https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dg5az/the-quest-to-put-bitcoin-in-mouse-dna-with-a-genetically-engineered-virus

After namechecking artist Eduardo Kac’s genetically engineered phosphorescent rabbits, BitMouseDAO then rambles about how cool it will be to make a living thing into literal money. “We have tied the value of the mouse directly to Bitcoin, and it will fluctuate with the daily value of Bitcoin,” they said. “Maybe in ten years it will be worth $100 million, or maybe it will be worth nothing.”

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    3 years ago

    “Ideally the offspring of the BitMouse would also carry the private key,” the post says. “And we would make specimens of them to sell at auction after they die of natural causes. At that point, a single Bitcoin would split into multiple specimens, but as soon as someone breaks the specimen to extract the genetic information and thus remove the BitMouse, the other specimens would lose their value. On the flip side, breaking the specimen and destroying the artwork may not even happen when bitcoins are worthless.”

    “We're certainly looking forward to all the fun!”

    If the mouse is carrying around a key-ladened virus, BitMouseDao says it will create an NFT based on the image of the mouse and then auction it off. “The final bidder will receive a physical artwork of the mouse (the artwork is designed as a tribute to Damien Hirst's animal cadaver work),” BitMouseDao said. “The animal cells will remain active under this preservation technique.”

    :monkas: :what-the-hell: :scared:

    Hirst’s work involves large display containers and a mountain of formaldehyde to display things like sharks and cows in suspended animation. Dead, but with the appearance of life. In essence, it sounds like BitMouseDao wants to send one lucky NFT buyer a virus-ridden mouse preserved in a formaldehyde jar.

    Serial killer vibes

    In a bizarre world where a segment of the population wants to financialize everything, tying a literal life to the blockchain is a step over a moral and ethical line. It’s just a mouse, but even a mouse deserves the dignity of being worth more than its place on the blockchain.

    the only normal line in this entire article