When you click on this article, you may have two reactions - has the editor returned from UC training? Did the editor make a mistake? However, the story I'm going to tell you this time is exactly the same as the title. This magical story happened last Sunday.
Last Sunday, November 3rd, at 5:00 am, Ordinals & Rune Protocol founder @rodarmor posted a post with only three short sentences.
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Before he gave further hints, many players in the comment area realized that this was a limited-time 8-hour puzzle game, which is also the last sentence of the post. And the prize is the first sentence of the post "cactusseeds".
Let's first introduce the prize. "cactusseeds" is one of the subcollections of "Dia De Pixales", a subcollection of the 0th inscription (the first inscription since the birth of the Ordinals protocol) inscribed by Casey himself. "Dia De Pixales" is Casey's original art series. On Casey's personal website, we can see "Dia De Pixales" being displayed on it.
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It can also be said that "cactusseeds" is a sub-inscription of the 0th inscription, that is, a grandson inscription. From the picture below, we can clearly see how the "father and son inscription" mechanism completely establishes an NFT collection on the chain in a decentralized manner without a smart contract on Bitcoin.
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The top inscription here is the 0th inscription, which can also be a TXT text inscription for other projects, used to represent the name of the collection. The second-level inscription can be the logo of the collection. The second-season inscription here is actually a GIF animation, which rotates and displays the 9 "skulls" of the "Dia De Pixales" collection, and the inscription on the last layer is the specific picture of each NFT content. Through such a hierarchical connection, even a collection without a trading market can be organized and presented to users in a very intuitive way on the chain.
As for why this grandson inscription is called "cactusseeds"? You have to ask Casey. However, here we can also see how to name a specific single NFT in a collection, which is to intentionally find a smart with a corresponding name.
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Back to the subject. Here comes the question, what is the second sentence of the puzzle, "25138 / 29746"? 6 hours later, at 10 am, Casey gave the answer:
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The answer has been revealed here - "25138 / 29746" is a set of Minecraft coordinates, find Casey on the 2b2t server! Casey himself immediately made this clear:
Image source: BlockBeats The first one to find me, "cactusseeds" is yours
This is not an easy task. 2b2t, known as the "oldest anarchist Minecraft server". Founded in December 2010, the server is known for its lawless and highly destructive subculture, and the extreme destruction brought about by complete freedom has made 2b2t a "beautiful hell".
For new players entering 2b2t for the first time, it is difficult to leave the "respawn zone", let alone go to the coordinates specified by Casey. These difficulties include but are not limited to——
The "respawn zone" is badly damaged, covered with traps left by old players.
Going to the coordinates specified by Casey requires collecting enough resources, otherwise you will "starve to death" far before you reach the halfway point.
The "respawn zone" may be constantly ravaged by old players.
Look at the rendering of the "respawn zone" below. This picture is already 4 years old. The "respawn zone" is full of lava and extremely scarce in resources, which can be called "hell"...
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Nearly 1 hour later, the winner was born, @Rhynohowl1 became the first person to find Casey on the 2b2t server, and Casey immediately transferred "cactusseeds" to him.
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In fact, the time it took for this player to find Casey may be even shorter, because it is certain that he did not know what Ordinals was before, and may not even be a Crypto player. These are all conclusions and inferences drawn from the content of his post, because after he called the "cactusseeds" he got "NFT", Ordinals players pointed out to him in the comment area - this is not NFT, it is an inscription! In addition, his past posts are very few, and there is no content related to Crypto at all.
Image source: BlockBeats He also specially posted a post in response to the comments of Ordinals players - sorry, it's not NFT, it's Ordinals
How did such a person know that Casey was sending such an important inscription? Is it "insider trading"? No, no, no, because the information was passed to riths, an anchor who specializes in playing the 2b2t server.
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Then why did this information reach a 2b2t anchor who only broadcasts every Saturday and doesn't have many fans? Because @Brunno_UTXO, the co-founder of the Bitcoin NFT project INK, went to this live broadcast room to deliver this information. He also said in the live broadcast room that he was willing to spend 1 Bitcoin to buy "cactusseeds" immediately.
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This is also the direct source that everyone generally believes that @Rhynohowl1 directly earned 1 Bitcoin after the event ended. In fact, @Rhynohowl1 listed the inscription on Magic Eden for 10 bitcoins, and the highest offer received so far is 0.33 bitcoins. He may have hung up 10 bitcoins, probably because Casey said this in his reply:
Image source: BlockBeats "10 bitcoins, or broken
Another Ordinals KOL @cbspears also said in his video that he is willing to pay 5 bitcoins to buy "cactusseeds".
Life is always full of surprises and accidents. For @Rhynohowl1, before it happened, it might have been just an ordinary Saturday (our time zone is Sunday). He turned on the computer, opened Minecraft, entered the 2b2t server to play, and watched and chatted in riths' Twitch live broadcast at the same time. Suddenly, he received a piece of information, and he began to search for the founder of the Ordinals & Rune Protocol in the virtual world of Minecraft. When this well-known figure in another virtual world appeared in front of him in a Minecraft image that he might not think was special, he received 1 Bitcoin.
Image source: onion_btc This is not a screenshot of @Rhynohowl1 finding Casey, but "subdiffusion" is Casey
Since the release of the rune "MEMENTO•MORI", Casey has become more active, trying to promote the rune ecosystem. After the puzzle game ended, yesterday morning, Casey posted a long post, saying that he didn't want to be like the "chief marketing officer" of other ecosystems, frantically shouting orders for one specific currency after another, and hoped to hear from everyone. There are some good ways to help promote the rune and even the Ordinals ecosystem.
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After Casey's statement, "MEMENTO•MORI" rose by 45% at most. Rhythm BlockBeats has previously introduced this rune (related reading: The founder of the Ordinals protocol has released a new rune, does it meet expectations?), as a rune released by Casey himself, after the casting ended, it once fell below 10 million US dollars in market value, which made players even start a helpless joke - Casey is too good, "not as good as" Vitalik's dog. After Casey's statement, players' views on "MEMENTO•MORI" have also warmed up a lot as the price has picked up.
Will the runes get better? Time will tell. And the story of "earning 1 Bitcoin by playing Minecraft for 1 hour" is not over yet. Similarly, time will show us how much "cactusseeds" will sell for as the ecosystem and even Bitcoin develop.
But now, this story is wonderful enough.
[Disclaimer] There are risks in the market, and investment needs to be cautious. This article does not constitute investment advice, and users should consider whether any opinions, views or conclusions in this article are in line with their specific situation. Invest accordingly and be responsible for your own profits and losses.
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