SHILL Issue 10

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SOLANA NFT/DEFI/TWITTER COMMUNITY
SaintEclectic
BACKDAO- What you need to know.
NFT DEGENZ
The Solana community just keeps
on giving. JohnWickedOut puts out a
Spotify feed episode 4.
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ADA
Jeff Benson sums up the
FLIPPENING!
SOLANA NFT Sales
Paperhands need to consider
the information.
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BackDAO and what you need
to consider.
NFT DEGENZ
JohnWickedOut shares his
new Sporify podcast. Eps4.
SaintEclectic cont..
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TOP of the Week
What has @thexastronaut
& @Solananews considered
trop trends this week?
HOLAPLEX HIGHLIGHTS
A snapshot of some of the
projects minting these last
few days.
@WonderlandsNFT
WONDERLAND
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CARDANO
ath
SOLANA
SOL is now the fifth-largest crypto asset by market cap.
Jeff Benson
SOL, the native coin of the smart
contract-enabled blockchain
Solana, has risen in price by 7%
over the last 24 hours to become
the fifth-largest cryptocurrency by
market capitalization, according to
CoinGecko.
In doing so, it has flipped
Cardano’s ADA, which has been
unable to keep pace with its fellow
“Ethereum killer.” ADA’s price is
up 2% on the day, but it has shed
8% of its value over the last week.
Solana’s market cap now stands
at above $64 billion, compared to
$63.5 billion for Cardano.
Solana has been faster out of the
gate than Cardano, moving quickly
to bring the principle aspects
of Ethereum—smart contracts,
decentralized finance (DeFi)
applications, NFTs, and the like—
to a speedier and less-congested
network.
Though the network’s speed has
come with potential security
drawbacks and several days of
network outages this year, the
metrics remain positive. The price
of SOL reached an all-time high
of $219.05 just eight days ago,
and the current price of nearly
$213 is just slightly off the pace.
Moreover, according to crypto
stats site DeFi Llama, the value
of crypto assets in Solana DeFi
applications is at a record
high—letting people swap
assets, earn interest, and
borrow funds without a third
party.
Cardano, meanwhile, had
a shaky smart contract
launch in September and has
yet to build a comparable
ecosystem of decentralized
applications.
However, Cardano founder
Charles Hoskinson—
one of the creators of
Ethereum—has been
touring East Africa to gin
up interest in the network.
His IOHK labs recently
signed a memorandum of
understanding with Burundi.
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Secondary NFT
SOLANA
sales
BREAK $1.5billion
BRIAN QUARMBY
CryptoSlam ranks Solana as
the fourth-best NFT blockchain
behind Ethereum, Ronin and
Wax in terms of 24-hour sales
volume.
transactions as of Nov. 2, with
the average sale per NFT tallying
in at $1,500.
The data shows that Solana
saw a record month for
secondary NFT sales volume
Secondary sales volume for
Solana (SOL) based nonfungible
tokens (NFTs) has reached
almost $500 million since the
start of August.
According to data from
CryptoSlam, secondary sales
of Solana NFTs have generated
a total of roughly $497.7
million from around 348,000
during September with a total
of $189.4 million. While Solana
is seen by some as an ‘ETH
killer’ the Ethereum blockchain
remains the most popular with
NFT aficionados and secondary
sales on Ethereum topped $2.2
billion that same month.
Messari research analyst Mason
Nystrom highlighted the data via
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Twitter on Nov. 3, and noted that while Ethereum (ETH) still “dwarfs
Solana in total NFT secondary sales,” the upstart network has
quickly established itself as one of the top NFT blockchains in the
space of a few months.
CryptoSlam’s rankings of the top NFT blockchains sees Solana
currently sitting at fourth in terms of 24-hour secondary volume
with $1.9 million. Leading the pack are Ethereum ($37.7M), Ronin
($23.5M) and Wax ($4.5M).
