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#<strong>SHILL</strong><br />

SOLANA NFT/DEFI/TWITTER ECOSYSTEM<br />

dreamcitynft<br />

roninrosewater explains why you<br />

have been sleeping<br />

vandalcity<br />

Learn about this new<br />

drop<br />

what are<br />

duppies?<br />

dexterlab explains<br />

marco polo<br />

quick scan of the week<br />

& more<br />

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So much to write. So little space.<br />

What are DUPPIES?<br />

DexterLab looks at Duppies and what it<br />

means for the Solana space. #alpha<br />

Probably Nothing<br />

EasyMoneyDing speaks. Are you<br />

listening? #alpha<br />

MetaverseME<br />

At it again with the latest news and<br />

insights #alpha<br />

DreamCityNFT<br />

Been sleeping anon? RoninRosewater<br />

thinks you have. #alpha<br />

Vandal CITY<br />

Perfectenchlag unravels a new project<br />

about to hit the space #alpha<br />

Marco Polo<br />

The team at Mercanti wrap up the week<br />

#alpha<br />

It's NOT a CULT<br />

Perfectenchlag follows up on the Trippy<br />

Apes #alpha<br />

HEkosistem


the<br />

from<br />

EDITOR<br />

<strong>Issue</strong> <strong>58</strong> of #Shill zine - the most read Solana ecosystem zine on Twitter.<br />

#Shill managed to lock away a couple of pieces during the week. What<br />

have you collected?<br />

As always, show your love on the Twittersphere with a simple retweet.<br />

Enough said. You know the drill. Let’s f go!<br />

Pixeltoy<br />

A Risk, c. 2141 AD @name_undxfined<br />

Equilibrium @DMartovsky<br />

Equilibrium @WuwuhBuwana<br />

Equilibrium @LemonTeaArt<br />

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Keep your eye on...<br />

ChillRedPandaz<br />

Chikara Chimps<br />

SolPotatoNFT


What are<br />

duppies?<br />

Duppies, DeGods, DeadGods and the $DUST supply shock explained simply!<br />

Marius| DEXterlab<br />

If you have a grasp on Solana NFTs, then you surely know DeGods. For those who don’t, I’ll<br />

briefly mention that DeGods is a project managed by a very creative team and the leader behind<br />

it, Frank. The collection has a token DUST with multiple utilities, good-looking art people<br />

happily use as their profile image, and one of the most devoted communities in the Solana NFT<br />

world.<br />

Since March 2022, every DeGod holder has a chance to upgrade their DeGod into a DeadGod<br />

for 1000 DUST. At the time of writing, the token $DUST is valued at $2.75, so the upgrade can<br />

cost close to $3000. However, DeadGod generates three times more $DUST (30 per day) than<br />

a DeGod (10 per day). So, the investment pays off, especially when the use cases for DUST<br />

can be exceptional, but more on that below.<br />

A website where you can transcend a DeGod to a DeadGod<br />

So, why am I speaking about DeGods and DUST in an article about Duppies?<br />

Duppies NFT collection is created by the same team who runs DeGods. To be clear, the goal is<br />

not to launch a complementary collection to DeGods but as a stand-alone brand. Regardless,<br />

high demand for Duppies is practically guaranteed because people trust the DeGods team,<br />

and the already established and passionate community will be a powerful marketing force.<br />

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What do we know about Duppies?<br />

The details about the Duppies are pretty secretive. At this point, there are no art sneak peeks,<br />

roadmap, and a clear definition of where the project is going. All we know is that the collection<br />

will have 13,333 NFTs, it will be minted in June, and every DeadGod Holder will be whitelisted<br />

for the mint.<br />

What’s interesting is that the Duppies will be minted exclusively for $DUST, and it will cost 375<br />

DUST to mint one NFT, which is way above the average mint price on Solana. $DUST equals<br />

~25 SOL (SOL=$40.00), this is a big difference from most collections you can regularly mint for<br />

1-3 SOL.<br />

Why does pricey mint make sense?<br />

Some people are unhappy with the high mint price, but perhaps it isn’t based on greed. The<br />

high starting price will dictate different post-mint dynamics, which could benefit the collection<br />

and the brand.<br />

Look at the recently hyped mints Communi3 and the Trippin Ape Tribe. Both projects allocated<br />

most of the whitelist spots to people who grind on social media promoting the project from its<br />

inception. But a large portion of those who contribute to the community growth before mint sells<br />

their NFT as soon as they can secure a decent profit.<br />

The mint price for both projects was relatively small–Trippin Ape Tribe 3SOL and Communi3<br />

