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SOLANA NFT/DEFI/TWITTER ECOSYSTEM<br />
ISSUE #<strong>80</strong><br />
◎0.25<br />
MAyhem<br />
culturehacker<br />
blood bits<br />
The_a08<br />
subey art<br />
l0sxs0l<br />
nft comeback<br />
LambolandNFT<br />
what i found<br />
L0SxS0L<br />
GHostkid<br />
pixelbatu<br />
scalp<br />
empire<br />
bearlabs<br />
& MUCH more
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FROM THE EDITOR<br />
MAYHEM<br />
CultureHacker update #alpha<br />
DISCIPLINE<br />
StepanHlinka on doing it better.<br />
TWITTER GROWTH<br />
nft_god with writing tips #alpha<br />
NFT COMEBACK<br />
LamboLandNFT looks at what it takes to<br />
make it.<br />
SQUADS v3<br />
SquadsProtocol announces major<br />
facelift. #alpha<br />
SUBEY art<br />
L0SxS0L looks at what makes Subey special<br />
BLOOD bits<br />
The_AO8 looks at NFT through a different<br />
lens - literally #alpha<br />
96 GHOSTkid<br />
120<br />
pixelbatu explains the benefits of being a<br />
Ghostkid holder #alpha<br />
SCALP EMPIRE<br />
Bearlabs review #alpha<br />
OKitEW
<strong>Issue</strong> <strong>80</strong><br />
#<strong>SHILL</strong> has its own NFTs up for auction on Exchange.art and now Formfunction! Proceeds go to helping this<br />
magazine grow and become better. All the World's a Stage is live now https://exchange.art/pixeltoy/ and Do<br />
You See Me? https://formfunction.xyz/@Pixeltoy.sol/<br />
A special shoutout to @alphaomega8 for their current SINUS RHYTHM 2 edition mint. AlphaOmega has DM<br />
#<strong>SHILL</strong>zine to offer sales profits to support the magazine. Totally out of the blue and greatly appreciated.<br />
Here's to hoping the 10 editions mint out!<br />
A hectic week. A few purchases for the #<strong>SHILL</strong>zine vault (as shown here). I had 2 magazines to publish for IRL<br />
work plus an all day zoom meeting on Saturday meaning I lose about 8hrs that I would have put into the zine.<br />
PLUS, it's my birthday!<br />
Ready to dive in?<br />
Enough said. You know the drill.<br />
@Pixeltoy<br />
Sinus Rhythm 2 @alphaomega8<br />
Eating Colors @arielgricio The Justice @arielgricio
Cyberobama @mirandaparkerart<br />
My robbery @ArielGricio
PROBABLY<br />
@sp00n1cus<br />
40.8k followers<br />
Talked with a number of project founders<br />
who received 0 royalties since ME's<br />
update. Many have revenue streams built on<br />
B2B which are nose diving because projects<br />
are cutting out services while royalties<br />
dry up. Mods and CMs the first on the<br />
chopping block as projects make cuts.<br />
f@#k art
Keep your eyes on...<br />
ALPHA LIONS<br />
PixelPenguinDAO<br />
Secret Sphinx Society
https://twitter.com/culturehacker<br />
As I prepare to drop MAYHEM on OCT 26th. A dark & twisted tale that is told through 1/1’s, 12” vinyl & limited<br />
editions I wanted to share my experimentation in the space & what I’ve learned.<br />
I got into NFTs almost 2 years ago. I consider minting to be an extension of my creative process. I feel that creativity<br />
rests at the edge of failure and I often find that you learn more from what breaks.<br />
For instance, I tried to do an everyday art project in 2019 and failed, tried in 2020 failed again. But have been<br />
going strong since 2021. Today marks my 662 day! Hard at first but over time has become part of a daily routine.<br />
It’s freeing not to worry about perfection.<br />
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I’m a storyteller having worked as a writer/director/producer of films, tv and games for over 20 years. The development<br />
process within the entertainment industry is slow and exploitative.<br />
I’m currently using NFTs to R&D new storyworlds, IP and methods to reach and collaborate with communities.<br />
Web3 enables a rapid iterative development cycle for storytelling/entertainment that is at odds with the traditional<br />
permission-based culture that exists in Hollywood.<br />
My experiments have shown me the value of storytelling, immersion, and community. My focus is connecting<br />
virtual and IRL I believe that’s how more people will enter the ecosystem. To me that is utility.<br />
Back in the summer I released ODYSSEY a deep space psychological thriller meets escape room where 1/1’s and<br />
limited-edition art impacts the experience. What you collect and who you play with makes the experience different<br />
each time.<br />
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I’ve learned that agency is critical. That mixing something<br />
innovative with something familiar can greatly<br />
enhance engagement. If something is too innovative<br />
you loose people and if it’s too familiar it’s boring and<br />
people detach.<br />
After a number of successful escape room prototypes<br />
I’m going to expand the project. I’m currently taking<br />
what I’ve learned and will be releasing ODYSSEY 2.0 in<br />
November.<br />
The result is a glitch art inspired experience where<br />
players immersive themselves in the ODYSSEY storyworld<br />
as they play, they unlock opportunities to collect<br />
pieces that are uncovered throughout the experience.<br />
of decentralized art.<br />
The first wknd of each month we invite artists to join<br />
us in creating a new DAM issue of the magazine. Each<br />
issue has a different theme. We’re about to start the<br />
6th issue #DAMselfie<br />
By coming together monthly we learn from each other<br />
and experiment with how we make and sell work. We<br />
also amplify each other’s art - together we bring more<br />
attention to artists working at all levels.<br />
If you’ve read this far thank you! I’m always up for a<br />
collab so if you want to experiment my DM is always<br />
open.<br />
