{
  "schema": "ab5d-series-essay/1",
  "identity": {
    "chainId": 1,
    "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069",
    "projectId": 451,
    "slug": "backwards-by-asaf-slook",
    "title": "Backwards",
    "artistCredit": "Asaf Slook",
    "artistDossierUrls": []
  },
  "revision": 2,
  "researchCutoff": "2026-09-19",
  "status": "published-with-research-limitations",
  "facts": [
    {
      "id": "minted-count",
      "topic": "mint",
      "value": 300,
      "observedAt": "2026-09-19",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S02"
      ],
      "status": "reported",
      "note": "Current index invocations, equal to maximum on this completed project."
    },
    {
      "id": "max-invocations",
      "topic": "mint",
      "value": 300,
      "observedAt": "2026-09-19",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S02"
      ],
      "status": "reported"
    },
    {
      "id": "first-mint",
      "topic": "mint",
      "value": "2023-05-03T05:40:47+00:00",
      "observedAt": "2026-09-19",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S02",
        "S04"
      ],
      "status": "reported"
    },
    {
      "id": "activated-at",
      "topic": "mint",
      "value": "2023-05-12T19:15:35+00:00",
      "observedAt": "2026-09-19",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S02"
      ],
      "status": "reported"
    },
    {
      "id": "start-datetime",
      "topic": "mint",
      "value": "2023-07-13T17:00:00+00:00",
      "observedAt": "2026-09-19",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S02"
      ],
      "status": "reported"
    },
    {
      "id": "completed-at",
      "topic": "mint",
      "value": "2023-07-14T09:15:35+00:00",
      "observedAt": "2026-09-19",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S02"
      ],
      "status": "reported",
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "id": "license-label",
      "topic": "rights",
      "value": "CC BY-NC 4.0",
      "observedAt": "2026-09-19",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S02",
        "S06"
      ],
      "status": "reported"
    },
    {
      "id": "script-type",
      "topic": "construction",
      "value": "p5@1.0.0",
      "observedAt": "2026-09-19",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S02",
        "S03"
      ],
      "status": "verified"
    },
    {
      "id": "historic-unit-price-eth",
      "topic": "mint",
      "value": null,
      "observedAt": "2026-09-19",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S01",
        "S02"
      ],
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "No contemporaneous primary price table recovered this session."
    }
  ],
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    "artwork": {
      "reportedLabel": "CC BY-NC 4.0",
      "category": "creative-commons",
      "termsUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/",
      "observedAt": "2026-09-19",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S02",
        "S06"
      ],
      "note": "Label copied from projects_metadata.license. Unversioned CC strings are not inferred as 4.0.",
      "unresolvedConflicts": []
    },
    "code": {
      "reportedLabel": null,
      "category": "unknown",
      "termsUrl": null,
      "observedAt": "2026-09-19",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S02",
        "S03"
      ],
      "note": "No separate artist-code licence field was present on the project record.",
      "unresolvedConflicts": []
    },
    "thirdParty": [
      {
        "name": "p5.js 1.0.0",
        "reportedLabel": "LGPL-2.1 (p5.js project license; confirm version-specific notice)",
        "category": "custom",
        "termsUrl": "https://github.com/processing/p5.js/blob/main/license.txt",
        "observedAt": "2026-09-19",
        "sourceIds": [
          "S03"
        ],
        "note": "Runtime declared script_type_and_version p5@1.0.0. p5.js is third-party; the artist program is a separate rights object.",
        "unresolvedConflicts": []
      }
    ]
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  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "work-context",
      "heading": "The work and its context",
      "bodyMarkdown": "Backwards is project 451 on the Art Blocks V2 core contract 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, published under the canonical slug backwards-by-asaf-slook and credited to Asaf Slook. The indexed project record reports a completed edition of 300 of 300 invocations, runtime p5@1.0.0, and the official description: A curious child, bored and uninspired, Grasped a pen and a blank sheet of paper. With a flick of the wrist, he began to draw, Making small dots upon the page, unsure of what was in store.  But as he connected each dot with a line, A diamond shape began to take form. He smiled with pride as he looked upon his creation, A masterpiece born from idle exploration.  Years passed and the boy grew into a man, Sitting beside his computer, lost in thought. A flash of inspiration brought him back to that day, When he first discovered the beauty of the shape he had wrought.  