Bankless: Five NFT projects worth watching on Base

Author: William M. Peaster, Bankless; Translator: Deng Tong, Golden Finance

A Basename domain

Basenames is powered by the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) technology stack and is a new native on-chain identity system for the Base ecosystem.

The great idea? Make it easier to 1) send transactions with readable addresses and 2) manage and evolve on-chain profiles on Base. Like ENS, these profiles are each backed by a unique domain NFT.

The registration price to mint your profile is 0.0001 ETH per year (+10 character name), but registering a coveted 3 character name like "abc.base.eth" costs 0.1 ETH per year. Personally, I chose peaster.base.eth and paid 0.001 ETH, which is about $2.55 at the current ETH/USD exchange rate.

Base Colors Soulbounds

Base Colors is a series of NFTs created in collaboration between JAKE and Apex777, consisting of more than 16 million tokens, each representing a unique color in the RGB system. Collectors can mint, name, and own these colors as they wish.

I like the minimalist experimentation here, but as a fan of projects that "illustrate" crypto addresses into visual form in a unique way, it was actually the Base Colors derivative series Soulbounds that really caught my eye and compelled me to mint.

For example, the screenshot above shows my Soulbound, my Ethereum address, adapted into the Base Colors system. This secondary series of NFTs are non-transferable, hence the name, but cost just 0.001 ETH to mint, making it an easy and fun way to visualize your on-chain status.

Wazoo Wegends

This week, Party released V2 of its new Sets tool that lets creators easily publish NFT collections as mixed rare open editions, and they released Kazoo Legends as a 24-hour launch to show V2 in action.

The minting is now over, but crypto art legend Gremplin (creator of CrypToadz and contributor to Nouns art) has followed it up with his own Set in the style of his signature Wawoo Wegends.

The minting costs 0.0005 ETH, so if you haven't collected some of the iconic Gremplin pieces before, this is a great way to collect them, and if you're lucky, you'll get the rarest "Legendary" Wizod edition. Remember, the minting ends tomorrow (August 30th) at 10:00AM PT / 1:00PM ET, so collect before then to try your luck!

Creature Cubes

The latest work from Danny Cole’s Creature World art project, Creature Cubes, is a 404-style experiment in which collectibles are composed of NFTs and fungible $CUBE tokens.

Collecting a Cube costs 0.008 ETH, and doing so will net you 1 NFT and the associated amount of 1,000 $CUBE. Transfer the NFT and the tokens come with it, trade some tokens and the NFT will be burned until you get 1,000 $CUBE again, and so on.

The idea is to pave the way for exploring new collectible mechanics within the Creature World community. Plus, the artwork is pretty charming - that's typical for Danny Cole and co.

Please note that this offer is only open for 24 hours, so if you're interested in joining in, make sure to pick it up before 12:20 PM PT / 3:20 PM ET on August 30th!

Dappmon Starter Package

Dappmon is a new virtual pet game on Base, with all in-game creatures and assets powered by NFTs, and its application logic built on MUD, an open source framework for building applications such as fully on-chain games.

Collect, raise, train, and battle your pets to become a champion, or just play casually to explore the early Base game scene. It's up to you!

To get started, minting the Dappmon Starter Package requires 0.0066 ETH, which will give you everything you need to dive in, including starter eggs, food, bandages, and more to help you manage your pet. If you're looking for a Base app worth checking out, this is the one to try.