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#<strong>SHILL</strong><br />
SOLANA NFT/DEFI/TWITTER ECOSYSTEM<br />
esther’s<br />
escape<br />
deep dive into<br />
esther’s world<br />
888 anon<br />
where are<br />
they now?<br />
State of<br />
affairs<br />
TheSaintEclectic<br />
writes<br />
ISSUE #<strong>62</strong><br />
◎0.2<br />
secret<br />
sphinxes<br />
what’s the<br />
secret?<br />
sleeper<br />
picks<br />
broccolidao<br />
alpha<br />
art of mob<br />
worth a look?<br />
marcopolo<br />
weekly insight<br />
& MUCH more
ISSUE<br />
<strong>62</strong>
4<br />
FROM<br />
6<br />
12<br />
FROM THE EDITOR<br />
So much to write. So little space.<br />
Secret Sphinxes<br />
Committed team, something you<br />
should watch? #alpha<br />
Probably Nothing<br />
EasyMoneyDing speaks. Are you<br />
listening? #alpha<br />
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32<br />
48<br />
74<br />
90<br />
112<br />
Thinking Back<br />
888 Anons are still developing, here’s<br />
what’s new #alpha<br />
ART OF MOB<br />
PerfectenChlang tells you what to<br />
watch out for #alpha<br />
Marco Polo<br />
The team at Mercanti wrap up the week<br />
#alpha<br />
ESTHER'S ESCAPE<br />
Notsab_Sol goes deep into Esther’s<br />
raison d’etre #alpha<br />
Sleeper Picks<br />
BroccoliDAO offers some projects with<br />
affordable entry points #alpha<br />
State of Affairs<br />
TheSaintEclectic writes about the latest<br />
Solana announcements.<br />
degenpoet
from<br />
the<br />
EDITOR<br />
<strong>Issue</strong> <strong>62</strong> of #Shill marking 8 months of publishing this free zine across the<br />
Solana ecosystem. Readership is steady with about 8000 views per week. A<br />
little short of our 2022 goal of 10k views. All it takes is a retweet & maybe<br />
an influencer?<br />
Many projects recently seem to be running<br />
Collage 4 (Panic Attack) @jesseruizartist<br />
low on ideas on how to engage their community<br />
best. Incentives are still key in the space,<br />
but gone are the revenue share model and<br />
staking looks to be losing its allure as<br />
well. The main players lately have been<br />
pushing ‘merch’. I have an issue with ‘merch’<br />
as an incentive. Essentially, your project<br />
wants me to invest 40+Sol for an NFT that<br />
will entitle me to ‘merch’ that will also<br />
incur international postage/delivery? So,<br />
$1600 will get me access to a ‘shirt’ that<br />
will cost me another $40usd to send to me?<br />
Somehow this model does not appeal to me.<br />
Recently I purchased a @monsterdefiner2<br />
piece. Monsterdefiner sent the original<br />
piece, international at no cost. THIS is<br />
what we should all be expecting.<br />
#Shill managed to lock away three pieces<br />
during the week. What have you collected?<br />
As always, show your love on the Twittersphere<br />
with a simple retweet.<br />
Enough said. You know the drill. Let’s f go!<br />
@Pixeltoy<br />
Overzealous @KoDool<br />
‘Faith in Stranger’ @destroyxstairs<br />
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CultureHacker
SPHINX SOCIETY<br />
@SecretSphinxes<br />
TempleMint. Its reputation<br />
has been growing across the<br />
desert and the oasis.<br />
You may have heard of it, you<br />
may not have.<br />
We've put together a thread<br />
with all the info you need to<br />
know!<br />
TempleMint is a custom<br />
mint contract created by our<br />
talented developer. There<br />
are many benefits to utilizing<br />
our custom mint contract<br />
outlined in the infographic<br />
below<br />
So, does that make TempleMint<br />
a launchpad then?<br />
Yes, and no. We only create<br />
& provide the custom mint<br />
contract for the NFT project<br />
launching with us, we don't<br />
provide any marketing for the<br />
project, apart from normal<br />
partnership announcements.<br />
We are aiming to support and launch quality NFT<br />
projects, over launching as many as we can. We are<br />
looking to launch projects that have teams with the<br />
skills and knowledge to execute on their vision. We<br />
are looking for projects that innovate and have a<br />
clear plan post mint.<br />
Now let's rewind!<br />
@GhostfaceNFT Gen 2 was our first official TempleMint launch, which was very successful despite<br />
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some choppy #solana tps and a network outage. Multi-tiered whitelist mints went smoothly and<br />
finally the leftover supply rolled over to the public mint.<br />
