Blur is a decentralized NFT marketplace and aggregator platform designed specifically for professional traders. It provides a suite of advanced tools, including rapid floor sweeping, trait sniping, and real-time data feeds, allowing for faster and more efficient NFT trading compared to many other platforms. As an aggregator, Blur consolidates listings from major NFT marketplaces such as OpenSea, LooksRare, and X2Y2, offering users a comprehensive view of the market from a single interface. This aggregation feature, combined with its native listings, aims to provide the best possible liquidity and price discovery for NFT assets. The platform gained significant traction through a series of airdrops of its native governance token, $BLUR. These airdrops were designed to incentivize activity, rewarding users for bidding, listing, and maintaining loyalty to the platform, a strategy that successfully drew liquidity and trading volume from competing marketplaces. A key aspect of Blur's model is its approach to creator royalties, which it initially made optional before evolving its policy to encourage full royalty payments to creators. This topic has been central to broader discussions about artist compensation and sustainability within the NFT ecosystem. Recently, the team behind Blur introduced Blast, an Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) network with EVM compatibility. Blast distinguishes itself by offering native yield on ETH and stablecoins held on the network, aiming to create a more capital-efficient environment for both decentralized applications and their users. This development signals an expansion of the Blur ecosystem beyond just an NFT marketplace into broader DeFi infrastructure.