Each Punk is algorithmically generated from 87 distinct attributes (hairstyles, accessories, and facial details) distributed across five archetypal types: 6,039 male humans, 3,840 female humans, 88 green zombies, 24 brown apes, and 9 ultra-rare blue aliens. The system forms a typology, a way to classify identity into recognizable categories. No two are the same.

Unlike traditional portraits that are commissioned to capture how you look, CryptoPunks invert the process. You adopt a pre-existing avatar that signals how you want to be seen online. In this way, CryptoPunks are the defining portraits for the internet age, permanently inscribed on the blockchain and living on as networked art.

Today, they trade in their own native marketplace; every bid, offer, and sale is visible and instantaneous. Blue means not for sale. Red means listed for sale by their owner. Purple means there is an active bid on Punk. The system is simple, transparent, and verifiable.