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Elia Pieraccini · On-Chain Artist

EP — Elia Pieraccini, On-chain Artist on Bitcoin Ordinals. Generative and conceptual art fully on-chain.

EP, is a conceptual artist working at the intersection of art, Blockchains, code, decentralization, and on-chain systems.

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Memory Loss by EP — On-chain generative art on Bitcoin Ordinals

Memory Loss

Memory Loss is a long-form collection of generative, dynamic and conceptual art stored fully on-chain on Bitcoin, that explores the most intimate paradox of the human experience: our memory is what defines us, yet it is destined to corrupt, distort, and ultimately disappear. 250 Inscriptions with P/C Provenance, consecutively inscribed in one transaction on 250 consecutive Sat Block 78.

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Archive — Bitcoin Ordinals Collections by EP (Elia Pieraccini)

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EP Grand-Parent-Child Provenance

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PeePs — An On-chain Artist Curated by the PeePsDAO

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PeePs

PeePs is a decentralized artist created by EP who lives entirely on-chain on Bitcoin:— He learns new artistic techniques and follows cycles of study on different color theories alongside Bitcoin Blocks.
— He is a native entity of the Ordinals protocol that creates art exclusively through recursion and using other existing Bitcoin inscriptions as recursive muses.

The PeePsDAO is his collective custodian, composed of his collectors:— Through Governance they protect PeePs direct his evolution, curate his voice, and ensure his integrity.
— Human curation is what completes PeePs; it's what makes him a true artist.

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EP (Elia Pieraccini) — Self-portrait 2026, on-chain artist on Bitcoin Ordinals
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Elia Pieraccini

On-Chain Artist · Bitcoin Ordinals

Bio

Elia Pieraccini (b. 2000, Tuscany), known as EP, is a multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of art, code, and decentralized systems. Raised near Florence in a culturally rich environment, he developed an early interest in experimentation across visual languages and emerging technologies.

His practice is rooted in fully on-chain art on Bitcoin, where each work is permanently inscribed through the Ordinals protocol. By treating blockchain not as a support but as a native medium, EP builds artworks that are inseparable from the infrastructure that hosts them.

His research spans compressionism, generative systems, and conceptual art, using technical constraints as a framework for deliberate aesthetic decisions. Through code, data, and protocol-level mechanics, he constructs a visual language that is inherently blockchain-native.

Artist Statement

My work exists where code, permanence, and intention converge.

Inscribing data on Bitcoin is not a distribution method—it is an essential part of my artistic performance. The act of inscription defines the piece, embedding it within a system that guarantees immutability, provenance, and independence from external control.

Rather than limiting the work, constraints define its direction. Boundaries such as file size, computational limits, and structural rules influence how each piece takes form, pushing me toward clarity and deliberate choices throughout the process. The goal is not adaptation of existing art forms, but the emergence of a new one—art whose essence is inseparable from the medium in which it was created and which hosts it.

Immutable, Decentralized, Verifiable.
On-Chain Art that will still be there when we are no longer here.

Medium

Each painting is stored fully on-chain — no IPFS, no servers, no intermediaries. Generative Systems that leverage: Ordinals recursion, dithering, pixelation, JavaScript, AI, and real-time Bitcoin block data, creating self-contained recursive Inscriptions/NFTs that are verifiable, permanent, and blockchain-native by nature.

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EP Practice

EP (Elia Pieraccini, b. 2000, Tuscany) is a multidisciplinary conceptual artist working at the intersection of art, code and decentralized systems. Active in Bitcoin and Ethereum since 2018, his practice evolved from physical art to digital compressionism and generative art, and is now focused on fully on-chain art on Bitcoin. He has exhibited at Art Basel Miami Beach, Bitcoin Summit Hong Kong, NFC Summit Lisbon and The New Renaissance NYC.

Bitcoin is the most decentralized, secure and immutable network ever created: art inscribed there needs no company, server or intermediary to survive. On Ethereum, EP works only fully on-chain, with the art stored inside the contract (e.g. On-chain Archive 2025). Ethereum works can also be teleburned to Bitcoin, joining the Provenance Tree.

Every element of the work (code, images, libraries, metadata) is stored on the blockchain. There is no IPFS, no server and no external link. Through recursion, a work can call other inscriptions, but everything it loads lives on Bitcoin. The collector owns the work itself, not a pointer to it.

For EP, inscribing is not a distribution method but a performance. The moment the data enters a Bitcoin block, the piece is defined: the sat, the block, the metadata and the parent-child lineage in which the work is inscribed become part of its identity, forever.

