“It's a Fungible Life” is a digital pop-art collection minted on the Ethereum Blockchain inspired by the timeless film “It’s a Wonderful Life."
Twenty key moments from the iconic film were chosen as the inspiration for the "It's a Fungible Life" digital art collection. Each illustrated moment was then programmatically combined with randomly selected articles of illustrated clothing and accessories to generate 8000 distinct pieces of digital collectible art.
Each "It's a Fungible Life" digital collectible includes the "It's a Fungible Life" dropset— a set of 20 short-form clips, called drops —inspired by the film. The drops are accessible via the Droplet mobile app. Each drop can be shared via iMessage or on social media to add color to your online or in-real-life conversations.
"It's a Fungible Life" digital collectibles also have a place in your virtual world or metaverse conversations. Decentraland— a decentralized virtual world platform run on the Ethereum blockchain —and Droplet have been exploring the future utilization of these digital collectible drops in the metaverse.
“Droplet’s goal to bring collectible sound clips to Decentraland would be a game changer in terms of token utility and character interactivity,” says Adam De Cata, Head of Partnerships at Decentraland.
When you purchase an "It's a Fungible Life" digital collectible, the drop image from the original film in your dropset is replaced by your digital collectible, giving your messages even more pop and earning you considerably more props.
As part of the project's roadmap, all owners will have their digital collectible drop upgraded to include animation. Instead of the original film clip, digital collectible owners will get a fully animated illustrated audio/video clip with their digital collectible. Collectors that collect all 20 "It's a Fungible Life" digital collectibles drops will earn additional prizes.
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To celebrate the 75th anniversary of “It’s a Wonderful Life” - and in conjunction with the breakout year digital collectibles are having - Droplet approaches Decentraland with the idea of an 8000 piece digital art collection and dropset.
On the 75th Anniversary of the U.S. release of “It’s a Wonderful Life”, Droplet’s digital art collection and dropset “It's a Fungible Life” is released.
In December of 1943, author Philip Van Doren Stern self published 200 copies of his story “The Greatest Gift” and gave them out as Christmas cards. One of those cards would reach director Frank Capra, who used it as his inspiration for “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
In the tradition of this milestone, after 200 “It’s a Fungible Life” digital collectibles are minted, Droplet will release the “It’s a Wonderful Life” dropset to Droplet users for free and airdrop a celebratory IAFL digital collectible to all registered wallets.
All holders of an “IT’S A FUNGIBLE LIFE” digital collectible have their digital collectible upgraded to a playable clip, just like the drops in a Droplet dropset, bringing the illustrated digital collectibles to life!
New to crypto? Droplet has created these simple and easy to follow tutorials that will guide you step-by-step through downloading your first digital wallet, all the way through minting your first “It’s a Fungible Life” digital collectible!
“It's a Fungible Life” is an 8000 piece generative digital art collection, inspired by the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life.” There are 8000 “It's a Fungible Life” pieces in total, with 400 variations of 20 different scenes and over 100 different articles of clothing and accessories. The “It's a Fungible Life” pieces are minted, stored, and traded on the Ethereum blockchain.
The number 8000 was chosen because of its significance in the film, "It's a Wonderful Life." $8000 is the amount of money misplaced by the film’s hero George Bailey, which pushes him to consider suicide, prompting the visit by Clarence, his guardian angel.
For now, you’ve come to the right place. You can purchase an “It's a Fungible Life” digital collectible directly from this site by clicking the "Mint" button at the top. This will take you to the "minting page" where you can connect your Ethereum wallet (we recommend MetaMask). If you don't already have Ethereum (ETH) you'll need to purchase some from your wallet or from an exchange (like Coinbase) and send it to your wallet.
Definitely. Some characters only appear in one scene in the collection, like good ol’ Annie. Some characters, like George, have several scenes. Additionally, because the generation of the art collection is truly random, some accessories appear less frequently than others.
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Each "It's a Fungible Life" digital collectible has HD video quality with 150 dpi (dots per inch) vector image and 2250 x 2250 ppi (pixels per inch) image resolution. For comparison, standard HDTVs usually have only 1080 ppi image resolution.
Droplet, the company behind "It's a Fungible Life" is a bootstrapped web3 startup with bills to pay. Therefore, some of the money raised will be spent to keep the lights on. With some cash in the coffers, they can afford to keep going.
One of the reasons “It’s a Wonderful Life” resonates with so many is because of its take on depression and mental health. A portion of the proceeds from the release will support the Find A Helpline. Find A Helpline is the largest and most reliable helpline dataset in the world, with over 2,000 services providing free, immediate support, in over 140 countries. If you or someone you know is struggling to find hope today or want free support for your mental health, please visit: findahelpline.com.
A portion of the proceeds from the release will also be donated to the Black Women Build. Black Women Build-Baltimore is a homeownership and wealth building initiative that trains Black women in carpentry, electrical, and plumbing by restoring vacant and deteriorated houses in West Baltimore. As depicted in the film “It’s a Wonderful Life,” home ownership is a time tested paths out of poverty and into generational wealth creation.
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