{"id":47331,"date":"2021-08-06T14:24:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T11:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=47331"},"modified":"2025-09-01T20:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T17:47:11","slug":"users-lose-485000-attempting-to-buy-new-nft-aopen_1cryptopunksaclose_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/users-lose-485000-attempting-to-buy-new-nft-aopen_1cryptopunksaclose_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Users lose $485,000 attempting to buy new NFT {{AOPEN_1}}CryptoPunks{{ACLOSE_1}}"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum users lost 174.6 ETH (about $485,000) as a result of failed transactions attempting to purchase non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from the COVIDPunks project collection, according to data from the service <a href=\"https:\/\/dune.xyz\/queries\/91865?Contract%20Address=0xe4cfae3aa41115cb94cff39bb5dbae8bd0ea9d41\">Dune Analytics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The release consists of 10,000 original randomly generated pixel images, resembling the popular NFT <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/nine-cryptopunks-nfts-sold-at-christies-auction-for-nearly-17-million\">CryptoPunks<\/a>, but with medical masks.<\/p>\n<p>The NFT drop began on August 5, Thursday, at 20:00 MSK. The collection sold out in less than an hour.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd25WE ARE SOLD OUT!\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>We are thrilled, humbled, and shocked by the huge interest in our project. We are fielding a ton of requests right now, please bear with us as we figure everything out!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 COVIDPunks\ud83e\udda0 (@COVIDPunksNFT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COVIDPunksNFT\/status\/1423342309769236480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Latecomers to the token sale received a failed-transaction message, informing them that no tokens remained, losing their gas fees.<\/p>\n<p>During the sale, the Ethereum network came under heavy load. Fees surged from 70 Gwei ($5.8) to more than 400 Gwei ($33). This also led to numerous rejected transactions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1SP9XbGYsR\">pic.twitter.com\/1SP9XbGYsR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Svanevik \u2728 (@ASvanevik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASvanevik\/status\/1423331921728204803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The project topped the list for gas fees over the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/uPHcLC-FTOSivm-iXw0TYCG6u8T3VgmveFrRPpqmEu2lxXrlNw3QFaLxAFEx9BR_C9KPYXMNIwxcvsZ2BhRw4z31aMZfBK6WvmKmn_vvLizzzxUOcyEuyiSw4V_ibDa7z4yFopNF\" alt=\"Users lost $485,000 trying to buy new NFT CryptoPunks\"\/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/\">Etherscan<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/qNBAhbtVQvsEeC5UQTwjf3kzJ2G9yDATMtVObUFSEdukx44tbunYrSr47LCmjSwHt8Bl5daAJBFiyEKUfQlsdS0sl9ICZOdTt6V7jPfS-EqbXK0PdrhYG7ul3g-hv2_1rcdMhYH0\" alt=\"Users lost $485,000 trying to buy new NFT CryptoPunks\"\/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasound.money\/\">ultrasound.money<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The COVIDPunks team said they are working on a fix for the gas-spend issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are humbled and overjoyed by COVIDPunks&#8217; successful sale this morning. Know that the team is working diligently to figure out the gas issues, and will begin working on a solution soon. This will not be an overnight fix\u2014we want to make things right. <\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned!\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B15yfrbhcr\">pic.twitter.com\/B15yfrbhcr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 COVIDPunks\ud83e\udda0 (@COVIDPunksNFT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COVIDPunksNFT\/status\/1423355868301594628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;This will not be an instant fix\u2014we want to set things right,&#8221; the tweet said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, in attempts to purchase Mila Kunis&#8217;s animated show Stoner Cats NFT, users <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/users-lost-344-eth-trying-to-buy-mila-kuniss-stoner-cats-nft\">lost 334 ETH<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum users lost 174.6 ETH (about $485,000) after failed transactions attempting to purchase non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from the COVIDPunks project collection, according to data from Dune Analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,1213],"class_list":["post-47331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ethereum","tag-nft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"24","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47333,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47331\/revisions\/47333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}