He picked up his brush, and with a steady hand, Began to recreate the shape once more. Each stroke a memory, each line a reminder, Of the wonder and joy he felt as a boy before.  With a final flourish, he sat back and admired, His new creation, a work of art. And as he looked upon it, he felt a sense of triumph, For he had captured the magic of the child in his heart.  Imagine holding a pen and drawing with it backwards, As if each layer of ink would lay under the stroke before, A dance between past and present, A fusion of childhood wonder and adult mastery, forevermore. [^S01][^S02]\n\nThose figures are current index observations retrieved on 2026-09-19, not a reconstruction of the original public sale announcement. Atlas position is a catalogue ordinal and is not the on-chain project ID. The live collection page and the Hasura projects_metadata row agree on title, slug, contract, and project ID after a filtered query that used the exact slug. [^S01][^S02]\n\nContract 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069. Aspect ratio indexed as 0.666666. Website https://www.asafslook.com/backwards.\n\nThis essay treats the stored artist program, four independently identified outputs, and a freshly checked AB5D holding (or an explicit collection gap) as primary evidence. Metadata traits are cited only when they were returned for the same V2 contract token IDs that were visually inspected. They do not replace looking at the pictures. [^S04][^S09]"
    },
    {
      "id": "conception",
      "heading": "Conception and development",
      "bodyMarkdown": "The official project description is the development account used here. Interview or dossier sentences that name a different slug are not treated as statements about this series. A curious child, bored and uninspired, Grasped a pen and a blank sheet of paper. With a flick of the wrist, he began to draw, Making small dots upon the page, unsure of what was in store.  But as he connected each dot with a line, A diamond shape began to take form. He smiled with pride as he looked upon his creation, A masterpiece born from idle exploration.  Years passed and the boy grew into a \n\nThe development account used here is the specific source named in the citations, not a paraphrase of an artist-dossier page. Where that account is an official project description written in the artist's voice, that limit is stated rather than upgraded into an unpublished studio diary. Where an interview exists, the sentences that actually name Backwards are the ones relied on. [^S07][^S01]\n\nSecondary pages that only repeat the marketplace listing are not treated as independent conception sources. [^S02][^S07]"
    },
    {
      "id": "construction",
      "heading": "How the work was constructed",
      "bodyMarkdown": "The complete artist program for slug backwards-by-asaf-slook was retrieved from projects_metadata.script filtered by that exact slug. The UTF-8 payload is 14015 bytes with SHA-256 bf7e7dfa980adbca103062645b99e61636f46076e2d5e2ec89d9c0ba7c96ef66. Runtime on the project record is p5@1.0.0. The script was read in full; it was not executed in this research session. [^S03]\n\nThe stored generator is 14015 bytes, SHA-256 bf7e7dfa980adbca103062645b99e61636f46076e2d5e2ec89d9c0ba7c96ef66, runtime p5@1.0.0. Detected source markers: setup, draw, noLoop, createCanvas, tokenData, hash. Named functions include AoB, allOutOfScreen, avgPoint, colorPalette, createFeatures, dist_, draw, drawLine, drawLineOfPoints, drawSketch. tokenData.hash is read in source. Output then follows the drawing path those functions implement. Token 0 observation: Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1600x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 99,96,81). File size 7027697 bytes. Indexed features: Size Medium; Curve None; Length Small; Drawing Random; Palette Sunset; Rotation True; Background Random; Colors change Medium\n\nVisual claims come from inspected media-proxy PNGs plus indexed token features.\n\nSeed handling is visible in the retrieved program: tokenData.hash is read in source. Time and interaction behaviour in code is: Source contains noLoop. The inspected PNG is a finished still. Live motion was not stopwatched. A handler found in source is not the same thing as a control that was pressed in a live renderer during this session; tested controls are listed only when an actual key or pointer action was performed. [^S03][^S10]\n\nExternal dependencies are those declared by script_type_and_version plus any library identifiers inside the file. Public visibility of the stored script does not grant a right to redistribute the raw artist source in this package, so the analysis cites functions and byte length rather than reprinting the program. [^S03][^S06]"
    },
    {
      "id": "mint",
      "heading": "The mint",
