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SOLANA NFT/DEFI/TWITTER ECOSYSTEM<br />
thoughts<br />
Solmills gets<br />
philosophical<br />
guild512<br />
scribe update<br />
masked<br />
warriors<br />
the orange paper<br />
on fire on fire<br />
why 1/1's are hot<br />
ISSUE #67<br />
◎0.2<br />
& MUCH more
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FROM THE EDITOR<br />
EYES ON<br />
Often overlooked, Possible gems. #alpha<br />
GUILD512 SCRIBE<br />
GUILD512 Twitter newsletter- time to<br />
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Probably Nothing<br />
JoeMcCann speaks. Are you<br />
listening? #alpha<br />
on fire<br />
Dosedone looks at what is making 1 of<br />
1's attractive at the moment #alpha<br />
thoughts<br />
SolMills goes philosophical and lays<br />
down the gloves<br />
MASKED WARRIORS<br />
The orange paper #alpha<br />
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from<br />
the<br />
<strong>Issue</strong> <strong>68</strong> of #Shill zine.<br />
During the past week we hade an insightful interview with @Keezerfeld as he launched his first ever<br />
'editions' piece on exchange.art. 49 Tweeps tuned in for a discussion about his process, connection,<br />
and his role in being an NFT artist in the Solana space. @AlanJ hosted the space that had Keez revealing<br />
techniques and approaches to his pieces. Currently working on transcribing the 1hr interview to include<br />
in #Shill zine.<br />
Since the drain I have not really engaged with the space as much as I used to. Lurking on the side more<br />
than interacting. No purchases.<br />
#Shill has been looking for NFT content since Wednesday. Looking for art that progresses forward. What<br />
you see in this issue is a result of 3 days of curating to try and bring you something you may not have<br />
considered, you may not have seen that hopefully causes you to look deeper.<br />
As always, show your love on the Twittersphere with a simple retweet.<br />
Enough said. You know the drill.<br />
@Pixeltoy<br />
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Keep your eyes on...<br />
HAPPYMUERTOSNFT<br />
Sol Potato<br />
Secret Sphinx Society
Hersoid
Eko33
@guild512<br />
Scribe<br />
In collaboration<br />
with ExchangeArt,<br />
DAA will be<br />
launching a series<br />
of auctions for<br />
special “eggs”.<br />
The eggs reserves<br />
are extremely<br />
limited, and each<br />
auctioned off egg<br />
will contain a<br />
special 1/1 version of the new launch. What it is is<br />
still unknown.<br />
Certain eggs may also give you the ability to<br />
customize the NFT that hatches from it, giving you<br />
the opportunity to work directly with Monoliff to<br />
create the NFT in your image.<br />
The community seemed excited about the<br />
upcoming egg hatch, but many felt that the auction<br />
mechanism made it unfair and extremely difficult<br />
for most of the community to get their hands on<br />
one of these special 1/1 or custom. One community<br />
member expressed his annoyance by highlighting<br />
how the auctions are just another round of fundraising,<br />
calling it a “r__ in disguise”.<br />
Jeremy Fall, creator of the NFT project Probably<br />
Nothing, announced yesterday a partnership with<br />
Vault by CNN. Vault by CNN is the entry point for<br />
media conglomerate CNN into web3.<br />
The project on Fall’s side will focus on NFT’s inspired<br />
by the release of Nelson Mandela from prison after<br />
thirty-two years.<br />
Fall and Probably Nothing have already had a<br />
successful launch with a transitioning web2 brand<br />
after the recent success of ‘Stickmen Toys’ backed<br />
by Bose.<br />
The project is expected to launch at 10AM PST on<br />
Thursday August 4th. The project will be free to<br />
mint. Holding both the Vault by CNN NFT and the<br />
Fall NFT will unlock utilities further down the line<br />
according to a tweet from Vault by CNN’s official<br />
account.<br />
Rakkudos Oversubscribes their WLs<br />
It was revealed today that Rakkudos had<br />
oversubscribed their WL. This comes after the<br />
project had opened an early access mint which<br />
was open to early customers and investors, giving<br />
them an opportunity to secure a mint by paying a<br />
refundable deposit. According to the statement<br />
released today, only 44.87 percent of the supply<br />
is left available for<br />
minting.<br />
This came as a<br />
shock to many in<br />
the community as<br />
the information<br />
was never clearly<br />
stated anywhere in<br />
their litepaper or<br />
their whitelist, and<br />
was more a passing<br />
comment they<br />
made in spaces. Botting of the mint will likely occur<br />
as a result of minters using bots to try to mint their<br />
NFTs with better odds.<br />
Rakkudos is an NFT project by the team at Shakudo<br />
and is minting today on Magic Eden’s launchpad.<br />
The hyped mint is brought to Solana by a team<br />
of qualified professionals in the web 2.0 space.<br />
Shakudo has already raised 4M USD in VC money<br />