I’ve also come to learn the value of community. When<br />
@lowbrownative and I started @DAMzine the goal<br />
was to celebrate the creation, discovery and collection<br />
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BastyAdler
chrisfollowsart
degenpoet
DuckMalcolm
grafiolaart
mich_tom
sabatobox
visualofimagix
0xbanana
Andyrox88
aRTcons9
arielgricio
BerkayVural
Blockframez
oywithnolegs
cloudcollector
daesky
diqalurima
eyeeyemouth
hdyeah
marcacollier
noosh
aulvongal
RichWater
DevilTakesPictures
Vazio_Art
fabrii2k
mrtyvscmeta
mrtyvscmeta
mustafaerbas
namelessfiles
nikeetalakhiani
orionramos
saintcryptid
wininrome
yg4h
arielgricio
https://twitter.com/stepanhlinka<br />
This took me 5 years to learn. I’ll teach it to you in 2<br />
minutes Here are 42 sentences that’ll make you more<br />
money than a $131,600 business degree:<br />
Your customer’s fear of loss is more<br />
powerful than their desire for gain.<br />
Don’t sell the product, sell the outcome.<br />
Don’t lower your prices, increase your<br />
value.<br />
Start with a narrow niche first and expand<br />
later.<br />
Desirable outcome + proof + scarcity +<br />
urgency + guarantee + bonuses = irresistible<br />
offer.<br />
Don’t rely on social media, build your<br />
email list.<br />
Story is the most powerful marketing<br />
weapon.<br />
If you try to appeal to everyone, you’ll<br />
end up appealing to no one.<br />
Ask for the sale every single day.<br />
100 ideal followers are more valuable<br />
than 10,000 random followers.<br />
Use retargeting ads to show content and<br />
offers to all website visitors & followers,<br />
it prints money.<br />
Email your list at least 1x a week.<br />
Always pre-sell your offer before building<br />
it.<br />
The greatest skill you can develop is<br />
decreasing the time between idea and<br />
execution.<br />
People buy with emotion (stories), then<br />
justify with logic (statistics, graphs,<br />
data).<br />
Study psychology, persuasion, and copywriting.<br />
98% of people are not ready to buy now,<br />
but if you keep showing up, they might<br />
buy later.<br />
Most money is in the follow-up.<br />
The goal of your front-end offer is to<br />
acquire new customers, not to make a<br />
profit.<br />
The goal of your back-end offer is to<br />
make a profit.<br />
Focus on building a monthly recurring<br />
revenue so you don’t start each month<br />
at $0.<br />
The goal of your marketing is to make<br />
your prospects feel understood.<br />
Respond with “I completely understand”<br />
to every objection from a prospect.<br />
Your job on a sales call is to ask specific<br />
questions, shut up and listen.<br />
Best-known product will beat the best<br />
product every single time.<br />
It is not how much you make; it is how<br />
much you keep.<br />
He or she who can afford to spend the<br />
most to acquire a new customer win.<br />
Never compromise your reputation for<br />
money.<br />
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https://twitter.com/nft_god<br />
Action items: 1. Use white space 2. Shorten sentences<br />
3. Vary sentence length 4. Eliminate blocks<br />
of long text 4. Ascending sentence sizes look cool<br />
Punchiness The number one rule in life is don’t be<br />
boring. You need to feel like you’ve been slapped<br />
in the face when you read your tweet Use words<br />
that aren’t boring: • Critical • Instantly • Simple<br />
Action Items: 1. Review all tweets before posting<br />
2. Make sure the first and last lines punch you in<br />
the gut 3. If they don’t, either reformat or reword<br />
the tweet<br />
Simplicity > Complexity Don’t try to outsmart<br />
people on Twitter People aren’t on this dopamine<br />
factory to feel dumb They want to get information<br />
as quickly and simply as possible If the choice is<br />
between simple or smart, always go simple<br />
Action Items: 1. Eliminate long or complex words<br />
2. Eliminate anything that isn’t the core concept<br />
of your tweet 3. Get rid of descriptors and details<br />
that don’t matter 4. Get to the point as quickly as<br />
you can<br />
Replies I’ve long preached replies are critical for<br />
Twitter growth in order to expand your audience,<br />
you need to be viewed on other accounts Quality<br />
is important not just for tweets, but also replies<br />
Replies need to: • Stand alone • Be retweetable •<br />
Slap hard<br />
Action Items: 1. Apply all the previous rules to<br />
replies 2. Make the reply stand alone. If people<br />
didn’t see the original tweet, would they still<br />
understand your reply? 3. Make a daily routine of<br />
replying. I set aside 10 minutes a night for replies.<br />
Writing is a skill just like anything else Improvement<br />
requires repetitions Take these tips and I<br />
promise your skills will improve over time Just<br />
remember: a good idea written poorly will lose to<br />
a bad idea written magnificently.<br />
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DAM ZINE
DAM ZINE
https://twitter.com/lambolandnft<br />
DeGods is the #1 NFT project on Solana. But did you<br />
know they initially failed so bad that the founder @<br />
frankdegods was receiving death threats? Here’s the<br />
greatest NFT comeback story:<br />
It wasn’t just clown emojis though. Frank was receiving<br />
death threats. “Right after mint we didn’t have the<br />
marketplace ready, so everybody hated me and my<br />
team. They were sending me death threats on Discord.”<br />
- @frankdegods<br />
Two days later the DeGods marketplace launched. But<br />
it was filled with bugs. Which resulted in some people<br />
losing their DeGods or their $SOL. This marked a turning<br />
point for DeGods...<br />
DeGods was the most hyped mint of October 2021.<br />
So hyped that it minted out in under 10 seconds. But,<br />
