0012 A Masterclass in Mockery and Memory_

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DM your seed phrase for a chance to win_

The Joke That Isn’t Funny

It is the oldest trick in Web3. A giveaway. A chance to win. Just share your seed phrase.

Most users now know better. The phrase has become a meme, a cautionary echo from earlier, less experienced days. Few still fall for it, yet its repetition keeps it alive, a reminder of the risks that shaped the culture.

This work explores that absurdity. The cheerful tone. The too-good-to-be-true offer. The lurking danger behind a line that should never be executed.

“DM your seed phrase” is a lesson encoded in humor. It reflects crypto’s evolution, how education and experience have raised the baseline of sophistication, and how social engineering once outpaced technical knowledge.

It is funny until it is not. And that is what gives it weight.

This work is archival. A timestamp of a moment when openness became vulnerability and the early lessons of crypto were learned in loss.

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Edition of One
A singular work — crafted at this scale only once. Mounted on a wood panel and finished in your choice of oxide black acrylic or clear, near-invisible varnish. Accompanied by a hand-signed certificate of authenticity, affirming its rarity and distinction.

Materials
Acrylic, automotive paint, polymer, reactants, flow conditioners and varnish on hardboard, mounted on a wood panel. Executed with airbrush and silkscreen techniques, applied with precision and intention.

Year
2025

Dimensions
11.75 x 11.75 x 2 in. (30 x 30 x 5 cm)


A material artifact of the digital age - anchored in crypto’s evolving ethos, and rendered with enduring material presence.