- Collection
- Charley on Art Blocks
- OpenSea
- Charley on OpenSea
- Public account
- @Punk9512
- AB[500]
- 593 works across 467 projects
- Register
- Collection record and linked wallets
Entry into blockchain and crypto art
Charley was already a CryptoPunks collector when he encountered Art Blocks through the CryptoPunks Discord in January 2021. His first Art Blocks mint was a fuzzy Chromie Squiggle. The interview traces his enthusiasm to the variety of generative projects and a longer collecting habit, from seashells to Pokémon cards. His OpenSea biography describes him as a CryptoPunk collector since 2019. His first cryptocurrency purchase is not documented in these sources. [3]
Art Blocks holdings
The AB5D register records 593 works across 467 of the first 500 Art Blocks projects. The interview documents an earlier milestone: his AB101 set, covering the sequence through project 100 across Curated, Playground and Factory.
Charley names his fuzzy Squiggle, a 720 Minutes incorporating his birth time and a fast The Eternal Pump as personal favourites. The article illustrates Ringers #56. He also describes selling a second Ringer to fund further collecting, the challenge of in-person Venetian mints and an early-morning auction for a work by Jeff. These are recollections from the interview, not a present-day inventory.
Completing a Chromie Squiggle Type Set
SquiggleDAO subsequently recognised @Punk9512 for completing a Chromie Squiggle Type Set, highlighting another collecting milestone alongside his broader Art Blocks collection. [2]
A Squiggle in physical form
On 24 June 2025, Charley shared a small sculpture made from one of his favourite Chromie Squiggles by Snowfro. He credited MONA (@monaverse) with providing the 3D model. The photograph shows the rainbow-coloured sculpture mounted on a stand beside the water, extending his engagement with the work into a physical object. [1]
Associated holdings
Charley’s OpenSea biography places his CryptoPunks involvement in 2019, before his discovery of Art Blocks. The 2021 interview describes two punks and around 0.5 ETH at the outset of his Art Blocks collecting, with proceeds from trading a punk reinvested into art. His broader wallet record extends into digital editions, generative art, early blockchain collectibles and artist-community passes. [3]
A review of the four wallets linked to his Art Blocks identity found the following selected holdings on Ethereum. The OpenSea profile displays one public wallet, so the profile and this consolidated review have different scopes. [4]
| Collection or artist | Identifiable holdings | Reading the collection |
|---|---|---|
| XCOPY | MAX PAIN #5442/7394 | An edition outside the Art Blocks ecosystem, adding a different visual practice to the collection. |
| Refik Anadol | Machine Hallucinations: Space, Mars / Still #76/96; Study for Unsupervised #296 and #657 | Three indexed works across two contracts connect the holdings to Anadol’s machine-generated imagery. |
| Bright Moments | 9 CryptoCitizens, including CryptoVenezian #34, CryptoParisian #643 and CryptoPatagonian #485 | A group spanning multiple city-labelled editions, alongside the Art Blocks collaborations already present in the wallets. |
| GEN.ART | 18 tokens in GEN.ART Drop and 2 in GEN.ART Collection, including Kakano #824, Imagination #351, Caesium Standard #1873 and Clines #1238 | A substantial extension of the generative-art holdings beyond the AB[500] index. |
| CryptoKitties | Kottur Skookumtruck, Midnight Scrummynose and Common Gen 1 Mewt | Three tokens from the earlier blockchain-collectible ecosystem. |
| Dmitri Cherniak | Infinity Flowers selection passes #10 and #13 | Selection passes are recorded as passes, not as completed Infinity Flowers artworks. |
| Botto | Access-pass token IDs 1 and 8 | Access-related holdings; these do not establish ownership of a Botto one-of-one artwork. |
The clearest pattern is continued collecting around generative art: GEN.ART and Bright Moments sit alongside the extensive Art Blocks holdings. XCOPY and Refik Anadol broaden that picture, while CryptoKitties places older blockchain collectibles in the same wallet group. This is an interpretation of the holdings, rather than a statement by Charley about his intentions.
