Belisarius and the Horde Chapter 2: The Contract and the Calldata
Trying to Disambiguate Belisarius’s Obscure Functions For an introduction to this series, see here. For quick reference, Belisarius is the nickname I rather arbitrarily gave to the address 0xa57bd00134b2850b2a1c55860c9e9ea100fdd6cf on Ethereum mainnet, you can find the origin story for the nickname in the article in front of you. Some links that might be useful: Belisarius decompiled, EtherscanArtThis article’s art was created by MewnCat, based on the concept of bytecode engineering. It’s fit...
Belisarius and the Horde Chapter 2: The Contract and the Calldata
Trying to Disambiguate Belisarius’s Obscure Functions For an introduction to this series, see here. For quick reference, Belisarius is the nickname I rather arbitrarily gave to the address 0xa57bd00134b2850b2a1c55860c9e9ea100fdd6cf on Ethereum mainnet, you can find the origin story for the nickname in the article in front of you. Some links that might be useful: Belisarius decompiled, EtherscanArtThis article’s art was created by MewnCat, based on the concept of bytecode engineering. It’s fit...
Belisarius and the Horde Chapter 0: The Portal
An Introduction to a Tale of Obsession, Side Quests, and Open LedgersIntroductionI don’t remember for sure how it happened, but I think I first heard of 0xa57b (the address that at some point I would name Belisarius) from a fairly innocent Crypto Twitter interaction in which some members of the ecosystem made comments about offering prayers and sacrifices to 0xa57b whenever they made a transaction. As an enjoyer of Cthulhu-like figures in all aspects of life, I likely just filed the tidbit aw...
Belisarius and the Horde Chapter 0: The Portal
An Introduction to a Tale of Obsession, Side Quests, and Open LedgersIntroductionI don’t remember for sure how it happened, but I think I first heard of 0xa57b (the address that at some point I would name Belisarius) from a fairly innocent Crypto Twitter interaction in which some members of the ecosystem made comments about offering prayers and sacrifices to 0xa57b whenever they made a transaction. As an enjoyer of Cthulhu-like figures in all aspects of life, I likely just filed the tidbit aw...
Belisarius and the Horde Chapter 1: Cracking the Contract
Initial Attempts to Reverse Engineer Belisarius For an introduction to this series, see here. For quick reference, Belisarius is the nickname I rather arbitrarily gave to the address 0xa57bd00134b2850b2a1c55860c9e9ea100fdd6cf on Ethereum mainnet, which I’ll try to explain another time.ArtThis article’s art was created by Etheria Chan as a part of some explorations in generated images, and guided by a vision of the subject matter as a cyberpunk investigative journey. If you decide to mint this...
Belisarius and the Horde Chapter 1: Cracking the Contract
Initial Attempts to Reverse Engineer Belisarius For an introduction to this series, see here. For quick reference, Belisarius is the nickname I rather arbitrarily gave to the address 0xa57bd00134b2850b2a1c55860c9e9ea100fdd6cf on Ethereum mainnet, which I’ll try to explain another time.ArtThis article’s art was created by Etheria Chan as a part of some explorations in generated images, and guided by a vision of the subject matter as a cyberpunk investigative journey. If you decide to mint this...
Loot, Rarity, and Beyond
Thinking about the confluence of games and blockchainLootOne of the runaway success projects of 2021 was Loot. While hard to summarize the entire phenomenon briefly, the actual technicals of the project are indeed very concise: NFTs with on-chain metadata formed as an SVG image with a list of fantasy-themed gear. (You can check it out on OpenSea here.) The reason why it took off, at least in my humble opinion, was the promise that it carried with it. It was an interesting primitive - fully on...
Loot, Rarity, and Beyond
Thinking about the confluence of games and blockchainLootOne of the runaway success projects of 2021 was Loot. While hard to summarize the entire phenomenon briefly, the actual technicals of the project are indeed very concise: NFTs with on-chain metadata formed as an SVG image with a list of fantasy-themed gear. (You can check it out on OpenSea here.) The reason why it took off, at least in my humble opinion, was the promise that it carried with it. It was an interesting primitive - fully on...
Catblazer Chronicles Jan '22
The month of the podcast If you’re interested in learning more about the Catblazer Initiative, look here Let’s hop into what was going on in January.MirrorThis monthly report should be the first Catblazer monthly report that is published Mirror-first. Until now, the ECH has primarily published on Medium, and recently also tried out publishing some articles in tandem on both, but primarily referencing the ECH Medium. I was a part of the effort for working to move ECH over to Mirror, though we ...
Catblazer Chronicles Jan '22
The month of the podcast If you’re interested in learning more about the Catblazer Initiative, look here Let’s hop into what was going on in January.MirrorThis monthly report should be the first Catblazer monthly report that is published Mirror-first. Until now, the ECH has primarily published on Medium, and recently also tried out publishing some articles in tandem on both, but primarily referencing the ECH Medium. I was a part of the effort for working to move ECH over to Mirror, though we ...