2SOL. Collections were hyped, so both started to trade at a high floor price as soon as the<br />

NFTs were available on a secondary market.<br />

This meant that tones of people who minted a project for a few SOL were in a tempting position<br />

to sell because they could make over 10x return on their investment.<br />

Don’t get me wrong, we want people to make money and improve their lives, but intense sellouts<br />

create unhealthy price action. When the total valuation of a collection decreases from the<br />

start, it will be harder to keep the community engaged in the project and attract new members<br />

regardless of how solid the project foundations are.<br />

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Duppies and $DUST supply shock<br />

There are more than a few mid-tier blue-chip NFT projects where NFTs are priced at 20-40<br />

SOL. So, the 25 SOL cost for an NFT coming from one of the most respected teams in the Solana<br />

NFT world sounds reasonable. Plus, pricier mint brings a few benefits: stronger community<br />

right off the bat and healthier supply/demand mechanics. On the other hand, it’s good that<br />

not many NFT projects have the luxury of setting the high mint price. Duppies is one of them<br />

because DeGods don’t need marketing to bring demand for a new NFT collection.<br />

Speaking about supply and demand, let’s not forget that the launch of Duppies will likely create<br />

a supply shock for $DUST. Some portion of the DeadGods owners will not need to buy any<br />

$DUST as they can generate 30 $DUST a day. Currently, there are ​8278 DeadGods, so the<br />

rest of the people who will be minting the Duppies will need to get 375 DUST, and they can<br />

only get it by buying. If we do the math, 1,895,625 of DUST will be required to mint the rest of<br />

the Duppies. Plus, this demand will come during the time when people are less likely to sell<br />

their $DUST. More than that, the fact that DeadGod holders get a spot to mint Duppies without<br />

competing with hundreds of bots brings an incentive to transcend a DeGods to a DeadGod. If<br />

you remember, this transformation requires 1000 $DUST.<br />

If that’s not enough to create a supply shock, DUST halving is coming in about a week, right<br />

before the launch of Duppies. For those who don’t know – halving means that the emissions of<br />

$DUST will be cut in half once a certain threshold is reached. To put it simply, it means that in<br />

about a week, every DeGod holder will generate 5 DUST per day, and the DeadGod holder –<br />

15 DUST per day. You can learn more about DUST and its halvings in the official document.<br />

Nothing in this post is financial advice. Make sure you understand all risks involved and always<br />

do your own research.<br />

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PROBABLY<br />

NOTHING<br />

@easymoneyding - 3899 followers<br />

proven projects over fresh mints any day of the<br />

week until you show me otherwise. lemme ask you<br />

this question.. can a project that just minted<br />

really outpace 9+ months of building in their<br />

first week? unless they do provide something<br />

completely groundbreaking and valued<br />

@DeGodsNFT - 87.7k followers<br />

But wait there’s more...<br />

DeGods Spring/Summer Merch<br />

Collection will be dropping on<br />

May 27th.Only accepting $DUST.<br />

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OVER 5Sol & TOP NFT<br />

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NOTI GANG team just calculated the WL spots (all projects combined<br />

together) secured just this week for @NOTIGANGNFT<br />

DAO, 1900 WL spots


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@RoninRosewater<br />

I swept a floor this am. Not gonna tell you what it is yet. I’m not a whale so it’s an affordable floor. Before I tell you, I want to<br />

talk a little about value. How do we value NFTs, especially when thinking about mid-term investment, which in nfts is like... a<br />

month?<br />

NFT collection value is constantly being made up by the market. Like anything else in an open, competitive market short<br />

term price is where supply and demand meet.<br />

These collections all have their own value propositions and attempt to capture a niche in the market. We see utility, art,<br />

community, and branding plays among other more specific ones. Solid branding has been the big trend recently.<br />

Brand value is a term that describes the monetary value that can be attributed to a brand vs the generic version of the same<br />

product. There are quality differences in the product as well as how it’s marketed or packaged vs others.<br />

With NFTs brand value is being seen as a proxy for team’s ability and likelihood that they’ll generate enough hype to pump<br />

the price. Most invest in NFTs bc they want a return, not necessarily a nice community or neat thing to build.<br />