Compressionism is a digital art movement that turns compression into a visual language. Reduction and loss are not defects to hide but the material of the work itself: pixelation, limited palettes, dithering and the traces that compression algorithms leave on an image.

The movement grew alongside the image-based internet, which compression has made possible since the early ’90s. It is now living a renaissance in on-chain art, where every byte is limited and has a cost.

In EP’s work, compressionism is a deliberate aesthetic choice: reducing image and code to their essential data so that the work can be born and live on Bitcoin.

Every byte on Bitcoin has a cost, so constraints define the direction of the work. File size, computational limits and protocol rules push toward clarity and deliberate choices, making the constraint part of the creative process.

Techniques

With JavaScript code (HTML5 Canvas, p5.js, Three.js, Tone.js) inscribed on Bitcoin. Ordinals recursion is used to load libraries and other inscriptions, and inscription IDs serve as seeds for the generative system. Dithering (Bayer, Yliluoma), procedural pixelation, AI and real-time block data then shape each output.

Some do. Works that read live block data through recursion evolve with every new block. Proof of Work, for example, renders every block from genesis to the current tip, so the work grows with the chain. The process is deterministic: the same block always produces the same result.

It is the visual map of EP’s on-chain archive, built with the Ordinals parent-child standard. At the top is the EP Artist Seal (Inscription #81,069,663). Collection seals descend from it, and each seal is the parent of all the works in its collection. The diagram does not show a curated list but reproduces what is written on Bitcoin, so anyone can verify it.

Works that exist as both a physical object and an on-chain Inscription/Token, such as Fluid Soul and Expanding Consciousness.

EP considers the two parts (physical and digital) as if they were a single Phygital performance which forms a single work.

The physical comes to life in the digital and the blockchain certifies both properties.

PeePs is a decentralized artist created by EP that lives entirely on Bitcoin. He creates only through recursion, using existing inscriptions as muses, and follows study cycles alongside Bitcoin blocks. His seal is a child of the EP Artist Seal, and his evolution is curated by the PeePsDAO, the collective of his collectors.

For Collectors

On an Ordinals explorer, check that:

The work is a child of an official EP collection seal.That seal descends from the EP Artist Seal (#81,069,663).

Only the holder of the parent can create children, so the lineage cannot be forged.

You own the inscription and can keep, transfer or resell it freely. You may display it privately and publicly, including in exhibitions, crediting EP. Copyright and commercial reproduction rights remain with the artist unless agreed otherwise in writing.

Yes. EP's works have been exhibited internationally:

The New Renaissance, New York 2026 — HUG x Mo’MAS High SocietyArt Basel Miami Beach 2025 — More Art x NolchaShows x Inscribing AtlantisBitcoin Summit, Hong Kong 2025 — Bitcoin Art Society x SuperchiefNFC Summit, Lisbon 2025 — Vivid Gallery x Magic Eden on Bitcoin

The full list is in the CV section.

Yes, selectively. Reach out through the Contact section or EP’s official channels.

Collecting an EP artwork

Buying an artwork on-chain is easier than it seems. You need three things: a Bitcoin wallet compatible with Ordinals, your private keys kept safe, and BTC in your account.

  1. Install Xverse WalletXverse is the recommended wallet for those new to the world of Ordinals. Download the extension for your browser or the smartphone app from xverse.app. It's free and doesn't require registration.
  2. Save your seed phrase — this is the most important step.During the wallet creation, a sequence of 12 or 24 words will be displayed: the seed phrase. This is the absolute key to accessing your assets. Write it down by hand on paper, store it in one or more secure physical locations, and never share it with anyone. Don't photograph it, save it to Google Drive, or send it via text. If you lose the seed phrase, you lose access to the wallet — forever. If someone gets it, they can empty your wallet in seconds.
  3. Buy BitcoinTo purchase an artwork, you need BTC in your wallet. You can buy them directly on Xverse, or transfer them from another wallet or exchange containing Bitcoin. Make sure you have enough to cover the price of the artwork plus any network fees.
  4. Buy on an Ordinals marketplace"by EP" artworks are available on Ord.net, Gamma.io, and satflow.com. Connect your Xverse to the marketplace, browse the collections by typing "by EP," find your favorite inscriptions, and complete the purchase. The painting will be transferred directly to your wallet — you will become the sole verifiable on-chain owner of the artwork.

Bitcoin — where it all begins

Bitcoin is decentralized money that belongs to no one and belongs to everyone. There is no central bank, company, or government that can control it: it works thanks to thousands of computers distributed around the world that agree on a single public ledger, called the blockchain.

