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title: "NOTHING"
section: art
published: 2026-10-02T01:27:22Z
updated: 2026-10-02T01:58:48Z
cid: bafkreielqzugd5swll7ajxnavagsvlg7ogsepdby6zdh7dcjzeolv3x4jq
html: https://iammatthias.com/art/1790902528593-nothing
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# NOTHING

[NOTHING](https://etherscan.io/address/0x9DfBA83F62cBc57e3E3d86C6BEED1B401669Eb8B) is a 600x600 transparent SVG, stored entirely onchain. It displays nothing, contains nothing, is nothing. 

The contract that the SVG is encoded in asked for $100m to mint the 1 of 1 ERC721. If it were minted, it would be the single most expensive piece of art ever purchased, surpassing Beeple's $69m Everydays haul. 

NOTHING is not art. NOTHING is art. NOTHING is what you want it to be. 

A 1/1 transparent SVG stored onchain, priced at $100,000,000 in USDC or the Chainlink-rate equivalent in ETH. [NOTHING on Etherscan](https://etherscan.io/address/0x9DfBA83F62cBc57e3E3d86C6BEED1B401669Eb8B)

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