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NFTs can credit their existence to CryptoKitties (www.cryptokitties.com), a novel game that was launched in the fall of 2017, by Dapper Labs. (Dapper Labs also created the smash hit Top Shop, the platform that allowed users to purchase NFTs of their favorite NBA players.) The creators felt that the general population didn't understand what a cryptocurrency was or why it mattered, let alone how its technology worked. Likewise, the public perception of blockchain applications remained narrow-minded and focused on get-rich-quick scams, dark web utility, and new financial instruments. The creators wanted to change the shortsighted perception in the market and demystify its potential and long-term implications, which had remained esoteric at best.