Solana’s top NFT project is the Degenerate Ape Academy, which
has generated $105.9 million worth of secondary sales since its
launch in mid-August. The Degenerate Ape NFTs depict animated
gorilla avatars with unique traits, and the project has seen $454,000
worth of secondary sales over the past 24 hours.
According to data from CoinGecko, the price of SOL has gained
30.3% over the past 30 days to sit at around $225 at the time of
writing. This recent pump has seen SOL tag a new all-time high
of $229.76 earlier today. The market cap of Solana is now around
$68.1 billion, making it the fifth-ranked digital asset in terms of total
capitalization, and ahead of fellow ‘ETH killer’ Cardano (ADA) which
has a market cap of $63.1 billion.
Cointelegraph Markets Pro has a price target of $250 per SOL
by year-end, citing on-chain data from the DeFi sector and the
derivatives market as key indicators for the prediction.
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The Saint
ECLECTIC
Back 2 Back launches shortly, in the next day or so. As you
know @0x1dad, @vladtoni and I are advising @r0b0sapiens
on the project @BackDAO will launch 5,000 and 3,333 monke
& thug backs with funds going to @monkedao @thugdao
and to acquire monke&thugs for fractionalization.
Investing in a project like this requires understanding the
vision. @backdao will acquire SMBs & Thugbirdz with raised
funds to be fractionalized on the Solana blockchain by
@fraktion_art, a new protocol being built out by @FraktArt
(site: http://fraktion.art)
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@SoliconsNFT
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NFT DEGENZ
AKA
@JohnWickdout
Anything and
everything related to
Solana NFTs. From
minting, to exploring
projects, predicting
markets, to seeing
where this goes big
picture. It’s going to
be an exciting ride
and I’m happy to
take you all along for
the ride!
Episode 4
In episode 4, We talk about the Solana
NFT markets and share some stats, also
I will talk about Facebook changing its
corporate name to Meta. And finish with
2 project overviews of Solana Mystery
box & Solwhips.
https://anchor.fm/millz43/support
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The Saint
ECLECTIC
cont...
It aims to make SMBs & Thugz accessible to those who can't afford
to buy one outright. This matters even more so in the future than it
does today. Why?
Solana is succeeding as a blockchain - user adoption and NFT
volumes have skyrocketed in the last few months.
It has a real chance to onboard the masses and if succeeds key
projects like @DegenApeAcademy @SolanaMBS and @thugbirdz
will hold even more iconic status as the OG NFTs.
Back 2 BackDAO: there are only 5000 SMBs and 3333 Thugbirdz.
What happens when we see the next 100,000 or next 1,000,000 users
adopt Solana and venture into Solana NFTs?
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They’ll likely want a piece of the 8,333 scarce OG tokens. Demand
outstrips supply severely.
In such a future you’ll only be able to own one if you’re an OG, have
vast resources OR you own a FRACTION of these NFTs. Many
projects will do this, @BackDao is one that’s doing it with a unique
homage spin on their art and by partnering with a strong team
@timsmoylov @rawrxbt.
The cost of 2◎ is necessary to ensure @monkeDAO &
@thugdao are paid their dues but also so @BackDAO
has sufficient funds to acquire floor SMBs & Thugbirdz to
fractionalize and make available to those who want exposure
but can’t afford it.
While this is not a low cost in the current mint-vironment, if you
consider the long-term vision & outcome of SOL being a roaring
success, then 2◎ is a cheap way to gain exposure to some of the
most coveted NFTs in the Solana blockchain.
By then they could be worth millions.
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However, in the current environment, many have a different style of
investing, focusing on ape-ing into mints that promise a chance at a
quick short-term pump.
This is a legitimate style of investing, but isn't one that is necessarily
suitable for a project like Back 2 Back.
If you choose to participate in Back DAO, it’s because you want to
have exposure to the fractionalization experiment and you believe in
the long-term vision of what it would gain you access to.
It’s still risky, but it’s simply a different style & strategy of investing.
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SPACE
incoming
CLUCKS
In our second interview for
SHILL we have a unique NFT
project that looks to be breaking
new ground.
