GENE$IS by HACK BUTCHER
**Core sale jokes**
- 5 ETH FOR 14 LETTERS
- THE ZOMBIE OFFER WOKE UP
- PUBLIC SAID 0.33
- REPUTATION TAX: 5 ETH
- W1NTER NEVER BLINKED
**Auction vs reality**
- ZERO RESERVE, FIVE ETH REALITY
- THE CROWD BID LOW, THE OFFER DIDN’T
- 0.33 WAS THE WARM-UP
- MARKET TESTED, OFFER WON
- 15× THE PUBLIC BID
**Time & loyalty**
- TWO YEARS LATER, SAME OFFER
- THE 2023 OFFER STILL BREATHING
- STANDING BID FROM MINT DAY
- ZOMBIE PRICE DISCOVERED
- LOYALTY COMPOUNDED AT 5 ETH
**Meta / conceptual**
- THE ART WAS THE TRANSACTION
- SCARCITY ASSERTED AT 5 ETH
- THE LABEL PAID FOR ITSELF
- NOT SO SUPER RARE BY DESIGN, SUPER PRICED BY REPUTATION
- FRAME > IMAGE, OFFER > AUCTION
**Extra dry / savage**
- CRITICS AT 0.33, COLLECTOR AT 5
- 14 LETTERS, NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS
- DIGITAL ART AT HOME (SOLD)
- THE MARKET HAD AN OPINION. THE OFFER HAD ETH.
- PUBLIC AUCTION WAS JUST CONTENT
