Two Hennessy cognacs are being offered for sale as non-replaceable cases (NFT), which a lucky fan can buy for a total of $225 000, approximately 72 million forints.
According to NFTs, the hype around irreplaceable tokens continues unabated, and even the world's largest companies are already inspired by the crypto market. On Monday, world-famous French cognac distiller Hennessy & Co, better known as Hennessy announced, to release a virtual space cognac called BlockBar NFT-platform, giving cognac lovers the opportunity to pay homage to the altar of luxury in a whole new way. The NFT for sale is the Hennessy 8 is the physical and digital ownership of the first and last bottles (1 and 250 respectively) of this drink, made using one eau de vie (pure, colourless fruit brandy) from each of seven generations of master blenders.
In addition to the digital artefacts, the buyer will be enriched with some real-life objects: a commemorative plaque, a unique canteen, a pipette and cork holder, and special tasting glasses designed by glassmaker Georg Riedel and Yann Fillioux, the legendary master blender of Hennessy, reissued for the occasion. If that's not enough, buyers can also take a free trip to the Hennessy estate in Cognac, France.
An irreplaceable token, or NFT, is a completely unique artefact in digital form, based on and unique to the technology used by cryptocurrencies.
