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Screenshot from "01 The Residents Blue" NFT, released January 2022

A non-fungible token or NFT is a non-interchangeable unit of data stored on a blockchain, a form of digital ledger. Types of NFT data units may be associated with digital files such as photos, videos, and audio. Because each token is uniquely identifiable, NFTs differ from blockchain cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.

The Residents, having long created extremely limited edition products with the collectors' market in mind, minted their first official non-fungible token in October 2021, with the release of an NFT based on the music video for "The Act of Being Polite" as part of an auction benefiting the Blackrock Foundation.

In 2022 the group announced the release of a series of five NFTs derived from their 2021 live-in-the-studio special Duck Stab! Alive!. In a statement posted a few days following the release of the first of these NFTs, Homer Flynn of The Cryptic Corporation defended the group's decision to sell them, explaining that the idea was brought on following repeated postponements and cancellations of The Residents' Dog Stab! tour. The same day, a post to the group's official Twitter account confirmed that there were "no plans to continue" producing NFTs.[1] All five of the NFTs were removed from sale within days.

List of official non-fungible tokens by The Residents[]

  • "The Act of Being Polite" - October 2021
  • Duck Stab! Alive! series - January - February 2022
    • "01 The Residents Blue" - January 29th 2022
    • "02 The Residents Red" - release cancelled
    • "03 The Residents Yellow" - release cancelled
    • "04 The Residents Green" - release cancelled
    • "05 The Residents FULL" - release cancelled

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