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-based non-fungible token (NFT) project is raising funds to buy an old Cold War bunker in the UK.

The team, known as Dead Bruv, plans to sell 100,000 new NFTs from their Meatbags series to finance the purchase of the shelter, located in Rutland.

Starting April 21, 10,000 tokens will be distributed to current holders, while the remaining tokens will be sold for $14 each.

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Anyone who buys a token becomes part of a new group called the Billionaire Bunker Club. This group is organized as a decentralized community that will vote on how to use the bunker if the sale goes through.

Some suggestions include turning it into a private retreat with themed events, a small festival location, or a unique Airbnb with canned food service and other unusual touches.

Robert, one of the project’s co-founders, said in an April 18 post on X, “There’s not much to compare this to, but these are the kinds of things that made me fall in love with NFTs in the first place. Taking risks. Getting creative. Pushing the boundaries of what this tech can do to create something completely new, absurd, and incredible”.

The bunker itself is listed for £650,000 (about $862,000) and is set to go up for auction on April 24 through SDL Property Auctions. Built in 1960, it was used as part of a network that monitored nuclear activity and was taken out of service in 1968, according to the UK-based property auctioneer.

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A doomsday-themed Solana NFT project is looking to sell 100,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to buy a Cold War-era nuclear bunker in Rutland, England.

Dead Bruv, the creators of the narrative-driven NFT project Meatbags, plan to mint 100,000 NFTs, with Meatbags holders being airdropped 10,000. The the rest will be sold off starting April 21, starting at $14 a pop, according to a post on the Meatbags X account. 

Holders will gain entry into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), called the Billionaire Bunker Club, a “fully decentralized, community-governed real-world asset onchain,” which will vote on what happens with the bunker if the effort to buy it is successful. 

Source: Meatbags

A few ideas floated by the NFT project include a “members-only survival resort with Doomsday DJ,” a location to hold end-of-the-world festivals, or “an Airbnb with caviar tastings and canned bean room service.” 

UK online auctioneer SDL Property Auctions has the bunker Dead Bruv is hoping to buy listed for a guide price of 650,000 British pounds ($862,257), and an auction date scheduled for April 24. 

The real estate listing says the bunker is located on 1.4 acres near a former reservoir and has permission to convert into a house. 

The bunker was built in 1960 to act as a monitoring post during the Cold War and was decommissioned in 1968. It was one of 1,500 tasked with reporting any nuclear bursts and monitoring any radioactive fallout, according to SDL Property Auctions.

Cointelegraph contacted SDL Property Auctions for comment. 

Nuclear bunker buy began as a joke

Robert, the pseudonymous co-founder of Dead Bruv, said in an April 18 statement to X that the initiative was about trying to “make NFTs fun again” and was sparked by a joke that turned into a “lightbulb moment.” 

“There’s not much to compare this to, but these are the kinds of things that made me fall in love with NFTs in the first place. Taking risks. Getting creative. Pushing the boundaries of what this tech can do to create something completely new, absurd, and incredible,” he said. 

“When something comes from a place of, this is completely insane, we gotta do it, that’s when I know we’re onto something,” Robert added. 

Source: Robert

This isn’t the first time a DOA has turned to crowdfunding to buy an expensive item. ConstitutionDAO managed to raise about $47 million in Ether (ETH) in 2021 to purchase an original copy of the United States Constitution, which was going under the hammer at auctioneer Sotheby’s. 

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Ultimately, they were unsuccessful. The winning bid was $43.2 million, and the DAO was limited to a bid of $43 million by Sotheby’s to factor in taxes and the costs required to protect, insure and move the Constitution. 

Meanwhile, LinksDAO secured the winning bid to purchase Scotland-based Spey Bay Golf Club in May 2023. The DAO claims it added the US-based Hillcrest Country Club to its holdings in February. 

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