Thread by @punk6529

1/ On 4156

Today, and in the coming days and months, we will get to see the outcome to a question that I have pondered since I first followed 4156 (a long time ago)

I have very warm feelings for this ape. But are these feelings for the ape or for the voice behind it?

https://twitter.com/punk4156/status/1469046349492633606

2/ I see this ape and I think "provenance, not copyright";

Oddly, I see this ape and still think "punk maxi"

Now that the voice and the image have split, that the identity has split, what will I feel?

3/ I think, in my mind, the twitter account and the voice is still 4156.

I think if I am referring to this voice in a few weeks, I will still say "4156", not "the artist formerly known as 4156".

This part is quite clear to me (at least today)

4/ What I am less clear on is what I will feel when I see the punk, the ape, the 4156 ape.

Do I still see the Beeple Ape (possibly, yes)?

Do I see the decentralization ape? (seems weird, this whole episode is the break-up between 4156 and LL on this topic)

5/ Is this ape still the most famous ape? Yes, probably today. Will it be in six months. I dunno. If it just sits in this account and does nothing, does @gmoneyNFT make a run at #1 spot?

Do the apes become a bit more fungible after today?

6/ What does the new owner do? Have a voice? Have a voice that is like 4156's (like it used to be), like 4156's (like it is now), like the opposite?, completely different?

If the new owner rocks 4156 as a PFP, which 4156 wins in our mind, the old voice or the new ape?

7/ Does 4156 harden into "a piece of art", a historical monument, a museum piece, the most famous of apes, but now something on the wall?

Does it ride again as a PFP, a chameleon, a different voice?

8/ Mass adoption is coming. Does 4156 rise as a different voice and a voice heard by millions of people, not hundreds of thousands? Does the new voice, become the real voice for most?

Does the old voice become a historical footnote for NFT nerds?

9/ Is this different than RCSA changing hands?

Yes, very different. RCSA is self-contained. @2Yeahyeah is not RCSA and @CozomoMedici is not RCSA. RCSA rides and falls mostly on @XCOPYART's journey, not the collectors.

10/ I always thought that this would be a thought experiment.

Never did I dream that we would see the experiment run in real life, let alone in 2021, less than 1 year after 4156 the voice was born.

We are about to learn so so much about metaverse identity.

11/ I spend the last few hours debating this with @batsoupyum.

What does it mean? Should one buy this? What would you do exactly with 4156 if you bought it?

I could not settle on a point of view. I am relieved that it will be someone else's issue to resolve.

12/ The history of 4156 sales (in USD to hit harder):

Aug 30, 2017: $0.05
Aug 12, 2018: $64
Sept 17, 2018: $645
Feb 18, 2021: $1.25M
Dec 9, 2021: $10.26M

larvalabs.com/cryptopunks/de…

13/ Everyone here will do fine.

@punk4156, mystery buyer, LL, punks holders.

All are living deep in the world of L4/L5 luxury problems.

Good luck to all and what a show. 🚀