Chiru Labs, the creators of Azuki, witnessed a powerful bidding battle final week over its bodily skateboards. As a part of the sale, the corporate allowed folks to bid to safe one in every of its very restricted skateboards, every being authenticated with an embedded chip.
Every of those skateboards might be bid on in Ethereum, but additionally weigh 45 kilos on account of being plated in pure gold. Chiru Labs did instruct patrons to not try driving them, nevertheless.
Thus far, one of many highest bidders paid greater than $400,000 for one, whereas one of many lowest is about $260,000.
The $400k skateboard went to a collector referred to as ‘Dingaling’, who’s already an intensive collector of Azuki avatar NFTs.
Whereas the embedded chip certifies the validity of the skateboard for the proprietor, if that very same proprietor offered their board, Chiru Labs defined that one other particular person may scan the chip to switch possession of the board. One of many ways in which these boards are distinctive is that they symbolize Chiru Labs’ intro of its personal Bodily Backed Tokens to its ecosystem.
Chiru Labs additionally defined that the expertise can be a serious strategy to show the authenticity of bodily items that harness blockchain.