Yuga Labs’ TwelveFold Bitcoin (BTC) NFT prime 288 bids are led by a 2 BTC bid (round $50,000), with the bottom being 0.111222 BTC ($250) as of press time.

Nevertheless, the gathering has drawn heavy criticism from some crypto group members over its “stone age” public sale mannequin.

TwelveFold is a 300 generative artwork piece inscribed onto satoshis on the Bitcoin blockchain created by Yuga Labs.

Yuga Labs’ public sale mannequin

Yuga Labs’ public sale course of requires individuals to deposit their BTC into an handle offered by the corporate.

The NFT firm requested individuals to offer a separate BTC handle to obtain their NFTs in the event that they win the public sale, including that it will refund these with unsuccessful bids.

The alternate suggested individuals solely to make bids with a self-custodied pockets as these made with third events like Coinbase, and different exchanges can be unable to obtain refunds.

Bitcoin Ordinals creator points warning

Bitcoin Ordinals NFT, creator Casey Rodarmor, stated Yuga Labs’ technique was a “degenerate bullshit.” Rodarmor threatened to clean his arms off the entity if it repeated the identical factor.

Rodarmor added:

“Actions like this show that for some entities and folks: ‘As soon as a shitcoiner at all times a shitcoiner.’”

A group member Ordinally identified that the mannequin was “establishing REALLY unhealthy priority” as a result of malicious gamers might copy the identical technique. In keeping with Ordinally, whereas Yuga Labs would return the unsuccessful bids, scammers who undertake this technique wouldn’t.

In the meantime, a number of different crypto group members stated the NFT firm might have discovered a greater method to make its auctions work. In keeping with them, there are extra environment friendly and trustless methods to conduct NFT auctions on the Bitcoin community.