A few days ago, I began accepting Nxt donations for this site. Nxt is a feature-rich cryptocurrency written in Java and built entirely from the ground up that relies on pure proof-of-stake to secure its blockchain. One of its most popular features is the Nxt Marketplace (formerly called the Digital Goods Store). Think of it as a decentralized, censorship-resistant eBay built on top of the blockchain.
There are a lot of listings on the Nxt Marketplace ranging from fairly mundane stuff like domain names and video game keys to things that would probably get you instantly banned from eBay. I spent the afternoon going through the various listings on offer and collected some of the more interesting ones for this post.
For example, here is a listing for a four-year-old laptop that cost $1,999 when new which can be yours for $3,600 (each NXT was worth $0.06 when the ad was posted):
Product: MAC BOOK PRO
Date: 10/29/2018 4:42:40
Price: 60,000 NXT
Seller: NXT-G8QA-W46K-DVFB-9N9LW (View Store)
Quantity: 1
Model A1398 mid2014
Perfect condition
Or what about a Bitcoin-themed oil painting painted by the seller himself which can be yours for 25 BTC or 500,000 NXT (worth about $9,000 at the time)? It didn’t sell and the comments on the BitcoinTalk thread are hilarious:
Product: Masterpiece Bitcoin Oil Painting
Date: 11/21/2014 17:35:04
Price: 500,000 NXT
Seller: NXT-BCFU-753H-BKF3-AJJ82 (View Store)
Quantity: 1
Masterpiece Bitcoin Oil Painting by The Divine Ruler His Majesty The King Cuong V Truong.
This masterpiece oil painting was painted using an ancient hand writing style known as "The Chinese Calligraphy"
Asking price is 25 BTC.
At the time this ad is posted on 11/20/2014. That's around 500,000 NXT coins.
Details at:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=807265.0
Imaginary air guitar lessons (no delivery required, you just dream it):
Product: Imagenary Air guitar lessons
Date: 2/15/2015 2:23:56
Price: 6 NXT
Seller: NXT-N84U-FNHB-RSTT-BVF7S (View Store)
Quantity: 4
Just dream it
Love:
Product: Love
Date: 12/4/2014 12:32:36
Price: 2 NXT
Seller: NXT-3PAG-3ZSH-S4W7-CGBPU (View Store)
Quantity: 999,999,999
Buy love! I know money can't buy love but man atleast it's cheap lol why not spend 1 NXT to buy it?
Happiness:
Product: Happiness
Date: 12/4/2014 13:07:42
Price: 2 NXT
Seller: NXT-3PAG-3ZSH-S4W7-CGBPU (View Store)
Quantity: 999,999,999
Buy Happiness! I know that money can't buy happiness, but atleast try it, its cheap, what can you lose?
Nothing:
Product: Nothing
Date: 12/4/2014 13:07:42
Price: 2 NXT
Seller: NXT-3PAG-3ZSH-S4W7-CGBPU (View Store)
Quantity: 999,999,999
Yes, you read it correctly, it's nothing. You will get what you paid for, you will get Nothing!
Nothing but 50% off:
Product: Marketplace Buyer Experience
Date: 10/21/2014 6:24:28
Price: 1 NXT
Seller: NXT-9SDF-57KE-H8RU-9BHWY (View Store)
Quantity: 999,999,999
Buy the experience of having bought something on the Nxt marketplace for only 1 NXT.
A sip of beer (for the seller, not you):
Product: Sip of Beer
Date: 6/21/2020 21:57:33
Price: 5 NXT
Seller: NXT-ZY4T-YEXP-7PQC-GM6PB (View Store)
Quantity: 100
A sip of beer that I'll drink for your health tonight as a big thank you for your support ;)
Chicken nuggets:
Product: Chicken nuggets
Date: 8/29/2017 21:35:51
Price: 10 NXT
Seller: NXT-5JTH-SU4U-ZJJ3-9AC74 (View Store)
Quantity: 999,999,999
Chicken nuggets with real chicken inside !
Because we all love nuggets ...
An honest opinion on your looks:
Product: Want Me To Rate Your Looks (1-10)? Ask Me!
Date: 2/27/2015 6:48:40
Price: 10 NXT
Seller: NXT-3GNP-5JYB-3GNU-8AG7Y (View Store)
Quantity: 100
Title says it all, send a picture and I will give you my personal opinion!
The personal details of rich people:
Product: Contact Database of 2000 Family Offices
Date: 12/30/2017 11:48:52
Price: 2,500 NXT
Seller: NXT-Z8V9-LYM5-JZMG-A9JR2 (View Store)
Quantity: 1
This is a continuously updated contact database of high net worth families across the globe. There are 2,000 wealthy families in this database. The database, delivered in Excel format includes the investors' names, company names, emails, phone numbers, addresses, investment interests, and biographies.
A competing cryptocurrency project:
Product: Cryptocurrency TippingCoin
Date: 9/6/2018 21:28:36
Price: 3,000,000 NXT
Seller: NXT-RNNV-MPRH-ZULM-6TACV (View Store)
Quantity: 1
Cryptocurrency TippingCoin for sale, 999 Million Coins to buyer trasnfered direct to their Waves Wallet. 1 million are in circulation.
Sale includes all digital assets incuding website www.tippingcoin.org with lifetime hosting and instagram account @tippingcoin.
The TippingCoin Token was Built on the Waves Platform and listed On the Waves Dex Exchange.
The 999 million coins are valued at approx $20 million USD
All the above is listed at the heavily discounted price of just 1% of true value at $200,000 = 3 Million NXT
The seller’s favorite Christmas turkey recipe:
Product: Christmas turkey recipe
Date: 12/8/2014 4:22:18
Price: 4 NXT
Seller: NXT-U3C3-7Z5A-CT8C-E66EC (View Store)
Quantity: 30
This is my own favorite Christmas turkey recipe. I'll send you a dropbox link to claim your recipe
A very short story:
Product: Super Short Stories
Date: 10/18/2017 14:12:34
Price: 15 NXT
Seller: NXT-KK2H-VCUZ-HBLD-4T2VK (View Store)
Quantity: 1,000,000
Send me 15 NXT and recieve a Super Great, Super Short Story. Each uniquely handwritten, and very short.
And finally, whatever this is supposed to mean:
Product: The Feels Goodman Trust
Date: 9/9/2017 11:52:34
Price: 100 NXT
Seller: NXT-RL3B-B8XP-MQ98-EDXNJ (View Store)
Quantity: 1,000
The Feels Goodman Trust is a not-very-profitable non-charitable organization specializing in tackling existential dilema, usually with alcohol, drugs and hookers.
"What will I get from my contribution" I hear you ask?
You will get the satisfaction, the smug elitism even, of KNOWING you are better than everyone else, those plebian insects that don't care about anyone but themselves.
Why does Bill Gates do it? Because that shit feels good, man.