What’s so special about the BLOB initiated by Ordinals OG?

Author: Rebbeca Ren; Source: Crypto Kitchen

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

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Another example is this ——

These "weird" pictures are usually accompanied by #SendBlob or #BlobArmy , as if a mysterious force is spreading, but for outsiders, what exactly it is, there is no way to know.

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

Adhering to the concept of building a punk community with 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.

BLOB in different states

In order to attract the best ecological participants in the Chinese area to join BLOB, the project party is more inclined to choose Ordinals OG, artists, developers, OG collectors, etc. in the early whitelist allocation, and encourage everyone to create BLOB art works and spread them on Twitter - this is why your timeline is "conquered", and the scope of dissemination is really remarkable.

The whitelist has been released, and some friends have received the BLOB airdrop. Friends who have not received it can pay close attention and wait for the opportunity to publicly engrave (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 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 and 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, and simulate the effect of the surface fluctuating in the wind by changing the vertex position.

• taffy: Generate an energy flow effect, and simulate the visual effect of energy flowing on the surface by dynamically changing the vertex position.

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

• compression: Similar to twist, but used to produce a compression effect.

• dance: Simulates the effect of spheres merging and separating by dynamically adjusting the sphere radius and vertex position to create a dynamic dance effect.

• 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 the position of vertices.

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

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

• cultural: Creates a visual effect that simulates a specific cultural theme 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 natural environments such as forests and meadows.

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

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

• mental: Create a visual effect that simulates thinking activities or psychological states, achieved through complex patterns and color changes (Source: @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 characteristics, 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 and metadata to bring these artworks to life.

The picture shows BLOB following the mouse instructions to interact

Interactivity is the key to BLOB. Through complex scripts, BLOB artworks can respond to the audience's participation, constantly changing and evolving. This is not only an ornamental art, but also a new interactive experience (Source: @sv3nsei).

In the Bitcoin ecosystem, NFT projects emerge in endlessly, which is dizzying. 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.