Public mint was a resounding success with numerous users reporting they were able to mint manually.<br />
We also collected ~ 40 $SOL from the botters thanks to our transaction spamming tax. So those<br />
naughty botters left with less $SOL & no NFT.<br />
@Cowboy_DAO was our second launch. Yesterday, with Solana TPS actually staying high - our mint<br />
contract could really shine and many commented on how smooth the minting experience was. With<br />
only ~ 200 left for public supply, the remaining supply went pretty much instantly.<br />
What can you expect going forward?<br />
- an announcement of our next project launch soon, and more to come<br />
- more financial breakdowns of mint proceeds and where the $SOL in the treasury is allocated (seen<br />
in discord announcements)<br />
- continue to benefit holders<br />
- continue building<br />
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_justinmanuel
_justinmanuel
PROBABLY<br />
@easymoneyding - 3993 followers<br />
i swear sometimes you can be bullish<br />
on something too early and you<br />
execute at a higher price, patience<br />
is still important and buying the<br />
first wave usually isn’t profitable<br />
@Brycesworld - 15.6k followers<br />
Can someone check in on all those<br />
bros that quit their jobs to do<br />
NFTs full time? Haven’t heard much<br />
out of them lately and I’m hoping<br />
they’re okay, maybe they just<br />
quietly went back to work?<br />
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2-5Sol & TOP NFT<br />
SolsWatch<br />
<strong>SHILL</strong> <strong>Issue</strong> #51<br />
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the ASTRONAUT<br />
thexastronaut
Keep your eyes on...<br />
HAPPYMUERTOSNFT<br />
tulipheads<br />
SolPotatoNFT
82dazai
82dazai
grapeprotocol<br />
MetaverseME<br />
<strong>SHILL</strong> zine review<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nAIHGUHwkQ<br />
NOTI GANG @NOTIGANGNFT<br />
$BELL inbound if you Sp3nd some time in the pound.<br />
1 $BELL IS 1 $BELL<br />
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galerie_arts
Thinking Back<br />
@theanonclub<br />
At mint we communicated our passion to build - when people questioned funding we<br />
laughed, because code is free of course. We didnt understand why someone would create<br />
a ‘project’ that they didnt love enough to work on for free. So lets look back.<br />
How much did we initially raise?<br />
888 * 0.888 SOL or 888 * $95 USD = $75,000-$80,000.<br />
How much do we still hold?<br />
$100,000 USD stable.<br />
Have we built the entire time?<br />
Absolutely yes, we are in-love with our project and will build regardless of market<br />
condition<br />
In that time we have built -><br />
@YamiFinance<br />
+ Custom UI for ZK Enabled Transactions.<br />
+ Custom SWAP UI with SUPER FAST RPC.<br />
+ The Sleekest Staking Experience on Solana<br />
+ On-Chain P2P Encrypted E-Mail<br />
+ Permissionless Allowlist Platform<br />
Some of which are yet to release<br />
And further projects include -><br />
+ Project Blackhole (On-Chain Deliverables aka PROOF of projects returning value to<br />
holders on-chain via their token)<br />
+ Project Ecclesia [REDACTED] And with no sign of slowing down.<br />
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So what’s next?<br />
Well, what happens next in our roadmap is to take this AMAZING proven team fulltime.<br />
The #SolanaNFT space needs truly passionate teams to attract likewise. We<br />
believe ourselves to be the perfect fit How do we plan to fund full-time Web3? Continue<br />
reading to find out..<br />
Our initial mint was to prove the concept of a community interested in privacy -<br />
zero knowledge and what it could possibly enable. We have proven this and see the<br />
demand for a broader community! As we expand the community we wanted to discuss the<br />
common funding routes<br />
NFT Mint in SOL -> Traditional NFT Raise but puts expectence on the NFT asset itself.<br />
TOKEN raise in SOL -> Seen as equity sale but has little to no deliverables<br />
that NFTs can hold. We want to revolutionise the way communities fund NFTs with onchain<br />
PROOF! wut wut?<br />
Projects should be PROVING they are providing value to their holders to receive<br />
the funds invested by the community. And we think we have created just this model<br />
thanks to the gigabrain work by @zkRemda and team. No more rugs - EVER!<br />
What if we told you - that projects shouldnt be able to take their raised funds<br />