there was a problem.<br />
The people who minted a DeGod had no way of selling<br />
it. See, Frank & his team were building their own marketplace<br />
for DeGods. But it wasn’t ready yet.<br />
They were no longer the most hyped Solana NFT project.<br />
People had lost faith in the team. DeGods were<br />
once again, the underdogs.<br />
Quote Tweet<br />
And people were pissed. They thought they just got<br />
rugged. Any time Frank would type in the Discord it<br />
would be spammed with clown emojis.<br />
Frank @frankdegods<br />
Feels good being the underdogs again.<br />
Frank needed to win back the community. So, he<br />
started by refunding everyone who lost money on the<br />
DeGods marketplace. And he reassured people that<br />
the team is still building. Then Frank did something<br />
nobody expected.<br />
He hired the biggest DeGod fudders. “We basically<br />
made a decision at the end of December, to take all top<br />
10 of our fudders and hire them as mods” - @frankdegods<br />
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But why did he do this?<br />
Well, to quote Frank. “I realized that the people who might be talking the most shit about you are actually people<br />
who care the most.” Yes, the fudders were saying negative things about DeGods. But that’s because the team<br />
was fucking up and they didn’t want to see DeGods fail.<br />
And that decision was a game changer. With the help of the fudders, Frank made a game plan for 2022. And what<br />
they delivered next, not only won back the trust of the community...It turned DeGods into the #1 NFT project on<br />
Solana.<br />
They decided to remake every single DeGod trait. See, a lot of DeGods were ugly. And this was holding back the<br />
project. So, on January 26th they announced DeadGods.<br />
DeadGods isn’t a new collection - it’s an update to the DeGods metadata So, the team would make $0 from this<br />
“We we easily could have made fucking m’s dropping a second collection, but we were like man, we want to<br />
make DeGods the best project, we don’t want to dilute the supply”<br />
And yes, the lead up to DeadGods was fucking hyped. The floor pumped to all-time highs. But that wasn’t what<br />
won back the community...<br />
What won back the community was that the team delivered dope fucking art that didn’t dilute the DeGods supply.<br />
This showed that the DeGods team was continuing to build despite all the fud.<br />
Frank went from being clowned on by thousands of people. To the founder of the biggest NFT project on Solana.<br />
This story shows that you don’t need to have a Cinderella start to be successful. Don’t let some failures or some<br />
fud get to you, keep fucking building.<br />
That’s it. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing it.<br />
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v3<br />
https://twitter.com/SquadsProtocol<br />
Today, we are proud to announce Squads V3, a new multisig standard for teams and individuals looking to securely<br />
manage their on-chain assets. Let’s explore what V3 is about, and why we believe it will become the go-to<br />
multisig solution for the @Solana ecosystem.<br />
Every blockchain ecosystem needs a reliable multi-signature wallet standard. Multisigs are used by individuals,<br />
teams, DAOs, and institutions looking to securely manage their on-chain assets without relying on a single point<br />
of failure.<br />
Our vision for Squads was always about bringing a reliable and user friendly multisig experience to the Solana<br />
ecosystem. With Squads V2 mainnet launch on February 24th, we embarked on a path to realize this vision.<br />
V2 allows users to spin up a multisig wallet in seconds, store and send digital assets, do swaps, and earn yield. In<br />
less than 6 months over 2.5k multisigs were deployed with V2. In the process of developing and iterating on V2,<br />
we came to several core realizations.<br />
First, multisigs go far beyond treasury custody & management. They are the core infrastructure for web3 native<br />
teams to manage all kinds of on-chain assets such as programs and tokens, making multisigs an essential part of<br />
the workflow tooling stack for web3 native teams.<br />
Second, most teams on Solana rely on centralized entities for treasury custody due to a lack of a reliable Solana-native<br />
solution. They also choose to upgrade their programs with a single key usually stored on a Ledger.<br />
Third, Solana needs a multisig standard that the ecosystem can unite behind, one which does not make tradeoffs<br />
when it comes to satisfying the security criteria for a reliable multisig standard, those include making codebase<br />
open source, multiple audits, peer reviews and more.<br />
These realizations have prompted us to get back to the drawing board and design a new multisig standard as well<br />
as a new product experience to support it. This is how V3 was born.<br />
To ensure the security of the V3 standard we did the following: - audits by @BramahSystems and @osec_io- new<br />
program written in @anchorlang- peer reviews by experienced teams in the space - @Sec3dev premium tool<br />
running for any changes to the on-chain code.<br />
The on-chain code for V3 was purposely made minimal so it would be easier to audit and review. The code<br />
is already open-source and Anchor verified, you can review it right now on our Github: https://github.com/<br />
Squads-Protocol/squads-mpl….<br />
Squads Multisig Program Library. Contribute to Squads-Protocol/squads-mpl development by creating an account<br />
on GitHub.<br />
We could not have missed the opportunity to rethink the user interface and user experience for Squads V3. The<br />
