Hedz Archive No. 509 / 1000

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Elephant — Hedz No. 509, recovered original artwork by Matt Furie

Recovered original · hash-matched to the pre-exploit pin

Hedz No. 509 of 1000

Elephant

A hand-drawn one-of-one by Matt Furie, minted September 2022 as token 509 of the Hedz collection. There are no generative traits and no rarity tiers — the original metadata carries only the artist and this name.

The image above is recovered. The on-chain metadata is not: this token still sits on a contract held by the address that seized it on 23 June 2025. Read the contract status.

Record

Token ID509
NameElephant
ArtistMatt Furie
CollectionHedz · 1000 works, capped
Contract0xefed2a58cc6a5b81f9158b231847f005cf086c01
ChainEthereum · ERC-721
Original fileelephant.png
Image CIDQmVCWtu9fYN3zhZsZYBR7xQXPKqMhYJytHQKy9UCsSiamJ
Metadata CIDQmenh6BuoMMNRj8yFyPv3VXbHDrHuoKnm7LLzGZfeW3B7v
Hash verified against the original mint
CID computed from the archival file QmVCWtu9fYN3zhZsZYBR7xQXPKqMhYJytHQKy9UCsSiamJ
Directory pin published in 2022 QmYWCvTFGwdPJu8siEeh5wkmjiFEka7Vz4NqQzJudLagrm

The first string was recomputed from this file’s bytes, which on its own proves only that the file is what it is. The evidence that it is the minted file is the second: all 1,000 works, rebuilt into a directory node, reproduce that address exactly — the pin published in 2022, which nobody holding the contract today can alter. One flipped bit anywhere in 279 MB would have changed it.

Check it yourself: ipfs add -n --only-hash elephant.png on the archival PNG prints the string above, or does not. The image on this page is a WebP derivative for size — the CID refers to the PNG.

Provenance

  • DrawnHand-drawn 1/1 by Matt Furie
  • MintedToken 509 · 0xefed2a58…6c01
  • Contract seizedOwnership taken; metadata rewritten
  • Jun 2025 —Image lostPlaceholder served in place of the work
  • RecoveredFile retrieved and hash-matched