Verify the public count
A new state can begin only from direct evidence of an Instagram follower count above the permanent all-time high.
Public provenance / technical verification
One object. One cumulative record.
The canonical state is reconstructed from a permanent ledger of unique erased coordinates. No later state begins from a clean image.
This page records the identifiers and method needed to distinguish the artwork's technical truth from its public publication history.
01
Identity
Current permanent state
State 000164 is independently identifiable.
- Artwork
- nothing.monolith
- State identifier
- STATE 000164
- Canvas
- 1,000 × 1,000 pixels
- Permanent witness high
- 164
- Erased pixels
- 164
- Artwork SHA-256
- 79c8bb8e2a5fd06f7b1f3bb33c6c5091dbf097abca19d16d69e5a946c1302280
- Ledger SHA-256
- d0a08414fe1e3c101f7719419fc2bb5e240d4c7586afd353e184f155c44ad165
A hash is a file fingerprint. If even one byte changes, the identifier changes. These values identify the current canonical master and ledger at build time.
02
Continuity protocol
How a new state is formed
Only the new difference is appended.
Add exact new coordinates
One previously unused coordinate is appended for each new record witness. Earlier coordinates remain immutable.
Rebuild from the full ledger
The new master is rendered from every permanent coordinate, not edited independently from a screenshot or social asset.
Compare count, state and pixels
The all-time high, erased-pixel count, state label, canonical image and public website must agree before publication.
Irreversibility
An unfollow changes the live audience count. It never removes a coordinate from the ledger and never restores a pixel. The technical record moves in one direction.
03
Public canon
What the audience actually saw
Internal states and published states are different records.
The technical ledger may contain intermediate states used to preserve continuity. The public canon records only states and transitions that were actually published or made publicly accessible.
The first public state
The first public transition
The second erasure
The latest verified Instagram high
A state appearing in the technical ledger does not by itself mean that Instagram followers saw that numbered state.
Current record