{"id":"chain-runners","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Chain Runners","content":"Chain Runners is a group of \"Ten Thousand\" pixelated renegades Non Fungible Tokens living on the Ethereum blockchain. Each Runner is created at random, with 13 layers, 8 colors per layer, and alpha blending[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-c4kbm8kshei).  \n  \n# Overview  \n  \n10,000 32x32-pixel Chain Runners are available, and their costs are currently skyrocketing. The going rate appears to be around three ETH, or roughly $12,500, though there is a lot of variation across the collection, as with any NFT[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-hzkxywjnsvi).  \n  \nThe entire atmosphere is \"Blade Runner\" meets Sega Genesis, and the project has a detailed background that incorporates a Mega-City home base and a squad of renegades known as \"The Runners\" fighting against authority[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-1dri5zrj756).  \n  \nThis collection advances the concept of NFTs as a whole. For starters, they're decentralized and on-chain, unlike many other initiatives that appear Web3-ish but are nonetheless structured as Web 2.0[\\[4\\]](#cite-id-lu1tz837kpd).  \n  \n\"A project like Chain Runners is a fantastic experiment in IP development with a community,\" Greylock's Sarah Guo wrote, \"and is captivating the interest of crypto and tech leaders as well as first-time NFT customers alike.\"  Chain Runners was created by a few of the developers behind Blitmap, another super-ambitious NFT project that exists in an entire sci-fi universe[\\[5\\]](#cite-id-06xl1s5lq6po).  \n  \n## The Chain Runner Collection  \n  \nThe collection has a total of 10,000 NFTs, all of which were minted at a cost of 0.05 ETH each. They're still available at OpenSea. The collection is presently owned by 3043 people. The collection's overall sales volume has surpassed $1 million[\\[6\\]](#cite-id-gyg8hnr9eye).  \n  \nA single NFT cost around $4.5k on average. The most expensive NFT piece in the collection was Runner #9527, which sold for $588.1k. The NFT collection also features a fantastic history, which includes a Mega City and a band of outlaws known as The Runners. These Runners are taking on the authorities.  \n  \nWith being totally on-chain and decentralized, the collection has managed to push the concept of NFTs in a new direction. The developers release the NFTs under a permissive license because the entire code is open source. The tech community has had a thrilling time as a result of this.  \n  \n# Team & Investors  \n  \nThe big tech names to buy Runners over the last few days: Josh Buckley, the investor, and former Product Hunt C.E.O, who appears to own 135 Runners; Away founder Jen Rubio; Nothing's Carl Pei; 20VC's Harry Stebbings; Worklife's Bri Kimmel; Figma's Dylan Field; Gary Vaynerchuk; and Alex Pall, of The Chainsmokers, who absolutely counts as a tech mogul[\\[7\\]](#cite-id-7tlthqs0e4p).  \n  \n## Treading [Chain-Runners]  \n  \nChain Runners seem to be the next big thing in NFTs. It's a relatively new project, but it took off in a big way over the last few days, and looks headed to join Bored Ape Yacht Club and the Cryptopunks on NFT Mount Rushmore[\\[8\\]](#cite-id-26k732pbxib).  \n  \nThere's also some speculation that Coinbase's Brian Armstrong may have bought a Runner, which supporters are very excited about but is so far hard to know for sure.  \n  \n10,000 32x32-pixel Chain Runners are available, and their costs are currently skyrocketing. The going rate appears to be around 3 ETH, or roughly $12,500, though there is a lot of variation across the collection, as with any NFT.  \n  \nThe Chain Runners collection is advancing the concept of NFTs as a whole. For starters, they're decentralized and on-chain, unlike many other initiatives that appear Web3-ish but are nonetheless structured as Web 2.0.","summary":"Chain Runners is a group of \"Ten Thousand\" pixelated renegades Non Fungible Tokens living on the Ethereum blockchain.","categories":[{"id":"nfts","title":"NFTs"}],"tags":[{"id":"Collections"}],"metadata":[{"id":"page-type","value":"generic"},{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"c4kbm8kshei\",\"url\":\"https://opensea.io/collection/chain-runners-nft\",\"description\":\"Chain Runners on OpenSea\",\"timestamp\":1659384164506},{\"id\":\"hzkxywjnsvi\",\"url\":\"https://www.dodbuzz.com/chain-runners-nft/\",\"description\":\"Chain Runners NFT (Dec 2021) All You Need To Know!\",\"timestamp\":1659384194984},{\"id\":\"1dri5zrj756\",\"url\":\"https://luckytrader.com/nft/overview/chain-runners-nft\",\"description\":\"About Chain Runners\",\"timestamp\":1659384223926},{\"id\":\"lu1tz837kpd\",\"url\":\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYRGkvL10EM\",\"description\":\"$100K PROFITS WITH CHAIN RUNNERS NFT!\",\"timestamp\":1659384253590},{\"id\":\"06xl1s5lq6po\",\"url\":\"https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/sourcecode/chain-runners-nft\",\"description\":\"Chain Runners look like the next big thing in NFTs\",\"timestamp\":1659384282646},{\"id\":\"gyg8hnr9eye\",\"url\":\"https://twitter.com/chain_runners?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\",\"description\":\"Chain Runners - XR Minting Now\",\"timestamp\":1659384309974},{\"id\":\"7tlthqs0e4p\",\"url\":\"https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/sourcecode/chain-runners-nft?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1\",\"description\":\"Chain Runners look like the next big thing in NFTs\",\"timestamp\":1659384343238},{\"id\":\"26k732pbxib\",\"url\":\"https://www.nftculture.com/nft-projects/chain-runners-nft-project/\",\"description\":\"CHAIN RUNNERS NFT PROJECT\",\"timestamp\":1659384369405}]"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://twitter.com/chain_runners"},{"id":"website","value":"https://www.chainrunners.xyz/"},{"id":"blocks-changed","value":"wiki-image"},{"id":"wiki-score","value":"65.00"}],"user":{"id":"0x6753061a4cffbc0A617e57E956A298D88702a94B"},"author":{"id":"0x7da121Af2c3Fc2e65eDCD3573a403C352B4538Aa","profile":{"username":"Ilori_Josh","avatar":"QmVG5Mp6f1NeZ4xEwqS2jh75tjqiF9su8xCRVWrsnv2RFA"}},"media":[{"name":"9GLIVuvaweNFdONS.jpg","id":"QmakXydjaZWngJ8V8DoyYLfiwbWTgvYL1nuyY7dm5jpghj","size":"0.142","source":"IPFS_IMG"},{"name":"download.jfif","id":"QmR9MGsWBJLUU1EKMyEyJ27ZCXqmWAUsMLmZmhkPKxJxtn","size":"0.006","source":"IPFS_IMG"},{"name":"genesischainrunners.png","id":"QmToTTTzB82Z5yyTmdmuQvN2da5mqupSpTYChSSg2N9vta","size":"0.100","source":"IPFS_IMG"},{"name":"Screenshot (214).png","id":"QmQTWQhULG5xEP5feXq6eKEDXTQFC2HCHDfNiPsn5mp4dA","size":"0.740","source":"IPFS_IMG"},{"name":"runner_group.png","id":"QmTZJQSkT6NZc1RaqSmv6weVPzFHevFNjcYNZUpXwFgCX4","size":"0.930","source":"IPFS_IMG"},{"name":"images.jfif","id":"QmQMsFA2WHDKZfzyKpQ4KjUQNb5uFQrxaeTb1RMkJmAwnV","size":"0.014","source":"IPFS_IMG"}],"ipfs":"QmSWvQKCorkH1gHkxjY5bEvyku3YMf4agSoNx4ibQ5HkqR","transactionHash":"0x6579f276e73d7853fa406fd337c0be81675152c4261431fd77a1f498f0796ec5","created":"2022-08-01T01:03:20.423Z","updated":"2022-08-01T20:09:52.667Z","images":[{"id":"QmX6Wta3eNn8EX69quFrJiPcYcG5rnaFrgWrGsvywseNNb","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}]}