Back in 2019 I wrote a piece on Cryptographics, an app that could be used by artists to create artworks from asset packs - asset packs could be bought and created, the assets made from them as well. Very interesting, as both artists and graphic designers of sorts are able to find a way to 'play' with the app, and even non-artists can play around and see if they can make something pleasing out of stuff made by others.

I had designed a few asset packs, and also minted a few artworks created 'randomly' (you can regenerate until one is made that you like), for 10-15 ETH each. One was listed for 2 ETH, back then the rate of ETH was 140$:

I sold a few asset packs, making a total of 0.5 ETH, which wasn't bad as the total amount of sales in the Cryptographics app back then was 6 ETH - I was a top seller of sorts! Because I had earned a little I could pay the fees to put up a few of the NFTs for sale. So I did.

Bye bye NFTs

Now, the sad thing is, when I tried to log in the past few years Cryptographics.app still existed but didn't show the asset packs or created artworks. I assumed it had something to do with the price of storage, as the items are stored on IPFS, and well... I sort of forgot about it, except for checking the app each 6 months or so.

I had always loved it and was surprised in this bull year for NFTs I still didn't see it back online.

OpenSea

Yesterday I checked OpenSea, which held the 'tx' of my minted Cryptographics but never showed the actual images. But suddenly it did show the images! Surprised, I opened each one of them, and what did I see?

5 5 bids of 1 ETH on 5 of my Cryptographics!
But...
The bids had expired a month ago!

Saddened I had missed the opportunity to sell, but also excited to see some 'life' in the app again, I actually opened the Cryptographics app. And what did I see?

2.2 ETH balance in my wallet, because my 2 ETH item was SOLD! On August 27th to be exact. It took me almost 6 weeks to find out :D

Maybe crypto needs notifications systems, anyone?

From 2 ETH to...?

I also entered the Discord group and saw an interesting piece of information about Cryptographics on twitter... Apparently some people expect the minted pieces 1-247 (of which I hold six!) to become worth quite a bit. The details of this I'm still figuring out, but once I understand the market around 'rare NFTs' I will write another update.

For now I'm enjoying finding 2 ETH change in my digital coat pocket. I've had worse days.

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_{PS: Hive account@connecteconomy ever minted one of these Cryptographics for yourself? Thanks - AGAIN - for getting me to use this app back in the day.}