Last Ethereum Block Before Merge Minted $47K NFT

From blockworks.co

Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake was quite literally a once-in-a-lifetime event. Thanks to the public and immutable nature of the blockchain, an NFT marking that historic moment —- minted right at the boundary of the Merge — has proven an enticing prospect for a collector’s item. Niche NFT project VanityBlocks was conceived to allow a person to fill an entire Ethereum block with a single transaction, and then turn that block into an NFT. The project’s founder wanted the final Ethereum proof-of-work block, bad. Normally, a block contains anywhere from a few to a few hundred transactions, depending on ... (full story)