unless they can convince token holders to burn or use the staking token in some<br />
valuable utility / mint etc. It’s a bit more complex than this - but thats the TLDR<br />
which makes it simple<br />
In this way - no project could ever rug again. Providing communities demand new<br />
projects + marketplaces like @MagicEden use this system for projects raising funds<br />
then those projects will NEED to deliver value back on-chain. The new escrow is AC-<br />
TUALLY BUILDING.<br />
We are going to be the first Blackhole project. The first NFT project with ACTUAL deliverables<br />
on-chain. Where your token is TRULY a vote on wether or not we returned<br />
to you something you feel is valuable. This is because we TRULY CARE about our<br />
holders.<br />
Our holders will never have to worry that we will dump $DARK on the open market.<br />
we’ve seen<br />
@DeGodsNFT get SMASHED by fud around this when all $DUST is retrieved. Well if they<br />
use Blackhole there will be proof that they are EARNING THEIR FUNDS + not dumping.<br />
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aonejpg
aonejpg
cavernicollage
cavernicollage
Dedearta666
Dedearta666
dixhimself
dixhimself
DMartovsky
DMartovsky
ficklesight
ficklesight
perfectenchlag<br />
Twitter Discord<br />
Looks like the Summer we have all been waiting for is shedding some of its rays on us.<br />
The last few days in the Solana NFT Space showed a different picture from what was happening<br />
with Bitcoin. Even though the entire crypto market was plummeting, the Solana<br />
NFT Space was filled with positive news, with the SMBs being taken over by the community<br />
and with the launch of projects like Primates, Pengsol and Cyber Samurais.<br />
While all of this was happening, this one project was making headlines and turning a lot<br />
of eyes towards it because apparently, they announced that they wish to take around<br />
250,000 $SOL from the ecosystem. Now, that is a pretty big number and they faced a lot<br />
of backlashes as well.<br />
However, yesterday they announced that the mint price is free.<br />
Now that is some great marketing tactics, because as they say, “All Publicity is Good Publicity”.<br />
Let’s talk about the Art of Mob<br />
Art of Mob aspires to be a marketplace which will host all sorts of video content and VR<br />
experiences which according to them will increase the utilities of all the other NFT projects<br />
launching in the space.<br />
The mint information about the project is as follows:<br />
Supply: 10,000<br />
Cost: Free<br />
Time: 5 pm UTC<br />
Launchpad: Magic Eden<br />
Now, the first thing that comes to mind is, if they are not going to take any money from<br />
us, how will they fund their Roadmap as the plans are pretty big.<br />
So for that, the team has announced that the roadmap of Art of Mob will be funded by<br />
RobocomVR which is the #1 VR company in UAE and is in partnership with Epic Games<br />
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and Ubisoft and are located in New Jersey (USA), Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Dubai (UAE).<br />
ROADMAP<br />
Talking about the Roadmap, not a lot of things have been revealed except the fact that the<br />
project will launch its metaverse with utilities which can be used by other projects as well,<br />
powered with their governance token $POP.<br />
ART<br />
This is hands down one of the most unique arts launched in the space and also for me they<br />
stand in the category of those projects that had pulled such great art in the “HUMAN-LIKE”<br />
genre.<br />
However, since it’s a project with a 10,000 NFT collection, the fact that how great the art is<br />
will majorly depend on how good the common ones are looking.<br />
ENGAGEMENT<br />
As I mentioned earlier, they have been one of the most talked-about upcoming mints of<br />
this month, and they have surely made their mark in everyone’s mind with their marketing<br />
tactics. One of the evidence of which is they gained over 50,000 Discord Members in a day<br />
after they announced that the mint is going to be free of cost.<br />
Talking about numbers the Twitter account of the project has around 150,000 followers<br />
which includes around 80 accounts that are being followed by me. They haven’t been much<br />
active on their Twitter and are getting an average engagement of under 500 reactions.<br />
In Discord, there are over 120,000 members and they are clocking an average engagement<br />
of over 1000 reactions there with the latest announcements clocking over 3000 reactions<br />
