And now his watch has ended.
Tarun’s Orb is over, and no further activity will happen. Thank you to everyone who participated. Follow Tarun on X to keep up with his thinking.
Follow TarunUp until now, much of the NFT space has concerned itself primarily with art, pictures, jpegs and galleries. Orbs are different. Orbs are usable 1-of-1 NFTs that belong in inventories, not in galleries. They are for usage, not display. Conceptually, an Orb is a precious item that belongs in your magic item bag. Technically, the Orb is a modified ERC-721 on Ethereum that manages ownership functions through auctions and a Harberger tax system.
I, Tarun Chitra, solemnly swear to honor my Orb as far as my eyes, my arms and my mind serve me. I shall answer any question dutifully—as long as I do not violate any law or ethical code, or put myself or others into danger by doing so. The sum of my collected knowledge and wisdom is at your disposal. This is my Orb, and I shall bear no other Orbs of this kind under the reign of this Orb.\n\nI disclaim that any mathematics mistakes made are not my fault and I chalk them up to being a finite Turing machine, vulnerable to the inevitabilities of Gödel's incompleteness theorem. For better or worse, as an analog device, there is always some tunnelling probability and that may be bad.\n\nIn case of an investigation by any federal entity or similar, I do not have any involvement with this group or with the people in it, I do not know how I am here, probably added by a third party, I do not support any actions by members of this group. It was Eric's fault.