A Chronology of the Hand
The dates below are drawn from the ledger and the public record. Where a contract or transaction is printed, the reader is invited to verify — that is what it is for.
November 23, 2017, 02:01:12 UTC. Aspen V minted on Ethereum — the genesis work. Contract 0xD2680aF5D4129198B3DC4C851c99de14Fce36358; transaction 0xdb94a7cae144af3e515bd8937de852bde9e95c0a2638323373aeb5e6d24efefb.
December 15, 2017, 20:05:33 UTC. The original signature address ("2d0," 0x7f7a01103cdd4be0e594c1e78d2dbd2cf13362d0) first publicly connected to the name Verdandi, in the context of Aspen — via deployment of the contract ASPEN - By Artist Verdandi (0x886844Fd66957A02F17B1f4d076d0223Ad6110Af). The public claiming of the address, inscribed on the chain itself.
January 10, 2018. The photograph for The Curse of the Artist Hand taken.
January 18, 2018, 02:30:15 UTC. The Curse of the Artist Hand (later known as The One) completed and minted as a one-of-one.
Contract 0xD06555b974c9103FDb0229625B1fb28fA5a10D6b
("The Curse of the Artist Hand - By Artist Verdandi," token HAND);
transaction 0x04b85ea353ea40454262365de0e098c504c5a11d6a95d82fd9b73c6e9ea45cbd.
January 25, 2018. The live stream of The One begins on YouTube. Archived on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/meAd6rtoTVk
February 20, 2018. Copyright registered for The Curse of the Artist Hand. U.S. Copyright Registration number: VAu 1-334-830
June 12, 2018. The original BubbleGum Girl ART Tokens issued: ERC-20, zero decimals, maximum supply of ten.
Contract 0x5b25f9ffb12faa46a7b9b9f09391afb041ff6072;
transaction 0x96b46e0bd8eb1fd432c86a4ed61c1f66d1d0f171baa68fee9930fc0e97c6ff73.
Four of the ten tokens later become inaccessible in wallet 0xcFA54071Ea708098481187d7753DbcbB699A3B56.
April 22, 2022. TEST (2017) and Rosetta (2018) acquired by the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts for its permanent collection — in the museum's words, "the first digital artworks in the collection." First displayed July 14th through September 11, 2022.
June 8, 2026, 23:31:11 UTC. The dormant BubbleGum Girl wallet recovered; the inaccessible tokens transferred after eight years of legible stillness.
2026. BubbleGum Girl completed as an ERC-1155 edition of ten, each edition wrapping one original 2018 ART Token; offered to collectors only after the recovery was complete.