per post which shows that the demand has increased by folds.<br />
To conclude, I would say that this is one of the best projects launching in the space because<br />
they are not going to take away millions of dollars from the ecosystem providing<br />
nothing but promises.<br />
Also, the fact that they are funded by one of the biggest VR Companies in the world shows<br />
the fact that the team includes some great minds.<br />
If you are a whitelist, I would recommend you to mint this because as a minter you are<br />
not going to lose anything. However, I would not recommend anyone buying WL accounts<br />
thinking this might be the next big shot.<br />
If you want to invest in the secondary market, be active and do a careful analysis of the<br />
demand and how strong the volume is before putting your liquidity at risk.<br />
As always DYOR!<br />
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HEkosistem
jesseruizartist
ibayarifin
ibayarifin
iiiso_wassup
iiiso_wassup
joaovictorpd1
joaovictorpd1
Kevthecactus
Kevthecactus
kiramotosan
kiramotosan
KrattStudio
KrattStudio
Marco Polo<br />
Marco Polo’s Journal<br />
Hacker House, Primates, Udder Chaos and more<br />
Forget the bear market, embrace the Solana Summer! Supported by Jump, the Solana Foundation<br />
is hosting a special Hacker Houses European Tour for builders across the continent<br />
from the Danube to Thames from June 14 to August 28. If you want to chew fast, chew alone;<br />
if you want to chew far, chew together. Allez! Foncez!<br />
Feeling Fabulosa? Bohemia launched their brand-new Fabulosa website created with magical<br />
Bohemian energy and revealed the utility of Transportari. Time to load up more Guru<br />
Masters boho, get ready for a BIG BANG!<br />
With so much fierce competition among launchpads, Bifrost — BSL’s flagship product sure<br />
will be that one and only dark horse. Being the first launchpad to implement Dynamic Price<br />
Minting, Bifrost might save us anons from endless grinding for WL straight into no-bullshit<br />
mints!<br />
Is it still possible to launch a project in the bear market like this? Primates seem to give us a<br />
promising answer. Within 5 days, it took the no. 4 spot on NFTinspect with 63% community<br />
reach. We guzzle?<br />
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It’s said that @jaburx is doing a Degen mint? Good time to read over this thread by DS (known<br />
as our famous TA guy) for some insight. It’s a tricky moment. Be safe anons.<br />
Udder Chaos<br />
The Skinny: A utility-first project. Udder Chaos is trying to solve two of the biggest issues<br />
Solana currently faces: network stability and rugs/scams by operating a Solana validator and<br />
launching a user-driven NFT review site, to create a sustainable business model that will reward<br />
holders indefinitely. The staking liquidity pool will be funded by secondary royalties and<br />
Solana validator profits. The more the validator staking pool increases, the more holders profit<br />
from. It is also launching Alpha Audits, an NFT reviewing platform where holders earn for leaving<br />
accurate reviews. Those staking will receive a percentage of the profits generated from<br />
Alpha Audits.<br />
Why we’re paying attention: We love builder project solving real problems here. 75% of secondary<br />
royalties directly benefit holders via a sustainable business model, review NFT projects<br />
to earn using our auditing platform where accurate reviews receive rewards, certified by Rad<br />
Rugs, doxxed by Alder Mages. Don’t sleep on this.<br />
Mint Date: June 20, 16:00 UTC<br />
Mint Supply: 6,666<br />
Price: 2 SOL<br />
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UdderChaosSOL<br />
That’s all for this week folks, thanks for reading my journal entry. Feedback is appreciated, and<br />
if you want to be featured in my journal next week, please DM us on Twitter, or join our Discord<br />
for the latest updates!<br />
Safe Travels, Marco<br />
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LOTUSJOSEPHINE
LOTUSJOSEPHINE
luciddrakes
luciddrakes
neo_xixi
neo_xixi
oKi_Tew
oKi_Tew
OriirOri
OriirOri
orjinrapido
super_mystical
pasty_sol
pasty_sol
Peter_evans_001
Peter_evans_001
Pinkyblu_
Pinkyblu_
PixelChecks
PixelChecks
@notsab_sol<br />
I have been meaning to write a thread on @lukexdod’s Esther for a long time but the man is so prolific that it’s<br />
far from an easy task. The more I wait, the more he’ll work so I’d better get to it. So, without further ado, here’s<br />
