Artnames, a new project that enables users to transform their online usernames into one-of-a-kind digital art NFTs, launched officially today, November 14, 2024.
The project, built on Coinbase’s Layer 2 Network, Base, is a collaborative effort among six respected digital artists, including Arrotu, ViHa, Thompsonart.eth, Yepstt, Anemale.eth, Dragic, and Eduxdux. These artists contributed a variety of styles and creative elements to enhance the diversity of the NFTs produced by Artnames.
The platform generates over 18 million art combinations based on the letters and style of each user’s name. This approach, as stated in Artnames’ launch announcement, transforms usernames into digital assets that users can own, gift, trade, or sell within the NFT marketplace.
“Artnames is a fusion of creativity and technology, enabling users to celebrate their digital identity within the expanding NFT movement,”
Arrotu wrote in a blog post on October 3 to introduce the project. The digital artist expressed optimism about the project’s potential to contribute to the NFT economy by enabling users to trade or sell their personalized art pieces.
To participate, users connect their digital wallet and input their real name or blockchain name, which is then translated into a distinctive piece of NFT art stored on the blockchain
The launch features a phased rollout. The initial phase will support names formatted for Base and Tron networks, including Basename, ENS, and TON DNS identifiers. In the following phases, users with Degen, TEZ, and Solana identifiers will be able to mint NFTs, with Polkadot, Moonbeam, and Bitcoin formats to follow.
The platform stated that the NFTs will be available for minting from today until November 21.
Artnames’s launch is the latest in the growing momentum building up in Web3 space about NFT development. Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands recently raised an additional $10 million to expand Mocaverse, its unique 8,888-piece membership NFT collection. This latest funding is part of a larger $41.8 million capital campaign backed by major investors, including OKX Ventures, CMCC Global, HongShan, Republic Crypto, and Kingsway Capital, according to a press release issued on November 12.
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