One of the First Tokens Redeemable for a Physical Product Rob Mitchell recently contacted me about tokens he created on Counterparty and Dogeparty in 2014. The tokens were — as far as he knew — the first use case of tokens being redeemable for a physical product. Rob is a…

NFT archaeology has uncovered the very first in-game NFTs on Ethereum and — as of the time of this writing — the third oldest NFTs on Ethereum. It also throws its hat into the ring as the first play-to-earn game on Ethereum and one of the firsts on any blockchain. …

Historical NFT digging has turned up a spectacular gem, what I believe to be the first female art project on Ethereum. The NFTs were made by artist Victoria Verdandi — who is already well established in the contemporary art world — but who secretly taught herself to code and began…

**UPDATE It is no longer possible to mint off of the contract in the way described below. All 4,000 NFTs were claimed within an hour of this article being published.** Sometimes as an NFT archeologist fate drops something into your lap that just makes you smile. Tonight, fate came in the form of my good friend and fellow NFT archeologist Wilt Chamberlain who dug up what seems to be the very first NFT on the Ethereum blockchain.

NFT Archeologist Brain Genius found this fantastic 2017 NFT project and it absolutely blew up. Tons of people visiting the site. So now you want to put a cool image on your Corner and have it link to your webpage. Perfect, let’s get it. DISCLAIMER: Anything you do after this…

There are only a handful of early artists that NFT archeologists can look back upon and say “wow, that was a pioneer.” For me, the first one I dug into deeply was Rhea Meyers who’s forward-thinking work on Bitcoin set the stage for artists to now thrive on Ethereum. Now…

With all of the hype surrounding the Loot Project for the past couple of weeks and it's encouraging the interoperability of its NFTs with other projects, I thought this would be a great time to pay homage to the first NFT to successfully uses interoperability — Mythicats. Mythicats were the…

NFT archeological digging has turned up another long-lost project. Launched on March 11, 2018, Aether is the world's first metaverse built to the ERC721 standard. With metaverses exploding over the past year that this project was the first to institute the ERC721 standard makes it a historically significant NFT project. Please read everything before proceeding and DYOR. Main Contract: …

You think you purchased a Number but you aren’t sure because nothing shows up in your MetaMask? No problem. There are two quick ways to see which Numbers you own. Verification Method 1 — If you know the # If you know what number you purchased then this is simple. Step 1: Make sure that you are logged into…