Month: November 2022
NFT marketplace rankings
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Terra Nullius was the first NFT on ETH
According to research done by Adam McBride, Terra Nullius was the first NFT on ETH. Defined as land that is legally deemed to be unoccupied or uninhabited, Terra Nullius created a new frontier for investors. First minted on August 7, 2015, Terra Nullius
The first ERC-721 token: CryptoKitties
Breeding these cute little cats became so popular at the peak of the crypto bubble in 2017 that they literally “broke” Ethereum by driving gas prices up so high. This was the first instance of a blockchain game going viral, and thanks to all
The first NFT: Quantum
Minted during the early stages of blockchain technology, Quantum is most commonly cited as the first NFT ever created. Digital artist Kevin McCoy minted Quantum on the pre-Ethereum Bitcoin offshoot Namecoin in 2014, where it lay forgotten for years until it went up