![]() ![]() Cryptocurrency payments are of course accepted. ![]() Its end point is an auction starting tomorrow, in which a token associated with a digital collage of 5,000 images by graphic designer Beeple will go under the hammer at auction house Christie’s. But the process the goggle-eyed cats set off did not end there. That was eventually solved – and that was, for most people, the last they heard of CryptoKitties. The trading game quickly caught on among the crypto-initiated, so much so that CryptoKitties-related transactions clogged and slowed down Ethereum. Each image was associated with a unique string of digits – a cryptocurrency “non-fungible token” or NFT – that could be traded on the Ethereum blockchain platform as a title deed granting the holder ownership of a particular kitty. In December 2017, the dopey-looking cartoon cats, created by Canadian company Dapper Labs, debuted as tradable collectibles, like Pokémon cards for the bitcoin era. ![]() The First 5000 Days will be auctioned at Christie's starting this week Christie's/Beeple ![]()
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