Original 2017 Curio Cards art token for Card #1 (Apples), art by Phneep.
Historical Significance
Curio identifies Card #1, Apples, as the first art NFT minted and sold on Ethereum.
Context
Curio Cards launched as an online Ethereum art gallery in May 2017, before ERC-721 was widely adopted. This contract belongs to the original release set and was deployed by Rhett Creighton (@rhett_creighton), who Curio identifies as co-founder, 2017 Solidity developer, and contract deployer. Curio's docs list publication as May-09-2017 05:22:51 PM +UTC.
Curio Card #1 artwork: Apples by Phneep.
Source: Curio Cards documentation
Token Information
Key Facts
Description
Curio Card #1 (Apples) is one of the original Curio Cards art-token contracts from the 2017 online gallery. The artwork is credited by Curio to Phneep. The contract exposes ERC-20-style token functions with symbol CRO1, 0 decimals, and on-chain totalSupply 100000. Curio's current documentation lists the collectible art supply as 2154. The very first art NFT minted and sold on Ethereum. Curio Card #1, Apples, is the very first art NFT minted and sold on the Ethereum blockchain. It starts off the 1-10 set, which tells a story about mankind and art.
Source Verified
Contract is verified on Etherscan; verification method recorded as etherscan_verified.
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Heuristic Analysis
The following characteristics were detected through bytecode analysis and may not be accurate.
Spurious Dragon Era
Continued DoS protection. State trie clearing.