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Gordon Berger, is a pioneer of the Crypto Art movement. Since 2011 he has been at the forefront of blockchain and has dedicated his career to merging algorithms with traditional techniques. He has been actively contributing to the growth of digital art on-chain, from his groundbreaking TEDx talk on NFTs, presenting an AI project to NASA in 2018, to creating one of the earliest generative art projects on Ethereum and inscribing art on Bitcoin. His work is a testament to the evolution of art and its networked effects in the digital age.

Description:

‘TIMESTAMPS | Bitcoin Pyramids’

Monuments For The Dawn of a New Digital Age

▶ Concept:

Ancient Pyramids symbolize advanced civilizations and their lasting legacies –monuments whose secrets are still being uncovered, with much lost to time…

Bitcoin, in a similar vein, is a monumental creation of our generation, built from digital blocks on a decentralized network, marking the start of a new digital era.

Gordon Berger’s ‘Bitcoin Pyramids’ draw a direct parallel. Built onto the blockchain, each pyramid grows block-by-block, dynamically compounding roughly every 10 minutes, in sync with Bitcoin’s heartbeat.

These evolving 3D monuments embody a new form of digital permanence, capable of lasting long after our lifetimes, a concept Gordon calls ‘Deep Art’. Inviting reflection on our role in shaping a lasting digital legacy–one that won't be lost like those of the past.

▶ Tech:

▼ Timestamp Anchors

Each pyramid represents a unique Bitcoin timeframe:

• 4 Pyramids look to the past, grounded in history.

• 5 Pyramids project into the future, tied to specific completion dates.

• 1 Pyramid remains infinite, echoing Bitcoin’s perpetual rhythm.

▼ Conceptually Aligned Rare Sats

The foundations of these Pyramids are on conceptually significant rare pieces of Bitcoin:

• Pyramid 1: Block 9 450x Sat–originating from the first Bitcoin ever sent by Satoshi.

• Pyramids 2-5: Sats sourced from each of the previous halving blocks, reflecting Bitcoin’s cyclical milestones and the use of Sats as timestamped canvases.

• Pyramids 6-10: Specially named Sats - ‘BreakOfTime,’ ‘LoveOurTime,’ ‘aGoldenTime’, ‘AccruedTime’ and ‘GiftsInTime’, underscore the emotional and philosophical depth of this collection.

▼ Real-Time Evolution

• Evolution: Utilizing Recursion these Pyramids grow in real-time as new blocks are added to Bitcoin, making each moment of interaction unique.

• 3D: Leveraging fully on-chain Three.js libraries each piece is an interactive dynamic 3D structure

• Color Dynamics: Linked to global time zones, each pyramid cycles through six color variations daily. Starting with low saturation, the color gradually becomes more saturated, changing every four hours and resetting at midnight, reflecting the rhythm of global time.The fully saturated midnight colours are representative of the colours of the chakra system, tying in a spiritual aspect akin to their ancient predecessors.

• Participation: The custom interface lets viewers search any block in Bitcoin's history and retrieve its data while freely levitating through these on-chain 3D monuments.

Gordon Berger invites viewers to engage with the vastness of the Bitcoin blockchain. Built from the core fabric of the digital era, data. Transformed into blocks, these Pyramids compound into timeless monuments, coded to last indefinitely.

The pyramids pose many questions, such as:

How do we shape a legacy in a decentralized world?

What will be forgotten and what will endure from our digital age?

While highlighting Bitcoin as a canonical text of mathematical truth, with parts of the future embedded in it, as future transactions must align with its logic…

These ever-evolving canonical structures embody the on-chain truth across time, representing lasting social and cultural artifacts of our era.