SHILL Issue 50

#SHILL
SOLANA NFT/DEFI/TWITTER ECOSYSTEM
NFThrilling
interview with
JamesJohnson
CYBER GEISHA
Justjulia explains
why, what & when
degods & deadgods
should you? this is the q!
growth trends
venticapital spills the beans
dexterlab tools
dexterlab tools
are these tools what you
have been looking for?
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NFThrilling Interview
He’s back with another quality
interview, definite #alpha
CYBER GEISHA
JustJulia talks about her
genesis project #alpha
Probably Nothing
CredibleCrypto sounds the
alarm. Are you listening? #alpha
SolsWatch
Is there anything this tool can’t
do? #alpha
Barndog & Metaverse
At it again with the latest news
and insights #alpha
DeGods and DeadGods
Got DeGod? Should you
DeaadGod? #alpha
Growth Trends
VentiCapital with some ever so
subtle #alpha
Dexterlab Tools
Yet another tool offering- is
this different? #alpha
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EDITOR
A milestone.
50 issues.
Something old. Something new. Something borrowed. Something blue.
That’s what issue 50 is all about. Looking back, looking forward, and reflecting on ‘now’. If you
have been along on this roadtrip with #Shill then you have been privy to the NFT works of at
least 25 people per issue. That’s over 1250 NFT artists since we first started back in Oct 2021.
6 months ago almost to the day!
I would like to thank those that have been tried and true readers of the zine over the months. I
really appreciate your support, readership and retweets. I am hoping that the zines are worth
your time and that artists that have been featured have managed to garner new supporters and
followers as a result.
Issue 50 breaks the boundaries yet again. 98 pages! Show me another blockchain zine that gives
you this much value, weekly. Get out there and share it with your friends! #Shill is aiming for 10,
000 views weekly by the end of 2022- 8500 views at the moment. Let’s apply the 6 degrees of
separation and retweet it to your network of friends.
This is the week that DeGods launched DeadGods- a huge success and a worthy upgrade worth
the 1000 Dust conversion. I’m looking forward to DeadGods reaching a 400 floor. You heard it
here first.
Newcomer JustJulia shares her project Cyber Geisha’s and her foray into NFT. Send her your
support and welcome her to the Solana ecosystem as you do every other newcomer!
NFThrilling is back. This man is a workhorse. Holding down an IRL demanding job, family life
and children while finding the time to chase down NFT artists and run an interview qith them.
To top it off, he translates the English article into Italian for our Italian Solana family. The man is
a legend! Follow him TWICE!
News on the MonkeDAO token in this issue. Something to look forward to?
The PFP I’m sporting? StonedMutantz as featured in the last issue. I liked it so much, put an
offer in and there it is. Unique!
Almost every article in this issue is true ALPHA. If you can’t be bothered to read an article or two
during your daily commute then you truly NGMI. Come on #frens show the love. Hit the artists
up on Twitter. Tell the writer’s you read their articles. Give back a little!
As always, show your love on the Twittersphere with a simple retweet.
Enough said. You know the drill. Let’s f go!
Pixeltoy
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Keep your eye on...
chonkee_monkee
GRAPE EVENTS
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Ciao James (James Johnson Official - @Official_JamesJ) .. quando ho visto
questo tuo lavoro ho avuto un'emozione .. quello che chiamo
@NFThrilling vibe,
potresti descrivermi
questo bellissimo lavoro,
prima di iniziare
A causa della crescente
ansia nella discordia
pubblica causata dalle
continue segnalazioni di
paura e perdita riportate 24
ore su 24, 7 giorni su 7 da
parte dei media e dei
governi durante il covid, ho
voluto creare una serie per
spazzare via la narrativa di
cotrollo di ciò che ci stava
controllando. La paura della
morte. E se la morte
decidesse di non essere più
morte? Come sarebbe
vedere la morte solo come
un altro essere umano, che si
fa strada attraverso la vita?
E se potessi dare una svolta
umoristica alla serie per
togliere ancora più ansia
dall'argomento, più forte
sarebbe il contrappeso nel messaggio per non temere ciò che è intorno a noi.
Cominciamo davvero.. Se dovessi descriverti, in poche ma essenziali
parole, cosa diresti?
