's easy enough.

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I google 'base64 decode' and click the top link. Copy and paste the output into a website you'd find – and you'll see your _on-chain_ Bloun. The image comes with a bunch of data: title, description, properties, etc. And you can probably see the image (also encoded with base64).

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In a regular non-chain NFT the image field would have a link (IPFS or the creator's hosting) to the actual pic. That json above is what you _actually own_. Idk about you, but I prefer to own not just a link, but also the actual visual NFT item. Copy, paste, decode and see...

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OMG, my Bloun #1 is an SVG! Let's copy and paste it into any text editor and save the file as "Bloun #1.svg". Note: At a high level,

and alike obviously do all this prompting-decoding-displaying for us. At scale, it's hard work.

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Here it is! My very own timeless, indestructible, beautiful Bloun #1. I paid my eth to create it for as long the blockchain exists I will be able to obtain my feel-good art piece from there at no cost. ✅ Non-perishable art, what's not to like? Mint @ blouns.gmi.sh

1:07 AM · Mar 30, 2022

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I hope this little thread helped you understand why I am genuinely fascinated by the _on-chain_ concept in general and its artistic application specifically. To me (and the rest of gmi.sh), this is truly an 'art meets tech' kind of situation #creativecoding♥️🙏🏻

Generative art built with bash shell script and other mixed creative coding techniques. Glitch, datamoshing and degen all the way.

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Other on-chain collections: - Nouns (

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"Blouns" are: - nounish - fun and cool - high-res (incredibly detailed) - CC0 (Public domain) - educational blouns.gmi.sh Public mint: 0.0222 ETH Made by the same team that created

– the first on-chain abstract art NFT collection.

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111/2222 Blouns minted. They are nounish and 100% on-chain. They are NOT going anywhere. It's a slow mint, we've got all the time in the world. blouns.gmi.sh cc

@supergremplin remember I was asking about the assets? ;) On-chain

a coming soon 🚀

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: the traits are generated on-chain, but the art is rendered on the centralised server. They have the potential of becoming an on-chain project someday, there's a method for updating the renderer 'IChainRunnersRenderer'. The current one is called 'OffChain'.

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show centralised PNGs: img.chainrunners.xyz/api/v1/tokens/ However, there is a contract that can produce fully-on-chain SVG images: etherscan.io/address/0x78f5 One could establish a proxy contract that would be able to do that. cc

, you might find this interesting

ChainRunnersOffChainDNARenderer | Address 0x78f51427020c5ba128b07e99325d71250b0ed0e1 | Etherscan

The Contract Address 0x78f51427020c5ba128b07e99325d71250b0ed0e1 page allows users to view the source code, transactions, balances, and analytics for the contract address. Users can also interact and...