NFT Spiritual History: 15 Minutes of Heroic Dreams of Cans, Frogs and Ordinary People

In the world of "Tang Bohu's Autumn Fragrance", 9527 is just a domestic slave.

But in one cyberworld, 9527 equals $340,000.

The avatar below, the guy with the melon hat and smoking a cigarette, is the number 9527 of the 1w avatars in the world's hottest NFT project - Cryptopunks.

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Its owner "0x949...b786" just updated its listing price on January 23, 2022, 124ETH, equivalent to $34w.

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If you are willing to pay so much money, this avatar will be yours in the next second, how about it, it's a good deal, right?

What, do you think it's nonsense?

That's because you don't understand the rarity behind this avatar.

Did you see that cigarette in his mouth? Only 961 of 1w people have this attribute. Did you see his little hat? Only 419 individuals had this attribute. Did you see his sexy moustache? Look carefully, it is the gray one above the mouth, only 288 people have this attribute~~

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Oh, even so you don't mind. . .

It doesn't matter, you are not moved, someone is moved.

On June 10, 2021, the world-renowned auction house Sotheby's auctioned off its "brother", Cryptopunks No. 7523.

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Looking at this melon cap, it's still the same formula, except that the head below has become a so-called "alien", and the cigarettes are gone, replaced by a mask with seven dollars for one dollar.

Without further ado, let’s talk about the price first: this item sold for $11.75 million, which is almost a small target in RMB.

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Because of the 1w avatars, only 9 have alien faces, and he happens to be one of 175 people wearing masks.

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An interesting detail is: although masks are an excellent metaphor for the world today, when the 1w avatars of Cryptopunks were born six years ago, there was no new crown virus in the world.

Therefore, the original owner of No. 7523, who sold it at a cheap price (about $1,646) in 2017, was transferred to the seller of this auction, Sillytuna.

In four years, 7523 has become a "new crown alien avatar", and the price has increased by more than 7,000 times, which seems to be a better idea than buying a house.

This is Sillytuna's tweet, two days after the auction, and he's still complaining that he doesn't have any new shoes to wear. . . The tweet itself is pretty punk too.

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Maybe some friends are getting impatient. What a mess, with your skill in speaking, it is enough for me to download the picture, give the avatar P a look like wearing a mask and smoking, and then change it to my WeChat avatar. . .

Why am I paying $1000w for this shit picture?

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The question of "why is NFT valuable" has been explained by countless people.

But I want to tell you an interesting story from the perspective of "spiritual flow".





(1) Andy Warhol



In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.


In 1968, the line appeared on a promotional page for the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm.

That year, there was no internet, no iPhone, no TikTok, no Bitcoin, no Telegram.

But the core script that shapes today's world has fully emerged.

The person who said this was the "Pop Art Pope", Andy Warhol.