MAX CAPACITY
Series

DOS PUNKS

complete

Started
2021-10
Status
complete

1,000-piece pixel art PFP collection (unique 1/1s; ≈500 Tezos / ≈500 Ethereum) in retro DOS/text-character style — a glitched take on CryptoPunks aesthetics. Originally on hic et nunc, October 2021. Max Capacity's Web3 breakthrough, directly leading to the formation of DOS DAO.

DOS PUNKS

Max Capacity 2021 · Pixel Art / Text-Mode · Tezos · Objkt

Concept

1,000-piece pixel art PFP collection (unique 1/1s; ≈500 on Tezos / ≈500 on Ethereum) in retro DOS/text-character style — a glitched take on CryptoPunks aesthetics. Originally launched on hic et nunc in October 2021, now on Objkt. Bridges Max Capacity’s long-standing 1980s DOS nostalgia with crypto art culture.

Details

  • Medium: Pixel art / text-mode / DOS-style graphics
  • Edition size: 1,000 pieces total (≈500 on Tezos / ≈500 on Ethereum; each is a unique 1/1)
  • Blockchain: Tezos (primary), Ethereum
  • Platform: Objkt.com (originally hic et nunc, migrated to Objkt)
  • Release date: October 2021
  • Mint highlight: DOS Punk X — October 31, 2021
  • Tezos contract / profile: tz1bXmENMn2Uxn5hMRyp3V3qaXqS2X5B1BDS

Significance

DOS PUNKS was Max Capacity’s early Web3 breakthrough, directly leading to the founding of DOS DAO — a community DAO dedicated to collecting and promoting glitch and digital art. The collection bridges his pre-NFT internet art practice (DOS-era graphics, ASCII/text-mode aesthetics) with the crypto art world.

  • DOS DAO — community DAO founded by Max Capacity around this collection
  • DOSamigos — follow-up series (~1,500 ASCII/PETSCII/text-mode pieces; stakeable for $DOS token)
  • Celebrating PFPs on Tezos - Suburbs Gallery — April 2025 exhibition featuring DOS PUNKS

Press

  • text-mode.org - Max Capacity’s DOSamigos (references DOS Punks context)
  • Tezos Spotlight - Celebrating PFPs on Tezos (April 2025; describes DOS Punks as “1,000 pixel art NFTs created by artist Max Capacity, released in October 2021”)
  • Art Blueprint - The Beautiful Corruptions of Glitch Art (DOS Punks on ETH/Tezos/Ordinals mentioned)
  • Jon Cates - MAX CAPACITY’s Digital Analog Glitch and Crypto Art (2023)
  • Glitch Art on Tezos - 3 Years of Beautiful Glitches (Electric Chronicles, Jan 17, 2024; DOS Punk X reproduced p. 6 — mint date Oct 31, 2021 confirmed)

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