Why I bought Stijn van Schaik’s Soul using an NFT on OpenSea

Brian Christie Brian Christie
Posted at 4/1/2022

I’ve never been able to create great Art -- but I can appreciate it when I see it. 

And the work of Stijn van Schaik, a 21-year-old Dutch art student, who posted his “Soul” for sale using an #NFT on #OpenSea is pure genius.  

It’s a brilliant work of digital art in our digital age and he titled his work the “Soul of Stinus”. It’s the world’s very first human Soul ever sold via NFT -- so I went ahead and paid some ETH for it. 

You can read background about his project here: 

A Student Is Selling His "Soul" As An NFT
https://www.iflscience.com/technology/a-student-is-selling-his-soul-as-an-nft/ 

Here’s another reference: 
 
Student Selling His Soul as an NFT
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/423368

What makes his work particularly unique is not the digital image that he associated with the sale, but the fact that he wrote a detailed and legitimate (/humorous, in my opinion) contract that governs the sale.  

Here are the terms of sale for the Soul. &...more

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