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Estherverse.<br />
Who’s Esther?<br />
The short answer is that she’s a princess from a distant land, you can see her in all her glory in pieces by @lateduke<br />
(L) or @wakeupbrandon(R). Her spirit is somehow detached from her body and now navigates the Dungeon,<br />
between the Holy Place and the Dark Realm<br />
But Esther is also a deep echo of @lukexdod’s own self (https://lukexdod.medium.com/esthers-escape-vision-11adf3835bde…).<br />
She’s an art process which helps the artist to find balance between optimism and unease.<br />
Coping with these feelings is so universal that Esther becomes a very relatable and lovable character.<br />
lukexdod.medium.com<br />
Esther’s Escape: Vision<br />
Preface<br />
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Who’s hasn’t moved from feeling like a fraud one day to experiencing an immanent greatness the day after? It’s<br />
safe to assume that all of us are in constant balance, as evoked by @its__kaaty in Esther’s Anima. We often tip<br />
from one scale to the other and need to cope with it.<br />
This may sound too complicated but that’s what Esther is, complexity and nuances under a simple appearance.<br />
Let’s face it, she’s just a black blob with too many eyes and stumps for limbs. This is @lukexdod ‘tour de force’:<br />
creating a visual metonymy of what he’s going through.<br />
Esther crosses gates and doors as @lukexdod opens up, reaching a broader audience, connecting and creating<br />
with more and more people. The Estherverse is also a myriad of collaborations, a growing meshwork of talents.<br />
Esther/Luke is a facilitator, (s)he is generous and eager.<br />
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There’s at the same time a desire to accomplish things and a need to connect to go even further. Esther is on<br />
quest; Luke has a plan. He is hardworking and meticulously crafting according to blueprints that are already laid<br />
out, fleshing out Esther along the way. Bullish yet?<br />
Luke can market his work but he’s also expert in articulating his vision while sharing his work pattern. Ok, we<br />
know that now. Does that bring us any closer to understand what the Estherverse is?I’d say yes but I’m still going<br />
to walk you around if you’re up for it.<br />
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All began with the Dungeon map or Esther’s Escape. As a holder of one of the tiles, I like to consider this collection<br />
as the OG one, can’t help it. This is where the story begins, in the darkness. We follow Esther as she ventures<br />
into her major quest: finding herself, again.<br />
One could argue, that almost everything we have seen so far from @lukexdod and his many collaborators is related<br />
to the Dungeon, the epicenter of the Estherverse and, as I see it, Princess Esther’s head (or Luke’s actually).<br />
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From the Dungeon, Esther sometimes ends up in weird place as depicted by @zen0m(L) and @NeilVilppu(R)<br />
where she meets friends and foes. But each piece is more than what it seems if one truly looks at it. This is an<br />
absolute rule in the Estherverse.<br />
For example, in Esther’s Climb by @axiommechs, one sees Esther climbing a never-ending staircase. That could<br />
be conceived as Luke’s constant creative thinking and hunger for collaboration. Not convinced? Look at the por-<br />
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traits mixing artists PFPs and Esther’s mob characters!<br />
Mob Melee by integrating collectors, bidders and friends in a brainstorming process on the @thekitchen_yum<br />
discord to create an actual collectible card games of sorts (https://twitter.com/lukexdod/status/1516616511884230657?s=20&t=ME9Xa3KnUX9WNjgAQ_TQBQ…).<br />
Will it truly see the day? Knowing Luke’s<br />
dedication, I wouldn’t bet against it.<br />
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The Estherverse is also a strong visual brand. @lukexdod’s efforts to establish it need to be recognized. Sleek and<br />
simple visuals can go a long way. Merchandising is being crafted (plush toys, caps, etc.) and numerous free gifts<br />
(e.g. phone wallpapers) are already available.<br />
For the sake of exhaustiveness, let us mention Esther’s Chronicles (also partly available on @exchgART), a large<br />
collection which features “visual exploration and visual decision-making moments” that led to some of @lukexdod’s<br />
major collections.<br />
