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Record No. 2021-08-15-degen-ape-academy-mintCollectionVerified

Degen Ape Academy sells out on its second attempt

Degenerate Ape Academy's first drop, which began around 00:00 UTC on August 14, 2021 (the evening of August 13, US time), broke down under overloaded servers, and a minting exploit was reported. The team relaunched at 5 PM Pacific on August 14, posted 'We are live!' at 01:54 UTC on August 15, and announced at 02:57 UTC that it had sold out in 8 minutes, all on the evening of August 14, US time. Its official site gives the date as August 14 (US time) and the price as 6 SOL for 10,000 apes. A 2022 account by Bardstocks says the relaunch used a mint tool built in about 12 hours by two Metaplex developers, the first version of Candy Machine.

Entities

  • Degen Ape Academy
  • Metaplex
  • Candy Machine

On-chain record

Earlier tokens

Tokens from before the main run: pre-Metaplex mints, prototypes and earlier attempts.

Sources & citations (8)

  1. https://x.com/DegenApeAcademy/status/1426318471793569796Accessed Oct 8, 2026Before the first drop. Posted 2021-08-13 23:03 UTC.
  2. https://x.com/DegenApeAcademy/status/1426358508828590085Accessed Oct 8, 2026Spoofed API requests overloaded the drop. Posted 2021-08-14 01:42 UTC.
  3. https://x.com/DegenApeAcademy/status/1426633266874908674Accessed Oct 8, 2026'working closely with the @metaplex team'. Posted 2021-08-14 19:54 UTC.
  4. https://x.com/DegenApeAcademy/status/1426669186378440709Accessed Oct 8, 2026At 5pm PST. Posted 2021-08-14 22:16 UTC.
  5. https://x.com/DegenApeAcademy/status/1426723943038087171Accessed Oct 8, 2026Posted 2021-08-15 01:54 UTC.
  6. https://x.com/DegenApeAcademy/status/1426739821595172868Accessed Oct 8, 2026Posted 2021-08-15 02:57 UTC.
  7. https://dev.degenape.academy/Accessed Oct 8, 2026All 10,000 minted on 14 Aug 2021 at 6 SOL.
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20221002083210/https://medium.com/@Bardstocks/welcome-to-the-academy-c5ab6cd73721Captured Oct 2, 2022Oct 2022: the first attempt failed; 'Jordan and Bartosz' built the first Candy Machine within 12 hours. Original: https://medium.com/@Bardstocks/welcome-to-the-academy-c5ab6cd73721

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