Let’s start off with a little bit
about the team and how the
idea for Space Clucks was
born.
One of the creators has been
working in the entertainment
business for over 10 years.
Spent much of that time in
Los Angeles and New York
city. He got involved in crypto
in 2014, and the rest of the
team soon after.
The idea was born from a
love of crypto and NFT’s. It’s
much more than “digital art”.
It’s paving the way for bigger
things that will affect all of us
in the future.
We are sick and tired of seeing
the same projects copying
each other, no roadmap,
no experienced team and
mainly sick of people having
their money rugged, or “mishandled”
by young inexperienced
devs.
We are the first project with
this goal: The first NFT feature
film.
With how hot NFT’s are, these
major companies are looking
at how to get involved
with NFT’s. They see brands
doing well selling their own
collections. They see the
pixel NFT’s selling for millions.
What’s next? Movies.
Metaverse. More?
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We all know how hard it is to launch a new NFT project lately.
What sets Space Clucks apart from the rest?
Unique groundbreaking idea. Art that’s next level. A real roadmap
that is thought out to give value to every purchaser. A
very experienced dev team that goes back to Satoshi. A team
that can execute the roadmap. Team members that have
good relationships with the biggest entertainment companies
in the world. A team that’s been successful launching dozens
of projects. Influencer partnerships with the most trusted
voices in the crypto/NFT and Solana space.
The concept of video/movie is a novel one. Where do you see
this branch of your NFT project going?
A feature film at the quality of any animated feature film in the
last ten years. Proper script, voice actors and seen on a popular
outlet/portal. Fanfare. Major partnerships. Taking NFT’s to
a whole new level in society and the entertainment world.
It’s great to see that you have
developed a RoadMap BE-
FORE the release of your project.
Can you go through the
Quarters a little deeper for us?
Q4-2021/Q1-2022 - is the
setup. In November alone, we
will have most of the Q4 tasks
completed. Social launches.
Main character out. Setting up
the 2 other main characters for
launch and sale. Full website is almost finished(V2). Production
team is about to sign and close the deal.
There will be 5 main characters. You will learn about them
first. You will learn their story and it will all build to the movie.
Really Q4 2021-Q1- 2022 is the base of everything. Socials.
The films production teams. Start planning the execution of
the movie. All groundwork stuff. Launching and starting this
mission.
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Q2/Q3 2022 is about the production of the movie. Voice actors/script
commissioning. All things about the movie. Where
we do the WORK. Of course some airdrops and extra special
things for holder of course :)
Q4-2022 is finishing the movie items. Polishing it. Then bringing
it to the public. Premiere. Launching it on our portal and a
partners portal.
What level of participation are you expecting from the Space
Cluck community? What are some ways that they are currently
engaged?
We already have a great core of fans and supporters in our discord
and on twitter. The fan outreach and positivity is beyond
anything we’ve seen! The community is everything. We have
been holding lots of contests for early supporters to get their
DIGITAL hands on one of our GOLDEN TICKET NFT’S, which
is fully redeemable for a mint on public launch day. I suggest
anyone who is interested come and join in on the contests and
get active in the discord -
https://discord.gg/5XeAjFSWtw
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I am impressed by the level of graphic art of the Space Clucks
and can see them being a hot NFT for collectors. Is there anything
else you would like to add that we have not touched on?
Appreciate that. We worked very hard on it with our team. Our
graphic team support
has worked on AAA
video games to full
feature films from Pixar
and more.
The key feature here
with our project is this.
The character Winston,
the first character, will
have 3333 unique
combinations. No 2
alike. With that unique
character combination,
you will be able to
see your unique NFT in
the movie as the main
character.
For example - Let’s
say you mint a Winston
with Chuck Taylor
shoes and a cowboy
hat. You will be able to
QR code your NFT and
sync it with the portal
engine to generate
your unique character wearing the exact outfit in your NFT. You
can see the movie YOUR way. This goes for any of the main
cast members. But remember, you need to hold a genesis Winston
to get access to the other cast members NFT’S. This will
give great value to Winston, and there will ALWAYS be a reason
to hold the next character and so on.
