✦ On This Day ✦
5 years ago, Hic et Nunc launched on Tezos.
Open minting.
Low fees.
No gatekeeping.
It marked the beginning of a new chapter for digital art on Tezos.
Share the first work you minted or collected on HEN ↓
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Launched in 2021 by Rafael Lima, HEN (aka h=n) introduced a simple idea:
Anyone could mint an OBJKT.
No application.
No approval process.
Just a contract and a button.
For many, it was their first on-chain experience.
🖼️ v01i by @andreasgysin
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It grew fast.
Thousands of artists joined.
Collectors followed.
Entire micro-scenes formed across continents.
Tezos became known as a place for experimental, internet-native art.
🖼️ Surplus Jpeg by @Salawaki_3000
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HEN sparked a movement.
It showed that a low-cost, open blockchain could lower the barrier to entry for artists worldwide.
Without galleries. Without gatekeepers.
Art first. Not hype first.
🖼️ mirror of a new life #8 by @luluixixix
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When the platform went offline later in 2021, the contracts remained.
Developers rebuilt frontends.
Artists kept minting.
The community carried it forward.
🖼️ Bounce 024 by sambmotion
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Five years later, its impact is still visible across the art ecosystem on Tezos.
Many platforms, practices, and collector journeys trace back to that moment.
For many, HEN wasn't just a marketplace.
It was the starting point.
🖼️ point by @haydiroket