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Closing thoughts:<br />
1) I know for a fact that there’s a lot more to come and can’t wait to witness the expansion of the Estherverse;<br />
2) Have a look at Luke’s ‘Collected’ page on @formfunction and you’ll see that he’s also in this to give back, if this<br />
wasn’t clear already.<br />
21| Shit, I told myself I would stop at 20. Too many things to say and I barely scratched the surface. I might dive<br />
later into specific parts of the Estherverse, many of them deserve a deeper analysis. Thanks for reading this very<br />
long thread. Now, step into the eerie hue.<br />
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RayRTSArt
RayRTSArt
RiiPii11
RiiPii11
Sleeper Picks for<br />
Any Budget<br />
@Broccoli_DAO<br />
The bear market has caused a lot of retail investors to quit. However, it is true that this<br />
bearish time can also be viewed as an opportunity to accumulate SOL, especially if one<br />
is bullish on the long-term future of the ecosystem. However, it is also true that many<br />
projects will not survive.<br />
Therefore, it is smart to gain exposure to bluechips if possible; this is a play that many<br />
people in the ecosystem are looking to make. However, many bluechips are still very<br />
expensive, and it might not be a possibility. Looking for projects that have the most<br />
potential to survive are the only investments that one should reasonably be looking to<br />
hold through this bear.<br />
In general, projects that are most likely to survive are ones that have the most potential<br />
to provide value to the ecosystem in general value italicized because there is no single<br />
definition. Ideally, this value could reasonably expand outside of NFTs themselves<br />
and into Web3. If one is bullish on NFTs long-term as well, investing in projects that<br />
add value to other, usually newer or upcoming, projects are a good bet as well. Below, I<br />
summarize some potential sleeper long-term holds for a low-medium budget and describe<br />
what value they provide. Many investors are running out of liquidity and are also<br />
more risk-averse, so these cheaper plays are a good option.<br />
THE BRIDGED<br />
2.5 SOL<br />
https://twitter.com/Bridged-<br />
Fracture<br />
The Bridged is the second<br />
faction created under The<br />
Fracture, the first faction being<br />
SolGods. SolGods proved<br />
themselves as an OG trusted<br />
SOL NFT project, and they built<br />
for a long time before finding<br />
their success. Factions,<br />
engaging gamification, immersive<br />
lore, dual tokenomics,<br />
future metaverse integration,<br />
give this project a wide range<br />
of investors that are attracted.<br />
Depending on their next<br />
moves, this project could<br />
attract new users into the SOL<br />
ecosystem.<br />
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PARTICLES<br />
2.9 SOL<br />
https://twitter.com/particlesnft<br />
Particles is a project focused on<br />
curating 1/1 art and providing<br />
holders with tools to spot upand-coming<br />
artists. Art is something<br />
that will never not be important<br />
in NFTs, and long- term,<br />
as Web3 usability increases and<br />
our world becomes increasingly<br />
digital, art collectors will open<br />
their eyes to 1/1s. Even if you are<br />
not a 1/1 art collector yourself, this<br />
project is an interesting investment<br />
that has potential to again<br />
onboard people into NFTs, both<br />
artists and art collectors.<br />
DROID CAPITAL<br />
3.6 SOL<br />
https://twitter.com/droidcapital<br />
Though this project is new and had a<br />
slow mint, the potential is massive and<br />
could be a good investment through<br />
this bear market given its premise. Droid<br />
Capital is an investment fund, where<br />
members of the DAO vote and decide on<br />
investments. It provides value in such a<br />
way that it helps holders diversify their<br />
portfolios and crowdsource information<br />
about what the best investments are.<br />
This is especially good for people who<br />
are newer to the NFT market, and it can<br />
help lead them towards good projects<br />
and inform their own personal decisions.<br />
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FATCATS CAPITAL<br />
5.4 SOL<br />
https://twitter.com/FatCatsCapital<br />
Holding a Fatcat allows one to<br />
apply for the Accelerator, where<br />
a council of ten prominent<br />
members of the NFT space—<br />