new interface is clean, simple, and agnostic, with numerous design choices guided by the extensive feedback we<br />
got from our V2 users.<br />
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As of today, core features of V3 include: - basic multisig functionality - program management allowing to upgrade<br />
Solana programs together with your team - transaction builder for initiating custom transactions with arbitrary<br />
instructions.<br />
For the launch, we’ve also completed numerous integrations: - @saydialect notifications to stay up to date with<br />
events in your Squad - @bonfida’s SNS domains - @MagicEden integration to buy listed NFTs directly from your<br />
Squad - @cardinal_labs identity integration.<br />
Our price feeds are of course powered by @PythNetwork.<br />
The cost of network fees for Squad deployment as well as any transaction initiation has been significantly optimized<br />
and made dynamic. Setting up your multisig with Squads is now by far the cheapest option in the ecosystem.<br />
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Finally, Squads V3 is available on mobile starting from today!<br />
And this is just the beginning of our journey. Here’s some of what’s coming: - treasury management features<br />
such as batch payments, streams and yield vaults - token management support so you can mint fungible tokens,<br />
NFTs and manage their properties all from your Squad - our long awaited @Realms_DAOs integration - @xnft_<br />
Backpack & Android mobile app to make sure that Squads users have an intuitive native mobile experience when<br />
@solanamobile arrives.<br />
To help us refine the V3 standard, we have formed a collective of teams called the “Self-Custody Society” (SCS).<br />
They are our trusted partners and allies in the goal to create a multisig standard that the Solana ecosystem can<br />
rely on.<br />
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Join us for DAM #6 the<br />
portrait issue. Reimagine the<br />
self portrait - paint,<br />
illustrate, glitch, collage,<br />
photograph and/or<br />
use AI.<br />
Subvert, parody, reclaim<br />
& have fun w/ creating<br />
#DAMselfies<br />
-kickoff twitter space Nov 3rd<br />
@ 6:30pm PT / 9:30pm ET<br />
https://damzine.xyz<br />
@dam_zine
24Kenva
arielgricio
Viscous
Viscous
_vizista
TemplarKids
artnesh
artpardini
atrdynn
ayfragile
itebybit
okenLynxs
okenLynxs
yawkwardtales
yawkwardtales
chaos_view
chaos_view
chaos_view
EMCN13
https://twitter.com/L0SxS0L<br />
art<br />
Stumbling upon the concept of string theory while watching The Big Bang, @subey_art chose to rethink her traditional<br />
approach to ink drawings. What has emerged has arguably become her best work yet. Come with me as I<br />
untangle this artists’ stunning ode to raw emotion.<br />
Her series ‘String Theory’, @subey_art reflects on the scientific theory which implies everything in our universe<br />
is made up of tiny one-dimensional strings. Her art focuses on how these strings interact as they connect everything<br />
to everyone, including ourselves.<br />
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‘It got me thinking of making art with scribble techniques and watching each character interact with themselves,<br />
their emotions and events from their lives.’ @subey_art<br />
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These ideas continue to evolve as @subey_art encourages the viewer to address their own emotions when<br />
viewing her art. ‘If I could understand other emotions outside of mine, if I could create a clear depiction of what<br />
someone out there feels, they might feel less alone.’<br />
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This thought experiment has led to profound insights which are reflected in @subey_art’s work. ‘Even when at<br />
rock bottom, when you have resigned to faith - life still finds a way to burst that bubble. I’m trying to drag that<br />
emotion out and stretch it as much as possible.’<br />
This desire to create pieces that speak intimately to our deeper emotions, to quietly draw them out then leave us<br />
to unravel them in our own time, is executed beautifully.<br />
@subey_art stands out in this space; her art is bold and tugs on emotional strings like no one else.<br />
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@The_AO8<br />
“Blood Bits” Digitally colored broken red blood cells on paper. New work from “Tales from the clinic” series Reserve:<br />
0.1 sol Tick size: 0.25 sol 24h, starting at 8 pm UTC on @exchgART<br />
(link below together with a short thread) 50% of proceedings to charities #NFTs #SolanaNFTs<br />
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exchange.art<br />
Blood Bits - Alphaomega8 | Exchange Art<br />
A schistocyte (a blood bit) (from the greek σχιστός, “divided/broken”, and κύτος, “hollow” (then “cell”)) is a<br />
fragment of a red blood cells. The presence of these broken cells is a common finding in conditions called “microangiopathies”.<br />
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In these diseases, the coagulation is activated inside intact blood vessels, this forming clots. The lumen of the<br />
vessel is thus greatly reduced, and well red blood cells pass through they break up.<br />
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It is easy to identify them at microscopy on a peripheral blood smear. Normal red blood cells are biconcave disks<br />
and at light microscopy they appear as round shaped, with a clear center.<br />
Instead, the shapes schistocytes assume are varied, from the classical “helmet cells” to more curious ones.<br />
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Microangiopathies can be extremely dangerous, even hematologic emergencies. Thus, the importance of recognizing<br />
them!<br />
