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On January 27, "Cryptopathic," an Ethereum supporter noted for his similarity to the late singer Kurt Cobain, tweeted to his friend and well-known crypto Twitter personality Crypto Cobain about an impending art auction. They would be referred to as "Hashmasks," would have thousands of unique pieces of digital art, and maybe they'd become the next big thing.
After reading the post, Crypto Cobain shrugged and decided to invest $100,000 of his own money in hashmasks. why not
He wrote, "Why did I spend $100,000 on fucking hashmasks FUCK," before adding an additional $100,000.
Crypto Cobain's rash impulse was validated in less than a week. Numerous buyers descended in their thousands, buying 16,384 pieces of art for a total of $16 million. The NCT coin that was distributed with each one was also increased in value, bringing the total value of his investment to $426,000 in addition to the value of his hashmasks. At the very least, his investment increased by 113% in just five days.
Despite the fact that this art sale shocked the Ethereum community with a sudden tidal wave, it had been gaining traction over a period of years.
The beginning of Hashmasks
One Hashmask developer, who requested anonymity, so we'll call him David, told Decrypt that he started working on the launch of an NFT project in the fall of 2019 without knowing exactly what it would turn into.
Hashmasks were simply a faraway dream back then. In fact, when David originally teamed up with his equally anonymous partner—call let's him John—to start an NFT, they were unable to agree on anything.
David was certain that there should be a lot of Hashmasks since he wanted to share as many of them as he could with his intended audience. John countered by saying that there should only be a limited number of Hashmasks, making them more expensive and uncommon.
John ultimately prevailed in the conflict, and the two artists decided to produce 16,384 works of art.
These 16,384 works of art came to be known as Hashmasks, a digital art collection that allowed each collectible to be named by the buyer for the first time in NFT history. This meant that each collectible's worth was established by both the makers and the art's consumers.
Each collection has a human-like figure, some more alien than others, who carries a special combination of characteristics including skin and eye color. They are eccentric and strange, but ultimately fascinating.
Road to large sales for hashmasks
Over 3,000 pieces of rare, one-of-a-kind digital art had already been sold after just over six hours. The Hashmasks Twitter administrator, who appeared overjoyed after an unexpectedly successful first day, tweeted, "I need a break."
That amount had increased to 4,000 pieces sold after 12 hours. New purchasers were having trouble coming up with original names for their masks, and the negative comments on social media had been effectively shut down.The rapid expansion of hashmasks surprised its developers. David added, "We didn't anticipate Hashmasks to grow that quickly.
Hashmasks were selling for astronomical sums of money by January 30. The first collectible, known as Hashmask 1, which was first offered for 0.1 ETH on January 28, was later sold for $130,000 after being flipped for a 100,000% profit. Others were being traded for about $1,600 or 0.9 ETH. The momentum the collection had amassed so far captivated Phil Jacobson, vice president of development and operations at creative marketing platform Hashtag Paid.
Sales from the Hashmask collection totaled over $16 million. The public then began to discover the surprises concealed in the artwork.
What will Hashmasks do next?
Although all of the hashmasks have been sold, their legacy is expected to have an impact on the NFT sector in the coming weeks and months.
For starters, there is already a developed secondary market for crypto collectibles that has generated sales of $16 million, with individual hashmasks fetching prices ranging from $1,700 to $17,000.
However, David and John believe that their work is finished. The innovation needle has shifted, and, like Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, the minds behind Hashmasks will no longer participate.