Artista, inventore, umorista, curioso, romantico, consapevole del tempo che mi
resta, pensatore che vede il bicchiere mezzo pieno.
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Cominciamo.. nell'universo crypto e NFT (come nell'arte tradizionale,
Banksy docet) l'anonimato è diffuso, cosa ne pensi e come ti avvicini al
pubblico (raccontaci del tuo nome o nome d'arte)?
Capisco perché possa esserci bisogno che la maggior parte delle persone non
rivelino se stessi. Potrebbe essere per una miriade di motivi, alcuni buoni, altri
meno. Essendo stato sotto gli occhi del pubblico ormai da alcuni decenni, non
credo che potrei diventare anonimo ora, lol.
Io stesso, scherzo sul fatto che ho il nome più comune al mondo, quindi in realtà
usare il mio vero nome invece di un soprannome ha più o meno lo stesso effetto.
Nell'arte NFT, quali sono le tecniche che ami, quelle che ti caratterizzano
e quelle in cui vorresti cimentarti?
Apprezzo qualsiasi arte realizzata tradizionalmente (nessun pulsante “annulla”
lol). Per quanto riguarda la tecnica, attualmente sto creando il mio stile artistico
inconfondibile con una penna a immersione molto vecchia e un pennino con
inchiostro. Tratteggio incrociato per
dare un bellissimo tocco vintage a
ogni pezzo. Mi piace il digitale.
Dipingo, scolpisco, animazioni sia
tradizionali che digitali. Non c’è
davvero niente che non abbia provato,
e anzi ho persino inventato tecniche e
processi artistici, per esempio… sto
preparandomi a depositare il brevetto
per un'invenzione che permette ai non
vedenti di “vedere” un'immagine su
una superficie piana non ruvida.
Quanto tempo dedichi all'arte. Quando hai iniziato a percepirti come
Artista?
La famiglia ha avuto l'idea che sarei diventato un artista a 2 anni. A 4 anni in età
prescolare, un insegnante ha accidentalmente messo la mia arte con la classe dei
6 anni per il concorso artistico della scuola elementare. Ho vinto. Questo ha
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praticamente detto a tutti in che direzione stavo andando, lol. La prima vendita
professionale è stata a 13 anni e lo faccio per quasi 45 anni.
Cerco di usare più tempo
possibile per creare arte,
starò sveglio fino alle 7 del
mattino ultimamente per
portare a termine il lavoro.
Fortunatamente non è mai
stato un lavoro per me,
vado in questo tipo di
trance quando lavoro,
quindi è quasi come
guardare qualcun altro
creare cose davanti a me.
Strano, ma per me è sempre
stato così.
Vorresti raccontare brevemente da dove viene il tuo lavoro artistico.
Com'è il tuo ambiente di lavoro. Se lo cambieresti e come?
Di solito lavoro nella mia stanza sul retro trasformata in studio. Ho un grande
tavolo da disegno, un computer con una Wacom cintiq da 24 pollici e 2 grandi
iMac e il mio mobile
preferito... un vero banco di
animazione Disney su cui
non vedo l'ora di tornare
per creare alcuni progetti
che ho pianificato. Oh, e più
libri di quanti ne abbia
praticamente una
biblioteca (oltre 17.000
libri, riviste, fumetti e
graphic novel, e in
continua crescita!). Ecco la
foto della scrivania
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dell'animazione Disney. Non posso fotografare i libri perché al momento sono in
un'enorme quantità di scatole nel mio seminterrato finché non posso costruire
nuove scaffalature.
Come crei le tue opere. Qual è l'ispirazione per te. Cosa provi mentre crei.
Qual è (se presente) il messaggio implicito nelle tue opere/collezioni.
Vorresti descrivere, in poche parole, una delle tue opere a tua scelta?
La domanda più difficile e tuttavia più facile a cui rispondere per me. Tutto mi
ispira. Per quanto riguarda i messaggi, sono ovunque, ma non è che voglio che
qualcuno conosca il mio messaggio o le mie emozioni nel mio lavoro, sono le
emozioni degli spettatori che voglio che il mio lavoro tragga da loro. A causa del
mio amore per tutto ciò che è vintage,
qualche tempo fa stavo guardando un libro
di storia della fotografia e ho visto questo
bellissimo ritratto in tonalità seppia di una
donna elegante. Volendo non copiarlo
direttamente, ho provato a disegnarla in
Procreate usando una tavolozza di colori
molto limitata e una punta di pennello
digitale che non viene utilizzata per i
dettagli, sia per sfidarmi che per
costringermi a pensare fuori dagli schemi
durante la creazione di questo disegno.
