𝔸 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕆𝕣𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕤 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 “𝙄𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙬𝙚’𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢.” @TheArtistBTC 2023 Artist collaborations aren’t new in the Ordinals space. We’ve seen it from two artists teaming up like @0xfar and @harto_fr on Buzz Buzz Buzz 🐝 to three artists collaborating, as with Far, Harto, and BLE77. And then we’ve seen it scaled up to 21 artists, like @QuadrillionArt Perpetuals Vol. 1, where these artists made their Bitcoin debut. Now comes 𝐀𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, a collection described by that line above in the first paragraph. A 666 supply project created in 2023 by The Artist. It only minted out a few days ago🎊thanks to @HopefulofNFTs. 𝕊𝕠 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕕𝕚𝕕 ℍ𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕕? Hopeful has been collecting The Artist’s work since 2023, building a deep connection over time. It reminds me of the bond between @Phteven_Nobody & @burst_cryptoart starting with collecting on Ethereum, then curating Burst on Bitcoin. For Hopeful, The Artist’s work struck a chord. It made him reflect on his own past. Avoid Bright Lights especially stuck with him. He rocked the PFP for 19 months, learning from The Artist, growing that connection. But the collection wasn’t minting out. So Hopeful thought: “𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚋𝚢 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚢? 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚠𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗?” And that’s how Don’t Avoid Bright Lights was born. Named by Hopeful, it evolved from a collector’s love into what’s now the biggest collaboration on Ordinals 🤯with over 80 artists participating. ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕤𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕕? It started with a spark: @Emilmto , the first artist Hopeful reached out to. Emil’s colorful description and tweets caught attention. Soon, artists were curious, asking questions, and jumping in. Hopeful’s track record as a collaboration manager& artist supporter made it easier to connect. On April 14th, I had the privilege of joining the private Discord, watching artists brainstorm, submit their work, and collaborate. It’s been surreal seeing this come together. From some artists submitting 4MB+ files, to @TheArtistBTC building an entire submission site, compressing files, sorting inscriptions, coordinating marketing. To @trio_xyz stepping up, to cover inscription costs and showcase the collection at Trio House in Vegas. The perks don’t stop there: ➩Artists will also get 1/1 interviews during live spaces in Vegas ➩Proceeds will be equally shared among the artists Over 80 submissions, from Bitcoin-native and IRL artists, creating a 5,000-supply collection, minting at $10–$15 USD on 3rd June. “𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙 @𝙏𝙝𝙚𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝘽𝙏𝘾 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣 @𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙖, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤’𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮. 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.” @HopefulofNFTs 2025 Don’t Avoid Bright Lights.