.@mooncatrescue, a collection of generative pixel art-style cats, was first launched in 2017. The project was forgotten for several years until a group of crypto collectors rediscovered it and helped bring it back to life.
@masonmarcobello breaks it down
https://t.co/6QVTZ74ioU
@opensea So... "milestones" meaning they did something significant in the space?
Or is it more they made OpenSea a bunch of money on royalties...?
Being able to stir up hype is one thing, innovating in a technology space is another.
s/o to @Digivatar for the #MoonCats firsts graphic!
SO,
yesterday @opensea asked community about historical collections to put in Spotlight!
If we see the comments, almost all people talked about @v1punks (ORIGINAL CryptoPunks) & @mooncatrescue between others.
And they chosen BAYC, DOODLES an WOW?
WTF?!
#Nocomments#NFTcommunity
i am proposing to those in the nft space, that we ditch the word blue-chip which is used extremely lightly, and just start using a spectrum to rank projects in terms of trading risk
I agree with this, but it doesn't mean people are late. When I started my podcast in 2014, MANY friends and smart folks told me I was too late and that the ship had already sailed. The 100s of thousands of NFT smart contracts in 2021-2022 might seem huge now... (cont.)
An original @mooncatrescue rescuer (claimed multiple MoonCats within the first 100) decided to wrap many "Day 1 MoonCats" and sell between .4 ETH - 3.5 ETH
Also some original 2018 rescuers have been accepting bids on dozens of cats between .4 ETH - .6 ETH
one of those classic "wallet wakes up" events last night... og @mooncatrescue wallet who minted a bunch of cats on the first day of the project (10/aug/2017) decided to wrap their cats last night 👇
NFT Archaeology I: Front Running History
NFT Archaeology has now been established for over 18 months. During this time we've seen hundreds of early projects and founders find a second chance
It's time to showcase how the emerging industry of "Historical NFTs" came to be 🧵👇
Critics: there's no use case for web3.
The internet since its inception has lacked the ability for creators to establish provenance and ownership rights over their digital creations.
web3 solves this.
That's a big fucking use case.
Okay so now as people seem to be waking up to historic NFTs, may i remind everyone of @mooncatrescue ?
First on-chain generative art from 2017 currently sitting at a ridiculous 0.3 floor.