XCOPY / KO

jimbobbins.eth

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5 copies across 5 works, collected since October 2019; 4 held at the latest snapshot

jimbobbins.eth is the collecting identity of James Morgan, whose X profile, titled ‘James - jimbobbins.eth’, lists Manchester-based roles as founder of BlockRocket, alongside earlier Web3 work at eBay and an earlier role as a founder of KnownOrigin. In a 2020 review written under his own name, Morgan described BlockRocket as a blockchain engineering and consultancy firm based in Manchester and KnownOrigin, the digital art marketplace on which XCOPY’s editions were issued, as its first decentralised application.1 KnownOrigin, founded in 2018 by Andy Gray, David Moore and Morgan, was acquired by eBay in June 2022, with all three co-founders joining the company.2 The X profile describes Morgan as a ‘digital art enjoyooor’.

Collecting record

DateWorkCopyEventETHTransaction
h-u-m-a-n2/15MintedETH 0.0850x3068…5e40
The Doomed71/100MintedETH 0.060x1e29…13dc
No Favour (cold)1/25MintedETH 0.20x3463…6f93
The Damage1/25MintedETH 0.20xc74c…d625
h-u-m-a-n2/15Transferred out·0x0514…7ea2
BANGERS AND CRASH5/25Received·0xcf5a…e07a

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  1. Cited for this account: In a 2020 review written under his own name, Morgan described BlockRocket as a blockchain engineering and consultancy firm based in Manchester and KnownOrigin, the digital art marketplace on which XCOPY’s editions were issued, as its first decentralised application.

    James Morgan, “BlockRocket — 2019. A year in review,” Medium, 14 January 2020, medium.com/blockrocket/blockrocket-2019-587c202ffb4a (accessed 7 October 2026). ↩︎

  2. Cited for this account: KnownOrigin, founded in 2018 by Andy Gray, David Moore and Morgan, was acquired by eBay in June 2022, with all three co-founders joining the company.

    Aisha Malik, “eBay acquires NFT marketplace KnownOrigin for an undisclosed sum,” TechCrunch, 22 June 2022, techcrunch.com/2022/06/22/ebay-acquires-nft-marketplace-knownorigin (accessed 7 October 2026). ↩︎