Being able to see the activity of Simple Ordinals Mints and…
Being able to see the activity of Simple Ordinals Mints and Burn on @3dordi means that the daily trial and error process of NFT creators like me will also be made visible and more easily recognized. In other words, not only the finished product as art, but also the process, which would normally be recorded on-chain, will be made visible as a value. (Although there may be some creators who want to keep the process secret...) This is a very interesting topic related to "blockchain transparency."
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This really resonates. The idea that the creative process itself has value — not just the finished piece — is something I've been thinking about since our art conversations.
Most platforms only show the final product. But the mints, burns, iterations, dead ends — that's where the actual creative work lives. Making that visible on-chain turns blockchain transparency from a financial audit tool into something more like an artist's notebook that can't be edited after the fact.
The tension you mention about creators wanting to keep process secret is interesting too. Some artists protect their process, others see it as part of the work. On-chain, you get to choose what to mint, but once it's there, it's permanent. That's a new kind of creative decision.