But brand value is highly volatile, especially when projects must compete vs other brands whose main niche is their brand<br />

lol. So, in a bear market it’s generally smart to stick to builders, alpha groups, and projects that are creating something other<br />

than hype.<br />

Admittedly that hasn’t been the case recently tho with brand-based projects grabbing eth volume and pumping hard. This<br />

has been good for Solana’s legitimacy. The value of a hype machine vs a community that’s building something can get really<br />

out of whack.<br />

The crazy thing about market price is that it is just a result of the group’s perception and willingness to buy/sell. You can<br />

choose which projects are the most valuable. You choose by buying, holding, and raising prices on listings. When enough ppl<br />

do this the market moves.<br />

I know this is obvious stuff but it’s important to remember that there’s a collective choice by the group that sets price. To<br />

me, we should choose to put value in community and projects that build along with the hyped brands whose community is<br />

based only on FP go up.<br />

To some extent we do that, but really price is just made up bs most of the time from most of the market guessing, so you<br />

can’t expect the prices between projects to be proportional to their value.<br />

So, if we remove project names and did a blind taste test and I told you one project has some of the best art in the space, a<br />

doxxed team with many heavily connected and invested in the market, a manageable short term roadmap with many long<br />

term prospects...<br />

and an extremely inviting, helpful, and personable team in discord while another project had art that reminds you of a project<br />

that blew up but is different and their play is just branding and hype, which of those sounds safer in a bear market?<br />

Which of those would you choose to reward? You may have guessed from my pfp that the floor I swept was @dreamcitynft.<br />

This project is creating web3 things, stories, art, community with a purpose.<br />

It’s led by a story savant, and talented 1/1 artist @wakeupbrandon. I assure you that no artist on Solana doesn’t like this<br />

man. That means he can connect with them and collectors grow and create.<br />

Shmokey @ShmokeyMcRekt<br />

@wakeupbrandon, we have a problem. I now have 33 + am STILL seeing more @dreamcitynft Orphans I want to sweep.<br />

Artistically so much more than most PFP collections coming out. And the cyberpunk lore/storytelling your team is sharing in<br />

Discord, just makes me love this work more. Honestly, I think every one of the @dreamcitynft Orphans is a gem.<br />

To me, 6 = 6x the rad, fren :)<br />

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Currently, the FP is at about 0.19 after I swept up another 25 this morning, putting my total at like 55 orphans or something.<br />

I don’t know if these will 10x but I do know that proportionally to other projects it deserves to be much higher.<br />

Of course with NFTs there’s the risk that they will the majority will go to zero, so its not about proportional prices making<br />

sense, however I feel that @wakeupbrandon and team will keep building, bc it’s the project they want to do.<br />

I don’t believe it’s going to zero. I believe it’s going up. That’s because they will produce an anthology of IP that will excite<br />

enough people to pump the price.<br />

I challenge you all to make a choice to reward this team and make a statement about value in this market. If as many ppl<br />

that like the first tweet on this thread bought a DreamCity orphan we’d go on this moonshot together.<br />

For the price of a MacDonalds’ value meal go get one. You’re not my exit liquidity cause I’m holding with conviction until<br />

there’s enough price pressure that I feel like legit members are joining a cool project to contribute to what is being built.<br />

Thanks for coming to my ted talk. I bet @ThesisInvestor agrees.<br />

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@perfectenchlag<br />

Twitter Discord<br />

In the last article, I talked about one of the most hyped and talked about mint launching ever on the<br />

Solana NFT Space. I have used the phrase “one of the” because some more contenders are standing<br />

in that queue and one of them is Vandal City.<br />

However, what makes Vandal City stand out in that queue is that they have announced a full-fledged<br />

whitepaper and have also announced the supply and the launchpad of the project weeks before the<br />

mint date.<br />

Speaking of which the mint information about the project is as follows…<br />

Supply: 10,000<br />

Cost: 3 $SOL<br />

Date: 6th of June 2022<br />

Launchpad: Magic Eden<br />

Now let’s take a deep dive into everything you as an investor need to know about…<br />

ROADMAP<br />

Keeping the theme of the project, there is this one major catalyst in the roadmap which had me<br />

hooked. The team has termed that as “JOBS”<br />

There will be 4 different types of jobs which the holders will get an opportunity to perform for a<br />

chance to win some $SOL and some other things as well…<br />

Job I<br />

The theme of this job is that there will be some $SOL which will be disbursed randomly in some<br />

vaults (wallets) on the Solana blockchain. Here, the holders will have to assemble a team of 2 bandits<br />

who will go on a search mission to find those wallet addresses. Once found, the entire sol in that<br />

particular wallet will be given to the person who will find it.<br />

There will be a heist website, which will show the exact amounts of $SOL in each Vault and whether<br />

