Dutch artist creates NFTs for every person in the world as an experiment

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A social experiment concocted by Dutch artist Dadara and NFT digital rights management platform RAIRtech to provide immutable blockchain identity has resulted in the creation of 7.9 billion digitally identical NFTs of CryptoGreyman.While physically the NFTs all look the same, each carries its own serial number -- a commentary on the way in which people are viewed in the centralised corporate world; generalised to numbers.In a sea of NFTs that artificially create scarcity by imposing ‘rare’ traits, limited collections, and exclusive communities, the identical CryptoGreyman NFTs -- available for purchase for 1 MATIC (around $2) -- seek to be the opposite.“I see this as a dead-serious prank, which can rattle the cage of consensual reality and elevate the conversation. It’s an experiment with an unpredictable outcome,” said artist Dadara.

“No one specific NFT is better than another, and because the minting price is widely accessible it will be interesting to see what value each individual CryptoGreyman holder brings.”Also read: YouTube sees 'incredible potential' in Web 3.0, NFTsThe NFTs feature the Greyman character, originally created by Dadara in the 1990s, but have been given a pixelated, Web3 makeover. The NFT’s only unique characteristic is the serial number, which is given out in sequential minted order.

The project is a commentary on the way that government and corporate society have stripped people of their individuality, often reducing them to numbers and statistics, which is paralleled by the unrelenting pressure that social media has put on people to be radically unique. By launching CryptoGreyman, Dadara hopes to raise conversation on the potential in the decentralized Web3 space to create a more honest form of