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Aronow: BAYC pre-sold only 300 to 500 NFTs in its first week

Wylie Aronow · HIBT Lab! Bored Ape Yacht Club: Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow · Sep 1, 2022 · at 38:18

Yuga Labs co-founder Wylie Aronow discusses the slow initial presale traction of Bored Ape Yacht Club before the collection unexpectedly sold out.

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“We only pre-sold, I don't know, something like 300 to 500 of the NFTs.”

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The claim, plainly

Bored Ape Yacht Club pre-sold only approximately 300 to 500 NFTs during its initial launch week.

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Assessment

Independent analyses of the Ethereum blockchain transaction records for the Bored Ape Yacht Club contract (0xbc4ca0eda7647a8ab7c2061c2e118a18a936f13d) confirm that during the initial presale week from April 23, 2021, to April 30, 2021, only approximately 400 to 500 of the 10,000 NFTs were minted. The rapid sellout of the remaining ~9,500 NFTs occurred subsequent to the art reveal across April 30 and May 1, 2021.

Independent Web3 research by Naavik documented that the week-long presale starting April 23, 2021, resulted in ~500 total apes minted.
Blockchain analysis published by Apecoin Values Revisited noted that roughly 400 BAYCs were minted during the initial presale week prior to the April 30, 2021 reveal.
On-chain minting activity confirmed that the remaining ~9,500 NFTs were minted within 12 hours between April 30 and May 1, 2021.

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[1] etherscan.io [2] mintventures.fund [3] naavik.co [4] gate.com [5] gate.com [6] mintventures.fund [7] fool.com [8] scribd.com

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