First free Spacebrat NFT minted over 300,000 times across multiple blockchains
Jasmine Monsegue, also known as the artist Spacebrat, released her first free NFT called “Gleam” through an open release, and its popularity exceeded her expectations.
“[I] can’t believe planet earth hit my first NFT 30,762 times in the last 23 hours,” she cheered on Twitter. “You guys are on another level!”
But that was only halfway through the mint’s 48-hour window. In total, a protocol called Holograph gave fans the ability to mint NFT over 300,000 times across multiple chains, with the lion’s share of collectors claiming their token on Polygon.
Created by CXIP Labs, the protocol takes a multi-chain approach to art and digital collectibles, providing assets “that exist as single instances across multiple execution environments,” according to the protocol’s website.
Users can then bridge the NFTs – unique digital tokens that indicate ownership of an object, often digital art – across multiple chains. It currently supports Ethereum, Avalanche, BNB Chain and Polygon.
Monsegue’a works have been featured in Vogue and Hypebeast. The piece featured in the NFT mint, “Gleam,” was previously exhibited at WHAAM!, an art gallery in New York, for her solo show, “Pipe Dream.”
The artist has also designed murals for Virgil Abloh’s OFF WHITE and commissioned works for Drake, Holograph said in a press release. Her collaboration with Holograph marks her first foray into the Web3 space.
NFT is currently available on secondary marketplaces such as OpenSea, but each chain has its own dedicated site, whether for Ethereum based versions of “Gleam” or those that exist on polygon.
It was initially available for free during the two-day window through Holograph’s website, where collectors could choose which chain to emboss the collectible on. But they still had to pay costs associated with transactions, also known as gas fees.
Of the 301,798 times “Gleam” was minted, NFT was minted about 203,000 times on Polygon, the Ethereum scaling solution, a Holograph spokesperson told Decryptreferring to a sand dune questions.
That was significantly more than versions of “Gleam” minted on Avalanche or BNB Chain, which totaled 53,000 and 46,000 respectively. On Ethereum, the collectible was minted just 82 times.
However, the total number of unique wallets participating in the open edition was around 164,000, the spokesperson said, citing another dune questions. One wallet embossed “Gleam” a total of 1,241 times, while at least 50 other wallets embossed “Gleam” more than 100 times.
Holograph’s first collaboration in April, which was also an open edition, showcased Dan Witz’s “Mosh Pit 2000”, and was available for embossing at $45, and collected 444 times. By comparison, Spacebrat’s “Gleam” gained significantly more traction.
