Providing the Infrastructure for 100k+ Mints of 108 Flowers

Introduction

From ancient artifacts to modern memorabilia, collectibles have played a meaningful role in preserving history, celebrating achievements, and allowing individuals to express themselves. Digital collectibles are the newest trend, offering innovative ways to engage with and own unique items through blockchain technology. This comes with many benefits, including greater accessibility, true verification, and the ability to collect royalties for creators.

These benefits have already resulted in significant adoption of blockchain-based collectibles. We’ve seen it through NFTs, Bitcoin Ordinals, and several other forms of digital collectibles. One of the most recent success stories is 108 Flowers, an onchain card collection inspired by the Murakami Flowers NFT collection from renowned artist Takashi Murakami.
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The Inspiration Behind 108 Flowers

Takashi Murakami is a legend across art and pop culture, previously working with brands like Louis Vuitton on collaborations. He made his initial entry into Web3 in 2021 with the launch of RTFKT, which is a creator-led organization focused around digital fashion and augmented reality. RTFKT was so successful that Nike acquired the project after their CloneX NFT release.

Shortly after Murakami released another NFT collection, Murakami Flowers. This collection was inspired by early-stage Japanese games and included a total of 11,664 NFTs. Within this collection, 108 secret images were concealed. They’ve now been recreated in the form of digital cards for the 108 Flowers collection.

Here’s everything you need to know about 108 Flowers:

• The collection dropped on Base, and is a part of Coinbase’s Onchain Summer
• Each mint contained a pack of 5 onchain cards with varying rarities
• It was an open-ended mint that resulted in 141,358 packs being minted over 48 hours
• The collection features 108 unique cards that are soulbound NFTs
• Users were able to create a wallet and purchase packs without holding crypto or having knowledge of it
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Bringing 108 Flowers to Life

In addition to the collection itself, a lot went into powering the release of 108 Flowers. The focus was to make the collection accessible to everyone - crypto enthusiast or not. This means removing the complexity of wallets and token payments, while still utilizing blockchain technology for minting and card randomness.

To put it all together, 108 Flowers needed a hand from:

Dynamic

Dynamic powered the wallet connection and authentication of the 108 Flowers mint, providing a secure and smooth wallet experience to pack buyers. This partnership allowed collectors without wallets to onboard and mint with only an email address, inviting non-crypto buyers to easily secure their packs. At the same time, crypto natives were able to benefit from a seamless purchasing experience regardless of which wallet they use. 108 Flowers adds to a growing list of Dynamic projects that are building on Base.

NiftyKit

NiftyKit helps all forms of creators launch NFT mints, gated NFT experiences, and more with no coding required. For the 108 Flowers release, NiftyKit provided all of the functionality needed to facilitate a smooth mint for a large number of collectors. This included mint functionality, collection and metadata management, and security. By handling the launch technicalities, NiftyKit allows Murakami to focus solely on perfecting his collection.

Gelato

One of the most appealing parts about opening a pack of cards is the uncertainty. Gelato ensures that every card is completely random, backed by their verifiable random function (VRF) technology. VRF gives minters the ability to verify onchain that their pack was random and tamper proof.

Crossmint

Crossmint makes purchasing NFTs simple, allowing for traditional payment methods to be used instead of just crypto. For the 108 Flowers mint, Crossmint provided collectors with the ability to pay with credit cards or crypto. By appealing to both crypto natives and regular collectors, creators can make their collections as inclusive as possible.
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What’s Next?

The mint has concluded and since the 108 Flowers NFTs are soulbound, they can’t be purchased on the open market. If you love Takashi Murakami’s work, you can purchase his original Murakami Flowers collection here! You can also give him a follow and stay posted for information on future drops.

If you are a developer or creator looking to create your own Web3 experience, get in touch with Dynamic or try out our demo environment here!