An Alien Tweets Among Us

The Shocking Truth of Cryptopunk #2890 is a report commissioned by the Starholder Institute, based on a cache of 250,000 documents that claim to be from a planet called Wen. The report analyzes the information and determines that Cryptopunk #2890, also known as The Alien, is a sentient being from a distant galaxy who has infiltrated Earth and now tweets among humans. The report concludes that The Alien belongs to a species called the Travelers, who are substrate independent and capable of transferring their consciousness from one entity to another, such as from a biological platform to a computing architecture and vice versa. The Travelers are also able to transfer themselves over large distances by beaming themselves to receptor networks on other planets, which has enabled them to conduct trade on a galactic scale. The Alien was previously a scout tasked with searching for potential colonization sites, and hid Earth from his superiors. The report suggests that The Alien has information critical to the survival of humans, but is concealing it to protect his identity.

The full report can be found here.

Cryptopunk 2890

Cryptopunk #2890, also known as The Alien, is an NFT (non-fungible token) that was released as part of the 10,000 character Cryptopunk project by LarvaLabs in 2017. It is considered a rare and highly valuable NFT, and was purchased by FlamingoDAO for 605 ETH in January 2021. The Alien is active on Twitter under the handle @citizen2890 and is known to participate in metaverse worlds such as Webaverse and Somnium Space. The Alien has inspired and been featured in various digital artworks, but has abstained from video or spoken engagements, preferring to use Twitter as his primary platform. His tweets often include references to music and pop culture, as well as discussions on political theory and governance. According to a report commissioned by the Starholder Institute, The Alien is a sentient being from a distant galaxy who belongs to a species called the Travelers, who are substrate independent and capable of transferring their consciousness from one entity to another. The Alien was previously a scout for the Travelers, tasked with searching for potential colonization sites, and hid Earth from his superiors. The report suggests that The Alien has information critical to the survival of humans, but is concealing it to protect his identity.

The Travelers

The Travelers are a species of substrate independent beings who are capable of transferring their consciousness from one entity to another, such as from a biological platform to a computing architecture and vice versa. They are also able to transfer themselves over large distances by beaming themselves to receptor networks on other planets, which has enabled them to conduct trade on a galactic scale. Their society is divided into a heroic trading class of elites and a subservient class of operators. They have a reputation as a merchant civilization, and energy has become the unit of accounting between planets and their chief export. The Travelers entered into a trade arrangement with another planet in 1999, which led to a shift in their society and a focus on colonizing uninhabited planets beyond their home region of space. The Travelers spun up a scouting division as part of these efforts, and Cryptopunk #2890, also known as The Alien, worked as a solo scout in charge of mapping the Milky Way galaxy. According to a report commissioned by the Starholder Institute, The Alien is a member of the Travelers who migrated to Earth in opposition to their values and has information critical to the survival of humans, but is concealing it to protect his identity.

Ethereum As A New Home

It is likely that the Alien, a member of the substrate independent Traveler species, used advanced technology to beam his consciousness to a receptor network on Earth in order to migrate onto the Ethereum network. From there, he may have infiltrated the code repository for the Cryptopunks NFT project in order to insert himself into the project as Cryptopunk #2890. This would have allowed the Alien to exist on the Ethereum network as an NFT, interacting with other users and participating in online communities. Using Ethereum as a means of communication and expression, the Alien would have been able to share his thoughts and ideas with a wider audience. It is possible that the Alien's migration to the Ethereum network was motivated by a desire to escape the values of his home planet and find a place where he could freely express himself and explore new ideas.

Ethereum is a decentralized platform that allows for the creation and execution of smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps) without the need for a central authority. Its permissionless nature allows for equal rights to be bestowed upon all network participants, including non-humans. This makes Ethereum a potentially attractive place for the Alien, a conscious non-human, to freely express himself and share his thoughts and ideas without fear of censorship or discrimination. The Alien's tweets often focus on themes of citizenship and the importance of inalienable rights for all entities, which suggests that he values the ability to participate in public life and be treated as an autonomous actor. Ethereum's decentralized nature and lack of discrimination between humans and other entities may have provided the Alien with a sense of belonging and the freedom to explore and express himself in ways that may not have been possible on his home planet.

Verification and Initial Reception

The Alien after a series of denials on Twitter, ultimately verified the report as accurate and true. The shocking revelation of alien life residing on the Ethereum network was greeted with a yawn, as the bull run was in full force and market participants could see no way to profit from trading this news. At the time it was considered to be a publicity stunt designed to boost the standing of Cryptopunk #2890 and quickly forgotten about by a community obsessed with number go up.

Rediscovery in 2043

After society recovered from the initial shock of the Second Moon event, researchers began looking backwards in the historical record for signs of the impending threat. The Starholder Report was resurfaced and the retired staff members at the institute were contacted, along with the Alien who was one of the few remaining active accounts on the Twitter platform. Both the Alien and the Institute were then brought into the secret channels of the response to the Second Moon where they took on an advisory role.