Think of the blockchain as a giant ledger, visible to everyone, in which all transactions are recorded in chronological order. Once recorded, no entry can be deleted or modified — not even by the system's creator.

The total supply of Bitcoin is forever fixed at 21 million coins: no more will ever be produced. This planned scarcity is one of the reasons why Bitcoin is considered a precious commodity, similar to gold.

Every Bitcoin transaction is broadcast to the network and grouped into blocks. Miners compete to solve complex mathematical calculations, and the successful one adds the block to the blockchain and receives a reward in BTC.

This process, called Proof of Work, guarantees the security and immutability of the ledger. Once written, a transaction cannot be deleted or modified.

A Satoshi (abbreviated: sat) is the smallest unit of Bitcoin: 1 BTC is equivalent to 100,000,000 satoshis.

It is the basic unit with which the Ordinals protocol works — each sat can be numbered, tracked, and inscribed with digital content.

The world of Ordinals

The Ordinals protocol, developed by Casey Rodarmor and launched in January 2023, had a simple yet revolutionary idea: assign a unique serial number to every single satoshi, following the order in which it was created by the Bitcoin network.

Think of each satoshi as a physical coin with a serial number engraved on it: satoshi number 1 was generated first, satoshi number 2 immediately after, and so on — until the last satoshi ever mined.

This numbering system transforms each satoshi into a unique, identifiable, and traceable object with the ability to be inscribed with data.

An Inscription is the result of embedding digital content (images, text, code, etc.) directly into a specific satoshi through a Bitcoin transaction.

The content is written to the transaction's witness field and becomes a permanent part of the blockchain.

The Parent-Child (or Provenance) standard allows for the establishment of a hierarchical relationship between Inscriptions. It works like a digital family tree: a "parent" inscription officially certifies all "child" inscriptions that reference it.

EP uses this system to build its own official on-chain Archive: a public, permanent, and verifiable archive, directly on the Bitcoin chain.

At the top of the hierarchy is the EP Artist Seal (Inscription #81,069,663), which represents the artist's official identity. The logos of the individual collections descend from it, each in turn the parent of all the works within it.

Each Inscription can contain, in addition to the artwork itself, a series of descriptive information embedded directly into the blockchain: this is called metadata.

Think of metadata like a museum card for a painting: title, artist name, year, description. This data is automatically readable by marketplaces and Ordinals explorers, and helps catalog, filter, and evaluate the works.

Like everything else, it is immutable: inscribed on-chain once, forever.

Recursion is one of the most powerful and innovative features of Ordinals: it allows an Inscription (code) to recall and use content from other Inscriptions already existing on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Let's take a concrete example: imagine you want to create one hundred 1/1 Artworks that share the same generative systems engine. Without recursion, that code would have to be inscribed and paid for one hundred times. With recursion, you inscribe it only once on the blockchain, and all subsequent works directly reference it — like a book citing other previously published books.

This means that EP works can be composed of multiple on-chain "layers" that interact with each other in real time in the browser — without any files residing on an external server. The entire work lives on Bitcoin.

Not all satoshi are the same. Some of them coincide with particular historical moments in the life of the Bitcoin blockchain, and the Ordinals protocol recognizes them by assigning them a degree of rarity.

Examples of Rare Sats:

Mythic: The first sat of the genesis block. Legendary: The first sat of each cycle. Epic: The first sat of each halving epoch. Rare: The first sat of each difficulty adjustment period. Uncommon: The first sat of each block. Common: A sat of unknown rarity. Black Legendary: The last sat of each cycle. Black Epic: The last sat of each halving epoch. Black Rare: The last sat of each difficulty adjustment period. Black Uncommon: The last sat of each block. Fibonacci Sequence: Sats with IDs that follow the Fibonacci sequence. Palindrome: Sats with a palindromic number. Block 9 450: Sats in the first bitcoin of the 9th block. All sats from 45,000,000,000 to 45,099,999,999 (included). Block 78: Sats mined by Hal Finney in Block 78 (the first block mined by someone other than Satoshi). Block 286: Sats mined in the second-ever Bitcoin transaction, made and mined by Satoshi Nakamoto.

Inscribing a work on a rare sat adds an additional dimension to collecting: in addition to the work of art itself, you own a historically significant fragment of the Bitcoin blockchain.

A re-inscription occurs when a satoshi that already has an Inscription is re-inscribed with new content.

It's a space for artistic, technical, and conceptual experimentation: EP intentionally uses it as a form of expression, concept, and performance.

Get in touch

Contact — Get in touch with EP (Elia Pieraccini), Bitcoin Ordinals artist

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