CEO of CryptoPunks Hall of Fame
The “CEO of CryptoPunks” is an NFT that’s always for sale on cigtoken.eth.limo
It can be purchased by anybody using the contract’s native currency, “Cigarettes” (CIG).
Whoever buys it can nominate a CryptoPunk to be a CEO, and set a graffiti message. Here is a log of the CEO’s.
Punk #5577, was the first ever punk to hold the CEO title.
The punk was owned by @straybits1 on Twitter
at the time. Message: “As CEO I declare Dec 21 Punk Day”
Paid: 50,000 $CIG
Date: Dec-22–2021 09:57:55 AM +UTC
Punk #835, was the 2nd punk to hold the CEO title.
Owned by: @azuma_bitcoin on Twitter
Message: “@azuma_bitcoin“
Paid: 1,000,000 $CIG Date: Dec-22–2021 08:01:36 PM +UTC
Punk #2042, was the 3rd punk to hold the CEO title.
Owned by: @cyounessi1 on Twitter
Message: “First punks token” Paid: 3,000,000 $CIG Date: Dec-27–2021 03:57:49 PM +UTC
Punk #3934, is the 5th punk to hold the CEO title.
Owned by: @cryptopunkart on Twitter
Message: “ART is Utility Stooopid…” Paid: 1,000,000 $CIG Date: May-05–2022 01:05:14 AM +UTC
Punk #2317, is the 6th punk to hold the CEO title.
Owned by: unknown?
Message: “Even BURNED, Punks still Rule” Paid: 3,000,000 $CIG Date: Jul-31–2022 11:57:54 PM +UTC
Address: 0x1469562bbd2ec530018811750D7CF49c34C3032E
Notes: Ruled until Nov-13–2022 01:42:59 PM +UTC, defaulting on their tax obligations. The first punk to increase the issuance to a maximum of 1000 per block, and held it there for the duration of their reign. Set the take-over price to 20 million Cigarettes on August 24th, paying tax of 20k Cigarettes daily. This CEO did not engage with the community and kept silent through their term. The punk they used was also a burned punked, the address controlling the CEO title did not actually own this punk.
Punk #9527, is the 7th punk to hold the CEO title.
Owned by: maxwellx.eth (@punk9527 on Twitter)
Message: “In Punks We Trust.”
Paid: 14,000,000 $CIG
Date: Nov-15–2022 06:40:47 AM +UTC
Address: 0x1469562bbd2ec530018811750D7CF49c34C3032E
Notes: The first punk with a Cigarette trait to become the CEO! Set the take-over price to 10 million CIG. Drafted the initial terms of the CryptoPunks constitution
Punk #7407, is the 8th punk to hold the CEO title.
Owned by: Phantom Scribbs (@phantom_scribbs on Twitter)
Message: “Privacy is necessary…”
Paid: 1,000,000 $CIG
Date: Dec-03–2022 05:38:23 PM +UTC
Address: 0x70399b85054dd1d94f2264aFc8704a3ee308ABAf
Notes: The first punk with a beanie to become the CEO. Initial take-over price set to 2 million CIG.
Punk #3138, is the 9th punk to hold the CEO title.
Owned by: CryptoPunks CE (@cryptopunks_ce on Twitter)
Message: “https://cryptopunks.eth.limo”
Paid: 2,000,000 $CIG
Date: Dec-10–2022 03:08:11 AM +UTC
Address: cryptopunks.eth
Notes: Set the take-over price to 5 mil CIG, and prepaid 6,270,000 CIG in taxes. Made the following announcment on Twitter https://twitter.com/cryptopunks_ce/status/1601418716562206720?cxt=HHwWgMDRldH1sLksAAAA
Punk #8716, is the 10th punk to hold the CEO title
Owned by: The CEO title was bought and held by “godsavethegoat” on Twitter, who nominated the punk since he doesn’t own a punk. The punk’s owner is tycoon.eth
Message: “LET PUNK LEAD”
Paid: 5,000,000 $CIG
Date: Feb-01–2023 11:54:59 AM +UTC
Address: godsavedagoat.eth
Notes: During his reign, godsavedagoat cleaned up and re-organized the Discord server and bought it back to life. He never missed a gm in the morning. The most important achievement was that he took the Factory under control and bought the issuance rate down to 42 CIG per block.
Punk #8515, is the 11th punk to hold the CEO title
Owned by: barcellapunk on Twitter
Message: “GM — Let’s get stoned punks”
Paid: 4,000,000 $CIG
Date: Mar-09–2023 03:54:59 AM +UTC
Address: barcella.eth
Notes: The first hooded punk to hold the CEO. Barcella hit the ground running, organizing a NFT giveaway for CIG holders who also joined the Discord. When it came to governing the issuance, Barcella reversed the policy of the previous CEO and increased the issuance by 20%, leaving the annual inflation at 5.77%. Barcella wanted to increase it more, however some of the top CIG holders lobbied for the issuance not be increased, for which Barcella used his discretion. Barcella appeared as a Cig Token spokesman on Twitter Spaces, forged a relationship with the Forever Punks marketplace, and also appeared on the PunkCast, talking about CIG vs APE. In all, a very active and dedicated CEO, much liked by the community, he left behind a strong legacy.
