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404 #40

2022 · Ethereum · ERC-721

404 by shl0ms — token #40

The Act

shl0ms uploaded 256 images to IPFS via a modified node, then deliberately let them expire. The content is gone — irretrievably. What remains is the token pointing to a static image of a broken image placeholder.

The broken image is the artwork. The absence is the content.

The Statement

The content no longer exists.
That was always the point.

The Detail

The royalty is set to 404 basis points — 4.04%. Every sale is a reminder of the thing that isn't there.

256 tokens. 2^8. The complete byte range rendered void.

shl0ms

Pseudonymous, in crypto since 2016. Detonated a $250K Lamborghini and sold the shrapnel as NFTs. Created a Duchamp Fountain NFT that crashed the auction platform hosting it.

Dadaist destruction as rigorous practice. Not irony — critique.

Metadata

Token 𝟺𝟶𝟺 // 𝟶𝟺𝟶

Supply 256

Royalty 404 bps (4.04%)

Image Arweave (permanent)

Original IPFS — expired, gone

Platform highlight.xyz

Contract 0x601c...c5