Building an open digital economy
At OpenSea, we're excited about a brand new type of digital good called a
non-fungible token, or NFT. NFTs have exciting new properties: they’re
unique, provably scarce, tradeable, and usable across multiple applications.
Just like physical goods, you can do whatever you want with them! You could
throw them in the trash, gift them to a friend across the world, or go sell them
on an open marketplace. But unlike physical goods, they're armed with all the
programmability of digital goods.
A core part of our vision is that open protocols like Ethereum and interoperable
standards like ERC-721 and ERC-1155 will enable vibrant new
economies. We're building tools that allow consumers to trade their items
freely, creators to launch new digital works, and developers to build rich,
integrated marketplaces for their digital items.
We’re proud to be the first and largest marketplace for NFTs.
2017
Founded
200+
Employees
2M+
Collections
80M+
NFTs
$20B+
Volume
Who is OpenSea
Allow us to introduce ourselves! Hear from our CEO, Devin Finzer, about who we are, how we started, and where we're headed. Learn more about OpenSea in our Learn Center.
Our story
Navigating the uncharted waters of non-fungible tokens
In 2017 the world witnessed the birth of CryptoKitties. For the first time, the
world experienced a decentralized application built on blockchains but targetted
towards a mainstream audience.
While CryptoKitties felt like a toy to many, it represented a dramatic shift in
how we interact with items in the digital world. While previous digital items
lived on company servers, blockchain-native items lived on shared, public
blockchains owned by no single party. They could be viewed anywhere, exchanged
openly, and truly owned in a way that was never before possible in the digital
world.
Fascinated by the movement that was forming, Devin Finzer and
Alex Atallah joined early adopter communities in Discord and started talking
to users. With the OpenSea beta launch in December 2017, the first open
marketplace for any non-fungible token on the Ethereum blockchain was born.
Today, we’re proud to remain the largest general marketplace for user-owned digital items, supporting multiple blockchains, with the
broadest set of categories and the best prices for new emerging digital item
classes.
As a company, we’re thrilled to be at the center of this growing industry, and
will continue to invest in our core infrastructure as we build the most
accessible marketplace for buyers, sellers, and creators.
Backed by top firms & industry leaders
who are helping us pave the way towards a brand new digital economy
with some of the most forward-thinking angels
who are just as passionate about this space as we are.
Mark Cuban
Entrepreneur & Investor
3LAU
American DJ & Producer
Tim Ferriss
Entrepreneur & Author
Dylan Field
CEO & Co-founder of Figma
Ben Silberman
CEO & Co-founder of Pinterest
Alexis Ohanian
Co-founder of Reddit
Balaji Srinivisan
Entrepreneur & Former CTO of Coinbase
Belinda Johnson
Attorney & former COO of Airbnb
Naval Ravikant
Co-founder & Former CEO of AngelList
Justin Kan
Co-founder of Justin.tv & Twitch
Avichal Garg
Partner at Electric Capital
Linda Xie
Co-founder of Scalar Capital
Kevin Durant
Professional basketball player
Ashton Kutcher
Actor, producer, and entrepreneur
Tobie Lütke
Founder & CEO of Shopify
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Security Reports
OpenSea strives to be the most trustworthy and secure marketplace for
NFTs. Finding and eliminating current vulnerabilities is a top priority.
OpenSea highly values our partnership with the vulnerability hunting
community and as such we ensure all reports are reviewed by security
experts and acted upon appropriately.
Submit a vulnerability here.
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