Regardless of my feelings about nfts & crypto, the claim that this is the "first crypto toy" is total bs, crypto kaiju has existed for years. I've even spoken to the guy that started it. Source: almost 3 years ago

It's actually been done for a while now. I personally don't think it's that great of an idea, the vinyl toy reselling market is extremely volatile, vulnerable to exploitation, and outside of a few tend to lose value really quickly, combining that with cryptocurrencies which are also extremely volatile, vulnerable to exploitation, and outside of a few tend to lose value really quickly doesn't really help either... Source: about 3 years ago

Not the first to do it though, check http://cryptokaiju.io/. We've been doing this for 2.5 years. Source: about 3 years ago

Usually it has been a form of tokenization using physical sensors that would provide some unique id to the object that's also replicated on the blockchain to prove ownership like these things. https://cryptokaiju.io/. Source: over 3 years ago

Tokenization of real assets is possible and here is an example https://cryptokaiju.io/. Source: over 3 years ago

Ontochain projects have not yet begun to use the sidechain, but they should be very soon. The oracle factory upgrade from the beta version, should also give much more usage to the iexec marketplace. You can find current usage at :https://iex.ec/ . Source: almost 2 years ago

Let us know what you think: https://iex.ec. Source: almost 2 years ago

iExec (RLC) claims to have developed the first decentralized marketplace for cloud computing resources. Blockchain technology is used to organize a market network where users can monetize their computing power, applications, and datasets. By providing on-demand access to cloud computing resources, iExec is reportedly able to support compute-intensive applications in fields such as AI, big data, healthcare,... Source: almost 2 years ago

There are also lots of compute networks, that compete with cloud offerings of AWS, and google cloud and microsoft. Like Golem, pp.io, iex.ec, etc. Source: over 2 years ago

It's the explorer listed on iexec's website https://iex.ec/. Kinda alarming if a person wanted to setup an account with them to have a worker earn RLC. Looks like they wouldn't even be able to and it's been down for hours. Source: almost 3 years ago