About the Blue Box NFTs
\n\nThe Blue Boxes are one of the most original and innovative NFT projects on Cardano.
\n \nFunctional art pieces
\nBlue Boxes are functional art pieces implemented as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Cardano blockchain.
\nHack embedded
\nEvery Blue Box NFT has a working computer program source code included that will, once activated, allow the NFT holder to \n hack the blockchain for potential rewards.
\nActivation code
\nYour Blue Box comes with an activation code that needs to be used when activating the hack. Among the 2,600 NFTs, there are 4 special Blue Boxes with super powerful activation codes!
\nA 2,600 NFT Project
\nTrue to our project, only 2,600 Blue Box NFTs will be minted, ever!
\nGorgeous 3D models
\nThe NFTs are professional-made, high-resolution 4000 * 4000 px renders of a 3D model inspired by actual blue boxes.
\nAdditional value for holders
\nTo reward our community, existing NFT holders will have priority in sale events of future 2,600 NFT projects.
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The renders are true to the yesteryear look and self-made feel of the blue boxes while still looking super cool. Our artist did a stellar job here!
\n\nEach Blue Box is individually numbered from 0x000000000000 to 0x101000100111, and each Box can only be owned by a single person on the blockchain. 10 regular Blue Boxes have been reserved for giveaways/airdrops.
\n\nAs an NFT owner, you will have full rights to use them as you wish. You can print them, you can frame them, you can go to your favourite electrician and have a real-life blue box made for you.\n You may even use the images commercially; we're cool like that. And even though we'd hate to see you leave our 2,600 NFT Club, you are always allowed to sell your NFT.
\n\nOur policy id is 571e017f4bc8178c929ab97c4892b71f2ead02e38fc1cf48b58ff93f
. Always check it to make sure you don't get scammed.
Okay, but what exactly are Blue Boxes?
\n \nBack in the 60ies and 70ies when landline phones were still a thing and phone lines were controlled with in-band signaling, \n the blue boxes were built to generate \n a 2600 Hz tone that would make the telephone networks think the line was idle. \n This allowed the hackers -- or phreakers as they used to call themselves -- to do shady things such as make long-distance calls for free by first \n calling a toll-free local number.
\n\nSome of the most famous phreakers were Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, who made \n and sold blue boxes before founding Apple. Who would've thought?
\n\n\nSounds cool, can you tell more about this project?
\n\n\nWe believe it's worth giving a nod to computer science history and early geek culture. The 2600 NFT Project's goal is to introduce new audiences to old-school \n hacking and geek phenomena through bringing cool gadgets alive as NFTs. We are particularly interested in following the Cardano smart contract development and finding new ways to add exciting utility \n to the NFTs.
\n\n\n\n\"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers. We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and invocation of equations.\"
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We are all still early pioneers trying to figure out what we can do with blockchains. Our curiosity to understand how things work has many \n similarities with those early pioneers playing around with telephone networks. We believe these are the\n early experiments people will be writing books about once we learn what the technology is capable of.
\n\n \n \nProject Roadmap
\n \nIf you want to hear more about our plans, \n head over to our Discord where we are more than happy to talk about our vision with you.
\n\n\n | FirstPhase.start(); | \n Social media accounts, website v1 published with socials and a teaser. Finalised 3D model and renders. | \n
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\n | twitter.followers.count() > 0 | \n Mom, I'm now an influencer! Release website v2 with more details. | \n
\n | ApiResponse.status_code === 200 | \n NFT sales start! As NFT sales promotion, we will be doing our first giveaway to the community. | \n
\n | Nfts.sold_pct >= 10% | \n The 2600 Club member area v1 opened. Official Blue Box mixtape exclusive to our community will be published. We’re going to honour legendary scene musicians, early electronic music pioneers and there will also be a few surprises thrown in the mix. | \n
In progress... | \n nfts_sold >= 30% | \n Some of the Blue Boxes will be airdropped to early followers and active community members. | \n
\n | nfts_sold >= 50% | \n We are halfway there! Second community-driven decision in the project. | \n
\n | nfts_sold >= 80% | \n We’re going to be legends. The official merch line with Blue Box hoodies (because every hacker needs a hoodie), T shirts, phone covers released. These will be only available for the 2600 Club members. | \n
\n | nfts_sold == 100% | \n Another giveaway to Twitter followers. Reveal first utility (details on how to activate the Blue Boxes on-chain). | \n
\n | SOLD_OUT && date >= 4Q_2021 ? SecondPhase.start() : hodl() | \n The 2600 Club member area v2 opened. The Blue Boxes NFTs can be activated bringing on-chain rewards to holders. | \n
The story doesn't end here, these are just our first steps! There are so many cool geek/hacking gadgets and tools to introduce. \n Most importantly, we hope to make this a community effort, and listening to you guys will have a big impact on how we will move from here.
\nOur team
\n\nNotice how I've spoken about \"us\" the whole time in this document? I think this reflects the project's values and goals as I wish to create a strong community to discover what the next NFT and utility will be. \n But when it comes down to coding, UI/UX design, concept art etc. there's just me, Mr. Morden.
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Mr. Morden
\nGeek, coder, father, husband. It all started with borrowing C64 coding books from the library as a child and trying to create something new. I'm playing around and investing in crypto and super-hyped about Cardano, in particular!
\nThis could be you
\nI am looking for like-minded tinkerers who wish to dig into Cardano smart contracts and DeFi.
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