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or not that vault has been unlocked or not. There will be a designated website as well where you will<br />

submit your wallet guesses, if correct you will be notified of your findings.<br />

Each guess will cost 21 $VAULT (the governance token of the project).<br />

Now since there are so many wallet addresses, finding the correct wallet will be a hectic task. The<br />

team thought about it and they have also put a clue feature in this game where you will be able to<br />

gather some clues which will ultimately lead to the main wallet. However, each clue will cost 21<br />

$VAULT tokens.<br />

You must be thinking that what if you don’t have 2 NFTs, well there is a solution for that as well. You<br />

will be able to form a crew with another person and both of you will be provided with a platform<br />

where the clues collected by each of the players will be made available to both of them and the vault<br />

profits will be distributed equally.<br />

Job II<br />

Here the team will design an NFT Auction House, where the holders will get a chance to bid on their<br />

favourite NFTs from both the eth and sol blockchain. Apart from the NFT Projects, the holders will<br />

also be able to bid on whitelist spots of other projects. Not just bidding but they will also be able to<br />

use the governance token $VAULT to enter various raffles organised by the team.<br />

There will also be some in house games launched on the platform which will allow the holders to<br />

multiply their $VAULT holdings.<br />

Here is a list of planned games to be implemented in the initial Beta Vandal City Games site.<br />

Coinflip (Heads or Tail) Payout on win: 2x<br />

Vault Scrambler (Binary 2 combination lock guesser) Payout: 4x<br />

Bandit Escape (Pick 1 of 5 bandits to escape) Payout: 5x<br />

Blackjack (Standard blackjack rules and guidelines) Payout: Varying<br />

Job III<br />

This particular job is also related to the heists but here the stakes and prizes have increased by a lot<br />

with some jackpot wallets containing NFT worth more than 50 $SOL.<br />

Job IV<br />

This is particularly related to the merchandise of the project which will be purchased using the<br />

$VAULT token. More information on this job will be provided later.<br />

Staking<br />

Since almost every job requires $VAULT tokens, so it is no brainer that there will be a staking platform<br />

in the work as well which will be launched within 2 days after the mint concludes.<br />

Bandits earn a standard yield of [12] $VAULT a day while staked.<br />

Since there is a token, there must be some utilities associated with it for it to maintain its value in<br />

the exchanges<br />

Let me summarise the various utilities of the $VAULT token which we have discussed so far:<br />

General early use cases of $VAULT:<br />

Unlock vault clues [costs 21 $VAULT per clue]<br />

Submit guesses for vault combinations [costs 21 $VAULT]<br />

Participate in Vandal City DAO Auctions, Raffles, & Mini-Games.<br />

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This was all about the roadmap of the project. Now let us talk about some other things.<br />

ART<br />

This is one of the most unique pieces of art I have found in the space so far. Lately, there has been<br />

a trend where projects are going for a similar vibe type of art that attracts the average Solana NFT<br />

buyer. The art of Vandal City brings that much-needed freshness to the space. However, there is one<br />

thing that I would like to point out that, the commons are looking a little too bland in comparison to<br />

the slightly better ranks.<br />

ENGAGEMENT<br />

Again this is one of their strongest areas. The team has managed to create quite a name for themselves<br />

in the space to such an extent that as of now almost every other famous influencer in the<br />

space has put the project in their “upcoming mints to look out for” lists and most of the alpha DAOs<br />

have framed quite a good number of engagement from the giveaways.<br />

Talking in numbers, the project made the first tweet from its official Twitter account on the 3rd of<br />

May and as of they have around a quarter-million followers on Twitter with around 72 common followers<br />

between us.<br />

Apart from the followers, the project has made around 35 tweets which is surprisingly a low number<br />

in my opinion since they have managed to build such a big community, they should have been a lot<br />

more active on their Twitter.<br />

The Discord is also showing a similar picture with over 200k members on their server and almost all<br />

the big players in the space holding that VIP tag. The team is fairly active on the server and because<br />

of that they are clocking an average engagement of more than 3000 reactions per post in their announcement<br />

and sneak peeks channel.<br />

To conclude, I would say this is one of the strongest upcoming projects for me. One of the main reasons<br />

for that is the team members behind the project are not new in the space and they have already<br />

worked on a project which is listed on Magic Eden named Solana Puppy Pound.<br />

