Author: Rebbeca Ren

If you are an active Twitter user, your timeline may have been dominated by a large number of images containing ?? in the past few days.

For example —

And also —

These "bizarre" images usually come with short texts like #SendBlob or #BlobArmy, as if a mysterious force is spreading, but for outsiders, what exactly is this, is simply unknown.

In fact, this is the most talked-about Bitcoin NFT project BLOB recently, which stands for Bitcoiners Love Bitcoiners — and in the computer field, BLOB represents Binary Large Object, which is a binary large object.

Adhering to the idea of creating a punk community with scientific, artistic, digital punk, developer community leaders, and selfless contributors as the main focus, with both coding and artistic qualities, the two elders of the "Ordinals" community, @Elocremarc and @nurorealm, founded the BLOB project and set it up for free minting.

Different states of BLOB

In order to attract the best ecological participants in the Chinese community to join BLOB, the project team tended to choose Ordinals OG, artists, developers, and OG collectors in the early whitelist distribution, and encouraged everyone to create BLOB artworks and spread them on Twitter — this is the reason why your timeline has been "invaded", and the wide spread is truly remarkable.

The whitelist has been announced, and some friends have already received airdrops of BLOB. Friends who have not received it can pay close attention and wait for the opportunity of public minting (only need to pay gas fee).

Details about BLOB

File type and size: The inscription is an HTML file with a MIME type of 'text/html;charset=utf-8' and a file size of 1.04 KB.

Creation time and block information: The inscription was created on April 3, 2024, at 5:37 PM UTC, in block 837,573.

Ownership and transaction information: The owner of the inscription is identified as @Elocremarc through a specific Bitcoin address (bc1pu…hzdxs). In addition, the transaction ID for creating this inscription is 7be92…6685b, with a creation fee of 26,849 satoshis (approximately $18.21).

Sat number and name: The Sat number of this inscription is 1749358685368819, the Sat name is blobnwtbook, and it was created in block 559,486 in the year 2019.

Some features (Traits) of BLOB

• art: Create an animation that simulates the effect of wind blowing, by changing the vertex position to simulate the surface waving in the wind.
• taffy: Generate an energy flow effect by dynamically changing the vertex position to create a visual effect of energy flowing on the surface.
• twist: Produce a twisting effect by calculating the distance from the dynamic center of the sphere to the vertex position, creating a more complex dynamic deformation effect.
• compression: Similar to twist, but used to generate a compression effect.
• dance: Simulate the merging and separation of spheres by dynamically adjusting the sphere radius and vertex position, creating a dynamic dancing effect.
• electric: Generate an electric shock effect by adding random jitter and pulsing effects to simulate the visual effect of current flowing over the surface.
• knead: Create a kneading or undulating effect by periodically changing the vertex position.
• live: Combine basic wave motion and dynamically generated "thorn" effects to simulate a vivid, dynamically changing surface.
• mystery: Generate a mysterious pattern containing random noise and color gradients.
• cultural: Simulate visual effects of specific cultural themes by blending different colors and patterns.
• social: Create a visual effect simulating the gloss and dynamic ripple effect in a social setting.
• environmental: Generate a visual effect simulating natural environments such as forests and grasslands.
• spiritual: Create a spiritual or mysterious atmosphere by dynamically changing patterns and color gradients.
• emotion: Generate a visual effect simulating emotional fluctuations, expressing different emotions through color and dynamic patterns.
• mental: Create a visual effect simulating mental activity or psychological states through complex patterns and color changes (source: @ordijingle).

In addition to being initiated by Ordinals OG and sparking community discussions about these "innate advantages," the innovative technology and interactive art behind BLOB are also worth paying attention to.

Each BLOB has unique dynamic characteristics, rather than static images. This is achieved by embedding HTML, CSS, and JavaScript directly into the blockchain inscription. The core of BLOB lies in the real-time retrieval and processing of blockchain data, using recursive endpoints to dynamically retrieve inscription IDs, metadata, and other information, bringing these artworks to life.

Image of BLOB interacting with the mouse pointer

Interactivity is the key to BLOB. Through complex scripts, BLOB artworks can respond to audience participation, constantly changing and evolving. This is not only a form of visual art, but also a brand-new interactive experience (source: @sv3nsei).

In the Bitcoin ecosystem, NFT projects are emerging one after another, making it overwhelming. Suddenly, BLOB emerged with a sense of "bizarre," but the surprise is that after in-depth research, you will find that it harbors unique technological innovations, perhaps enough to make it one of the most eye-catching projects of the year.

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