Come vedi gli NFT in 3/5/10 anni. E tu?
Totalmente in evoluzione e diversi da
quello che attualmente sono là fuori. Sto
lavorando a un progetto pfp che è
radicalmente diverso da qualsiasi altra
cosa là fuori, sia nello stile artistico che
nella funzionalità. Dubito che nessun altro abbia creato prima un 1 1/2 pfp, lol.
Spero che tra 10 anni le persone apprezzeranno il lavoro che ho creato, le
innovazioni che voglio introdurre nello spazio e, cosa più importante per me, di
apprezzare le amicizie che costruisco con gli altri.
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C'è qualcosa che desideri davvero e che speri di poter realizzare nei
prossimi anni anche grazie alla tua arte? Qual è il tuo sogno o aspirazione
più grande. E nel presente, cosa ti eccita. C'è qualcosa che vorresti e che
ancora non hai (a parte una lambo ovviamente)?
Finché posso guadagnarmi da vivere facendo la mia arte, tutto è d'oro! In futuro,
spero che gli artisti NFT in giro ispirino le future generazioni a prendere lo spazio
NFT e renderlo molto di più di ciò che è ora.
Cosa ne pensi delle varie blockchain e dei relativi NFT. Cosa determina la
tua preferenza tra una chain o l'altra? Cosa consiglieresti a un artista che
desidera coniare il suo primo NFT?
Questa domanda è interessante per me e posso rispondere personalmente. Ho
iniziato su Solana l'ultimo giorno di settembre 2021 e negli ultimi mesi ho avuto
questo grande richiamo da artisti e sostenitori su Ethereum per farmi andare lì.
Seguendo l'osservazione personale, ho visto molti tratti simili e alcuni tratti
completamente opposti tra Sol ed Eth. Entrambi hanno comunità solide e unite,
artisti straordinari e incredibili, ed entrambi hanno così tanto da offrire e
contenuti saggi per rendere ogni ecosistema di successo.
Qui è dove vedo alcuni problemi però. C'è un modo di pensare della squadra
sportiva che dice "la mia squadra è migliore della tua squadra"... che può
diventare qualcosa di molto tossico se le cose non iniziano a cambiare.
Io stesso, sono sia su Sol che su Eth e consiglierei di andare multichain a qualsiasi
artista, vecchio o nuovo nello spazio. Non aspettare che i tuoi collezionisti
vengano da te, vai tu da loro..
Quali artisti NFT (se ci sono) hanno influenzato il tuo stile. Chi è il più
talentuoso. Il più intelligente. Il più creativo... Mi consiglieresti il
prossimo artista 1:1 da intervistare. Hai una domanda che vorresti fargli?
Il mio stile è stato impostato molto tempo fa, molto prima che nascessero gli NFT,
quindi la domanda non è applicabili a me, sono vecchio, lol. E per quanto riguarda
chi è più talentuoso, intelligente o creativo nello spazio in questo momento, lo è
chiunque abbia mosso i passi necessari per creare i suoi primi NFT. Questo è un
nuovo orizzonte nel mondo dell'arte che solo chi ha fiducia nella propria visione
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artistica ha colto. Quelli che cambieranno idea e saliranno a bordo più tardi sono
quelli che diranno sempre a se stessi "Vorrei averlo fatto prima". Mi piacerebbe
intervistare mia figlia Kailey (@kaileyajohnson), che è una fotografa
professionista e fotografa emergente nello spazio NFT. La domanda che vorrei
porre è "quale fotografia hai scattato che pensi rappresenti al meglio il tuo stile
distintivo?". Lo farò senz’altro
Che consiglio daresti a qualcuno che vuole andare per la tua strada. E ai
collezionisti che vogliono avvicinarsi al mondo NFT?
Abbiate fiducia in voi stessi e in quello che fate, con tutto, compreso l'arte.