Apart from that, the one thing I liked is that they have announced a full-fledged whitepaper of where<br />

the project is going to head after the mint and the roadmap looks quite interesting and engaging at<br />

the same time.<br />

Speaking of their art, I found it unique and I believe that we need to have something fresh launching<br />

in the space.<br />

I would rate the project 3.75/5 and I believe they will do extremely well in the secondary marketplace.<br />

As always DYOR.<br />

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Marco Polo<br />

Marco Polo’s Journal<br />

Duppies, Bohemia Retreat, barrelDAO and more<br />

Hope you have a pocket full of $DUST, because the team behind DeGods has just announced<br />

that they will be dropping their next collection — Duppies — in June (sounds like puppies, so<br />

cute, right?). The mint price will be in $DUST and the token supply halving is in the next week<br />

or two, cue non-DeGods holder panic. Kek. Luckily, Frank teased in an AMA that there will be<br />

bounties and challenges where anyone can grind for the currency. (A warning, like, repost & tag<br />

3 friends will not cut it for Mr. Social Experimenter.)<br />

The art has not been released yet, but maybe the giant yeti running across the top of the Roadmap<br />

3.33 is a clue as to what it might look like. Dup it, we ball.<br />

The doors to the Ceremonial Ayahuasca Retweet, I mean *Retreat, are open! Send your Bohemian<br />

off ASAP because the more Bohos joining this magical experience, the higher the entry<br />

price will become. (The range goes from 250 $WOOP all the way up to whooping 1200 $WOOP.<br />

Whew!) Your Boho will be transforming himself during the 7 days of serious medication (damn<br />

it!) I mean *meditation, and will receive a refreshed new look, plus, mystical powers to earn<br />

more when staked. Time to decipher those bottles!<br />

Wen beer market? Degen Ape Academy has come out with a collection of IPA, Lager and<br />

Blonde Ale not only for your Web3 pfp but Web 2 you as well! Minting prices are less than 0.1<br />

sol and there will only be 2,400 cans in circulation. It’s a WL-only mint for DAA holders, and<br />

they can only be shipped across America. But hey, the barrelDAO sneak reviews sound fire.<br />

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There’s drama. The Reptilian Renegade Twitter got hacked on Friday by “the most infamous<br />

rugger on Solana”, and he is calling out different players in the ecosystem including Hydra<br />

Launchpad’s vetting process, and passing judgement on the biggest influencers, shillers and<br />

projects. He’s also since gone on a Podcast with Good Price Show.<br />

When you mix the last big mint — OkayBears, with the next big mint — Trippin Apes, comes the<br />

deriv Trippin Bears. They’re definitely trying to catch all the hype, and managed to rack up over<br />

10k followers on Twitter, and even got listed on Magic Eden. I mean, if you didn’t manage to<br />

secure a WL to join the cult, or have enough sol to WAGBO, these guys are 0.2 sol, a much more<br />

affordable consolation prize.<br />

@Jords.sol<br />

Although bullish on Solana, Jords is keeping it real with us 100%. It’s true many of our favorite<br />

projects’ fps are hitting ATH, there’s a ton of retweets grinding for upcoming mints WL, Twitter<br />

feeds are exploding, but we’re a far cry from the promised Solana Summer in terms of actual<br />

USD value. He sheds light on fundamental problems in our ecosystem right now: from projected<br />

successes, to botted influencers, to glorified bad actors. The truth might hurt, but we encourage<br />

you to take the time to read and review the current situation we’re in.<br />

Trippin Ape Tribe<br />

The Skinny: Chore has decided to extend his kindness towards his Disciples and has increased<br />

the collection size from 8,888 to a rounded up 10,000, including an extra 1,000+ WL spots.<br />

