Big updates on the recently rediscovered oldest NFT project on Ethereum (afawk 😉)
Here's a tweet with a little backstory and the minting procedure if you want to grab a couple.
twitter.com/adamamcbride/status/1575838427991355392?s=20&t=egIodmjwOLWfi68pB1Mkuw
The first big news is the developer behind the project @_linagee has awoken from his 2015 slumber.
Yesterday he changed the project's name to "Linagee Name Registrar" directly in the smart contract.
twitter.com/adamamcbride/status/1575889349828149255?s=20&t=egIodmjwOLWfi68pB1Mkuw
Which begged the question - What should the domain ending be?
twitter.com/adamamcbride/status/1575911453864824832?s=20&t=egIodmjwOLWfi68pB1Mkuw
All the activity on the contract has put the project in the top 5 for gas on Ethereum for the last two days. ⛽️
twitter.com/LeonidasNFT/status/1576114849561858048?s=20&t=egIodmjwOLWfi68pB1Mkuw
Causing @BanklessHQ to feature LNR in their newsletter 🚀
twitter.com/LeonidasNFT/status/1575974533109977090?s=20&t=egIodmjwOLWfi68pB1Mkuw
And prompted @etherscan to highlight the contract page with the text - "This contract is claimed to be the oldest and the first NFT on Ethereum. Proceed here to know more." 🤯
I've never seen anything like that before!
Then about an hour ago, someone claiming to be @_linagee entered my Discord 👀
discord.gg/gb4FFnMNjx
A community member asked him to prove he's the real Linagee, to which he posted a screenshot of the interaction on Twitter.
Confirming his identity 🤝
So what happens now?
✅ @m_keresty who rediscovered the project, is expected to release a wrapper sometime today. This will enable the NFTs to show on Opensea
✅ Community members are working with @m_keresty to build an LNR Discord
✅ An LNR Twitter should also be ready today
We will have to wait and see how involved @_linagee wants to be with his project.
Of course, @m_keresty is open to any direction Linagee wants to go, and the community stands ready to assist🤝