Collection One · 2024–Present

Light Waves: Visible Light

1/1 of 3,333 pieces · launched September 2024 · p5 generative art · Bitcoin Ordinals · parent–child provenance · in collaboration with Vivid Gallery

"Light Waves: Visible Light" is more than a visual experience — it's a moment of recognition that invites the viewer into a meditative rhythm, a space where time softens and emotion surfaces echoing a deeper story about connection, transmission, and the invisible threads that link us across space and time.

"Light Waves: Visible Light" is the first of the Light Waves collections released, representing a transmission encoded in the very light that surrounds us. Inspired by the awe of outer space and the emotional charge of light itself, this collection explores what it means to receive a message not with the mind, but with the heart. Through fluid, undulating forms, each piece channels the natural motion of light as wave, vibrant, kinetic, and alive.

Six Pieces · From the 3,333

Neighborhoods · Reveal

How It Works

How Visible Light Works

Two real mechanics live on Visible Light, previously explained (if at all) on different pages. Here, together, in one place.

Neighborhoods — "Hoods"

Human beings are inherently driven by the need for connection — whether it's to others, to moments from our past, or to emotions that define us. The mission is to seek out and connect with your adjoining Light Waves neighbors to form a neighborhood (AKA "Hood").

A neighborhood consists of 3 or more adjoining Light Waves within the same wallet. For example, Light Waves #165, Light Waves #166, and Light Waves #167 together form a neighborhood.

Once achieved, all adjoining Light Waves receive an automatic, shared visual update reflecting the connection. If the connection is ever severed — fewer than 3 adjoining pieces held in the same wallet — the remaining Light Waves return to their original, unconnected state.

Holding a neighborhood makes you a Hood Holder — the formal name for this tier among collectors. In the mythology, the term means something else entirely: Guardians of the Light names Hood Holders as the Rh null travelers, carrying humanity's last hope across the stars. Two meanings, one name, previously living on two pages that never spoke to each other.

Hand-drawn flowchart titled "Example with Light Waves #10" showing the neighborhood-detection algorithm: it fetches the owners of the adjoining Light Waves (#9 and #11), and if they match the current owner it increments the count of consecutively held pieces and adjusts the display offset; if the owner differs, the check stops.
How the neighborhood-detection script works
Light Waves #165 (Neighborhood)
Light Waves #166 (Neighborhood)
Light Waves #167 (Neighborhood)

Active Reinscription & Reveal

What sets "Light Waves: Visible Light" apart is the active participation of holders in the reveal process. Rather than passively receiving the artwork, they play a key role in determining its final form. The outcome of your piece is not pre-determined — time and your engagement are the only variables that shape it.

The act of inscribing and revealing your ordinal is entirely in your hands. This approach empowers holders to actively reveal their unique artwork at the moment they are ready, emphasizing the importance of timing and decision-making so each holder discovers their piece in a way that is entirely their own.

Hand-drawn flowchart showing the Light Waves reinscription algorithm: it looks up the sat holding the inscription, and if multiple inscriptions share that sat, it uses the first re-inscription ID as the random seed that determines the revealed artwork.
How the reinscription seed algorithm works

Revealing is a re-inscription on the sat that carries your piece. Any content will do — a blank text file is the cheapest — and you do it yourself, on your own schedule, with LIFO's inscribe.dev. The reveal page explains what the code checks and walks through it step by step.