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Liquidity Layer

A coin that erases itself as it's traded

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Liquidity Layer is an artwork on an ERC-20 token, transforming market activity into a collaborative, generative, self-consuming force.

Each trade leaves a mark. Buys and sells pile up.

Until nothing remains but speculation.

Infrastructure as art

The work operates across multiple layers

  1. Visual: Each trade leaves a mark
  2. Economic: A self-consuming coin that destroys itself as it's traded
  3. Extensions: A growing NFT series, each minted by burning the original coin

Visual layer: Rendering speculation as image

Each buy or sell modifies the image, stacking transactions as visual noise. The more liquidity flows, the more the original artwork disappears.

Subtractive overlap

+ and elements use a subtractive blend mode: when they overlap, they cancel out, turning black. Over time, these overlaps accumulate, erasing the image instead of revealing it.

Every transaction is a visual trace. But more activity doesn’t bring clarity. It brings void.

With enough volume, the image disappears entirely. Not in a sudden flash, but through slow erosion. A visual record of exchange, fading to darkness.

Economic layer: The self-consuming token

Liquidity Layer doesn’t just visualize speculation. It consumes itself through it.

Initially deployed with 1 billion tokens, the total supply is being slowly reduced as the token is traded.

The project earns 0.5% - 1% of all trading volume involving the token. These rewards are sent to a public, permissionless contract which swaps the rewards for Liquidity Layer tokens and permanently burn them.

This turns every trade, every movement of value, into destruction.

The more speculation there is, the faster the artwork erases itself.

This mechanism extends the core idea of Liquidity Layer. Turning speculation into both medium and message, until nothing remains but proof of participation.

Extension layer: Creation accelerates destruction

Layers is an ongoing series of ERC-1155 NFTs that expand the original artwork only mintable by burning the original coin

Each minted as a 24-hour open edition for 1 million Liquidity Layer tokens.

Each extension is a standalone piece, building on the logic and concept of Liquidity Layer. But they all share one core mechanic: minting requires 1 million Liquidity Layer tokens, and every token used is permanently burned.

The more these extensions are collected, the fewer Liquidity Layer tokens exist, accelerating the original artwork's self-destruction.

#1 difference of opinion

#1 difference of opinion

Edition of 21

Transactions stack in difference blend mode, revealing and obscuring the image below. Artwork continues to change with liquidity layer, shaped by activity.

#2 sum

#2 sum

Edition of 13

The market decides what is seen and what is hidden. Buys reveal, sells erase. Always changing, never complete.

#3 mvp

#3 mvp

Edition of 10

An icon compressed to its essence and stored onchain.

#4 mark of sale

#4 mark of sale

Edition of 11

A masterpiece, obscured by the symbol of its own commodification.

#5 surface area

#5 surface area

Edition of 17

how far can an idea spread

#6 speculative frame

#6 speculative frame

Edition of 11

the bounds of chaos

Visibility layer: Display Liquidity Layer in your art collection

One problem with putting art on ERC-20 coins is that most wallets and marketplaces won’t show ERC-20 artwork the way they do NFTs.

This means collectors miss out on showcasing Liquidity Layer in their collections.

The solution

The Liquidity Layer Contributor NFT bridges the gap between ERC-20 art and NFT display infrastructure so you can show off your Liquidity Layer participation just like any other onchain collectible.

It’s a non-transferable NFT that mirrors each collector’s share of the coin. Anyone holding at least the minimum balance of Liquidity Layer receives the NFT.

NFT detail

The NFT metadata and image are generated on-chain by a separate renderer contract and shows your real-time percentage of the total supply and the exact same image as the coin itself.

The NFT is non-transferable: transfer and approval functions are disabled. That way, it really just represents “I hold Liquidity Layer,” not a tradable asset.

If your token balance ever drops below the eligibility threshold, the NFT gets burned. If you later rebuild your balance, you can mint that same NFT again.

NFT in gallery

Proof of process

The code that powers Liquidity Layer’s image updates is fully open-source. Anyone can inspect, fork, or build on top of it.

View on GitHub


LIQUIDITY LAYER

DEPLOYEDFeb 25, 2025
TOKEN TYPEERC-20
CHAINBase
STARTING SUPPLY1 billion
TOKEN ADDRESS0x5a34646b860485f012435e2486edb375615d1c7b