To commemorate October 11th, 2024, when Noah Bolanowski stumbled upon a hidden link tied to an old XCOPY piece.

From Jediwolf's thread: "In April 2018, the same month SuperRare's genesis piece 'Echoes of a Dead Earth' was minted, XCOPY announced 'BLACK HOLE,' a 100/100 edition. No visible links, unknown platform." Noah discovered a reblog of 'BLACK HOLE'—a link that still worked. He jumped into MLow's community chat, and soon, he and Serc minted, receiving receipts. We all joined in, tossing money into the void and getting Coinbase receipts, unsure if we'd get anything else.

We investigated contracts, history, and contacted people. It felt like an unfolding mystery. We knew it would probably lead nowhere, but the fun was in the exploration. Quoting Jediwolf again: "The original Tumblr post was removed by XCOPY long ago, and the Coinbase payment gateway is now lost. Only a repost with a working link remained, found by @Noahbolanowski."

In the end, we all had receipts—and an experience. For a moment, we had Schrödinger's XCOPY: ownership in superposition, waiting to see if it was real. It could have gone either way. This token commemorates the day we all threw our money into a black hole—a bizarre piece of performance art.

Even after it was confirmed that the black hole led nowhere, people kept minting nothing but a receipt, joining the joke of ReceiptDAO. If you ever find that link, throw your money in and look at Etherscan—see the list of names of those who used the wishing well before you.

XCOPY Black Hole asset used under CC0. Additional hands/receipts AI generated.