Thread by @TaschaLabs

Ok, you've all convinced me this is an experiment that needs to be done. So here's the deal.

I'm going to buy a real diamond--> create a NFT for it--> list it on @opensea--> destroy the original diamond. I'll ping this tweet on my profile so you can track progress.

Stay tuned.

STEP 1: Create an @opensea account.

STATUS: Done.

opensea.io/collection/tas…

STEP 2: Buy a hammer for diamond smashing (Never smashed a diamond before. Hope this one'll do the job, or I'll need to find another way).

STATUS: Done.

STEP 3: Buy a diamond.

STATUS: Done.

Went shopping online and got this 1.32 carat rock 💎 for $5k. It's supposed to ship next Monday. Meanwhile you're welcome to marvel at its beauty on a conceptual level: natashache.com/gia-1/

Oh and the receipt: natashache.com/blue-nile-rece…

Just got the hammer & the bench block in the mail. That was fast. Hope the diamond 💎 delivery guy does an equally good job as Amazon.

How can a NFT project be complete without some generational family feud? So I put up a fight with my mother 🤪

Good news...💎Diamond LD15766346💎 ships today!

Says it'll come "in discrete packaging".

Hmm... didn't know diamond is actually a sex toy 🤔

But that's def not a feature included in the diamond NFT, in case you're wondering.

Those who shit on Bezos for throwing $ in space, not charities, don’t get it.

Without your ancestors throwing resources in seeming foolish experiments, you’d still be living in stone age.

You can be cynical & indignant abt the future. Or you can take the trouble to create it.

Guys, I need to upload 1 media asset to mint into the destroyed-diamond NFT. Which one do you like better?

1/ this 360' video of diamond LD15766346

2/ the GIA report image for said diamond (shown in comment)

3/ makes no fucking difference Tascha. both equally stupid

Here's image of option 2/

STEP 4: Getting the diamond delivered in the mail

STATUS: Done

Fedex delivered the diamond I bought from Blue Nile at 10:12 AM US eastern time today.

Watch me receive the diamond and unbox it ✂️🎁💎

So excited for the next step 🤗

STEP 5: Figure out the floor price for the NFT.

STATUS: Done

Here's the reserve price breakdown:

STEP 5: Destroy the diamond

STATUS: see below

So I tried to smash the diamond w/ a hammer. Turned out 💎 was much tougher than I thought (also I really suck as a handywoman). Here's how it went down in the end.

This historical event happened at 6:13 pm US EST, Aug 31 2021 🎉

This FAQ video answers

1. What's the Destroyed-Diamond NFT?
2. Why destroy the diamond?
3. Why does the NFT have value?
4. How is this NFT priced?
5. How to destroy the diamond?

Recorded this b/f the diamond-destroying saga today. Little did I know...