Ramblings of a Degen by SonOfLasG
The flatness problem: why most PFPs can't tell a story
CryptoPunks launched in 2017 and changed everything. Ten thousand faces, algorithmically assembled from traits (mohawks, pipes, hoodies, alien skin) and suddenly the world had a new object type: the PFP. Profile picture as identity, as membership, as financial instrument... The Punks were extraordinary for what they represented culturally and historically. But as characters? They are ciphers. They have no names. No jobs. No desires. No story. This was not a flaw. It was the design. Early PFP ...
