CryptoKitties NFT Journey
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A story about how Shaan first encountered NFTs through CryptoKitties in 2017, and how the same team went on to create NBA Top Shot.
"I remember CryptoKitties in 2017. Furkan was sitting next to me at the office and he had two kitties. He was breeding them and he gave me a kitty he bred. I was like 'what is this?' and he explained NFTs to me for the first time.
There was this huge hype - one day CryptoKitties overwhelmed the Ethereum network, it was like 80% of all activity on Ethereum was just CryptoKitties. Andreessen Horowitz put all this money into it. Then like a year later, CryptoKitties were dead - it was like the Beanie Babies fad but even faster.
What's interesting is that same team who built CryptoKitties, they're the ones who built NBA Top Shot as well."
Shaan Puri
Host of MFM
Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.