A cat-themed blithe series featuring prominent entertainers and personalities from the crypto space is reportedly back on schedule after an unexpected delay.

Stoner Cats is an NFT series launched by actress Mila Kunis in partnership with CryptoKitties co-founder Mack Flavelle, CryptoPoops NFT creator Jonathan Howard and others through their recent endeavor, Big Head Club. The projection is scheduled to launch at 5:00 pm EST today after a false showtime prevented the tokens from dropping on Monday. The projection's NFTs, which characteristic characters from the bear witness, will allow holders to lookout episodes every bit they're produced and, at some hereafter point, may besides allow some form of governance over the studio'due south production decisions.

"We are gear up for the launch tonight and excited," Flavelle told Cointelegraph, before going on to admit the difficulties experienced during yesterday'due south not-quite-launch:

"People's fourth dimension is the most valuable thing they accept and we took their fourth dimension. And so I totally understand their frustration."

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Yesterday, Flavelle told disgruntled cat fans on Discord that "we f--ked information technology up" later the squad plant a problems in the underlying art layers which could have affected the project's NFTs. The grouping's Twitter account said it was "working on some tech issues" before eventually announcing the sale would be pushed to Tuesday.

Many crypto users were seemingly frustrated at the delay, with some in Europe and Asia reporting that they had stayed upwards late due to the time zone difference for the project that "failed to mint."

Despite the problems, the projection continues to attract a lot of attention due to the involvement of major celebrities including Mila Kunis, Jane Fonda, Ashton Kutcher, Seth MacFarlane and Chris Rock. All cast members will reportedly exist paid in Ether (ETH), including Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, who reportedly stated that he would donate his pay for the project to the SENS Foundation — a non-profit organization researching the applications of regenerative medicine to aging.

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"I call back people are starting to empathise it'southward not well-nigh access to the offset piece of content," said Kutcher in a discussion with Howard today. "It's most admission to the ongoing content that will be created as a issue of this."

The actor added:

"Anybody who's holding the NFT fundamentally has their ain theater. They are the possessor of the ticket kiosk for the future."

There will be ten,420 initial true cat NFTs bachelor at a toll of 0.35 ETH — roughly $784 at the time of publication. The price of Ether jumped to more than $two,400 yesterday but has since dropped into the $2,200s.

The first episode of Stoner Cats — titled "Stoned Enkindling" — is set to premiere on July 29, and will be bachelor to participants of today's sale.