Here’s all you need to know about the Checks NFT collection by Jack Butcher:
As previously mentioned, each Checks NFT by Jack Butcher originally cost $8. From a mere $8, the collection’s floor reached three-figure values in no time. Currently, its floor is at 0.24 ETH or about $382 (at the time of writing). Further, it has raked in $4.7 million in secondary sales. What’s more, the highest-selling NFT in the collection fetched 8 WETH! Several NFTs in the collection also sold for around 4 ETH and higher.
Checks by Jack Butcher is the latest talk of the town!
A graphic designer and art director, Jack Butcher is the founder of Visualise Value, a Nashville, Tennessee-based consulting agency. He worked for ten years in Fortune 100 advertising as a creative director. In fact, he has worked with some of the biggest brands in the world, including Amazon and Ferrari.
In early 2021, Jack hopped onto the NFT bandwagon, selling several NFTs. His “NFTs, explained”, for instance, sold for 74 ETH.
As Checks quickly became popular, Jack Butcher began rolling out new plans for the NFT project. Firstly, he toyed with the idea of reducing the total supply.
“Are checks more desirable if they are harder to get?,” he Tweeted. “If we can find out by incentivizing a reduction in supply, can we do it without destroying anything in the process?”
Similarly, Jack and his team developed their own burn mechanism, based on the semi-perfect number, 80. To explain, 80 is “a natural number that is equal to the sum of all or some of its proper divisors.” Also, 80’s factors are 40, 20, 10, 5, 4, and 1. Add all these and you get 80.
Jack Butcher regularly tweets about the project’s development.
The idea behind Checks NFT project’s burn mechanism is to burn a particular number of NFTs to get smaller editions in decreasing order. For instance, suppose you have two 80 Check NFTs. Then, you can burn them both to get one 40 Check NFT. Similarly, if you burn two 40-Check NFTs, you will get one 20-Check NFT.
As Jack explained, you will basically “burn 2 originals for the next smallest edition original”:
80 > 40 > 20 > 10 > 5 > 4 > 1
Holders are free to stop at any point. “What this does: rewards every collector, creates new, original, on-chain work, and every interaction either maintains or reduces supply,” Jack added.
Jack Butcher’s unique Checks NFT project has not only grabbed the attention of regular NFT users but also of some notable figures in the space. The list includes NFT artist, Vinnie Hager. Besides, lots of Checks derivative NFT collections, such as Check Punks and Keks, have also come up. Alchemy Chains are even making physical Checks pendants!
Amid all the attention, Jack Butcher is constantly innovating the Checks NFT project, all the while being transparent about what is going on behind the scenes. The burn mechanism, however, is not yet live. Currently, the team is working on it to make it “perfect”. There are also plans for a new iteration. All things considered, how the project develops over the next few weeks will be worth keeping an eye on.