@alphaomega8<br />
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@yobaninja& @alphaomega8<br />
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pixelbatu<br />
What is the success reason behind @GhostKidDAO?<br />
In this family, which I recently joined, I saw a feature that I had never seen before in my one past year. The more I<br />
thought about it, the more I realized it was more than a utility.<br />
First, GhostKid is a pixel art pfp project consisting of 5K supply, 6 SOL floor price and a total volume of more than<br />
100K SOL<br />
Highlights - Boonties - Raffles - Staking - Meme Generator - Community<br />
Boonties<br />
What is the first thing anyone interested in NFT learns? The more tweet engagement you have, the more recognition<br />
you get. The same rule applies to projects. Projects with high engagement gain more new buyers and gain<br />
reputation by raising the floor price.<br />
GhostKid knew this well. For this reason, they combined the community with the boonties system. As you can<br />
see below, a bountie has been opened for the new owner for 1/1 GhostKid. The task is simple, show this new<br />
owner some love!<br />
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Since your social accounts are linked to the site, the interaction you give to the tweet is checked within seconds<br />
and you are entitled to collect your Spookies. A small reward for an easy task. So where will you use this award?<br />
Raffles<br />
Of course, in the raffles, which is another utility. As hard to believe, you can get a raffle ticket for just 5 Spookies<br />
or $BOO tokens. These giveaways are not as small as you might think because GhostKidDAO is a huge community.<br />
Check out the latest giveaways!<br />
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Incredibly large prize pools from incredibly big projects! The prize pool is almost over 2000 SOL The system is<br />
simple, the more you raid, the more Spookies you earn. It is possible to increase your chances by buying more<br />
than one ticket to a raffle!<br />
Staking<br />
Don’t like to raid? So, don’t just increase the project value thanks to staking and spend the $BOO tokens you get<br />
in the raffles.<br />
Meme Generator<br />
This is my favorite Look at this meme generator on website! Incredibly useful for keeping the community together.<br />
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Community<br />
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While the Cryptocurrency sector and its sub-niche<br />
“NFT” space are undoubtedly unique, the platform<br />
BearLabs is covering today — Scalp Empire, has a story<br />
that we believe genuinely encapsulates and portrays<br />
the true essence of what crypto stands for.<br />
It’s a story filled with heartaches, setbacks, roadblocks,<br />
more setbacks, passion, determination, perseverance,<br />
and inspiration. It’s one that our core team, who has<br />
over two decades of combined experience in the<br />
cryptocurrency sector, has never seen even remotely<br />
matched.<br />
Core Team<br />
Kind3r - Leader / Main Dev<br />
Bibise — The “Real Boss” (And perhaps the most<br />
supportive wife ever)<br />
Adurnam — Community lead<br />
Socials:<br />
Discord - https://www.discord.gg/uBVgnSWydc<br />
Twitter — https://www.twitter.com/ScalpEmpireNFT<br />
History<br />
Website — https://www.scalp-empire.com/<br />
Initial Release<br />
Scalp Empire, founded in 2021, was created to support<br />
NFT swing traders and/or “scalpers” (those seeking<br />
to buy undervalued positions with the goal of a quick<br />
entry and exit for small yet consistent profits), gain an<br />
analytical edge over those who were manually trading.<br />
At first, Scalp Empire launched as a free tool that<br />
strictly provided analytical data to its users. Shortly<br />
after, two weeks to be exact, it became a paid tool,<br />
and a “gold” native coin was released as the primary<br />
payment form.<br />
Transition to Paid<br />
With the move to a paid platform, Scalp Empire also<br />
began adding additional features to their platform,<br />
such as a mint bot. This allowed traders to take advantage<br />
of NFT mints or the day the collection hit the<br />
markets for public purchases and trading.<br />
This was towards the end of 2021, and little did the<br />
team know at the time that come to the turning of the<br />
new year, the trajectory for the company would be<br />
completely altered.<br />
January 2022<br />
The Scalp Empire team had a new advantageous plan<br />
for the new year. They strategically planned to roll<br />
out a secondary coin, a silver coin, that, similarly to<br />
the gold coin, would grant access to the platform with<br />
certain restrictions (mainly access or lack thereof to<br />
the mint bot).<br />
Although those holding the gold coins at the time<br />
were awarded whitelist privileges (guaranteed mint),<br />
it was a public mint. With that said, it turned out that<br />
the large majority (nearly all) of those who minted the<br />
silver coin were also the ones holding the gold coins —<br />
in short, not many from outside the community joined<br />
in on the silver coin mint.<br />
Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned. As soon as<br />
the mint was complete, those holding the new silver<br />
coin rushed to list them for sale on the market. With<br />
each new listing came a lower FP or floor price (the<br />
price of the cheapest coin on the market).<br />
The panic set in, and the race to offload the freshly<br />
minted silver coins intensified as the holders began<br />
competing for who could sell theirs for the lowest<br />
price. Eventually, the coins became near worthless.<br />
They made it past this dreaded date, but as they would<br />