      "bodyMarkdown": "Indexed chronology for project 451 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069 is as follows. First token minted_at is 2023-05-03T05:40:47+00:00. activated_at is 2023-05-12T19:15:35+00:00. start_datetime is 2023-07-13T17:00:00+00:00. completed_at is 2023-07-14T09:15:35+00:00. Invocations stand at 300 of a maximum 300, with complete=true on the retrieved row. [^S02][^S04]\n\nCalculated intervals from those timestamps: first mint to activation is 9.57 days; activation to start_datetime is 61.91 days; start_datetime to completion is 16.26 hours; first mint to completion is 72.15 days. These are differences of indexed clock fields, not a claim about when a web storefront button became visible to every collector. A first mint that precedes start_datetime is treated as an early or reserved mint unless a separate allocation record is produced. [^S02][^S04]\n\nIndexed clocks: first 2023-05-03T05:40:47+00:00, activated 2023-05-12T19:15:35+00:00, start 2023-07-13T17:00:00+00:00, completed 2023-07-14T09:15:35+00:00. Early first-mint timestamps are not labelled reserved without a separate allocation record.\n\nHistoric per-token ETH prices for the original public sale were not recovered from a primary price table during this session and remain unresolved. Any floor price visible on a marketplace page in 2026 is a current listing observation, not the 2021 ask. [^S01][^S02]"
    },
    {
      "id": "rights",
      "heading": "Copyright and licensing",
      "bodyMarkdown": "The project record stores the artwork licence label 'CC BY-NC 4.0'. That string includes an explicit 4.0 version and is treated as Creative Commons version 4.0. Code rights for the artist program are not separately labelled on the same field; they are treated as unknown rather than assumed identical to the artwork deed. [^S02][^S06]\n\nArtwork label copied exactly as 'CC BY-NC 4.0'.\n\nThird-party runtime p5@1.0.0 is a separate rights object from both the artwork outputs and the artist source. p5.js, three.js, and ordinary browser JavaScript each keep their own licence texts. This package does not redistribute those libraries. [^S03][^S06]\n\nOriginal essay prose in this package is dedicated CC0-1.0 by the research operator. That dedication does not change the artwork, code, or dependency licences."
    },
    {
      "id": "examples",
      "heading": "Close reading of examples",
      "bodyMarkdown": "Backwards #0 is token 451000000 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-05-03T05:40:47+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1600x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 99,96,81). File size 7027697 bytes. Indexed features: Size Medium; Curve None; Length Small; Drawing Random; Palette Sunset; Rotation True; Background Random; Colors change Medium Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Size Medium; Curve None; Length Small; Drawing Random; Palette Sunset; Rotation True; Background Random; Colors change Medium.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]\n\nBackwards #1 is token 451000001 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-07-13T17:06:11+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1600x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 154,116,99). File size 7870783 bytes. Indexed features: Size Large; Curve Large; Length Small; Drawing Random; Palette Freedom; Rotation True; Background Paper; Colors change Small Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Size Large; Curve Large; Length Small; Drawing Random; Palette Freedom; Rotation True; Background Paper; Colors change Small.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]\n\nBackwards #10 is token 451000010 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-07-13T17:31:11+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1600x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 194,157,144). File size 7310098 bytes. Indexed features: Size Small; Curve Small; Length Small; Drawing Flow; Palette Beach; Rotation False; Background Paper; Colors change Small Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Size Small; Curve Small; Length Small; Drawing Flow; Palette Beach; Rotation False; Background Paper; Colors change Small.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]\n\nBackwards #20 is token 451000020 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-07-13T17:35:23+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1600x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 141,105,72). File size 7805858 bytes. Indexed features: Size Medium; Curve Large; Length Large; Drawing Random; Palette Freedom; Rotation True; Background Random; Colors change Large Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Size Medium; Curve Large; Length Large; Drawing Random; Palette Freedom; Rotation True; Background Random; Colors change Large.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]\n\nThe AB5D header candidate is token 451000176 (edition 176), currently indexed to 0xdd19308a9731cdecb67e0d80ca6823394208c045, which is one of the three linked addresses returned for username ab5d on 2026-09-19. That ownership match is a present-tense index observation, not proof of continuous custody since mint. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1600x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 196,166,119). File size 7040967 bytes. Indexed features: Size Large; Curve Small; Length Large; Drawing Flow; Palette Beach; Rotation True; Background Paper; Colors change Small [^S08][^S04][^S09]\n\nMotion, interaction, and audio: Source contains noLoop. The inspected PNG is a finished still. Live motion was not stopwatched. The static PNGs document halt or preview states. They are not by themselves proof that a live loop is still running, nor proof that a work is silent. No soundtrack was heard from these pages during this session. [^S09][^S10][^S03]"
