
Age of Chains
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Age of Chains
@ageofchains
Intergalactic Crypto Art on Bitcoin since 2016. Physical NFT Trading Cards. TG: https://t.co/dyhigZvjmF | Discord: https://t.co/jPKUviEW8c | #HNFT






#HistoricalNFTs: Etherization – the forgotten 2016 pioneer of play-to-earn NFTs! Let’s journey back to the dawn of blockchain gaming with Etherization, a groundbreaking project from September 16, 2016, a play-to-earn (P2E) strategy game on Ethereum. Created by developer Vedran Skarica, it deployed as an Ethereum smart contract just months after Ethereum’s launch, letting players own virtual cities as NFTs, build empires, and earn real crypto rewards. Long before Axie Infinity or Decentraland, Etherization blended NFTs with gameplay, making it a true historical gem in Web3 evolution. Etherization is a strategy dApp where players mint and own hexagonal “cities” or towns as NFTs on a procedurally generated map. Players grow their empire by farming resources (blocks), building structures, paying tributes, boosting culture, or risking attacks, earning ERC20 tokens along the way. Cities have rarities (assigned randomly at mint), and mechanics like vassalization (conquering others) add depth. Originally on Ethereum, it used basic Solidity for ownership, farming cooldowns (~12 hours), and pseudo-randomness via block hashes. Deployed 81 days after Ethereum’s genesis (like Etheria), Etherization was the first blockchain game combining NFTs with P2E, predating CryptoKitties (2017) by over a year. It remained forgotten in NFT archaeology until rediscovered in 2021 by Adam McBride. As of November 12, 2025, it’s revived on Polygon for low-gas play, with Ethereum/Polygon bridging. Dormant post-2016 due to Ethereum’s high gas and consequently small community, it relaunched in 2023-2024 on Polygon for efficient P2E. @EtherizationNFT remains live today at etherization.org, with Ethereum origins preserved. Etherization proved NFTs could power real games on the blockchain. Challenges like gas fees led to dormancy, but its revival shows enduring innovation. In 2025, it’s a bridge from Ethereum’s infancy to Polygon’s scalability, inspiring projects like Alien Worlds. A must-know for NFT historians: The original blockchain P2E blueprint!





On Monday, the new material samples arrive. If they meet our quality standards, we’ll be ready to move straight into printing. #HistoricalNFTs

























