When he opened "Minecraft" on Saturday as usual, the gears of fate had already begun to turn…

Written by: Cookie

When you clicked on this article, you might have had two reactions—did the editor return from further studies? Did the editor mistakenly type something? However, the story I want to share with you this time is completely in line with the title; this magical story happened last Sunday.

Last Sunday, November 3, at 5 AM, @rodarmor, the founder of Ordinals & Runes Protocol, posted a tweet consisting of only three short sentences.

Before he provided further hints, many players in the comments section had already realized that this was a limited-time 8-hour puzzle game, which is also the last sentence of the tweet. And the prize was exactly what the first sentence of the tweet stated: "cactusseeds."

Let's first introduce the prize. "cactusseeds" is one of the sub-collections of the 0th inscription (the first inscription since the birth of the Ordinals protocol) called "Dia De Pixales," personally engraved by Casey. "Dia De Pixales" is an original art series by Casey, which we can see displayed on his personal webpage.

It can also be said that "cactusseeds" is a sub-sub inscription of the 0th inscription, meaning it is a grandchild inscription. From the image below, we can clearly see how the "parent-child inscription" mechanism establishes an NFT collection entirely on-chain in a decentralized manner without smart contracts on Bitcoin.

The top-level inscription here is the 0th inscription, which can also be a TXT text inscription representing the name of the collection for other projects. The second-level inscription can be the logo of the collection; here, the second-level inscription is actually a GIF animation that rotates to display the 9 "skulls" of the "Dia De Pixales" collection, while the final layer of inscriptions consists of specific images of each NFT. Through this hierarchical connection, even without a trading market for the collection, an NFT collection can be intuitively organized and presented to users on-chain.

As for why this grandchild inscription is called "cactusseeds"? You would have to ask Casey. However, we can also see how to name specific individual NFTs in the collection, which is to intentionally find corresponding names for them!

Back to the main topic. The question arises, what does the second sentence of the puzzle, "25138 / 29746," mean? Six hours later, at 10 AM, Casey provided the answer:

At this point, the answer was revealed—"25138 / 29746" is a set of Minecraft coordinates to find Casey in the 2b2t server! Casey himself then confirmed this:

The first to find me, "cactusseeds" is yours.

This was not a simple task. 2b2t is known as "the oldest anarchic Minecraft server." Established in December 2010, this server is famous for its lawlessness and destructive subculture, with extreme destruction brought about by complete freedom, making 2b2t a "beautiful hell."

For new players entering 2b2t for the first time, just leaving the "spawn area" is quite difficult, let alone heading to the coordinates specified by Casey. These difficulties include, but are not limited to—

• The "spawn area" is severely damaged, filled with traps left by old players.
• Reaching the coordinates specified by Casey requires gathering enough resources; otherwise, players may "starve to death" long before they reach halfway.
• The "spawn area" may have old players continuously harassing new players.

Take a look at the rendering of the "spawn area" below. This image is already four years old, and the "spawn area" is filled with lava, with resources extremely scarce, making it a "hell"…

Almost an hour later, a winner emerged; @Rhynohowl1 became the first person to find Casey in the 2b2t server, and Casey immediately transferred "cactusseeds" to him.

In fact, this player may have spent even less time finding Casey, as it can be confirmed that he did not know what Ordinals were before this, and he might not even be a Crypto player. This conclusion and inference come from the content of his tweets, as after he referred to the "cactusseeds" he received as "NFT," Ordinals players corrected him in the comments—this is not an NFT, it's an inscription! Additionally, his past tweets are very few and contain no content related to Crypto.

He even specifically tweeted a response to the comments from Ordinals players—sorry, not NFT, it's Ordinals.

How did such a person know that Casey was giving away such an important inscription? Was it "insider trading"? No, because the information reached a streamer named riths, who plays on the 2b2t server.

So why did this information reach a 2b2t streamer who only streams every Saturday and has a relatively small fan base? Because @Brunno_UTXO, the co-founder of the Bitcoin NFT project INK, went to this livestream to convey the information, and he even expressed in the stream that he was willing to spend 1 BTC immediately to buy "cactusseeds."

（Image source: @blockspacepod）

This is also the direct source of the widespread belief that @Rhynohowl1 directly earned 1 BTC after the event ended. In fact, @Rhynohowl1 listed the inscription on Magic Eden for 10 BTC, and the highest offer he has received so far is 0.33 BTC. He is likely listing it for 10 BTC because Casey mentioned in a reply:

“10 BTC, or it’s broken.”

Another KOL of Ordinals, @cbspears, also stated in his video that he was willing to pay 5 bitcoins for "cactusseeds."

Life is always full of surprises and unexpected events. For @Rhynohowl1, before this happened, it might have just been an ordinary Saturday (in our timezone, it was Sunday). He opened his computer, launched Minecraft, entered the 2b2t server to play, while also watching and chatting in riths' Twitch livestream. Suddenly receiving a message, he began searching for the founder of Ordinals & Runes Protocol in the virtual world of Minecraft. When this prominent figure from another virtual world appeared before him in what might seem like an unremarkable Minecraft avatar, he earned 1 BTC.

（This is not a screenshot of @Rhynohowl1 discovering Casey, but "subdiffusion" is Casey. Image source: @onionbtc）_

Since the release of the inscription "MEMENTO•MORI," Casey has become more active, making some attempts to promote the inscription ecosystem. After this puzzle game ended, early yesterday morning, Casey posted a long tweet expressing that he did not want to shout out one specific coin after another like the "chief salesmen" of other ecosystems, and he hoped to hear everyone's opinions on some good ways to help promote the inscription and even the Ordinals ecosystem.

After Casey's statement, "MEMENTO•MORI" saw a maximum increase of 45%. Rhythm BlockBeats previously introduced this inscription (related reading: Did the founder of the Ordinals protocol release a new inscription, is it as expected?), as an inscription personally released by Casey, it once fell below a market value of 10 million dollars after the minting ended, which led players to even jokingly say—Casey is too weak, "not as good as" Vitalik's dog. After Casey's statement, players' views on "MEMENTO•MORI" also warmed up significantly as the price began to recover.

Will inscriptions get better? Time will tell. And this story of "earning 1 BTC by playing Minecraft for 1 hour" has not reached a conclusion. Similarly, time will show us how much "cactusseeds" will sell for as the ecosystem and Bitcoin develop.

But for now, this story is already quite exciting.

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