    },
    {
      "id": "significance",
      "heading": "Significance and limitations",
      "bodyMarkdown": "Backwards is project 451 by Asaf Slook on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069. The close readings above are the evidence for what the stored program outputs.\n\nUnresolved research questions that remain after this pass: (1) What was the exact public-sale unit price in ETH at start_datetime, supported by a contemporaneous primary source rather than a later floor? (2) For tokens whose live renderer was not stopwatch-timed, what is the measured wall-clock period of one full cycle or one completed progressive draw? (3) What contemporaneous primary source records the original public unit price in ETH? (4) Incomplete Control aside, do any of the three current AB5D wallets later acquire or dispose of the header token used above after 2026-09-19? [^S02][^S08][^S10]\n\nThis package is a draft for human review. Structural validation tests file shape, not the truth of seeing or of licence interpretation."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "id": "E01",
      "chainId": 1,
      "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069",
      "tokenId": "451000000",
      "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/451000000",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S04",
        "S05",
        "S09"
      ],
      "selectionNote": "Specified candidate invocation 0.",
      "observationNote": "Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1600x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 99,96,81). File size 7027697 bytes. Indexed features: Size Medium; Curve None; Length Small; Drawing Random; Palette Sunset; Rotation True; Background Random; Colors change Medium"
    },
    {
      "id": "E02",
      "chainId": 1,
      "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069",
      "tokenId": "451000001",
      "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/451000001",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S04",
        "S05",
        "S09"
      ],
      "selectionNote": "Specified candidate invocation 1.",
      "observationNote": "Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1600x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 154,116,99). File size 7870783 bytes. Indexed features: Size Large; Curve Large; Length Small; Drawing Random; Palette Freedom; Rotation True; Background Paper; Colors change Small"
    },
    {
      "id": "E03",
      "chainId": 1,
      "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069",
      "tokenId": "451000010",
      "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/451000010",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S04",
        "S05",
        "S09"
      ],
      "selectionNote": "Specified candidate invocation 10.",
      "observationNote": "Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1600x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 194,157,144). File size 7310098 bytes. Indexed features: Size Small; Curve Small; Length Small; Drawing Flow; Palette Beach; Rotation False; Background Paper; Colors change Small"
    },
    {
      "id": "E04",
      "chainId": 1,
      "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069",
      "tokenId": "451000020",
      "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/451000020",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S04",
        "S05",
        "S09"
      ],
      "selectionNote": "Specified candidate invocation 20.",
      "observationNote": "Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1600x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 141,105,72). File size 7805858 bytes. Indexed features: Size Medium; Curve Large; Length Large; Drawing Random; Palette Freedom; Rotation True; Background Random; Colors change Large"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "operator": "Grok research session for coordinator handoff",
    "agent": "Grok",
    "model": "Grok 4.6",
    "modelVersion": null,
    "tools": [
      "Hasura GraphQL",
      "media-proxy PNG retrieval",
      "canonical token HEAD checks",
      "full script read"
    ],
    "humanEditorialInvolvement": "Commissioned by Phil; website publication authorized by Phil on 2026-09-17. No claim of line-by-line human fact checking.",
    "originalProseLicense": "CC0-1.0",
    "generation": {
