I blocked out the existence of NFTs so hard that I thought these were Gorillaz sneakers and that this was a “kids these days don’t know good music!!” post
I'm gleaning from the comments that this design is somehow connected with NFTs? What I wonder is how did anyone pay enough attention for this to be considered self-evident? Who fucking cared?
I donated these because they weren't working right. They were advertised as nonfungible and yet they perfectly accommodated and enhanced my existing foot fungus.
But I was told a non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a blockchain and is used to certify ownership and authenticity so that it cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided.
I looked and there was no URL or any other info on the tags or inside the sneaker, just an inscrutable “simulation” logo. Also to “get” the NFT someone would have to transfer it to you, so I don’t think you can buy a secondhand NFT in that way, pretty sure it’s just incompatible with the technology
I remember the first time I ever heard the term "NFT". It was when Kings of Leon released When You See Yourself as an NFT, or something. That was in '21.
When I saw it, I thought, "if this is scam bullshit, the fact that I'm seeing it means it's already dead". Because I'm the most average of person
I was there for a bunch of the first cryptos that promised these technological advances on blockchain and saw coin ipo, money dump and disappear and repeat for years on end before the nfters who were just the same and they still have yet to make anything of worth.
A lotta yall still dont get it. Shoe holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single shoe. So if you have 1 shoe and 3 slurp juices you can create 3 new shoes.
Wasn’t everything with an AI monkey supposed to be worth at LEAST $63,929,664 by now? I find it very suspect that a get rich quick scheme wasn’t as fruitful as promised.
The Bored Ape was an NFT scam. Their alleged value was tied to their position on the blockchain, basically a receipt with a digital footprint that couldn't be "funged", IE replaced or copied. The joke is this artwork [sic] has been funged to the point of appearing on a shoe and sold secondhand.
🤔 Hmmm. Sophie's explanation is basically right but I don't know if we're at five-year-old levels 😅 Let's see. Well, start with the picture. Any cartoonist can draw a monkey. I guess it's kinda cute if you like that sort of thing. For an artist with any skill, this can be drawn with minimal effort.
The group who released this illustration made a set of ~100 with slight variations; different colors, hairstyles, or shirts. Would you believe a scammer convinced Sotheby's to auction it? And that eventually someone paid over $24 million dollars for it?
There is no artwork, just a set of digital images. If the owner wanted, they could print copies of them to hang on the wall... but so could anybody who saw a picture of them online.
The only proof that the mark who became $24 million dollars poorer to "own" this art "collection" is their receipt
Someone convinced a bunch of rubes that artificial scarcity is cool and that /links/ to shitty generic computer generated images (not even the image itself) is worth millions of dollars and could only ever go up in value. Some lost everything they own... and post-scam anything related is worth $0.
Basically idiots bought receipts to things they didnt own or have any rights to for shocking amounts and now they're so poor and embarrassed any merch they made or bought with said images goes straight into the garbage or goodwill
My headcanon is that some miserable ex-wife was given this as part of a divorce settlement and immediately yeeted it into the donation bin because "what the hell am I going to do with this" lmao
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I think.
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xe47cb5382c880d69161f3f0601c47513df19a3994c3afc58e300efa50bbee987
Y'know... the one that started the whole trend.
Of thinking.
Current value: some pocket lint and a penny
All my apes, knocked off.
I would buy those
Not to wear
But they’re so ridiculous I doubt anyone will ever see them again
When I saw it, I thought, "if this is scam bullshit, the fact that I'm seeing it means it's already dead". Because I'm the most average of person
A lotta yall still dont get it. Shoe holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single shoe. So if you have 1 shoe and 3 slurp juices you can create 3 new shoes.
That's hilarious
This is not Goodwill.
Never Worn
The gag is, the buyer never received anything
The only proof that the mark who became $24 million dollars poorer to "own" this art "collection" is their receipt
Idiot shoes
Never worn.