Childhood nostalgia was triggered when Limewire recently announced that they have re-launched as a platform for NFTs.
If you were of age in the early 2000s, you likely gave your family computer a virus by using Limewire to download the latest music. The massive illegal music downloading database was at the forefront of the bootleg CD movement.
As part of the rollout, Limewire released a commercial featuring Soulja Boy’s hit single, “Crank That,” which rose to popularity with the help of the peer-to-peer file sharing site. Soulja also collaborated with the company for the “LimeWire Song” NFT, which gives its holders exclusive pre-release access to his forthcoming single “LimeWire.”
Soulja’s NFT will likely not be the only collab to take place between Limewire and an artist. The site is pushing itself as a “marketplace for music NFTs.” Limewire is also heavily focused on making NFTs more accessible to people, allowing users to purchase them using credit cards instead of the usual method of cryptocurrency.
Naturally, Twitter was filled with mixed reactions; some were excited about the new venture, while others felt it was a scam of some sort.
A lot of you never burnt a cd from limewire and this thread proves that smh https://t.co/fW14kToihY
— Ardell “A.D.” Wright (@ardellwrightnow) July 13, 2022
Before YouTube or Spotify or Apple Music we had limewire to download music for free at the risk of infecting the computer your whole family use. Burn CD’s and put them in a binder. Really had to be under a rock back then to not know limewire, so ask any oldhead
— Andre🇨🇺 (@slybootybandit) July 13, 2022
https://twitter.com/JordanGarvey2/status/1547114841789325312
https://twitter.com/NotDecafISwear/status/1547202930524258306
The thing about LimeWire was that it offered the product without having to pay for it.
What this new version proposes is, what if you got the paying for it without receiving a product. https://t.co/Zb30t1mgPR
— Grace Robertson 🏳️⚧️ (@GraceOnFootball) July 13, 2022
LimeWire literally murdered my computer back in the day. I want no parts of this lol https://t.co/NmsiVCPjrF
— Joey Whatever (@TripMobJoey) July 13, 2022
https://twitter.com/yeoldedad/status/1547418459512131585
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