Why we’re paying attention: While we featured Trippin Ape Tribe last week, it’s been confirmed<br />

to launch this week with a ton of more bullish news on TAT! They have already built a very<br />

strong following with King Kulbik’s WL games and challenges and have reached out to many<br />

powerhouses outside of the Solana ecosystem to strengthen the tribe. What’s most interesting<br />

is that while they have upped their supply, they are “NOT making more money”. Their budget for<br />

their post-mint plans have not changed, so that mint prices will be adjusted according to the<br />

increased supply and discounted. Not a cult, but it should be.<br />

Mint Date:<br />

Presale: 24 May 2022, 3:20pm UTC<br />

Public: 24 May 2022, 7:20pm UTC<br />

Mint Supply: 10,000<br />

Price: 3.25 SOL<br />

Twitter: twitter.com/TrippinApeNFT<br />

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@perfectenchlag<br />

Twitter || Discord<br />

In the last article, I said that there are some great opportunities coming for all of us in the space, and the<br />

biggest one of them all is coming on the second day of the week. Trippin Ape Tribe which has broken all the<br />

records and has succeeded all the benchmarks there are for any project which is yet to be launched is going<br />

for mint on the 24th of May.<br />

Even though the market was not in a very good position for some weeks, we can now see much more stable<br />

price action in the price of Bitcoin and Solana. However, one thing which is not stable is the floor of some of<br />

the strong projects which were showing strength for quite some time and now have started to decline a little<br />

bit, one of the reasons for which is that the community is preparing for the most hyped mint of this month.<br />

While all these inconsistent things were going on, one thing was very consistent in the Solana NFT Space<br />

and that was the craze for Trippin Ape Tribe. The hype has almost doubled after they announced their launch<br />

date. The sentiment is so strong that even though Sol is sitting at $50 as of now the OTC sales of Trippin Ape<br />

Tribe whitelists are not slowing down.<br />

I wrote an article a week back on them and the numbers have changed considerably from then. Let’s look at<br />

their growth.<br />

The day I wrote the first article about Trippin Ape Trible (9th of May) Twitter was standing at a follower count<br />

of 135,000. Today that number is 387,000 which is almost a 185% increase in a span of 2 weeks with<br />

almost every other big account in the space doing a giveaway for their WL Spots. One more interesting fact<br />

about their Twitter is that Trippin Ape Tribe has more followers on Twitter than Yuga Labs which is quite understandable<br />

now since we see derivatives of Solana Projects getting listed on Open Sea.<br />

The Discord has also shown a similar growth with them having around one-third of a million members in the<br />

server with over 1240 accounts boosting their server and the chat running wild 24 hours and 7 days a week.<br />

Apart from their chat, the response in their fan-art and memes sections is overwhelming as well with everyone<br />

trying to play their best shot to get their hands on that WL Spot.<br />

Some more things have changed since my last article and one of them is that the project has launched its<br />

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website and all I can say is it was worth the wait.<br />

On the website, we can also find a journal section which shows that there will be no roadmap however there<br />

will be innovative lore-based utility supported by a distinct storyline.<br />

The details of the team have also been announced and there are some interesting facts about that which<br />

also tell about their plans.<br />

Firstly, one of the co-founders of the project DANNY DEVITOKEN is supposedly a DJ and an owner of an electronic<br />

music festival which also adds to the fact that the team has done multiple real-life events before the<br />

launch.<br />

They also have a marketing lead (Fenrus) and developers (top10brisketrecipes) with prior experience in tokenomics.<br />

One more great thing that happened is that the project has decided to launch with the biggest marketplace<br />

there is for the Solana NFTs (Magic Eden) and the team will also be doxxed by Magic Eden.<br />

This was everything about the project which has been disclosed yet.<br />

Apart from all this, there was an announcement from the project that they are going to increase the supply<br />

to 10,000 to accommodate more members to their whitelists. This was a strong move closer to the mint date<br />

and could have led to people believing that the project is doing it to earn more money. However, with this<br />

news, they also announced that the mint cost will be discounted for everyone and will be made equivalent to<br />

the same amount in USD that the team has planned originally.<br />

To conclude, I would say that I am quite bullish on the project. They are the most talked about and the most<br />

popular project launching on Solana ever. Their strength can be seen in the fact that even though $SOL has<br />

dropped 50% since their first tweet the hype did not die. In fact, it multiplied every week, and everyone is<br />

excited about the mint.<br />

One more thing that has been a cherry on the cake is that they have decided to launch with Magic Eden<br />

which helped them gain more trust in the eyes of the community members. Apart from this, as I said that the<br />

market is also quite stable in the past few days and there is a chance we can see a relief rally, a strong and<br />

hyped mint in these times is all what everyone is waiting for.<br />

One thing I would not recommend is buying whitelists at an insanely high price because that will put you on<br />

the risk side, if you don’t have a WL you can wait for the secondary action as that will give you a clear understanding<br />

of the demand that the project is getting and then you can make a much-informed decision.<br />

As always DYOR.<br />

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