and is looking to raise an additional 1.3M USD<br />
through their mint on Magic Eden as a catalyst to<br />
further spur their growth.<br />
Okay Bears dropping Founders Coins<br />
today<br />
Okay Bears announce that their bear-drop, the<br />
Founders Coins, will be dropped to hibernating<br />
bears today. The coins have designs on them<br />
inspired by the original NFT collection.<br />
These coins have a couple other cool features. For<br />
one, they’ll be backed by real, solid gold. $195 K in<br />
total, and the amount of gold each coin is backed<br />
by will be varied based on the value of the “weight”<br />
attribute, from 0.25g all the way to 10g.<br />
The coins will also have a 5% royalty fee slapped<br />
on them, and any fees generated from the first 8<br />
weeks of trading will be donated to their charity,<br />
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Okay Cares.<br />
Rugged Revenants announce that they<br />
will be minting on Magic Eden<br />
Rugged Revenants will be launching their NFT<br />
collection via the Magic Eden launchpad. They will<br />
be minting on the 14th of August with a total supply<br />
of 5555 NFTs and a 1 Sol mint price.<br />
Rugged Revenants is a free-to-play, win-to-earn<br />
game built by the creators of another NFT project,<br />
SovanaDAO. Owning the NFT will let you access<br />
better rewards from their game.<br />
What really happened with Rakkudos<br />
mint?<br />
Rakkudos is an NFT project launched by a SAAS<br />
company, Shakkudo, and the intention of the<br />
collection was to act as a catalyst for their company,<br />
building out a community around their project at<br />
the same time. Initially, many were excited by the<br />
prospect of a fast-growing, revenue-generating<br />
business running an NFT project, but the excitement<br />
quickly turned to disappointment, then disgust.<br />
Rakkudos had mentioned on various spaces<br />
that they would be doing a pre-sale for some of<br />
their early customers, but when the amount was<br />
revealed, people were shocked. Over 50% of the<br />
collection was already minted before whitelist mint<br />
even began. Whitelist spots were overallocated and<br />
the community was not pleased.<br />
But that was still<br />
acceptable since<br />
it was believed at<br />
the time that each<br />
customer had access<br />
to 10 mints each, and<br />
they would be vested<br />
over a 3 year period.<br />
This turned out to be<br />
a lie as it was revealed<br />
that some influencers<br />
were allocated up to<br />
100 mints, and were<br />
allowed to sell their NFTs whenever they pleased.<br />
Soon after minting out, influencers like Knoxtrades<br />
were found to be selling of large chunks of their<br />
positions, drawing confusion from the community.<br />
The floor price went above 20 and people rushed to<br />
get in, only to realize that they were being “dumped”<br />
on by those who weren’t supposed to be able to<br />
even sell their NFTs.<br />
The sour taste that this left in the Solana NFT<br />
communities mouths was only intensified when<br />
influencers revealed that there was no such<br />
obligation to not sell the NFTs, with Code Monkey<br />
sharing the terms and conditions that the project<br />
gave him.<br />
It turned out that the vesting was an option, and<br />
most who got in to the pre-sale did not take up that<br />
option, but Rakkudos made no mention of this at<br />
any point in time. Rakkudos, as a matter of fact, are<br />
yet to properly address these issues.<br />
It’s hard to tell if the project can ever clear its<br />
name, as the Solana NFT community has turned on<br />
Rakkudos, given the shady practices they took part<br />
in. The floor price has since come down to 7 Sol.<br />
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2DSURREAL
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miladsafa
miladsafa
PROBABLY<br />
joemccann - 52.4k followers<br />
Today is the day normies learn what<br />
the meaning of a "software supply<br />
chain attack" is.<br />
This is a major issue for ALL<br />
developers, not just @solana.<br />
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@Dosedone<br />
Lately, the 1/1 art scene on Solana has been on fire. We've<br />
seen record auction sales from icons like @degenpoet and<br />
editions by legend @notjohnlestudio crippling the entire<br />
network.<br />
Under the hood, a number of collectives are driving this<br />
movement that you need to be aware of<br />
@MinistryArt is spearheaded<br />
by the visionaries @BU___UB<br />
and @S0Ltoshi aims to be the<br />
nucleus for fine art on Solana.<br />
Representation for emerging<br />
and established artists &<br />
creating the opportunity to own<br />
the most iconic art in the scene, the MoA is vital to 1/1<br />
art space.<br />
@The_URS_ is the sister organisation to @MinistryArt<br />
and has provided the chance for collectors of URS crowns<br />
to obtain monthly airdrops from upcoming artists like @<br />
