Merge Project Featured in Major NFT Publications

A new project is minting Bitcoin's historical moments as on-chain artifacts, focusing on significant blockchain events. **Key highlights:** - Transactions from Bitcoin's first 1,000 blocks now available as collectibles - Featured collection: All 457 transactions from block 210,000 (Bitcoin's first halving event) - Additional artifacts include Silk Road-era transactions and personal Bitcoin history - Each piece uses generative art derived from actual transaction data The [curated first halving collection](http://www.pob.studio/c/first-half) transforms blockchain data into visual representations, with larger transactions highlighted as "Relics." This approach treats the blockchain as a cultural archive, preserving pivotal moments in cryptocurrency history through art.

**Historic milestone reached as Bitcoin's earliest transactions return to the community** Nearly all of Bitcoin's first 100 coinbase transactions - 97 to be precise - are now owned by users as Satoshi Relics. This marks a significant shift in how Bitcoin's foundational history is preserved and distributed. **Key developments:** - Community ownership of early Bitcoin history - Each transaction becomes a collectible "Relic" - Over 1.2 billion transactions have been transformed into this format - Historical narratives are being permanently inscribed on-chain Unlike pre-minted NFT collections, Satoshi Relics are generated on demand from actual Bitcoin transactions. The project aims to preserve Bitcoin's history in the hands of its users rather than concentrated among early adopters. The initiative includes on-chain documentation of Bitcoin's story, ensuring the network's past remains accessible and owned by its community.

**Historic Ordinals** has inscribed a new Relic on Bitcoin, generated from the transaction that created the EXquisite parent inscription by @harto_fr. **Key Details:** - Inscriptions are created with deliberate intent and respect for Bitcoin as a medium - Each piece aims to establish something permanent on the blockchain - The project focuses on capturing historical moments through on-chain art Historic Ordinals positions itself as a way to document Bitcoin's history through inscriptions, similar to how transactions naturally record the network's evolution.

New historic ordinals were minted on the Bitcoin blockchain last night, continuing the trend of inscribing cultural artifacts directly onto Bitcoin. **What are Ordinals?** - Digital artifacts inscribed directly on individual satoshis (the smallest unit of Bitcoin) - Bring historical and cultural documentation to Bitcoin's immutable ledger - Allow collectors to own pieces of blockchain history This minting event adds to the growing collection of on-chain art and historical records stored permanently on Bitcoin.

An upcoming Coinbase transaction is being positioned as a significant onchain artifact that captures current market conditions. Once executed, the transaction will be available to mint as a commemorative relic. This follows a pattern established in 2025, when the Bitcoin transaction that inscribed the Digital Rosetta Stone was similarly preserved as a Relic by OnChainMonkey. The approach treats blockchain transactions as historical records - capturing market sentiment and conditions in a permanent, mintable format.