LASTWICK Enter the auction
Live on Zcash · from 22 September

A candle auctionon Zcash.

999 pixel candles called Embers, sold one at a time. Each candle burns for a single Zcash block. Bid while it burns: when the next block lands, the highest bid takes it.

999Embers
1Block per candle
1 in 10Whitelist raffle
An Ember, a burning pixel candle
EmberNo. 213
01bid.lastwick.xyz

The auction room

Watch the candle burn, take a seat and bid. Connect Noir or any Zcash wallet.

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Whitelist checker

See if your name made the final list, and grab your card to share.

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How it works

One candle, one block

Sold by inch of candle, the way England sold ships in the 1660s.

Every candle starts free.
Nobody knows when it goes out,
not even us.

Lit at nothingblock N lights it
Burning · bids come inwhile block N+1 is being mined
Outblock N+1 ends it
Candle 213 · lit on block #3,491,857 
1
It lights itself. The same block that puts one candle out lights the next, at zero.
2
Bid while it burns. Each bid beats the last by at least 0.001 ZEC. Bids don't relight it.
3
The next block ends it. Nobody can schedule a block, so there is no last second to snipe.
4
Highest bid wins. Outbid? Your ZEC comes straight back.
The whitelist

What the list gets you

The form is closed and the list is final. Anyone can still bid on every candle.

Turn the wickOnce per candle, while it burns. Every turn is one ticket.
Free candlesIf nobody bids on a candle, one of the names that turned its wick is drawn at random and keeps it free.
Round 10Every tenth candle isn't sold. It's a whitelist raffle, and every ticket you enter is one more chance. Unused tickets carry over.

On auction day, connect the wallet you registered with and sign once. It's free, moves no funds, and unlocks your perks.

The collection

999 Embers

Hand-made pixel candles, each one flickering. Every Ember is airdropped to its owner when the whole auction ends.

Paying

Two ways to bid

Shielded ZEC only. Nobody here will ever ask for your seed phrase.

Table

Deposit once, bid instantly

Put ZEC on your table and every bid lands at once. Outbid, it's back on your table right away.

Wallet

Send each bid yourself

Pay the bid straight from Noir or any Zcash wallet. It counts as soon as it reaches the network. Outbid, it comes back after the lot settles.

Proof

Check us

Zcash has no smart contracts. Where the chain can't hold us to our word, we publish the numbers.

The art was fixed before lot 1.

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One hash of all 999 Embers. Hash any Ember yourself and compare. Every draw uses a public drand round, and every candle's end is a block anyone can look up.

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The first candle lights on 22 September

Bid before the
flame goes out.