An image of a rock, current as an NFT on Ethereum, has been bought for 139 ETH, Etherscan data on February 16 exhibits.
EtherRock NFT Offered For $235,000
On the time of shopping for, the 139 ETH used to buy the NFT translated to round $235,000. For this transaction, the customer paid 0.003672481899086462 ETH, or roughly $6, on the time.
Described as “EtherRock,” the NFT is among the many earliest in Ethereum and throughout the NFT ecosystem. Solely 100 of those NFTs had been minted, and so they have been altering fingers since then.
Most significantly, the creator says they had been created across the identical time the CryptoPunks had been minted on Ethereum. There are 10,000 CryptoPunks in circulation. Over time, CryptoPunks have remained a number of the most costly and coveted NFTs in Ethereum and throughout the ecosystem.
The issuer of EtherRock claims that with each new virgin rock being minted, the value of every rock will solely turn into dearer. As issues stand, no “virgin” rocks shall be minted for the reason that final 100 NFTs had been all issued. collectors can as an alternative select to purchase “non-virgin” rocks. All EtherRock NFTs are trustlessly managed by way of an audited sensible contract and are deployed solely on the Ethereum blockchain.
NFT With out Any Utility
It isn’t instantly clear who the customer of the NFT is. What’s evident is that EtherRock NFTs don’t have a selected use case. They’re created to exist as “pets on the blockchain.” What holders can do, nonetheless, is to commerce the token. The unique proprietor will revenue if a purchaser is keen to accumulate the NFT at a better worth.
Presently, there are a number of EtherRock NFTs that may be bought. Even so, it can’t be instantly decided which NFTs accessible had been acquired from the lower than 30 accessible for buying, per EtherRock checklist.
There are solely two house owners of EtherRock on OpenSea. These NFTs have a 0.4 ETH in buying and selling volumes and a ground worth of 0.1 ETH.
In the meantime, on the official EtherRock website, the proprietor of the primary EtherRock is promoting the NFT for 10,000 ETH. Many of those NFTs are additionally not accessible on the market. Even the most affordable EtherRock accessible is listed for 235 ETH.
The acquisition of the EtherRock comes at a time when the broader DeFi, crypto, and NFT markets are recovering after final yr’s winter noticed buying and selling volumes drop by over 90%.
Function picture from nftplazas.com, Chart from TradingView.
