A Little Footnote in the Code Tells the Curio Cards Story From the Archive Itself

Curio Cards went live in 2017, two months before the standard that would come to define the form. A Little Footnote in the Code follows that story from before the first card through the quiet years to the moment the market went looking for what came first.

It is assembled rather than remembered: every claim traces back to a broadcast, an interview, a contract or a block. Chapter titles like New Card Tuesday and Dying on the Vine come from the record, not from hindsight.