> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://book.awalkaday.art/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://book.awalkaday.art/chronicle-of-milestones-navigation/internet-footprints.md).

# Internet Footprints

The visual art practice, reinforced by web surfing, began in [July 2017](https://www.instagram.com/p/BWvILEmAPcy/), when a photo was posted on Instagram with the following caption: '**Don't watch the clock. Do what it does. Keep going**'.

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The 1st photo on Instagram. Its original file as well as others shared on Instagram between July and November of 2017 were lost and not preserved on the Ethereum blockchain.
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The first and last photographs, preserved in the collection on the blockchain, appeared online respectively in [November 2017](https://www.instagram.com/p/BbXjDXsH22K) and [September 2022](https://www.instagram.com/p/CidZs2BDRMz).

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The oldest photo in the blockchain series was posted on Instagram during his birthday in Nov 2017. Its original version was lost; but a copy was recovered, named and minted in the first quarter of 2023. Same recovery story for all tokenized photos of the first two years.
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The Internet domain **awalkaday.art** was officially registered in [May 2021](https://whois.gandi.net/en/results?search=awalkaday.art).

One year later, a meaningful milestone was reached when selected photographs graced the virtual walls of the [MONOLITH Gallery](https://monolith.gallery/archives) inside Sellen Hall in [July 2022](https://monolith.gallery/hall/sellen/g56L1RdA9DXtqQR3aALG).

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The last photo in this series, posted on Instagram in Sept 2022, which was later preserved on the blockchain.
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As of [September 2023](https://x.com/awalkadayart/status/1703776310252736941?s=20), the `awalkaday.art` [**smart contract**](https://etherscan.io/address/0xe31801c2e58b151c3ded2cb29da56147b7f27eb1) and its [contract deployer](https://etherscan.io/address/0xb5ee030c71e76c3e03b2a8d425dbb9b395037c82) are labeled by a major search engine and browser for blockchain data, [Etherscan](https://etherscan.io/address/0xE31801C2E58b151C3deD2cB29dA56147b7f27eB1).

A congratulatory message citing the virtual exhibition hall of the photo series was posted by the [.ART web domains registry](https://art.art/) on two social media networks in [February](https://x.com/Art_Domains/status/1755917791658418315?s=20) [2024](https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE4MjM4NDY5NjU2MjEwMzQz?story_media_id=3301932341141746093_5749556061\&igsh=MXVzbXJ0cmo4ZTByMQ==).

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The final photo of Oct 2022 on Instagram. Its original file plus 4 others of that October were lost and not preserved on Ethereum.
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