# Bored Ape 2 

By [metacrypton.eth](https://paragraph.com/@metacrypton) · 2023-04-13

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Yuga Labs LLCFounded2021; 2 years agoArea servedGlobal[Founder(s)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_founder)

*   Greg Solano ("Gargamel")
    
*   Wylie Aronow ("Gordon Goner")
    
*   Zeshan Ali ("No Sass")
    
*   Kerem Atalay ("Emperor Tomato Ketchup")
    

[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_Ape#cite_note-14)CEONicole MunizIndustry[Cryptocurrency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency)URL[yuga.com](https://yuga.com/)

According to the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) website, the NFT collection was created by four friends who "set out to make some dope apes, test \[their\] skills, and try to build something (ridiculous)."[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_Ape#cite_note-Lee2022-12) Bored Ape NFTs, like other NFTs created and used for [digital art](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token#Digital_art) purposes aim to provide its owners the "original" artwork.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_Ape#cite_note-ThaddeusJohns2021-15)[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_Ape#cite_note-Jones2022-16) Bored Ape NFTs owners are considered in possession of "a unique unit of data recorded in a digital blockchain, which permanently records its provenance or sales history."[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_Ape#cite_note-Jones2022-16)

The collection exists on the Ethereum blockchain and contains 10,000 unique NFTs derived from 172 unique assets.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_Ape#cite_note-opensea-17) The NFTs function dually as a membership card to Yacht Club. Membership to the club includes access to THE BATHROOM (stylized in all caps), a digital graffiti board where users commonly "draw dicks," according to the founder.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_Ape#cite_note-18)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_Ape#cite_note-opensea-17) The NFTs were originally sold for 0.08 ether each, around $190 at the time of their April 2021 launch[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_Ape#cite_note-VanBoom2022-19) and were sold out in 12 hours.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_Ape#cite_note-:1-10)

As BAYC "has made it clear that NFT holders have full commercialization rights to their ape," Bored Apes differ from other NFTs in that "whoever owns a Bored Ape can spin it into whatever film, music, TV, book, or media project they want."[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_Ape#cite_note-Ifeanyi2022-20)

[https://opensea.io/assets/0x455BBEAeE685dE2c550cD1Bb7f270B00223f0FAC/1](https://opensea.io/assets/0x455BBEAeE685dE2c550cD1Bb7f270B00223f0FAC/1)

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