j1mmy
- Identity
- Pseudonym
- Links
- Wallets
- KnownOrigin
- 7 copies across 7 works, collected since January 2023; 5 held at the latest snapshot
Published interviews identify j1mmy as Jimmy McNelis, a collector and technology founder who launched Avastars in 2020.1 McNelis explained that he entered digital collecting through CryptoKitties in December 2017 and that dissatisfaction with assets whose information was not fully stored on-chain prompted his interest in building on-chain projects.2 Avastars consequently combined generative profile imagery with on-chain storage and holder intellectual-property rights, choices McNelis described as deliberate responses to those earlier technical limitations.2 A 2022 Fast Company interview also records that he was then leading NFT42.1
Collecting record
| Date | Work | Copy | Event | ETH | Transaction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Doomed | 88/100 | Received | · | 0x4243…d360 | |
| Disintegration | 43/50 | Received | · | 0x4243…d360 | |
| No Favour (cold) | 12/25 | Received | · | 0x4243…d360 | |
| Best-case Scenario | 7/25 | Received | · | 0x4243…d360 | |
| Blood Bubble | 12/25 | Received | · | 0x4243…d360 | |
| TERROR | 1/5 | Received | · | 0x4243…d360 | |
| The Doomed (black & green) | 6/6 | Received | · | 0x4243…d360 | |
| The Doomed (black & green) | 6/6 | Transferred out | · | 0x4597…e039 | |
| TERROR | 1/5 | Transferred out | · | 0xfbfa…3db5 |
References
Interviews and first-person sources
Cited for this account: Published interviews identify j1mmy as Jimmy McNelis, a collector and technology founder who launched Avastars in 2020.
“The king of NFTs explains the future of Bored Ape Yacht Club and a whole lot more,” Fast Company, fastcompany.com/90735768/bored-ape-yacht-club-jimmy-mcnelis-king-nft-kingship-future (accessed 7 October 2026). ↩︎
Press and criticism
Cited for this account: McNelis explained that he entered digital collecting through CryptoKitties in December 2017 and that dissatisfaction with assets whose information was not fully stored on-chain prompted his interest in building on-chain projects.
Greg Oakford, “J1mmy.eth once minted 420 Bored Apes… and had NFTs worth $150M: NFT creator,” Cointelegraph Magazine, 14 December 2023, cointelegraph.com/magazine/j1mmy-eth-minted-420-bored-apes-nfts-worth-150m-nft-creator (accessed 7 October 2026). ↩︎