soon learn, they were not out of the woods yet, in fact,<br />
nowhere close to it.<br />
Towards the end of January, the well-known decentralized<br />
NFT marketplace, Magic Eden, with whom the<br />
Scalp Empire tool connected directly with to receive<br />
their data feed via API (application programming interface),<br />
had enhanced their security measures.<br />
This essentially blocked data from flowing back and<br />
forth to the platform and near instantly made the<br />
analytical side of Scalp Empire obsolete, as it was no<br />
longer functioning correctly (if at all).<br />
The Developers (Devs) had a hard time keeping up and<br />
even stated, “It was like Magic Eden (ME) was trying to<br />
block us.”<br />
January was a long and turbulent month.<br />
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February 2022<br />
Not much after this event took place, a community member/holder (who also happened to be a Dev), going by<br />
the username Kind3r, stepped up to the plate and offered to provide a solution to the roadblock for the team to<br />
use.<br />
While Kind3r’s proposed solution and efforts were indeed paying off, the main team (excluding 2) started losing<br />
momentum and faith in the project’s future.<br />
The team dev also quit responding — At this point, it seemed as if the two community moderators “Adurnam,”<br />
and “Ery”, along with Kind3r (a community member), were the only ones who were trying to save the<br />
project — because they were.<br />
After providing consistent solutions for a week, Kind3r was left with an ultimatum presented by the rest of the<br />
team, who no longer wanted anything to do with Scalp Empire — they would either all step away and let the<br />
project die, or Kind3r could purchase the rights and take over.<br />
A Change is Coming<br />
At this point, Kind3r was caught between a rock and a hard place. He was passionate about Scalp Empire, but he<br />
also had a full-time job, and this would require him to step out and transition to a full-time business owner. A role<br />
that would be completely new to him — not to mention he had very limited (to no) capital.<br />
But along with Adurnam and Ery, (the ultimate trio), the mission to push Scalp Empire forward had begun.<br />
First, they started by:<br />
· Revamping the old liquidity pool and swapping out the native coins for new ones<br />
· Purchased the rights to the newest addition to the platform (an NFT collection), “Nestor”<br />
Nestor is the “Pet” or collection (NFTs) of Beavers that grants full access to Scalp Empire’s platform. Nestors are<br />
traveling between the realms of “Midgar” and “Asgard,” and as they travel through universes, they change or<br />
evolve into different shapes and colors.<br />
Each Nestor has its own unique traits, making them part of a larger NFT collection.<br />
However, regardless of shape or color, each Nestor provides the same value and the same access to the platform.<br />
Nestor’s Price:<br />
· The Floor Price (FP) of one Nestor was 9.34 Solana (SOL)<br />
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· Reached an FP in the high 14 SOL range, nearly<br />
breaking 15 SOL around late May<br />
You can also “Adopt” a Nestor for those looking for<br />
more cost-effective methods while testing the platform.<br />
For a portion of the price it takes to acquire a<br />
Nestor, a user can adopt a Nestor for a pre-determined<br />
duration.<br />
Once you pay the adoption fee<br />
· A Nestor is temporarily deposited into your wallet<br />
· Once in that wallet, he cannot be transferred to<br />
another wallet<br />
· You must use that wallet to connect and trade with<br />
· Nestor cannot be placed for sale during this adoption<br />
period<br />
This method mainly benefits those looking to become<br />
more familiar with Scalp Empire and to experience its<br />
platform before deciding to purchase a Nestor outright.<br />
Although the fee to rent a Nestor is significantly lower<br />
than the overall FP, the user should not plan on renting<br />
a Nestor for long durations as it would be more advantageous<br />
to purchase it outright. This is because over<br />
a month’s time, for instance, the adoption fees would<br />
surpass the total cost of a Nestor.<br />
The newly established team kept things moving, and<br />
next:<br />
· Moved away from using the back-end API to grab<br />
information directly from Magic Eden (ME) and instead<br />
pivoted to grabbing information straight from the onchain<br />
data itself.<br />
· Disabled the mint bots, which turned out to be a<br />
good thing as many projects didn’t want to do business<br />
with them due to the stigma of a project having a Mint<br />
bot.<br />
This move came also turned out to be a double positive<br />
as Metaplex had changed their contract making<br />
it less advantageous for mint bots. (If the transaction<br />
failed due to too many attempts, the trader would be<br />
charged even if the trade wasn’t placed — cost traders<br />
money with no results)<br />
Team Expansion<br />
In May of 2022, Kinb3r’s wife “Bibise” — perhaps the<br />
most supportive wife ever — joined the trio to help<br />
assist with documentation creation/review and social<br />
media support (Twitter and Discord).<br />
As the community grew, so did the questions and need<br />
for support, so this was truly a “healthy” sign that the<br />
team and company were headed in the right direction.<br />
A New Focus<br />
A transformation was in process ever since the new<br />
team took over. They, slowly but surely, were evolving<br />
into a true trader’s platform. They honed their focus<br />
on improving and streamlining data and tools so that<br />
traders would be able to capitalize on each trade.<br />
