shaDoAW

"shaDoAWs" cast into the wallets exposed by the first mints of DoAW — a collection by Joan Heemskerk in which collectors mint seed phrases to real Ethereum accounts. While each DoAW plays through the sub-infinite number of private keys derived from their seed phrase, each shaDoAW plays through all possible seed phrases of wallets on Ethereum (2^160). With these seed phrases public, anyone may loot the shaDoAWs enclosed in each wallet. But moving them out requires depositing ETH inside, and any funds deposited into these wallets are at serious risk of being stolen by bots watching compromised accounts. In this interplay of security and art, DoAW and shaDoAW explore the nature of revealed secrets while navigating the perilous landscape of blockchain transparency. ⚠️ These are real wallets with exposed keys! Any assets deposited to these wallets are at serious risk for exploits and theft.