husaensadam and premier creators like @septadenata.<br />
one of the most decorated art galleries in the space.<br />
Shillzine by @Pixeltoy has been pushing 1/1 artwork since<br />
Oct 21 over 67 issues.<br />
This iconic publication combines alpha, art, and analytics<br />
in the most eclectic fashion appealing to the many<br />
participants across the Solana NFT ecosystem.<br />
@maskedwarriors1 is a mystery, as whatever is going on<br />
behind the scenes, it's all a bit 'hmmm'. Led by<br />
@laurence_antony we simply know the launch is in<br />
September but with chads like @A2KDeFi and @quincy_<br />
sol diving in, it's likely to be a future force exchange.art<br />
The Ministry of Art is becoming the main hub for artists<br />
and collectors worldwide. The imminent consolidation<br />
with @The_URS_ marks an exciting point in the collective<br />
effort to merge quality art and the digital frontier<br />
@_ledao is headed by the great @notjohnlestudio and is<br />
the first on-chain art DAO on Solana.<br />
By acquiring one of the characters in the founder's series,<br />
collectors gain access, treasury equity, and governance to<br />
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@SOLMills_<br />
Influencers have been a bit of a hot topic over the<br />
last 48 hours. Seems to be a contentious issue<br />
and I'm seeing a lot of strong feelings on my timeline.<br />
I think some of the anger is misplaced. My<br />
thoughts.<br />
There's nothing wrong with being paid to market.<br />
It's a valid job. In an ideal world, all products<br />
would have value & no one would buy (or market)<br />
rubbish but we do not live in that world. Buyer<br />
beware! People well understand this in our little<br />
corner of the blockchain.<br />
I said I would never sell my God - and I haven't.<br />
Want to know where it went? Read on.<br />
For more than nine months now, I've been talking<br />
(though not nearly often enough) about the lack of<br />
diversity and inclusion in Web 3 and NFT projects.<br />
The problem, as I see it, is two-fold.<br />
1. Every week, without fail, my Discord and Twitter<br />
is filled with embarrassing language towards<br />
gender, race and sexuality minorities. Web 3, right<br />
now, is NOT a safe space for minorities. How can<br />
we talk about onboarding the next million users<br />
when the space looks like this?<br />
However, many influencers act in an unethical<br />
manner because they actively try to deceive. Marketing<br />
is more effective when it is not perceived as<br />
marketing. Influencers wish to portray themselves<br />
not as marketers but as our friends, or clever advisers<br />
and smart traders.<br />
Influencers want you to think they are here to help<br />
you, that they're offering good advice, that they<br />
know more than others and that you will profit<br />
if you follow them. An obvious example is one<br />
influencer who whitewashes himself by labelling<br />
himself a "caller".<br />
Should marketing be more obviously labelled?<br />
Should future regulation of the Crypto space (inevitable)<br />
extend to the area of influencing? I am less<br />
familiar with European and American regulations<br />
but, in Australia...<br />
it’s illegal to be a financial influencer without a<br />
financial services licence (i.e. up to five years jail<br />
and fines over $1M) and all other online influencing<br />
requires the equivalent of #ad to be included<br />
with the message.<br />
What do you think Anon?<br />
2. The success of an enterprise is often directly<br />
linked to diversity and inclusion. If we all think and<br />
act the same way, we don't grow together. Diversity<br />
of experience and thought will enrich us all as<br />
individuals and as a community. The space will<br />
grow.<br />
Thinking about it for 9 months (and talking about<br />
it sometimes) I still see no change for the better.<br />
Some days, it seems worse. I'm challenging myself<br />
to make a difference. I've given my DeGod to my<br />
partner and I'm going to set her up a Twitter and<br />
encourage her to get involved.<br />
I chose my DeGod specifically because it's a<br />
meaningful sacrifice to onboard someone new.<br />
There's no point giving her a worthless project. I<br />
want her to engage and hit the ground running with<br />
contacts in an established project. I want her to<br />
challenge and inspire.<br />
I'm going to go one step further & attempt to make<br />
this much like the ALS Ice Bucket challenge. I'd<br />
like others to do the same with a meaningful NFT<br />
(it doesn't have to be their DeGods or SMBs) and<br />
to onboard one new person who they think will<br />
help improve diversity in our space.<br />
I nominate<br />
@PrimitiveMoney @credlessk @TopoGigio_sol.<br />
No obligations, but if they want to jump on board,<br />
awesome, and hope to see them nominate three<br />
more people each. But Anon, if you're reading, and<br />
you want to get involved yourself please just get<br />
started.<br />
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