Per i collezionisti, ho insegnato alla gente che c'è una differenza tra essere un
collezionista d'arte e un sostenitore d'arte. Il collezionismo va benissimo, ma
posso dare a tutti un esempio del perché essere un sostenitore dell'arte è molto
più prezioso per lo spazio NFT per farlo sopravvivere. Quando un artista mette
all'asta un pezzo, il collezionista entrerà all'ultimo minuto per fare l'offerta
vincente SE ricorda che l'asta è ancora in corso. Non posso iniziare a dire a tutti
quante volte ho sentito "mi sono dimenticato che l'asta stava finendo o avrei fatto
un'offerta" o "un malfunzionamento del computer o del sistema di rete non ha
consentito un'offerta dell'ultimo minuto". In tutti questi casi, l'artista ha perso
una potenziale vendita e reddito.
Un sostenitore d'arte è la persona che inizia l'offerta all'inizio di un'asta, sapendo
che potrebbe essere superata alla fine se non risponde all'offerta, ma fa la sua
offerta per assicurarsi che l'artista abbia una sorta di sostegno finanziario e
incoraggiamento a continuare a creare la sua arte. La maggior parte non lo sa,
ma ci sono state alcune dozzine di artisti che hanno già abbandonato la creazione
di NFT a causa della percepita mancanza di interesse per il loro lavoro. E se solo
un'offerta fosse fatta all'inizio di un'asta per mostrare interesse per il loro lavoro
invece di perdere l'occasione di fare un'offerta alla fine con l'artista che non
guadagna nulla, alcuni artisti MOLTO talentuosi sarebbero ancora qui cercando
di guadagnarsi da vivere con la loro opera d'arte. Una vera perdita per tutti noi.
Ok, un ultimo giro! Il tuo miglior valore. Il tuo peggior difetto Il miglior libro
o quello che ti ha cambiato la vita. Il miglior film di tutti i tempi. La "pittura"
IRL che ti piace di più. L'ultima volta che ti sei ubriacato. Se potessi
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trascorrere una giornata con un artista (anche del passato), chi
sceglieresti. E dove lo porteresti?
Miglior valore: la mia libertà di esprimere amore verso gli altri. Peggiore difetto:
sempre preoccupato per gli altri, anche a mio danno. I migliori libri: Bibbia e
Canto di Natale. Miglior film - Giù le mani Charlie Chaplins City Lights... Sfido
CHIUNQUE a non piangere alla fine di quel film... è impossibile! Miglior dipinto
IRL: The Nut Gatherers, o qualcosa di Bougereau, o Norman Rockwell, o JC
Leyendecker, o Rembrandt, o Richard Estes, o Chuck Close, o... L'ultima volta che
sono stato ubriaco: non bevo, non fumo, non mi drogo... Sono l'eterno guidatore
designato per gli altri. Trascorri una giornata con un artista: Da Vinci, mi
piacerebbe fare una sessione artistica all'italiana con lui. E visitare la Cappella
Sistina per sentirlo lamentarsi di Michelangelo, lol.
L'intervista è finita Mi hai
emozionato tantissimo James
Johnson (@Official_JamesJ)
grazie ! Un'ultima cosa. Lo
faresti un NFT ispirato da
questa intervista? Se sì, farà
parte della prima collezione
intitolata "#openheARTist -
self portrait" o chissà.. siete
voi gli artisti .. perché l'arte è
nel cuore dell'artista, e a noi
piace che sia aperta.
To Be Continued
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Hi James (James Johnson Official - @Official_JamesJ) .. when I saw this piece
of work of yours I got an emotion .. what I call @NFThrilling vibe .. could you
describe this
beautiful work to
me, before starting ,
please…
Let's begin .. in the crypto and NFT universe (as in traditional art, Banksy
docet) anonymity is widespread, what do you think abt it and how do you
approach the public (your stage name is very cool indeed)?
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on’t think I could be undoxxed,
Let's truly begin .. If you had to describe yourself, in a few but essential
words, what would you say?
In NFT art, what are the
techniques you love, the ones that
characterize you, and the ones
you would like to try your hand
at?
haven’t tried, and have actually invented art techniq
example…
“see” a image on a non textured
How much time do you dedicate to art. When did you begin to perceive
yourself as an Artist?
