Meta-Marriage: Are we all set to marry in the metaverse?
The Arizona couple’s big day was on point and planned. They’ve shown to the world that the Meta- marriage is a thing. This clearly means it can reliably host a wedding with all the bells and whistles of the natural world.
Further, this Phoenix couple tied the knot with their digital identities this weekend. It was one of the first marriages that took place in the Metaverse.
Moreover, The wedding ceremony took place in Decentraland, and This is one of the famous places on the metaverse. Marriage has all the witnesses and Supreme Court Justice officiant Clint Bolick and a virtual crowd of 2,000 guests on Feb. 5.
Meta-Marriage- What Are the Deets?
Furthermore, the bride and groom, Ryan and Candice Hurley hired Rose Law Group to formalize the marriage legally. The group’s founder and President, Jordan Rose, claim it was the first-ever wedding hosted on any blockchain-based Metaverse.
“Because the metaverse is still in its infancy, we have developed the legal paradigm for a legally recognized marriage,” she told Cointelegraph.
In addition, the wedding ceremony was held on Rose Law Group’s estate on Decentraland. The law group developed a “meta-marriage framework. They’ve developed it by incorporating a“Virtual Premarital Agreement. This identifies the couple’s virtual identities and digital assets as recorded on the blockchain.
License and Tokenize
Meanwhile, a “Meta-Marriage License” identified, recorded, and tokenized the couple’s virtual identities and place of marriage on the blockchain.
Also, the NFT rose explained that, unlike the real world, the metaverse doesn’t have physical constraints that restrict your perfect wedding.
Although the couple seemingly envisioned a wedding of the future, they faced with some rather archaic technical issues. Decentraland struggled to handle the number of guests in attendance, and the NFT gifts for attendees were quickly claimed only about twenty minutes into the event.
Even more, Ryan’s avatar was left at the aisle as Candice’s failed to make a digital appearance. Though, only for some guests. It depends on which server attendees had been split into, the bride was wearing a dress, a hoodie, or wasn’t there at all.
Further, After struggling to make the ceremony work on Decentraland, one attendee instructed the guests to head to Rose Law Group’s Instagram. This is where the real-world couple was sealing their vows via a Livestream.
Furthermore, most states in the U.S. don’t even allow a couple to be wed by an officiant remotely via a video conference. Of if the couple is in separate locations at the time of the ceremony.
The Hurleys married in the “real world” 14 years ago after meeting on the dating portal Match.com.
Although the wedding is a first of its kind in many ways. It’s certainly not the only instance of a couple wanting to immortalize their marriage on the blockchain.
To conclude, the Disney World Bitcoin Conference hosted the first blockchain wedding. They’ve recorded the following message on-chain. The message was for better or worse, ’til death do us part because the blockchain is forever.”
