[chrisbolt]

That transaction appears to have an image attached: https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/2fc565c... (see Ordinals Inscription)

[mvdtnz]

Wow they spent $5k to put some incredibly ugly AI generated art on the blockchain. Money well spent.

[block_dagger]

But it's on a halving block, so whoever did it has bragging rights in a way. In twenty years they can point to it and say "I did that." I fear that ordinal inscriptions will start making the blockchain unwieldy, but I'm not educated enough to know if the mining cost of adding them is a good enough defense against such spam on the bitcoin chain.

[tim333]

Bargain compared to some stuff: https://blockgeeks.com/5-most-expensive-bored-ape-yacht-club...

[Ferret7446]

Some people pay a lot of money for paper bills with interesting serial numbers, far above the bill's denomination. This is no different.