The team shared the vision of scaling (adding features)<br />
while maintaining platform integrity (not jeopardizing<br />
security and/or speed.)<br />
They Soon:<br />
· Listed on https://www.yawww.io/<br />
· Listed on https://solanart.io/<br />
They made these strategic moves to help gain momentum<br />
at such a “renewed” early stage.<br />
Months passed as they continued investing their money,<br />
energy, and nearly every waking hour into Scalp<br />
Empire.<br />
But traction was being made, and the proof was in<br />
their:<br />
· Announcement of their first collaboration with<br />
“Trading Apes Gang”<br />
· Begin implementing notifications into their platform<br />
· Continually worked on increasing the sniping<br />
performance of their tools<br />
· Broadened their customer base by offering a<br />
subscription-based model — however, these<br />
customers have restricted access to the full features<br />
offered on the platform.<br />
Not Out of the Weeds “Yet”<br />
While things were headed in the right direction for<br />
Scalp Empire, they were by no means clear of turbulence.<br />
In fact, the company itself was rugged twice during this<br />
growth period! The first rug was not as bad, a learning<br />
lesson indeed, yet one that was a “minor” blow.<br />
Unfortunately, the second rug wiped them completely<br />
out. Their company wallet was imported into Slope<br />
Finance, which in early August of 2022, endured a<br />
multi-day, multi-million-dollar exploit. It is estimated<br />
that over $4 Million in funds were stolen from over<br />
9,231 Solana wallets — sadly, Scalp Empires’ entire<br />
funds were one of those compromised wallets.<br />
At this point, the company was completely drained of<br />
funds, and if weren’t for one move, then this would be<br />
an entirely different story. Thankfully, they had paid<br />
their infrastructure invoice right before their wallet got<br />
drained.<br />
The true meaning of building from the ground up<br />
(again).<br />
Platform Features<br />
Security<br />
First and foremost, Scalp Empire is a big advocate of<br />
security and protecting your assets — and their “Main<br />
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Wallet” feature proves that.<br />
This feature allows a trader to safely store a Nestor in<br />
their main wallet (cold storage if preferred) while using<br />
another wallet to trade out of, almost like a mirrored<br />
wallet. It’s a great safety measure that adds another<br />
layer of protection.<br />
· Custom RPC, or Remote Procedure Call — Used to<br />
collect on-chain data as well as sends transactions<br />
directly to the blockchain.<br />
· Privacy Mode — This allows one to temporarily hide<br />
their total wallet balance and the balance of individual<br />
NFT items. A perfect option for those streaming or<br />
screen sharing<br />
· Clear Cache — A useful feature that allows one<br />
to clear their cache without clearing their other in<br />
platform settings such as their main wallet settings and<br />
watchlist items.<br />
· Clear App Data — This feature will clear all of your<br />
custom settings and inputs back to the default settings.<br />
Trading Features<br />
As time progresses, Scalp Empire continues to add,<br />
refine, and re-refine its trading tools and features<br />
provided to its customers. The following is just a brief<br />
overview of a few features offered; in the next section,<br />
we will elaborate a bit more on them.<br />
· Load NFT Images — We shop with our eyes, it’s a<br />
known fact, and this feature allows you to do just that<br />
by loading the images of each NFT into the Scalp Empire<br />
Analytics or Sniping screen.<br />
· Chart Display — This option, on the sniping tab, allows<br />
you to see the chart and candle formations for said NFT.<br />
Filters<br />
Everyone has different preferences when it comes to<br />
making the “perfect” snipe, and the following metrics<br />
are used to help each user identify those opportunities.<br />
· High Royalties Threshold — This filter allows the<br />
trader to set the royalty limit or ceiling for said trade.<br />
If a trader set’s this limit to 8%, the Snipe feature<br />
will automatically dismiss all NFTs that have a royalty<br />
of greater than 8% and instead focus on NFTs with<br />
royalties sub 8%.<br />
· Whale Threshold — Whale watching in this industry<br />
is truly a thing, and this feature makes that experience<br />
easier. The Whale Threshold is a setting that allows you<br />
to track wallets that are being used a specific number of<br />
times for trading activities (you determine the number<br />
of times). This will help the trader determine whether a<br />
project is being scalped by a whale or just regular users.<br />
· Limit Live Chart Rang to FP — Since the price action often experiences spikes and surges, the range variance<br />
can greatly differ, making it hard to understand the true median price range for said NFT. This feature pegs the<br />
price action to the Floor Price (FP), giving a clearer representation of the true price.<br />
· Staking Detection — Dedicated to Scalp Empire collab partners that leverage staking. This only applies to those<br />
using Scalp Empire through a collab and have their NFTs staked. This option can be found and activated under<br />
Settings.<br />
Scalp Empire’s detailed White Paper can be found Here for a deeper understanding of these features.<br />
Platform Views<br />
Analytics Tab: On this tab, you will find, yes — analytics — on NFT collections.<br />
A high-level view of the analytics tab inside the Scalp Empire platform<br />
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Displaying NFT collection information<br />
