A string of characters has been buried by the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), and in order to get the dog-themed PFP collection, players must complete a game-like treasure hunt.
The German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) has issued a non-fungible token (NFT) collection for a blockchain-based treasure hunt game to attract new employees.
Earlier last month, the agency issued “Dogs of BND,” a collection of 999 PFPs with dogs dressed in cyber security garb. In order to get access to the NFTs, one must first complete a cyber adventure and discover a secret code.
As stated on its website, the federal agency buried a set of characters (here, a wallet address, transaction hash, block or token number) as a hint for German residents who choose to look for the Dogs of BND collection. After gathering the necessary information, players get entry to the vault.
Although the NFT costs less than 1 cent to mint (not including petrol expenses), the collection has a floor price of 0.045 ETH, or nearly $82, on OpenSea’s secondary market. Only 987 of the 999 NFTs in the collection are usable by gamers. The treasure hunt will be over when all 987 tokens have been produced.
The German cryptocurrency blog BTC Echo reports that the treasure hunt aims to find bright young people familiar with blockchain technology to reduce criminality. It has also used its Instagram following to attract tech-savvy, NFT-curious people.
“We are also looking for talents in the field of cyber security,” the agency said to BTC Echo. It only seemed sensible to expand our Instagram offering with an NFT collection.
While the BND is experimenting with NFTs in its hiring practices, not all government organisations are ready to embrace tokenized assets fully. The United Kingdom government announced in April 2022 its intention to issue an NFT through the Royal Mint. Concerned with speculation and financial danger, it decided to scrap the NFT in March of this year.
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