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Luckily it’s never been work for me, I go into this kind
of trance when I work so it’s
me. Weird, but it’s
Would you like to briefly
tell where your artistic
work comes from. What is
your work environment
like. Would u change it and
how?
a 24” Wacommy favorite piece of furniture… a
can’t take photos
How you create your
works. What is
inspiration for you. What
do you feel while you
create. What is (if any)
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the implicit message in your works / collections. Would you like to describe,
in a few words, one of your works of your choice?
As for messages, it’s all over the place, but it’s no
message or emotions in my work, it’s the viewers
and a digital brush tip that’s not used for
.
How you see the NFTs in 3/5/10 years.
And yourself?
I’ve created
Is there something that you really want and that you hope to be able to
achieve in the next years also thanks to your art? What is your biggest
dream or aspiration. And in the present, what excites you. Is there
something you would like and still don't have (apart from lambo of course)?
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What do you think of the various blockchains and related NFTs. What
determines your preference between one chain or the other? What would
you recommend to an artist wishing to mint their first NFT?
I’ve had this huge pull from artists and supporters on Ethereum to have me
problems though. There is a sports team way of thinking going on of “my team
is better than your team”… that can become something very toxic if things don’t
o that to any artist, old or new to the space. Don’t wait for your
Which NFT artists (if any) have influenced your style. Who is the most
talented. The most intelligent. The most creative.. Would you recommend
the next 1: 1 artist to interview. Do you have a question you would like to
ask him/her?
My style has been set sooooo long ago, way before NFT’s came to be, so that
parts not applicable to me, I’m old, lol. And as for who’s
steps necessary to create their first NFT’s. This is a new horizon in the art world
to themselves “I wish I would of done this sooner”.
“what photograph have you taken that you think represents your signature
style the best?”I would love too
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What advice would you give to someone who wants to go your own way. And
to collectors who want to approach the NFT world?
For the collectors, I’ve been teaching people there is a
auction is still going. I can’t begin to tell everyone how many times I’ve heard “I
was going or I would have bid” or “a computer
system didn’t allow for a last minute bid”. In all those
the end if they don’t counter bid back,
their art. Most don’t know,
Ok, one last lap! Your best value. Your worst flaw. The best book or the one
that changed your life. The best movie of all time. The IRL “painting” you
like best. The last time you got drunk. If you could spend a day with an artist
(even from the past), who would you choose. And where would you take it?
City Lights… I dare
o cry at the end of that movie…it’s impossible!
Rembrandt, or Richard Estes, or Chuck Close, or…
don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t do drugs… I’m th
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The interview is over U thrilled me so much James Johnson
(@Official_JamesJ) thank you! One last thing. Would you make it an NFT
inspired by this interview? If yes, it will be part of the first collection entitled
"#openheARTist - self portrait" or whatelse .. because art is in the heart of
the artist, and we love it open.
To Be Continued
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CYBER GEISHA
JustJulialo
I am Julia, an architect and interior designer. I decided to enter the Solana space to give me an opportunity to learn
from the world of NFTS. I have only been in the space for a few months, but the community fascinates me. I thought
why not try my own collection since I can express myself with my art! And give something in exchange to the community
for the support.
I’m expressing my passion and personal ideas through unique designs and drawings. This project is not
exclusive to art collectors, but it must be stated that it is purely based on Geisha art.
I want to get my art out there in the NFT marketplace with a long-term commitment to the project. The
main idea is to develop a series of stories that follow the rise and fall of the geishas in a cyber-like reality
and publish it as value added for the NFT holders. Tokens/staking is a possibility though nothing is set in
stone. I think the NFT world is lacking a strong feminine presence and the Geishas are an incredible representation
of the gracefulness and resilience of women. I hope to reach people’s minds and hearts by showing
them a piece of myself represented in the art.
It is an art-centred project with a great story behind. Essentially, as this is an elaborate art project, I suggest
that you only join if you really like the lore and the art. Please don’t mint if this is not for you. I understand
this is not for everyone.
I decided to create geisha as part of my collection, I did a little research,
and I did not see many projects or collections of these beautiful women!
What better way to express femininity than a geisha. I also love Japanese
culture, and hope to visit Japan someday and learn from it.