Punk #3138, is the 12th CEO, and 1st to hold it twice!
Owned by: cryptopunks.eth
Message: “https://cryptopunks.eth.limo”
Paid: 5,069,420 $CIG
Date: Apr-22–2023 05:05:35 AM +UTC
Address: cryptopunks.eth
During the term, the CEO was busy developing the cryptopunks.eth.limo marketplace, a new marketplace for the punks.
The CEO lowered the rewards once to 32.4 CIG per block. Before the end of the term, the CEO increased the take-over price to 10 million CIG.
Punk #3900, is the 13th CEO, and the shortest reign in history
Owned by: 0x696ed7b26f4b019ceec78dc8b9140ad64a6f354b (
beautifulnfts.eth)
Message:
Paid: 8,000,000 $CIG
Date: May-29–2023 12:51:59 PM +UTC
Address: beautifulnfts.eth
Ruled for less than 1 hour! The takeover price was set to 8,500,000 CIG. There was no graffiti message set here.
What happened was that the CEO’s punk, 3138, was sold. So, the CEO wanted to swap the punk to #7209, a new punk acquired by the cryptopunks.eth market. However, the only way to swap the punk is to buy the CEO title. Since you cannot buy the CEO title from your own address, another address needs to buy it first, and CEO 13 is the result of this transaction.
Punk #7209, is the 14th CEO, and 2nd crazy hair punk with 3d glass to hold the title!
Owned by: cryptopunks.eth
Message: “cryptopunks.eth.limo”
Paid: 8,500,000 $CIG
Date: May-29–2023 01:44:47 PM +UTC
Address: cryptopunks.eth
Takeover price: 10,000,000 CIG
Tax prepaid: 1,000,000 CIG
Punk #5413, is the 15th CEO
Punk owned by: warrenhimself
Message: “release the stogies”
Paid: 10,000,000 $CIG
Date: 2023–09–03
Address: tycoon.eth
Takeover price: 1,000,000,000 CIG (one billion CIG!)
Tax prepaid: 1,000,000 CIG
Due to a typo, tycoon.eth entered punk 5413 instead of 4513. Tycoon then reached out to “warrenhimself” on Twitter to explain the situation and got their consent to use the punk as the CEO.
Tycoon paid 10 million CIG to take-over the title, setting a 1 billion CIG take-over price. This meant that he was burning 10k CIG daily. Tycoon reduced the take-over price to 50,000,000 CIG
Having CIG under control, tycoon.eth lowered the issuance to 8.5 CIG per block, which meant an annual inflation of 0.98% — a record low.
Finally, after some time, tycoon.eth burned all his CIG and he was booted by Billy from the CEO role. This resulted in an empty seat, and an auction for the CEO title kicked-off.
Punk #5465, is the 16th CEO!
Owned by: 0x73a6A002B9538F636FbfE6bfB8b7440b8b3A510E
Message: “bitwala.com seed round open^^”
Paid: 0.000001 $CIG
Date: Apr-25–2024 09:39:23 PM +UTC
Address: 0x73a6A002B9538F636FbfE6bfB8b7440b8b3A510E
Takeover price: 10000 CIG initially
Tax prepaid: 100 CIG initially
The action completed with nobody buying the title. Since the price cannot be zero, it stopped at 0.000001 $CIG.
Punk #5465 came in and swooped the CEO title for a bargain! Soon after, the CEO deposited 90,000 CIG worth of tax, then raised the takeover price to 990,000 CIG!
Not much else is known about this CEO, except for leaving a mysterious garffiti message.
Punk #0, is the 17th CEO!
Owned by: 0xE08c32737c021C7d05d116b00a68a02F2d144AC0
Message: “Phunk is Punk”
Paid: 990,000 $CIG
Date: May-03–2024 10:10:59 PM +UTC
CEO’s Address: elbmuh.eth
Takeover price: 10,000,000 CIG
Tax prepaid: 1,000,000 CIG
The Phunks take over! elbmuh.eth, who is a noted Phunks community member, took over the CEO Title, nominating punk 0 to represent him.
During his tenure, the CEO purchased punk #5034, his first ever punk!
The CEO increased the issuance of CIG by 20%.
Finally, the CEO defaulted on tax on Jun-06–2024 01:20:11 AM +UTC
Punk #7209, is the 17th CEO!
Owned by: 0x1e593f141c90f8638ed657634cc62f5bdcf9cfeb
Message: “https://cryptopunks.eth.limo/”
Paid: 900,000 $CIG
Date: Jun-06–2024 02:28:23 PM +UTC
CEO’s Address: cryptopunks.eth
Takeover price: 900,000 CIG
Tax prepaid: 90,000 CIG
After the previous CEO’s tax default, CryptoPunk 7209 won the dutch action and took the CEO title. It’s not the first time this punk has been a CEO!
