In an effort to find blockchain talent for the organization, Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service has posted nearly 1,000 NFTs on Ethereum.
The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), Germany’s foreign intelligence service, has entered the nonfungible tokens (NFT) market by introducing a collection of NFTs with a canine theme and holding an on-chain treasure hunt. The project intends to find cyber talent for the organization.
The “Dogs of BND” collection, which includes 999 dog NFTs inspired by the agency’s guard and security dogs as well as numerous intelligence duties, was unveiled by the BND at the beginning of June.
Participants must discover a character string posted on the BND’s Instagram account that points to an Ethereum address in order to collect the NFTs. Cyber talent who finish this task successfully are qualified to mint an NFT from the stock.
The BND said that it developed the collection and treasure hunt as a means of identifying potential cybersecurity professionals in an interview with German crypto publication BTC-Echo on June 19th.
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Twelve of the NFTs in the collection are not currently for sale, despite the majority of them being mintable. The BND intends to release increasingly difficult crosswords in the future, with these unique tokens serving as the reward. According to BTC-Echo, the BND is thinking about hosting a hacking competition for smart contracts. The floor price and trading volumes of the NFTs significantly increased after the BND’s NFT collection came to light.
The BND hopes to engage with the expanding NFT community while attracting skilled individuals in the field of cybersecurity by foraying into the world of NFTs and utilizing blockchain technology.