Buying NFT is not as good as creating it yourself? 12-year-old boy earns 80 ETH in one day

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2021-08-27 14:01 (UTC+8)

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Gross revenue is expected to exceed $400,000 by the end of August.

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Gross revenue is expected to exceed $400,000 by the end of August.

This article comes fromBitcoinist, original author: Eduardo Próspero

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Weird Whales (Weird Whales) is the second NFT collection released by 12-year-old programmer Benyamin Ahmed in July this year. In less than a day, 3,350 pixel whales were sold out, with an average price of 0.025 ETH. As of press time, 80 The total value of ETH is approximately $248,000. Considering that the cost of the NFT series collection is $300 (mainly used to pay Gas fees), Ahmed's project is profitable, but this is not all of his income.Ahmed told CNBC, there is also 30 ETH in the secondary market sales commission. Ahmed from everysecondary salesEarn a 2.5% royalty on the deal, worth $93,000 at current prices.Ahmed currently makes about $350,000 from the project

, is expected to gross over $400,000 by the end of August.

Ahmed said, “Earlier this year, I first learned about NFTs. I was fascinated by NFTs because you can easily transfer the ownership of NFTs through the blockchain.”, he introduced his first contact with NFT experience. "My dad explained NFT to me, and his friend bought some Rare Pepe." He mentioned this NFT ancient project to prove his old school style (old school).

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Benyamin Ahmed's First NFT Collectible Item: Minecraft Yee HaaAt first, he tried to create all the artwork and code by himself. According to CNBC,Ahmed saidMinecraft Yee Haa, his first NFT collectible item

Launched earlier this summer, it consists of 40 colorful pixelated avatars that he created after playing the sandbox game Minecraft for a long time.

Ahmed told Loop News, "I created my first collectibles on OpenSea just for fun, and then when BAYC and other avatar projects started popping up, I became more interested in them. I also play a lot of games, so I can watch Until NFTs became useful as custom skins and decorations. For the whales, I just wanted to play around with the Python scripts that generated the images, and I didn’t expect them to come out looking so fresh and beautiful.”