This review covers selected ERC-721 and ERC-1155 records on Ethereum. It does not establish purchase intent, prices paid, a complete cross-chain inventory or current ownership of legacy CryptoPunks. Unidentified tokens and apparent promotional drops are excluded from the profile’s interpretation. Membership and selection passes are kept distinct from artworks.
The full interview
Loopify · The Loop News · preserved 31 July 2021
An interview with the first collector to complete a full set of the first 100 Artblocks projects.
An interview with Charley, who owns at least one of every single art blocks collection to date.
Meet Charley. The collector that ow Approximately worth 500 ETH for the 101 pieces that make up the first full set of the first 100 projects. That’s right. The first collector to own the first 100 artblocks collections.
Check out his collection here. As you can see he owns every single collection from curated, playground and factory. Here is an exclusive look into his reasoning and journey.
When did you find out about Artblocks?
I first heard about Artblocks in January this year in the Cryptopunks discord – just as so many of us. It was the time when people started to mint tons of Squiggles and Snowfro still had time to hang around. I looked into the concept and was stoked right from the beginning.
What drew you to complete the FULL collection?
Actually, I think this almost happened by accident. I have always been sort of a collector, whether it was seashells I found somewhere on the beach or Pokémon cards in my youth. When the new projects were released in mid-January, I was amazed by their variety and innovation. Just imagine how different Ignition and NimBuds are – still both generated along with the same principles of generative art. I couldn’t stop, wanted to be part of each facet of the story and so I continued to mint or purchase what I was still lacking.
After I found myself owning at least one piece of the first 50 or 60 projects, I was keen to go on with the first 100 ones (and maybe more). With Casey releasing project 100 as the last curated one to conclude season three, I thought this will be a worthy finale and called it the full AB101 set.
How did you meet ends to afford many of the pieces?
When I got into Artblocks, I had around 0.5 ETH to spend and two punks in stock. Still, I was pretty early to the party and gas wars did not really exist back then, so I could easily afford two pieces in a drop. I kept the one I liked more and was able to sell the second one quickly after, mostly for profit. In addition, I was flipping one of my punks and immediately reinvested the gains, too. I remember well how hard it was for me to let my second Ringer go, but it had to happen if I wanted to acquire more art.
Having said that, I know how critical some artists are when they see their art being traded for financial gain and I can feel this. Without flipping however, it would not have been possible for me to continue and support even more artists at the end. And what I really appreciate is that with based on this technology, they can participate in secondary sales as well.
How dedicated were you to complete a full set?
Well, sometimes it almost felt like a full-time job especially when we were approaching the last like ten projects that were still missing to complete my AB101 set (not talking about refreshing a page every few seconds for hours when The Eternal Pumps came out). Moreover, the drop mechanisms changed – e.g. Venetians can only be minted in person – and drop times were not always compatible with my schedule, too. When the portals were auctioned off at five in the morning my time, I had just received my second COVID vaccination the day before and was still suffering from some side effects. I still forced myself out of bed and was rewarded with a wonderful piece of art by Jeff.
What are your favourite pieces in your collection?
This is a really tough question because honestly, I like them all and when I start talking about them, I can’t stop anymore. However, three of the pieces are still somewhat special to me. The first one is my fuzzy Squiggle, my first Artblock mint. The second one is my 720 Minutes because it incorporates the time I was born. And last but not least, my The Eternal Pump with fast speed. It represents the excitement I still feel right before each drop.
Will you keep going to have a full set?
So far, I still managed to acquire one piece of each project. However, I’m fully aware that it will be impossible to continue forever and as soon as the first 1 of 1 of 1 will be minted, I may not be able to keep going with the series. In any case, I will continue to acquire more beautiful pieces of generative Artblocks art that I am looking forward so much to be released.