It gets loud out there…
Ecosystems are an intricate thing, and Solana isn’t free of imperfections
and noise. At the early stages, an ecosystem undergoes incremental change.
Change in its norms, change in its nexus, change in its environment. If it
overcomes external shocks and internal competition for resources, it has
the potential to stabilise and grow resilient. At the current stage of the
Solana ecosystem, projects are still adhering to all sorts of standards and
paradigms, intending to bring novelties onto the table. This is good, for
it is imperative that a healthy ecosystem contains a heterogeneous pool of
actors seeking to provide value in different manners. In fact, it is an evolutionary
process that occurs both in nature and in artificially manufactured
environments. Many of those projects sitting at the top of the food chain
advise other projects to “do something unique and new’’, and in the search
for that novel idea, many have recurred to intricate premises and complex
(sometimes magical and debunked) economic strategies to provide value
to holders and investors. And it gets really loud out there…
Is this getting too complicated?
Solana is a powerful platform to be selling NFTs. It has the quality of a well-functioning ecosystem; it has
traits that promise self-sufficiency and enough potential to be worth investing in. Their communities have
a long trajectory, but let’s not deny the fact that with so many new actors at play, so many interconnections
and complex relations, the visions of such new projects become fuzzy and hard to grasp. Yes, projects
should offer value besides the art. Yes, projects can and should be ambitious. But there is a point, right then
in a regular morning when you are re-reading whitepapers after whitepapers, doing the maths in your head
of future tokens meant to be deflationary, when you put your coffee mug down on the coaster you got as
a gift from a friend that went once to Barcelona, and you sigh as you lean back on your gaming chair and
think to yourself: “this is getting too complicated”.
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It’s all about simplicity…
Before you say anything, let me clarify that I’m not picking on projects that
either I don’t understand or are trying to be innovative. What I’m saying
is that when I pick up my coffee again, take a sip and think about my NFT
portfolio, I think of the pictures in there. Beautiful miniature pictures on
my computer with a concept that somehow drew my attention and almost
hypnotised me into buying them. You see, I used to play MTG, and more
often than not I would trade cards based on the picture and not on the
rarity. Yes, rare cards used to have more intricate and detailed art, especially
legendary ones, but you could see the immense amount of work put into less
rarer cards (if you have the time, google Boneshard Slasher to see what I mean).
Or, sometimes, the art just spoke to me (search for Kev Walker), and the
short texts that appeared at the bottom. That small square was enough to
drag me into another reality, a reality where strange, unfathomable creatures
existed. Where heroes fought for honour and I was the architect of their
fate (sometimes even siding with the obviously bad guys). That small frame
would take me into floating Islands, fiery mountains, and deadly swamps,
and I was the one to blame if I died.
Finding silence in the noise.
Sometimes we forget why we do the things we do. I know I do. I get all caught up in a video game, get tilted
and forget why I was playing it in the first place: to have fun. Same with NFTs. Sometimes I go around the
internet looking through business propositions and value offerings, but after careful research I understand
that even if their strategies are viable, the implementation and long-term commitment is fully out of the
communities’ control. So, I resort to what drew me into the NFT world in the first place. Miniature pictures.
Art. Collectibles. Stories. Enthusiastic communities with amazing ideas. Fan fictions and inspiring pictures
of fantastical sceneries. An escape. But an escape where you don’t run, you engage. Where there is communal
value, mutual respect, support, and friendships. Where we hold value in our hands and are just ecstatic to
show it off in space. Where we trade ideas and visions of the future and bet on the art that speaks to us the
most. The Cyber Geisha NFT Project
embodies those principles. Honest art.
Honest lore. Overall, an honest project
that needs to be no more than what it
is: an artistic expression meant to be held
and looked at. Meant to intrigue you, to
amaze you, to bring you closer to the
idea that true value is subjective and
sometimes you must remember why
you are here in the first place. The Cyber
Geisha NFT project is a love-letter
to everyone out there doing what they
love and staying true to their visions.
A little reminder that sometimes simplicity
is precious.
-Loremaster Bode and JLD
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$ZIL up nearly 6x in two weeks and $LTC
seems to be setting up similarly from
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OVER 5Sol & TOP NFT
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METAVERSE
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By Mark Jurgens
One of the most hyped NFT projects is expanding its culture among the dead.
