We're
excited about a brand new type of digital good called a non-fungible token or
NFT. NFTs have exciting new properties: they’re unique, provably scarce,
tradeable, and usable across multiple applications. Just like physical goods,
you can do whatever you want with them! You could throw them in the trash, gift
them to a friend across the world, or go sell them on an open marketplace. But
unlike physical goods, they're armed with all the programmability of digital
goods.
A
core part of our vision is that open protocols like Ethereum and interoperable
standards like ERC-721 and ERC-1155 will enable vibrant new economies. We're
building tools that allow consumers to trade their items freely, creators to
launch new digital works, and developers to build rich, integrated marketplaces
for their digital items.
We’re
proud to be the first and largest marketplace for NFTs.
OUR STORY
In
2017 the world witnessed the birth of CryptoKitties. For the first time, the
world experienced a decentralized application built on blockchains but targeted
toward a mainstream audience.
While
CryptoKitties felt like a toy to many, it represented a dramatic shift in how
we interact with items in the digital world. While previous digital items lived
on company servers, blockchain-native items lived on shared, public blockchains
owned by no single party. They could be viewed anywhere, exchanged openly, and
truly owned in a way that was never before possible in the digital world.
Today,
we’re proud to remain the largest general marketplace for user-owned digital
items, supporting multiple blockchains, with the broadest set of categories and
the best prices for new emerging digital item classes.
As a company, we’re thrilled to be at the center of this growing industry and will continue to invest in our core infrastructure as we build the most accessible marketplace for buyers, sellers, and creators.