MEET APPLES
A 2017 DAY-ONE PALE ORANGE PURE BRED MOONCAT WITH A CURIO CARD “APPLES” ACCESSORY. BEAUTIFUL ENOUGH TO TEMP ADAM HIMSELF.
NOTABLE RARITIES
- The #154 MoonCat Rescued on August 10, 2017 (there is a MoonCat #0)
- Lowest Non-Genesis Mint with a Curio Apple Accessory acquired in the original allowlist*
- Claimed Curio Apple Accessory number 59 (to match with the Curio Cards launch date of May 9th, 2017)
- Originally adopted by BokkyPooBah (First Non Larve Labs wallet to Mint a Cryptopunk)
- Renamed to "Apples" on Aug 10th, 2022 (MoonCat 5 year anniversary)
- Second Highest sale of a non-genesis MoonCat in 2022 (behind MoonCat #10)
Accessory list
Curio Card #1 (Apples)
Artist: Ponderware (TuskTusk) / 58 of 450
Rare
FAQs
The original allowlist was any wallet that contained a MoonCat and a Curio Card (It didn’t need to be the “Apples” card)
The snapshot was done on Monday July 4, 2022 at 6pm CST. There were approximately 3000 MoonCats that qualified for the Apples accessory.
Ponderware and Curio Cards decided the first 300 (of 450) accessories would be given for free to members of the allowlist. After 30 days only 156 of the free accessories were claimed and Ponderware opened the remaining accessories to the community to purchase on August 12th, 2022.
Only 4 non-genesis cats with a lower mint number than MoonCat #153 were on the original allowlist #10,#36,#39 and #47. None of those MoonCats claimed the accessory. Genesis #90 and #96 were also eligible and MoonCat #90 did claim the Curio Cards accessory. MoonCat #153 is the lowest, non-Genesis Mooncat to acquire the accessory in the original allowlist.
- MoonCat Rescue is a generative art collection. All NFTs in the collection feature images of cats generated by the blockchain
- First On-Chain Generation: Each MoonCat’s appearance was derived from mining a hash, which determined its unique on-chain DNA. An open source ‘DNA parser,’ hashed in the original MoonCats Ethereum contract, displays the MoonCat.
- Pioneer of Fair Minting: MoonCats were originally distributed via free rescue (minting). The process used a fun interface to search for a MoonCat. Under the hood, this was demonstrating a proof-of-work mechanism.
- First Bonding Curve: A small number of Genesis MoonCats (<1%) were generated and priced with the first known Bonding Curve mechanism on the Ethereum network.
- First Users’ Choice Minting On Ethereum (Collaborative Curation): There were over 4 billion potential editions of MoonCats but only 25,400 were rescued. Rescuers (minters) chose which MoonCat they would rescue. Users’ choice is the first instance of minter/designer collaboration in generative NFT creation. Results are neither fully random nor preselected by the designer.
- First Naming System: Rescued MoonCats can be permanently named only once by their owner, and the name stays on-chain with the MoonCat forever.
Only five-year minted NFT project: MoonCats were minted from 2017 to 2020, then finished minting in 2021.
I was officially wrapped into the ERC-721 Non-Fungible Token Standard on OCTOBER-27-2021 06:07:48 PM
– You can see the transaction here