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2/ Disclaimers: - There's probably more out there, - Not ALL of these are true "NFTs" or NFTs at all. Some may have fungible properties, some are just early art, - Resource links provided right at the bottom, LESGO

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bitcoin 2.X (aka Colored Bitcoin) – initial specs

3/ Possibly the first known graphic on the #Bitcoin blockchain. Block Number: 138725 Date: 2011 Creator:

@dakami

First piece of ASCII art embedded in the blockchain Not tradable, it just exists in its immutable glory. Source: messagesfromthemines.brangerbriz.com

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4/ 2012: "Colored Coins" or Colored Bitcoins, Not literally "colored", just an early/fancy way of embedding data into coins and playing with the concept of Non Fungibility on chain. Laid the groundwork for further Non Fungible experiments, Early Source:

yoniassia.com

We believe that a new economic framework requires a new form of digital currency (aka the good dollar). The bitcoin protocol is perfect as the underlying technology just as HTTP is the foundation o…

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The History of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

5/ In 2014, Robert Dermody, Adam Krellenstein, and Evan Wagner founded Counterparty. It opened the door for people to create their own tokens/assets on blockchain. We started seeing more art, games and memes on blockchain here. Source:

medium.com

What is a Non-Fungible Token (NFT)?

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6/ 2014: NILIcoins,

Possibly the very first cases of issuing coins backed by Art. (Fractionalized/Shards). By Nili Lerner and issued as colored coins on counterparty. Source: bitcointalk.org/index.php?topi

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7/ Monegraph, (monetized graphics), was an early way for Artists to secure Art on blockchain.

@Monegraph

. 1. Sign in with Twitter 2. Submit URL 3. Receive a key - store in Namecoin wallet. They can sign this monegraph deed over to a buyer if desired. techcrunch.com/2014/05/09/mon

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8/ THING† & OLGA† were very early 'single unit counter-party token issuances'. 2014. THING†: Not known to represent anything OLGA†: Gift to a girlfriend Sources, twitter.com/wasthatawolf/s docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d

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@wasthatawolf

Jun 11, 2021

Spent my morning carefully crafting btc txs to rescue the THING from an address hacked over 7 years ago! Wasn't sure if the bots were watching and didn't want to take any chances... they were there, but I was too fast! The THING (minted April 7, 2014) is now secure. #NFT

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9/ Ok this one is PRETTY COOL. 2014. Mccoyspace.

@mccoyspace

Possibly the very first GIF to be recorded or linked to on blockchain. Ever. On namecoin. SOURCE: nmc.tokenview.com/en/tx/fa8b9a6a

GIF

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10/ Spells of Genesis by

@EverdreamSoft

. 2015. One of if not the first attempt at releasing game assets/cards on blockchain. (Counterparty). They also released Bitcrystals, their in game currency!

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11/ Etheria. Probably the first true NFTs issued on Ethereum.

@etheria_feed

. 2015. Demo'd at Devcon 1. You can own "tiles", (virtual land), and build things on your land. A very cool early experiment.

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12/ Rarepepe's on Counterparty. In 2016, people started to store memes, (Pepe art), on Counterparty. Each card design was voted in by the Rare Pepe Foundation which issued them as XCP assets. cointelegraph.com/news/rare-pepe

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13/ March 2017 - Peperium. Couldn't find much on this. Don't know if it was just an idea or actually had cards minted. A meme marketplace and trading card game that will allow anyone to create memes that live eternally on IPFS and Ethereum. bitcointalk.org/index.php?topi

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14/ ENS Domains:

Launched May 4th 2017. Open source decentralized Internet naming protocol. Similar to DNS. People can use their .eth names as a replacement to their ethereum address.

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15/ Curio Cards:

. May 2017. One of, if not THE first Art project on Ethereum. 30 Cards/Art pieces with different rarities released as an art show. A recent 100 ETH sale happened a couple days ago as people are rediscovering them.

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16/ Cryptopunks: By

. June 2017. Don't need to say much about these guys. 10k Randomly generated collectibles. Made famous as one of the first collectible projects on Ethereum. And sales of up to $10M+ for a single punk! larvalabs.com/cryptopunks

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17: Mooncat Rescue. Another collectible project where you could mint/rescue cats with different traits and colors. Some were minted in 2017, then slowly forgotten about till there was a re-emergence of history in early 2021. Then the rest got minted.

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18. After this we had, - Cryptokitties break the internet - Decentraland sell Virtual land for ~$20M total in December, - Some more experiments with Cryptocats, Ether rocks, etc.

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19. I'm pretty confident more will be discovered. I'd LOVE for you guys to add anything I've missed. Wanted to bring to light what transpired during the early days of blockchain and NFTs/art/games/collectibles. The beauty of blockchain is things are never forgotten.

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20. Resources, - Infographic by

@HarryBTC

- Detailed spreadsheet by

@etheria_feed

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d - Blog post by

@AndrewSteinwold

medium.com/@Andrew.Steinw - NFT Timeline - nfttimeline.com

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