Crazy Frog made his return to music last week with a new single called "Tricky" that remixes Run DMC's "It's Tricky." And because we are living in the darkest possible reality, the nudist amphibian's comeback involves, exhaustingly, some Crazy Frog NFTs.
There's been some pretty significant backlash to that part — largely to do with the environmental impact of cryptocurrency — resulting in the people running Crazy Frog's social media pages having to address the alleged death threats that they've been receiving.
In a thread posted today on Crazy Frog's official Twitter, it's explained that those running the social media accounts – and bearing the brunt of the backlash – aren't actually fans of NFTs themselves and have no control over whether Crazy Frog gets involved, calling themselves "fans of Crazy Frog like you all" who "may sometimes express disapproval" of the NFTs while promoting them.
The thread continues, saying "nobody is forcing us to like each other's ideas and the producer isn't pressuring the creators. The creator is the producer. He's in charge and we just follow."
It's also suggested in the thread that "If you don't like crypto, don't buy the drops!" before explaining that the Crazy Frog crypto drops were created using "Delegated Proof of Stake validation, which has been proven to be more environmentally friendly, than other means (such as Ethereum's Proof of Work)."
It's a strange thread coming from a CGI amphibian who was once a ringtone, and the collision of Crazy Frog, NFTs and internet death threats feels particularly dark and unsavoury. But this is the world now!
The controversial Crazy Frog NFT in question is arriving on December 23 on the Metabeats network, which calls itself "an NFT marketplace and digital reality platform that combines social media, online gaming, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and cryptocurrencies to allow users to interact virtually."
If you understand what any of this means, good for you. If you don't, even better! And if you're interested in maintaining your ignorance on the topic (highly recommended), then read no further, because it's about to be explained to you very helpfully by Sean Murray over at TheGamer:
To cut through the buzzwords, Metabeats will let people purchase music NFTs — basically music files that have been declared unique for being associated with a number on a blockchain. There's nothing particularly special about the music file itself, other than you can only listen to it on Metabeats and it has your name on it. Unless you decide to sell it, then someone else will have their name on it. Meanwhile, anyone can still listen to the song on YouTube, Spotify, or any other streaming service you care to mention.
So yeah!
Crazy Frog's thread ends on a PR-bent note of positivity, closing out with "remember everyone, this is only the beginning. We have so much more planned out, that was YEARS in the making and for YEARS to come. We're incredibly excited to share it with you all in the future."
That sounds more like a threat than anything else, but there you have it. Read the thread below.
There's been some pretty significant backlash to that part — largely to do with the environmental impact of cryptocurrency — resulting in the people running Crazy Frog's social media pages having to address the alleged death threats that they've been receiving.
In a thread posted today on Crazy Frog's official Twitter, it's explained that those running the social media accounts – and bearing the brunt of the backlash – aren't actually fans of NFTs themselves and have no control over whether Crazy Frog gets involved, calling themselves "fans of Crazy Frog like you all" who "may sometimes express disapproval" of the NFTs while promoting them.
The thread continues, saying "nobody is forcing us to like each other's ideas and the producer isn't pressuring the creators. The creator is the producer. He's in charge and we just follow."
It's also suggested in the thread that "If you don't like crypto, don't buy the drops!" before explaining that the Crazy Frog crypto drops were created using "Delegated Proof of Stake validation, which has been proven to be more environmentally friendly, than other means (such as Ethereum's Proof of Work)."
It's a strange thread coming from a CGI amphibian who was once a ringtone, and the collision of Crazy Frog, NFTs and internet death threats feels particularly dark and unsavoury. But this is the world now!
The controversial Crazy Frog NFT in question is arriving on December 23 on the Metabeats network, which calls itself "an NFT marketplace and digital reality platform that combines social media, online gaming, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and cryptocurrencies to allow users to interact virtually."
If you understand what any of this means, good for you. If you don't, even better! And if you're interested in maintaining your ignorance on the topic (highly recommended), then read no further, because it's about to be explained to you very helpfully by Sean Murray over at TheGamer:
To cut through the buzzwords, Metabeats will let people purchase music NFTs — basically music files that have been declared unique for being associated with a number on a blockchain. There's nothing particularly special about the music file itself, other than you can only listen to it on Metabeats and it has your name on it. Unless you decide to sell it, then someone else will have their name on it. Meanwhile, anyone can still listen to the song on YouTube, Spotify, or any other streaming service you care to mention.
So yeah!
Crazy Frog's thread ends on a PR-bent note of positivity, closing out with "remember everyone, this is only the beginning. We have so much more planned out, that was YEARS in the making and for YEARS to come. We're incredibly excited to share it with you all in the future."
That sounds more like a threat than anything else, but there you have it. Read the thread below.
Hello, everyone. We would like to start this message by acknowledging that while we appreciate all the valid criticism toward NFTs, sending us death threats and other nasty things to our email isn't cool or productive. 1/9
— Crazy Frog (@TrueCrazyFrog) December 13, 2021