Intro: A Cultural Web3 Symbol
DeGods, built on Solana, is a deflationary NFT collection of degenerates, punks, and misfits who call
themselves the gods of the metaverse and masters of their own universe.
The collection of 10,000 NFTs was minted in October 2021 at 3 $SOL. Now the collection is trading
across multiple DEXs, like Alpha.art and Magic Eden, sitting at a 90 $SOL floor with 5% of the total
supply already burnt.
Something made this project stand out from the rest, involving maybe the visually pleasing artwork,
the story behind the eccentric characters, a strong community sense, and interesting cash flow opportunities
for holders. Adding to this, DeadGods is launching on March 31, giving DeGods holders a
dead version of their metapunks.
DeGods x DeadGods
Existing DeGods NFTs will be updated with new art: the NFTs will hold the same original DeGod plus
a DeadGod version, making this an update with zero inflation. Each of the 153 original attributes
was recreated in the 1:1 fine art DeadGods version.
The @DeGodsCommunity praised artist Delilah in February via Twitter for her work in the project:
“One thing has emerged as an absolute certainty. @delilahdegods is a fucking superstar & the DeadGods art has
breathed new life & excitement into the DeGods community.”
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DeGods will be able to drink StarDust to create a DeadGod.
The DeadGod mint is on March 31 and will cost 1000 $DUST per DeGod. The team also clarifies
that there won’t be enough $DUST for everyone to upgrade their DeGod for a while. The mint will
take place on the DeGod staking site, and holders won’t need to unstake their NFTs to get the
mutated form. Once they have both versions, holders can switch between DeadGod and DeGod
anytime for an undetermined amount of $DUST per switch.
Some of the newly converted attributes:
The boring plank is a flamboyant knife, and the mushroom hat is a mushroom cloud.
Staking and the $DUST Protocol
DeGods main use cases are for $DUST staking and providing a DeDAO membership.
The team launched on January 2022 $DUST, an SPL token on Solana with a starting supply of zero.
The token will power the DeGods universe: it will be used to mint exclusive NFTs and in TBA play-toearn
games and betting platforms.
The team explained some of the upcoming $DUST utility in a January tweet:
“We’re going to be launching unique, game-theory based NFTs all year and will be accepting $DUST for the mints. Because
these games will be so cheap in $ terms, the game dynamics will be degenerate and brutal. There will be some
insane rewards for winners though.”
Every staked DeGod mines 10 $DUST per day, while every staked DeadGod mines 30 $DUST per
day. Holders can also burn their DeGods to claim $DUST in relation to their rarity. There is no other
way to mine $DUST.
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The supply of $DUST will be capped at 33.3M tokens with halvening events stipulated at supply
milestones. The token is trading currently on Raydium and Jupiter at around 2.85 $USDC.
DeDAO: A Decentralized Monarchy
DeDao, a decentralized autonomous organization, is the home to the community of verified DeGods
misfits.
“We are building on-chain elections for a group of elite DeMonarchs. They will have shared power
over the DAO funds & get compensated by a % of the DeDAO royalties. But they will have to actually
do shit... because the community will be able to vote them out at any time,” describes the website.
Funded by marketplace fees, the DAO is responsible for all the decisions regarding the DeGods
project.
According to a March 19 tweet, the DeDAO treasury has already over 5000 $SOL:
“We’re going to get our biggest giga-brains together to figure out what to do with it. Should be nuts. We could do defi,
acquire some small companies, subsidize merch for $DUST, all kinds of shit.”
Community Above All
DeGods has built a strong community since the very beginning. Even though the project never offered
ground-breaking utility until now, it has been one of Solana’s most robust NFT projects since it
launched.
The team knows how to leverage cultural references and innovative marketing strategies to create a
stylish and unconcerned vibe around this small yet very ambitious corner in the metaverse.
“With vulgar language and a nonchalant attitude towards everything, paired with art that matches
this sentiment with its eye-catching swagger, the holders feel they can identify with something special
that stands out from the crowd,” shared MaskMafiaNFT in a Medium blog.
Adding to a well-defined culture and vibrant community, the new utility brought by $DUST through
staking and the expansion with DeadGods justifies that the project is entering the blue-chip stage.
