Opepenpedia

Introduction

Opepen is a symbol for Jack & Jalil to tell their stories and express their ideas:

collaborating with other artists.
commentary on viral memes or headlines.
motivations and inspirations

It started as a humble Open Edition with no plan or roadmap and transformed into one of the most exciting projects in 2023.

The radical transparency of building in public and actioning constructive feedback from holders brought positive energy into a NFT community left cynical from the PFP class of 2021 & 2022 who failed at best and rugged/scammed at worst.

Opepen was becoming “the art collectors PFP “ but has now grown beyond the PFP constraint entirely and into a much larger idea.

Read below to journey through the project, collector threads, memes, and more.

Sections Overview

Opepen origin
Collector conviction
Notable Memes
Collector content
Significant Sales
FAQ

Opepen origin

Jan 8 2023: Jack - Opepen Edition mint announcement and details. Almost 16k were minted.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1612168647648202752

Feb 19 2023: Jack - After being heads down on building Checks & launching burn during Super Bowl 2/14/23 Jack turns his attention to Opepen. This is the infamous tweet which kickstarts speculation on PFP use case of Opepen Edition.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1627532141763481600

Feb 20 2023: Jack - Shortly after his “opepfp?” tweet Jack starts a transparency thread to provide history behind Opepen & his ideas for the future.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1627849225953325058

Mar 15 2023: Jack Butcher - Transparency thread clarifying:

Checks not required for Opepen
A symbol that can be expressed in infinite ways
Encouraging derivatives and use of symbol permissionlessly

“from ∞ images on 15,984 canvases to 15,984 canvases with ∞ images” - Jack

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1636184814230413312

Mar 16 2023: Jack - Announcement of free holders event in Los Angeles on 3/22. There were limited series 4-check prints and merch handed out. Second tweet is Ideation on Opepfp concept using famous doodle jpg. Tweet URL. Tweet #2.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1636414543747334151

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1636382423364816898

Mar 17 2023: Jalil - Hinting at the proliferation of Opepen and its goal to flip PFP meta.

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1636737204562083842

Mar 19 2023: Jack - Opepen AI theme started to take off and community started building their own Opepen using AI tools like nouns ai (dot) wtf.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1637516670775468033

Mar 26 2023: Jack & Jalil - Opepen transparency thread from Mar 15 has more reflections and ideas added to it. Tweet

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1639988312713691136

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1640001767500042241

Mar 28 2023: Jack - Continued experimentation with AI tools and sharing outputs.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1640709196550385668

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1641062429575528449

Apr 01 2023: Jack - Realizing how fast AI was developing the vv team needed to reimagine Opepen meta and how they’d bring it to the blockchain and moving awy from using the Checks to inform Opepen art.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1642199804641001473

Apr 02 2023: Jalil & Jack - Opepen content was evolving and they started teasing out the progress of Opepen AI platform. Jack gathering and answering questions.

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1642622189756207106

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1642570120445804544

Apr 07 2023: Jack - Continues to be heads down on Opepen the “not art collectors PFP”. The real estate of the PFP makes it valuable so why not craft ideas that can fit into that be used in that real estate. Jalil shares Opepen AI platform teasers released over the next several days.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1644456543285555202

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1644756303162613763

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1645578464899264512

Apr 17 2023: Jack - Iconic tweets building on his Opepen transparency thread with the eloquent articulation of “the idea > the image”.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1647995593363431424

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1648010966313869316

Apr 20 2023: Jack & Jalil - Unveiled how Opepen will be assigned Edition Sizes like how card collectibles have different subsets within each pack. Jalil teaser tweet breaks Opepen twitter.

Tweet Link

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1649172776727576576

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1649468373799936007

Apr 21 2023: Jalil - Continuing to deliver on the radical transparency by sharing the Metadata and reveal script for Edition Size assignments.

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1649581138195693569

Apr 22 2023: Jalil - Expanding on why the Edition Sizes within the 16K Opepen.

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1649728054090973187

Apr 28 2023: Jack - Opepen set 001 & 002 announcement. Jalil confirming signature only and no transaction request for Opt-In to keep holder wallets extra safe.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1651959391472566277

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1651962724165857281

Apr 29 2023: Jack & Jalil - Transparency and open source theme pops up again. Here they share how they created the first Opepen set 001. Jack address “marketing” plan.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1652357924142948354

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1652382185809145858

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1652315834247684096

Apr 30 2023: Jack - Recap on where things stand with Opepen reveal mechanics before Opt-In for sets 001 & 002 goes live.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1652753682943942657

May 01 2023: Jack - Opt-in for 001 & 002 goes live.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1653133394350317574

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1653151007310766081

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1653382501916655623

May 26 2023: Jack, Jalil & Batz - Set 003 & 004 Opt-In goes live. Jack announces Consensus 004 which was inspired by Checks Elements auctions which ran from May 16 to 23rd 2023. Batz art was one of the inspirations for Opepen and now artist has their own set 003.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1662202240839589889

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1662204124035776513

https://twitter.com/batzdu/status/1662204881443205122

May 29 2023: Jalil - Deep dive into reveal script and measures taken to ensure nobody can front run the metadata updates. Jalil surprising and delighting us with his work.

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1663265447003967488

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1663677983314329600?

Jun 04 2023: Jack - Clarifying holder questions about how nothing influences getting lower number opepen set drop. Building in public can mean you have evergreen content that no longer aligns to current vision.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1665196674648621056

Jun 05 2023: Jack - Set 005 Opt-In goes live and demand threshold for art to mint was raised from 200% to 2,000%. Art references Apple AR headset announcement.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1665795255906578432

Jun 06 2023 - Jalil updating Opepen site and opt-in UX.

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1666119782779826182

Jun 09 2023: Jack - Opt-in live for Set 006. PIV-PIV shares their appreciation of high demand for their set. Opepen is about highlighting talent and will continue to do so.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1667199381198495748

https://twitter.com/piv_piv/status/1667845954991452161

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1668376881463451648

Jun 13 2023: Jalil - Art reveal code transparency to address some holders were getting frustrated that whales would have higher odds of reveal and minnows never get any art.

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1668549695206047745

June 26 2023: Jack & Jalil - Set 007 opt-in announcement and art reveal provenance thread by Jalil on June 28.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1673450231655006210

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1674170487360962560

Jun 29 2023: Jack - Opepen twitter handle drops the “AI” and becomes @opepenedition. Officially graduating from being an AI collection or building of Opepen AI platform.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1674418659480207362

Jul 02 2023: Jack & Jalil - Announcement of Infinite creates most drama in Opepen collector conversations to date. All art is the same! vv team challenging holders to walk the walk and value the idea behind the image. Jalil reveal provenance thread on Jul 04.

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1675586461960220673

https://twitter.com/jalil_eth/status/1676286079823912960

Jun 06 2023: Jack - Quick turn around after Infinite set we get “Unity” by Jalil. Opt-in goes live and is immediately the most unanimously liked set besides OG art. Great storytelling to go from 008 Infinite set which was most controversial set to 009 Unity which is one of most well received.T