{"id":561,"date":"2021-08-27T15:19:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T13:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sculptmania.wpengine.com\/?p=561"},"modified":"2021-09-07T12:42:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T10:42:13","slug":"12-year-old-earns-400000-selling-nfts-to-idiots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sculptmania.com\/articles\/12-year-old-earns-400000-selling-nfts-to-idiots\/","title":{"rendered":"12-Year-Old Earns $400,000 Selling NFTs to Idiots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;When people buy Weird Whales, they&#8217;re investing in me and my future&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/sculptmania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/weird-whales.jpg\" alt=\"12-YEAR-OLD EARNS $400,000 SELLING NFTS TO IDIOTS\" class=\"wp-image-562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sculptmania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/weird-whales.jpg 792w, https:\/\/sculptmania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/weird-whales-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sculptmania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/weird-whales-768x485.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Candy, Babies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As stated in <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/\">futurism.com<\/a>, the latest news from the world of NFTs \u2014\u00a0those dubious\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/nfts-have-huge-persistence-problem\">digital ownership certificates<\/a>\u00a0for art, media, and just about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/man-sold-horrible-nft\">anything else<\/a>\u00a0bought and sold over the blockchain \u2014 is the story of a 12-year-old boy who\u2019s made a small fortune selling pixelated doodles to thousands of\u00a0<s><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/crypto-titan-nfts-liberate-art\">suckers<\/a><\/s>, sorry, crypto enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benyamin Ahmed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/08\/25\/12-year-old-coder-made-6-figures-selling-weird-whales-nfts.html\">told&nbsp;<em>CNBC<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;that he\u2019s fascinated by the concepts of blockchain tech and NFTs, and the time he spent playing games like \u201cMinecraft\u201d and chatting with other NFT creators inspired him to program a set of his own. And hey, shame on us for assuming that the NFT fad had already&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/nft-prices-crashing\">faded into irrelevance<\/a>, because right now Ahmed is sitting on nearly $400,000 in Ethereum after his NFT collection sold out overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/12-year-old-400000-selling-nfts-to-idiots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00abRead more on futurism.com..\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When people buy Weird Whales, they&#8217;re investing in me and my future&#8221; Candy, Babies As stated in futurism.com, the latest news from the world of NFTs \u2014\u00a0those dubious\u00a0digital ownership certificates\u00a0for art, media, and just about\u00a0anything else\u00a0bought and sold over the blockchain \u2014 is the story of a 12-year-old boy who\u2019s made a small fortune selling pixelated doodles to thousands of\u00a0suckers, sorry, crypto enthusiasts. Benyamin Ahmed&nbsp;told&nbsp;CNBC&nbsp;that he\u2019s fascinated by the concepts of blockchain tech and NFTs, and the time he spent playing games like \u201cMinecraft\u201d and chatting with other NFT creators inspired him to program a set of his own. 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