Order of the Egonauts Launches a 12 Month Limited Series NFT Project Featuring the Heroes and Villains of Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrency
The Order of the Egonauts NFT project launches with a mission to create a historical record of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space through hand drawn illustrations of the individuals currently shaping it. The 12-month genesis project began in February 2022 when it launched their first series of 101 one-of-one NFTs paying tribute to its first "Egonaut", Vitalik Buterin, the inventor and co-founder of Ethereum. Their Twitter profile currently describes the NFT as a "12-month homage to the heroes and villains of cryptocurrency
and blockchain tech". The project plans to release a new Egonaut each month for 12 months totaling 1,212 NFTs in the collection with 1% of all sales going to the Ethereum Foundation. The original artwork of each Egonaut will feature various traits that toe the line between legitimate historical significance and playful pop culture references. One of the founders describes the collection as appealing to those who can appreciate a subtle allegory just as much as a blatant reference to something more literal like the "miners" and the "stakers" appearing in the roots of the Vitalik series.
As with most artistic endeavors in the NFT space, the utility of a project is tantamount to its legitimacy and perceived value. For the Order of the Egonauts this is no different. However, where many NFT project roadmaps are currently relying on virtual utilities, the Egonaut team is focusing their energy on IRLs (in real life) events to produce once-in-a-lifetime experiences that entertain, educate and engage audiences ranging from crypto enthusiasts and blockchain developers to first time NFT buyers. Egonaut NFT holders will gain access to unlock "The Block Castle" this spring and begin interacting with digital art that will lead to opportunities beyond pixels on a screen for those who join the community. When asked if the next series feature a hero or villain, one founder responded, "Heroes and villains are usually defined by those crafting the narrative. And when you consider an industry as nascent and dynamic as cryptocurrency, it's apparent that one community's hero can be another community's villain - so we'd rather leave it up to audiences to decide."
Mint day for series 2 is scheduled for March 30, 2022 and so far no one outside of the team seems to know who the next Egonaut will be, but we look forward to finding out as the next chapter of the twelve month story unfolds in this real time historical crypto compilation that is the Order of the Egonauts NFT.
