An NFT collector has been left reeling after accidentally selling an NFT rock said to be valued at approximately $1 million—for about one cent.
The collector in question mistakenly gave it a value of 444 wei, instead of 444 ETH, and someone snapped it up. To be clear: wei is the lowest denomination of the Ethereum cryptocurrency.
One ether (ETH) is equal to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 wei.
“How was your week? Mine? I just mistakenly listed @etherrock #44 for 444 wei instead of 444 eth. A bot acquired it on the same block and tried to flip for 234 eth. (SIC) In one click, my entire net worth of ~$1 million dollars was gone. Is there any hope? Am I GMI? Can snipers show mercy?” the unlucky collecter tweeted.
How's your week?
— Rock dust 😭 (@dino_dealer) March 10, 2022
Mine? I just erroneously listed @etherrock #44 for 444 wei instead of 444 eth🤦♂️
Bot sniped it in the same block and trying to flip for 234 eth
In one click my entire net worth of ~$1 million dollars, gone
Is there any hope?
Am I GMI?
Can snipers show mercy? pic.twitter.com/yq9Itb2Ukb
The current owner has listed the NFT for 234 ETH, roughly $600,000.
So what is EtherRock?
EtherRock is a brand of crypto collectible that’s been around since 2017. It is one of the oldest non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the block. In August, the NFT project made history when a clip art of a rock sold for 400 ether, or about $1.3 million.
In October, a bid was placed on another EtherRock for 900 ETH (then $3.5 million).
EtherRock #55 has received a bid for Ξ900 Ether ($3,590,712)
— EtherRock Price (@etherrockprice) October 22, 2021
Auction ends in: 2 Days 20 Hourshttps://t.co/JlGe469dXr#EtherRock #EtherRocks pic.twitter.com/btzn7Rrjpy
According to the website, the appeal of owning the virtual rocks is simply “serve NO PURPOSE beyond being able to be brought and sold, and giving you a strong sense of pride in being an owner of 1 of the only 100 rocks in the game :)”
There are 100 iterations of the EtherRock. The images always show the same rock but with a different background.
This account will be used to track the transactions and price floor on #EtherRocks
— EtherRock Price (@etherrockprice) August 6, 2021
To purchase an EtherRock, visit the original 2017 site https://t.co/YZtzlrXN5K on a DeskTop and connect your metamask to view available rocks. This will not work on mobile.#EtherRock @etherrock pic.twitter.com/K8chTuGxn4