To the far left of this page, you will find specific information on the NFT collection, such as the name, mint date,<br />
total items in the collection, number of holders, as well as the total listed percentage.<br />
In the middle, information such as the total trade volume and listed and de-listed items can be found with various<br />
time intervals to choose from.<br />
This column highlights the current FP and the 24H FP in a chart view.<br />
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The icons towards the very end of the page: A shopping cart that takes you to the sniping page, a bell that enables<br />
website notifications, a ME icon that, if clicked on, takes you directly to Magic Eden, and a Cube icon that<br />
takes you directly to Coral Cube.<br />
FFF Tab —<br />
This tab provides an overview of the FFF token market and all assets trading on it.<br />
You will find the coin ticker symbol and full name to the far left.<br />
The Address field displays the coin address to ensure the user is referencing the accurate one to help avoid scams<br />
(Scalp Empire is all about safety!).<br />
The four columns following the address field display information such as volume, sales, and listed and delisted<br />
items<br />
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The last column displays the number of coins and the floor price or spot price.<br />
Portfolio -<br />
The Portfolio tab displays all the NFT’s in your connected wallet.<br />
The “Show hidden” feature allows you to hide “defected” collections, such as ones that have been rugged, have a<br />
large number of items, or have had previous issues.<br />
The “Show full stats” feature toggles between displaying information such as the collection / rank FP and your<br />
initial buy price versus your break-even price.<br />
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An expanded view of full stats shown<br />
The far-left column displays the NFT collection, the number of items, the percentage of collection items listed, as<br />
well as the number of holders.<br />
The middle columns display information such as Volume, sales, and items listed and delisted in various time intervals.<br />
The FP is also listed towards the end.<br />
In the last column, you can find information such as the total value of your items from this collection and your<br />
average buy-in.<br />
Sniping View:<br />
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The sniping screen can be accessed by clicking the yellow “Sniping” icon with the shopping cart.<br />
Per request, the Scalp Empire team added the “Unified Analytics & Sniper view” toggle option, which can be<br />
found in the settings tab. This option allows one to quickly access “Purchase Mode” as well as displays the image<br />
of each NFT from the snipe screen.<br />
Original sniping view<br />
Sniping screen with “Unified Analytics & Sniper view” on<br />
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The far-left section of the sniping screen shows information relative to the collection, such as the mint date, price,<br />
number of collection items/holders, total volume, 24h volume, royalty percentage, floor price, total PnL (profit<br />
and loss) as well as the 24h PnL.<br />
Most of the screen displays this information in a chart view, along with a color-coded bar graph showing the volume<br />
and number of ranked items.<br />
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The bottom left “Purchase Mode” section provides various modes or strategies to which you can place buys —<br />
this includes “Auto-Buy”, “Sweep”, and “Bid.”<br />
The columns to the right give you a high-level overview of specific items within the collection and the ability to<br />
quickly purchase them by clicking buy.<br />
Auto-buy<br />
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Once drilled down on the Auto-buy option, you will see metrics to establish the type of items you want to purchase,<br />
such as the rank filter and your desired investment range (low to high).<br />
Below this section are additional options or “Attributes Filters” dynamic to each collection. For example, if you<br />
are looking to buy Nestors with brown fur, you can set that here.<br />
Sweep<br />
Much like the Auto-buy tab, you will find similar options. However, they are limited to just the Rank filter and<br />
desired investment range.<br />
Bid
The bid tab allows you to select the number of items to bid on, the price in SOL, as well as the rank filter and<br />
price range.<br />
Takeaway<br />
Scalp Empire’s current team represents the true meaning of a product of value backed by leaders who want to<br />
see their customers succeed.<br />
They’ve been tried, tested, and pushed to their limits (multiple times), and sometimes past that point, yet they<br />
always seem to emerge from the fire stronger than before.<br />
Unfortunately, the stigma from the past team and their rugged encounters still come back to haunt them from<br />
time to time, but to us, the team’s “actions speak louder than past events.”<br />
They are committed to improving their platform, tools, and services as time progresses.<br />
A part of their vision for the future is to offer their services to multiple ecosystems, not just Solana.<br />
Their biggest message to others is to be cautious, take your time and practice good safety habits.<br />
Don’t be in a rush to sign transactions; take a second to review them before approving. Don’t store your private<br />
keys on the web, such as Google docs.<br />
We here at BearLabs do believe that Scalp Empire will continue to do great things — continue to evolve with and<br />
perhaps even create their own industry-leading trends.<br />
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