Nevertheless, the collection’s value is assigned by the holders and the market at large. To keep
investors happy, the DeGods will need to keep innovating and adapting to the ever-changing Web3
ecosystem.
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@VentiCapital
A quick thread on the recent and historical growth trends of
@CetsOnCreck @DeGodsNFT & @StonedApeCrew ... These projects have been going absolutely parabolic
recently... first SAC... then DeGods... now CoC... What is history telling us and what can we expect?
Why compare these 3 projects? Well, obviously they
have all taken the Solana ecosystem by storm, but
their similarities don’t end there... Without going
too deep, each has a healthy mix of art, utility, brand
ambitions, a relatively large supply, & cult-like communities...
For the above reasons I’ve always thought of these 3
projects as similar, but I wanted to look at how their
growth trends compared to one another... The results
were interesting... see below
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By normalizing DeGods (green) & CoC (blue) at the point each broke above 4.5◎ I realized an eerie
correlation... CoC has pretty much followed DeGods historical growth in lockstep from 4.5◎ to ~25◎
today... pretty spooky
Now let’s add SAC (red) into the mix... When normalized to the point at which both CoC and DeGods
reached the 25◎ milestone (as far back as the SAC data went) ... You notice that DeGods & SAC have
followed similar growth trends from 25◎ (where CoC is today) until now...
Let me know what you think! Will CoC be able to maintain the trend set forth by its predecessors? If so,
you can expect the cets to be sitting between 70-100◎ in ~1 months’ time... I look forward to seeing how
this plays out.
ON
RARE
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Solana Monkey Business Floor
Swept as BAYC $APE Price Surges
By Soumen Datta
Solana Monkley Business NFT reclaims the #1
collection on Solana with MokeDAO’s $MONKE
token launch nearing.
SMB NFT Sales Going Bananas
The Solana Monkey Business or SMB NFTs
recently saw a surge in sales after the $ApeCoin
airdrop.
Amidst all this, MonkeDao founder, Jemmy Jemm,
re-announced with a tweet that Monke DAO’s
native token, $MONKE, is not far from launch.
The recent advent of ApeCoin ($APE), sparked
interest in MonkeDAO’s
$MONKE token for SMB
NFTs holders.
When writing this
article, SMBs ranks #1
on Solana according
to the Hyperspace
leaderboard, with
a market cap of
$105,124,282, with a
floor price of 172 SOL
and an average price of
235.16 SOL. Additionally,
the last 24 hours saw
massive growth in
volume by 58.94%.
“On ETH, we have seen the rise of the Apes
alongside its introduction of $APE. Major success &
congratulations to all who are part of it. On SOL, in the
not-so-distant future, bullish on the rise of our native
equivalent. $MONKE for the rise of the Monkes,” says
Jemmy Jemm in a tweet opening about the launch
of the $MONKE token in the near future.
Notably, on February 10, the Monke DAO
published a Medium article highlighting their
forward vision as Part 1. As part of this article,
they also talked about launching a token that
would serve as the foundation of MonkeDAO’s
SMB #4071 Sold for 3555 SOL on March 13
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ecosystem. The DAO also plans to use it as a
primary source of incentivization for our members.
More details about the token to be unlocked in
MonkeDAO Vision Part 2.
The sales bot has been firing with multiple rare
SMB NFTs being bought alongside the floor rising
~50+ SOL.
What is MonkeDao?
MONKEDAO is a Decentralized Autonomous
Organization that provides unparalleled value to
its members and the Solana ecosystem through
community-led projects, connections, and
innovation. They formed a community around the
Solana Monkey Business NFTs and represent
the community holders. According to the Gitbook
documentation, MonkeDao’s vision is to be the
premier decentralized community of Web3 that
expands beyond Solana. MonkeDao seeks to
provide unparalleled value to its members and
the Solana ecosystem through community-led
projects, connections, and innovations.
The Strength of MonkeDAO for SMB Holders
In addition, MonkeDAO memberships and
DAOPool deposits both surged recently with the
sales of SMB NFTs. At the time of writing this
article, more than 73800 SOL are staked in the
DAO pool, worth about $6.69 million.
There is no doubt that people are starting to
realize the potential of communities, and with the
Solana chain and MonkeDAO going forward, more
people might be inspired to join.
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