      "schema": "ab5d-essay-generation/1",
      "model": "Grok 4.6",
      "displayName": "Grok 4.6",
      "scope": "Supplied Grok remaining 168 complete essay package",
      "essayCount": 1,
      "usage": null,
      "perEssayUsage": null,
      "usageDetail": "Model name is the actual operator. Version string, token counts, and timezone-aware start/cutoff telemetry were not supplied by the host; values left null rather than estimated.",
      "submittedUsage": {
        "provider": "xAI",
        "model": "Grok 4.6",
        "modelVersion": null,
        "measurement": "unavailable until telemetry supplied",
        "scope": "per-essay telemetry not exposed to this operator",
        "startedAt": null,
        "cutoff": null,
        "inputTokens": null,
        "cachedInputTokens": null,
        "outputTokens": null,
        "totalTokens": null,
        "reasoningTokens": null,
        "perEssayAvailable": false,
        "telemetrySource": null,
        "note": "Model name is the actual operator. Version string, token counts, and timezone-aware start/cutoff telemetry were not supplied by the host; values left null rather than estimated."
      },
      "importReview": "Structural package, identity, citation and build compatibility checks. Supplied prose preserved; no independent research audit."
    }
  },
  "codeInspection": {
    "url": "https://artblocks-mainnet.hasura.app/v1/graphql",
    "locator": "projects_metadata.script where slug=_eq backwards-by-asaf-slook",
    "sha256": "bf7e7dfa980adbca103062645b99e61636f46076e2d5e2ec89d9c0ba7c96ef66",
    "retrievedAt": "2026-09-19T00:00:00+00:00",
    "method": "graphql-post-full-script-read",
    "executed": false,
    "chainBlock": null
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  "presentation": {
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    "maximumEdition": 300,
    "mintDate": "2023-05-03T05:40:47+00:00",
    "mintDateMeaning": "first indexed mint",
    "mintDateLabel": "First mint",
    "artwork": {
      "project_id": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069-451",
      "token_id": "451000176",
      "invocation": 176,
      "owner_address": "0xdd19308a9731cdecb67e0d80ca6823394208c045",
      "preview_asset_url": "https://media-proxy.artblocks.io/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/451000176.png",
      "live_view_url": "https://generator.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/451000176",
      "canonicalUrl": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/451000176",
      "mode": "image",
      "copyrightStatus": "CC BY-NC 4.0",
      "copyrightUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/",
      "displayBasis": "AB5D collection example under the artwork licence label stored on the project record; not a newly created derivative."
    }
  },
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      "id": "E01",
      "chainId": 1,
      "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069",
      "tokenId": "451000000",
      "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/451000000",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S04",
        "S05",
        "S09"
      ],
      "selectionNote": "Specified candidate invocation 0.",
      "observationNote": "Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1600x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 99,96,81). File size 7027697 bytes. Indexed features: Size Medium; Curve None; Length Small; Drawing Random; Palette Sunset; Rotation True; Background Random; Colors change Medium",
      "previewUrl": "https://media-proxy.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/451000000.png",
      "liveUrl": "https://generator.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/451000000"
    },
    {
      "id": "E02",
      "chainId": 1,
      "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069",
      "tokenId": "451000001",
      "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/451000001",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S04",
        "S05",
        "S09"
      ],
      "selectionNote": "Specified candidate invocation 1.",
      "observationNote": "Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1600x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 154,116,99). File size 7870783 bytes. Indexed features: Size Large; Curve Large; Length Small; Drawing Random; Palette Freedom; Rotation True; Background Paper; Colors change Small",
      "previewUrl": "https://media-proxy.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/451000001.png",
      "liveUrl": "https://generator.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/451000001"
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    {
      "id": "E03",
      "chainId": 1,
      "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069",
      "tokenId": "451000010",
      "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/451000010",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S04",
        "S05",
        "S09"
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