The signature of Star Trek producer Gene Roddenberry has gone boldly where no NFT has gone before — into the code for life itself.
Back in 1965, Roddenberry signed a contract with Lucille Ball’s Desilu Productions to finance Star Trek. On Nov. 30, that signature was turned into a nonfungible token (NFT) and implanted into the DNA code of a living bacteria cell — 30 years after the sci-fi legend’s death.
Roddenberry Entertainment describes it as the first-ever “Living Eco-NFT” and a “true intersection of science and science fiction.” The piece will replicate and grow with the division of the organism’s cells.
It’s being exhibited as an art piece titled “El Primero” – Spanish for “The First” – in Miami during Art Basel 2021.
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