PROOF OF EXISTENCE 2026
6/10 sections recovered · name · leaderboard description · platform metadata cover · match catalog tags · match catalog funding · leaderboard submissions · match catalog
4 fund applications (2 curated) · 1 season
A year-long artwork where anyone can draw light trails on an eternal blockchain canvas to prove they existed in 2026.
BlockchainCollective MemoryDigital ArtParticipatoryReal-TimeWeb3 decentralizedarts-mediacommunity-economy
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About
A digital canvas open all of 2026. Anyone can draw light trails with their mouse. Every trail is saved forever on the blockchain. At year's end, thousands of strangers' lights merge into one collective artwork.
Impact
Most people who ever lived left no trace. This project gives ordinary people something once reserved for kings: a permanent mark in history. Your light trail will exist as long as the blockchain exists. Potentially centuries. Proof you were here.
Progress
Launched January 1, 2026. Live now at proofexistence.com. Smart contracts deployed on Polygon mainnet. 3D canvas operational. Supports both crypto wallets and email login. Trail data stored permanently on Arweave. First participants already drawing.
Team
I built this alone — contracts, 3D canvas, backend, everything. But I built it because the question haunts me. My grandmother left no record she existed. In two generations, no one will know she lived. I refuse to accept that for others.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $0 | — |
| Total | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $0 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration | curated | 2026-07-09 |
| Season 6 | Phygital Performance Fund for Immersive Art | submitted | 2026-01-06 |
| Season 6 | Expanding Horizons Fund | submitted | 2026-01-20 |
| Season 7 | ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation | curated | 2026-07-09 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Platform page (offline): https://artizen.fund/index/p/proof-of-existence-2026
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/proof-of-existence-2026
Wayback: leaderboard page ↗ · Wayback: platform page ↗
Not recovered: creator, links, drives, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.
Top siblings
Projects that applied to the same funds.
| Project | Shared funds | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FutureZoo What if the most powerful force in conservation isn’t protection, but connection? | Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration, Expanding Horizons Fund, ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation +1 | $215,046 |
| 2. | Neurodevelop: Neuromodulation for everyone Neurodevelop is a scientific and technological project that uses knowledge of human physi… | Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration, Expanding Horizons Fund, ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation +1 | $1,790 |
| 3. | TEENTOK - Future unlocked DISCOVER THE PATH TO YOUR FUTURE | Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration, Expanding Horizons Fund, ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation | $9,731 |
| 4. | The International Artists Project Documentary First Documentary to Tell the Stories of Music Artists Born in Every Country on Earth | Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration, Expanding Horizons Fund, ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation | $563 |
| 5. | International Artists Project Global Music Community uplifting artists born in every country of the world, preserving h… | Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration, Expanding Horizons Fund, ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation | $462 |
| 6. | Labour Union of Higherdimensional Shapeshifters Collaborative transmedia experience (interactive movie) inviting Artizen community to rea… | Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration, Expanding Horizons Fund, ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation | $360 |
| 7. | Akuya I am an upcoming artist and this is my first track of the year, i need help for the produ… | Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration, Expanding Horizons Fund, ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation | $234 |
| 8. | Curating Augmented Reality Exhibitions for a Global Public Space Balanced Forces transforms cities into open galleries by curating Augmented Reality exhib… | Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration, ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation, Phygital Performance Fund for Immersive Art | $155 |
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