Have you heard of the NFT CryptoPunks?
The CryptoPunks project was started in June 2017 by Larva Labs, a two-person team consisting of creative technologists Matt Hall and John Watkinson. Collectibles like Pokémon cards, CryptoPunks was released as an experiment.
Currently, there are a total of 6,039 male Punks, 3,840 female Punks and several pop culture archetypes that, along with the ethereal aliens, include 88 green-skinned zombie Punks and 24 ape Punks. There are also eight Punks with no distinctive features, and those are occasionally referred to as the Genesis Punks.
They originally released 9,000 Punks for free yes FREE! to anyone who had an Ethereum wallet, minus the price of gas fees, which were 11 cents at the time. Larva Labs kept 1,000 Punks for itself.
If you are ever wondering what does it mean to hold a CryptoPunk, this means that you are the sole owner of a one-of-a-kind pixel avatar.
