Chansley, who is an American far-right activist and conspiracy theorist, was pictured storming the US Capitol building and on the Senate floor in Janu
Chansley, who is an American far-right activist and conspiracy theorist, was pictured storming the US Capitol building and on the Senate floor in January with other Trump supremacists
Jacob Chansley, the spear-carrying rioter whose horned hat, tattooed bare chest, and colourful face paint made him a recognisable figure in the assault on the White House earlier this year, has sparked outrage by releasing a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Chansley, who was sentenced to 41 months in prison just a month ago, is also known as ‘QAnon Shaman’ and has released a collection of 1,006 Shamans.
His public relations representative labeled the NFTs as an opportunity for buyers to join “a community of individuals intrigued by the intersection of politics, crypto, media, tribalism, and Shamanic culture.”
Chansley has a variety of costumes and garments, including his horned fur hat, which goes with his insurrectionist character and will be available via his NFTs.
These illustrations were created “under exclusive license” by an “anonymous artist.”
Chansley, who is an American far-right activist and conspiracy theorist, was pictured storming the US Capitol building and on the Senate floor in January with other Trump supremacists, while he is also an avid QAnon conspiracy theorist.
QAnon is a wide-ranging, completely unfounded theory that says that ex-President Trump is waging a secret war against elite Satan-worshipping paedophiles in Government, business and the media, said BBC News.
There are all kinds of uses for NFTs such as the censorship-proof preservation of historical and artistic records.
2021 has been a breakthrough year for NFTs as companies and celebrities are racing to capitalise on the hype before it vanishes, despite very few people actually understanding them and absurd prices for no apparent reason.
According to critics, NFTs are artificially scarce, threaten the intellectual property rights of content creators, enable counterfeiting and money laundering, and encourage consumptive mining practices.
The most expensive NFT sold to date is a “digital collage of images by Beeple that sold for US$69.3mln at a Christie’s auction in March,” said Investopedia.
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