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You want
ALPHA?
Alex Hitchcroft
@alexhitchcroft
How I’m looking to play $POLIS if we hold $9.16. Arrow would
be my trigger with a target of $13-$14 give or take.
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Are you not entertained!? $WOOF $WOOF
Every day that #Solana goes higher in price it
solidifies why I’m diamond fisting $WOOF &
$SAMO. Why? When people scroll down
that overall Mcap list and see Sol
sitting 3rd in a few weeks, you better
be prepared for retail investors/TikTokers
and influencers pumping them memes.
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TWITTER
SPACES
Omnisol @OMNIS0L
Wondering if you could talk a little bit about just like some of your pieces and like
some of your inspirations and where you get your ideas.
glitchstroke @GlitchStroke
You know, by and large the pieces sometimes I’ll set out to to have a mood or a
story or a shape that I’m trying to go for. But by and large I’ll find an image, see
something in the world that is interesting to me and take a picture of it, then
start breaking it until it’s kind of sort of abstract painting.
You just take an existing image that I found out. Well, I started doing it I guess
from generative art that I was doing. In P5JS or processing, that was, you know,
fascinating. That was coming out with stuff and It’s, you know, but it it wasn’t
necessarily all that unique. So I start breaking those images and then running
them through, you know, through various style transfer Gans and eventually
what kind of grew into then taking one of these generated images, or you know
some of the photography that I’ve done over the years, or just about anything
that looks pretty that I started with and then reformatting it until it you know kind
of breaking it until it was just a composition of shapes and colors and lights.
A good composition and then bring that back into the various style transfer Gans
and run through. Sometimes you try something and get something. I’ll have a
very clear idea this style will work well but sometimes it’s a matter of running it
through quite a few things until you think “That’s glorious” and then I’ll take that
image from there, tweak that a little bit more. You know, for contrast and highlights
and just try and manipulate it so it’s just right. So, it’s mostly just kind of
an experience in creating pretty shapes.
I guess there’s a few pieces that have stories to them or a certain meaning to
me. But by and large the idea is really to create something that just encourages
people to spend some time with the piece and looking through it. And it’s always
so fascinating to hear what people see for them and what the pieces end up
meaning to them, because it’s always a bit different. Kind of just enable people
to take a moment and enjoy something and think about it.
What that meaning brings to them in that time because art is entirely contextual
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in terms of the viewer, without trying to bring any of my context to it really. I can
give suggestions and some titles, but it’s just about allowing people to meditate
for a moment and find their meanings.
Omnisol @OMNIS0L
Thanks for sharing.
glitchstroke @GlitchStroke
Absolutely. Digital manipulation of an image. Even though it’s entirely digital, just
because the experience of it is so much creating the form in that abstract sense,
and so a lot of times I will take a piece that has an image that has some meaning
to me and use that as sort of the spiritual center of a piece.
But the image itself is entirely unrecognizable by the time you finish glitching it,
because active glitching is just re manipulating that form until it’s just the composition
that brings that feel that I found from that symbol or that image.
My expression of that feeling.
Underground Royalty Society @The_URS_
You were talking about oil painting, something that people always talk about
when they’re looking at painting is that you can really see the hand there. You
can really see where he placed that stroke, or how his hand, possibly, you know,
danced across this canvas and I feel like with some of them you can really see
your hand in them. As if you had painted them.
glitchstroke @GlitchStroke
There’s a lot of a lot of other art that I that I do and have done over the years. But
this was just kind of the only art that I do that I’ve never seen any other art like it.
I just have been exploring it and I love it for that.
Omnisol @OMNIS0L
Thanks for sharing man yeah.
glitchstroke @GlitchStroke
Thank you so much. Yeah, I’m excited to hear about the next, the next pieces. So,
thank you. Appreciate it.
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SOLANALYSIS
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