autobreeder (lite) by harm van den dorpel, 2016, 100 editions(lgab)
UnclassifiedAutobreeder (lite), Harm van den Dorpel’s 100-edition artwork tokenized on Ethereum in 2018.
Historical Significance
The contract links an existing generative artwork to one of the early limited-edition art-token releases on Ethereum.
Context
Artists were beginning to use Ethereum tokens to record editions and provenance for digital art. The work predates its 2018 tokenization by two years.
Token Information
Key Facts
Description
This contract was deployed on Ethereum mainnet on 18 October 2018 at block 6,537,605. Its recorded name identifies Autobreeder (lite) by artist Harm van den Dorpel, a work dated 2016 and issued in 100 editions.
The artist’s own artwork page describes the work as an Ethereum Mainnet NFT from 2018 and records the 100-token edition. The artwork date and the token deployment date are distinct parts of its history.
Heuristic Analysis
The following characteristics were detected through bytecode analysis and may not be accurate.
Byzantium Era
First Metropolis hard fork. Added zk-SNARK precompiles, REVERT opcode, and staticcall.