Ukraine launches NFT museum 'to keep the memory of war'

The Ministry of Digital Transformation successful Ukraine has started an online nonfungible token depository aimed astatine preserving the timeline of large events starting with the Russian subject invading the country.

In a Friday tweet, Ukraine’s curate of integer translation Mykhailo Fedorov said the authorities launched an inaugural with nonfungible token, oregon NFT, artwork depicting cardinal moments from the Ukrainian position from Feb. 24 onward. The NFTs diagnostic events starting astatine 5:45 AM section clip connected the time of the conflict, erstwhile Russia announced a “special subject operation” successful the Donbas portion of Ukraine.

According to the NFT depository website astatine the clip of publication, 54 NFTs of cardinal moments successful the warfare betwixt Feb. 24 and Feb. 26 volition beryllium disposable starting connected March 30, with proceeds of the income successful Ether (ETH) utilized “to enactment service and civilians.” The artwork includes a assortment of events and sources based connected Twitter posts from authorities officials, photos from quality outlets, and the effect of satellite leaders “accompanied by idiosyncratic reflections.”

“While Russia uses tanks to destruct Ukraine, we trust connected revolutionary blockchain tech,” said Fedorov. “[The NFT depository is] the spot to support the representation of war. And the spot to observe the Ukrainian individuality and freedom.”

The NFT depository boldly states:

“We volition ne'er fto immoderate azygous time of this play vanish from the ledger of satellite history.”

Source: Meta History Museum of War

In summation to raising funds for Ukraine’s military, the NFT run seems to beryllium targeted successful absorption to Russian authorities media, which galore astir the satellite person criticized for spreading propaganda and misinformation, peculiarly successful regards to the events successful Ukraine pursuing Feb. 24. The task said 1 of its goals was to “spread truthful accusation among the integer assemblage successful the world.” 

Ukraine’s authorities hinted astatine a NFT task aft cancelling plans for an unspecified token airdrop connected March 3. Deputy curate of integer translation Alex Bornyakov aboriginal said successful a study from U.K. quality outlet The Guardian that it planned to merchandise an NFT postulation that would beryllium “like a depository of the Russian-Ukrainian war.” The Ministry of Digital Transformation partnered with squad members from NFT level Fair.xyz for the blockchain infrastructure of the project.

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Ukraine’s authorities has accepted crypto donations straight done wallet addresses provided by the Ministry of Digital Transformation since Feb. 26. Cointelegraph reported that arsenic of March 9, galore charities, alleviation organizations and authorities wallets had received astir $108 cardinal successful crypto toward humanitarian causes and subject assistance successful Ukraine.