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CryptoPunks Derivatives Timeline

Eric P. Rhodes

Oct 10, 2022

BY ERIC P. RHODES - Eric is an award-winning Crypto Art artist, renowned Trash Art artist, and creator of the iconic NFT collection, Unofficial Punks. Working exclusively in the Web3 space since 2019. 💬 Follow Eric on Twitter

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Resources:

The Definitive List of CryptoPunks Derivatives - A big list of CryptoPunks derivatives and alt-punks. Most of which are not included in the timeline above. This is not yet an exhaustive list, but it is a good representation of the creativity in remix culture.

A Short History of Alt-punks (2-min read) - Alt-punks are a crypto-native art movement that began as an organic social collaboration and an homage to the CryptoPunks in February 2021.

PDF Version of the Historical Timeline - An effort to organize a set of projects that took inspiration, visual elements, and project elements from the CryptoPunks across a multi-year timeline from 2017 - 2021.