Taking Photos and Minting NFTs at the Ends of the Earth, With FOTO’s John Knopf
We both laughed, and I said, “That’s probably the dumbest mistake I’ve ever heard of. But you know, I’m gonna send it back to you, obviously, I just wanted to confirm this wasn’t a wash trade.” It seemed shady. So I said, “It looks like you want my Space Ape so why don’t we work out a deal, what do you want for it?” And he said, “230 ETH, my original offer.” I responded, basically, “I need life-changing money for him.”
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