2015 Name Registrar

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A quick thread about everything I know about possibly the oldest NFT contract on Ethereum that's gone crazy with ~90k mints in the last few hours. 2015 Name Registrar🤯 Minting instructions below 👇

🚨DYOR on this and understand there are risk with interacting with this contract.🚨 The contract isn't verified, so we don't know precisely what's behind it. It could have a kill switch, or the dev could take your NFTs. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Turn away if you do not accept 100% responsibility.

The contract was discovered by @m_keresty who used AI to scan the early Ethereum blockchain looking for a project like this. You can see the contract here. As of this writing, ~ 89k NFTs have been claimed. etherscan.io/address/0x5564886ca2c518d1964e5fcea4f423b41db9f561

The contract was written by an OG developer named "linagee" and is an early attempt to make a naming service like ENS You can claim names, and those names can't be claimed again. One difference is that CAPITAL letters can be used as well as s p a c e s. reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/3iau5v/name_registrar_is_awesome/

Here's the simple minting procedure. Step 1 - Go to this website and connect your MetaMask (I recommend using a burner wallet for additional safety) linagee-registrar-registrar-frontend-r8fo-lwgtgpmc6-mkjuice.vercel.app/

Step 2 - Enter the name you want to claim in the "Name" box. In this example, I'm trying to mint the name Adam (with a capital A).

Step 3 - Click "Search" Notice in this example I am getting an "Uavailable" error message. This tells me that the name is already claimed.

Step 4 - Try again with a new name. This one is available so click "REGISTER" Then confirm the transaction in your MetaMask. ✅The gas shouldn't be more than $2. So if it's more than that REJECT the transaction and try again.

Now that you've minted one - or hundreds 🤣 - you can check them in the contract by following the how-to in this tweet. twitter.com/adamamcbride/status/1575703024655138816?s=20&t=iDwlpJAlD_np8dNryyHNHQ

Currently, you can't trade the NFTs trustlessly. So be VERY careful making OTC trades🙏 I know @m_keresty is vigorously working on a wrapper and I would expect one to be live by the end of the day. This will enable the NFTs to show on Opensea.🚀

@LeonidasNFT had a massive space last night where we chatted with @m_keresty and get a lot of additional information. twitter.com/LeonidasNFT/status/1575683854689443842?s=20&t=iDwlpJAlD_np8dNryyHNHQ

Jump in my Discord to stay up to date on the wrapper and if you want to interact with fellow Historical NFT collectors. discord.gg/gb4FFnMNjx