By Rebbeca Ren

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

For example,

Another example is this:

These "weird" pictures are usually accompanied by short texts such as#SendBlobor #BlobArmy, as if a mysterious force is spreading, but for outsiders, it is impossible to know what it is.

In fact, this is the most popular Bitcoin NFT project BLOB, which is the abbreviation of Bitcoiners Love Bitcoiners. In the computer field, BLOB stands for Binary Large Object.

Adhering to the idea of ​​building a punk community with both coding and artistic characteristics, mainly composed of scientists, artists, digital punks, developer community leaders and selfless contributors, two veterans of the "Ordinals" community, @Elocremarc and @nurorealm, founded the BLOB project and set it up as a free mint.

BLOBs in different states

In order to attract the best ecosystem participants in the Chinese-speaking area to join BLOB, the project team prefers to select Ordinals OG, artists, developers, OG collectors, etc. in the early whitelist allocation, and encourages everyone to create BLOB artworks and spread them on Twitter - this is why your timeline is "conquered", and the scope of dissemination is truly remarkable.

The whitelist has been released, and some friends have already received the BLOB airdrop. Friends who have not received it can pay close attention and wait for the opportunity to be publicly engraved (only need to pay gas fee).

Details about BLOBs

File Type and Size: This 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: This 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 by a specific Bitcoin address (bc1pu...hzdxs) @Elocremarc. In addition, the transaction ID for creating the inscription is 7be92...6685b, and the creation fee is 26,849 satoshis (about $18.21).

Sat Number & Name: The Sat number of this inscription is 1749358685368819, the Sat name is blobnwtbook and its creation block is 559,486 and the creation year is 2019.

Some characteristics of BLOB

  • art: Create an animation that simulates the effect of wind blowing, by changing the vertex positions to simulate the effect of the surface waving in the wind.

  • taffy: Generates energy flow effects, simulating the visual effect of energy flowing on a surface by dynamically changing vertex positions.

  • twist: Produces a twisting effect, distorting the vertex position by calculating the distance from the center of the dynamic sphere to create a more complex dynamic deformation effect.

  • compression: Similar to twist, but used to produce compression effects.

  • Dance: Creates a dynamic dance effect by dynamically adjusting the sphere radius and vertex position to simulate the effect of sphere merging and separating.

  • electric: Generates an electric shock effect, simulating the visual effect of electricity flowing through a surface by adding random jitter and pulse effects.

  • knead: Creates an effect similar to kneading or undulation by periodically changing vertex positions.

  • live: Combines basic wave motion with dynamically generated "spike" effects to simulate a living, dynamically changing surface.

  • mystery: Generates a mysterious pattern containing random noise and color gradients.

  • cultural: Visual effects that simulate specific cultural themes by mixing different colors and patterns.

  • social: Creates a visual effect that simulates the sheen and dynamic ripple effects found in social situations.

  • environmental: Generates a visual effect that simulates a natural environment, such as forests and grasslands.

  • spiritual: Create a spiritual or mystical atmosphere through dynamic patterns and color gradients.

  • emotion: Generates a visual effect that simulates emotional fluctuations, expressing different emotions through colors and dynamic patterns.

  • mental: Creates a visual effect that simulates mental activity or a psychological state, achieved through complex patterns and color changes (Credit: @ordijingle).

In addition to the "innate advantages" of being initiated by Ordinals OG and sparking heated discussions in the community, the innovative technology and interactive art behind BLOB are also worthy of attention.

Each BLOB has unique dynamic features, rather than a static image. This is achieved by embedding HTML, CSS, and JavaScript directly into the blockchain inscription. The core of BLOB is to obtain and process blockchain data in real time. It uses recursive endpoints to dynamically retrieve information such as inscription IDs, metadata, etc., making these artworks come alive.

The picture shows BLOB following the mouse pointer to interact

Interactivity is key to BLOB. Through complex scripts, BLOB artworks can respond to audience participation, constantly changing and evolving, making it not only a viewing art, but also a new interactive experience (Source: @sv3nsei).

In the Bitcoin ecosystem, NFT projects are emerging in an endless stream, making it hard to keep up. Suddenly, BLOB came out with a sense of "weirdness", but surprisingly, after in-depth research, you will find that it contains unique technological innovations, which may be enough to make it one of the most eye-catching projects this year.