including sp00nicus, General<br />
SOL, Prez from Hydra, and more<br />
— and utilize their knowledge and<br />
connections to aid owners of upcoming<br />
projects to build their vision<br />
for their project. Holders who are not<br />
interested in using the Accelerator are<br />
still members of the DAO, which will<br />
grant whitelist allocations of accelerator<br />
projects and provide alpha. Having<br />
connections in the space is invaluable, and being in a project with such close access to<br />
these prominent members is valuable in and of itself.<br />
GALACTIC GECKO SPACE GARAGE<br />
10.5 SOL<br />
https://twitter.com/GalacticGeckoSG<br />
Though this project offers less utility<br />
than other projects mentioned, it has<br />
proven itself to be an extremely resilient<br />
project with a dedicated community,<br />
along with some of the most unique and<br />
impressive art seen on SOL. As an OG<br />
SOL project, it has seen many ups and<br />
downs.<br />
Infamously, the project was rugged after<br />
gaining a lot of success, but a team<br />
of dedicated volunteer community<br />
members stepped up to save the project.<br />
It has been hovering comfortably<br />
around its current floor for months,<br />
and it seems more immune to volatility<br />
than most projects.<br />
This is a community-driven branding projects, and its success will be determined by<br />
partnerships and the strength of the community (which has proven strong). This discord<br />
is also filled with experienced investors with a long-term visions, which can be a<br />
helpful voice to hear in bear markets.<br />
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SOLSTEAD CITIZENS<br />
2.79 SOL<br />
https://twitter.com/SolsteadsNFT<br />
Solport Tom is an undisputed leader in<br />
the SOL space, and after Solport’s acquisition<br />
of Solsteads and Citizens, the<br />
project was brought back to life. The<br />
end goal for the project is a gamified 2D<br />
metaverse location that plans to house<br />
stores of partnership communities and<br />
Solstead estates. Citizens (NFTs) can<br />
explore the metaverse and be sent on<br />
gathering tasks to find resources to build<br />
estates on plots of metaverse land. The<br />
value this provides is metaverse exposure<br />
underneath a reliable leader.<br />
METAHELIX<br />
3 SOL<br />
https://twitter.com/metahelixio<br />
Metahelix provides tools to projects to<br />
seamlessly transition from pre-mint to<br />
post-mint. Role verification, sales and<br />
listing bots, in-discord rarity checking,<br />
twitter integration, and marketplace<br />
data trackers are essential for projects<br />
to maintain an organized and informative<br />
discord. Projects need these tools,<br />
and many of them don’t have the time<br />
or skills to build them internally, so they<br />
look to projects like Metahelix to provide<br />
them. This is a project that adds value<br />
to the NFT ecosystem, not necessarily<br />
the broader Web3 community, so it is a<br />
good investment for someone who is<br />
excited and confident about the future of NFTs.<br />
None of these are expected quick flips. In this market, it is harder to find profitable quick<br />
flips, and there is less liquidity in the market to react to news. This bear market will prune<br />
the ecosystem of projects that just take up space, and the ones that offer value are the<br />
ones that will remain.<br />
Understanding value and putting liquid SOL into projects that match your personal<br />
definition of value is a great way to not only survive the bear market, but thrive after<br />
the dust clears and the market recovers.<br />
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SAJNFT
SAJNFT
ScubaSteveArt
ScubaSteveArt
TankussArt
HalGenz
taufik_andr
visualdemon_
WuwuhBuwana
WuwuhBuwana
kirkenglehardt
ACDealerNFT
ACDealerNFT
ChikaraChimps
ChikaraChimps
NarentinesNFT
@sainteclectic<br />
It’s hard to believe but its only been 1 year & 3 months since #Solana went live in March 2020. Growth has exploded,<br />
NFTs emerged as a killer app & the network halted several times. Where are we now & what next? $SOL<br />
#solananft #nfts #crypto #blockchain<br />
Solana went live 1 year 3 months ago in March 2020. Since then, the network has grown to 2.3 million monthly<br />
active unique fee payers. This is still small relative to Ethereum (30m MAU) - we’re still early.<br />
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Active developer repos now number 16,511 with 1,050 daily unique programs - with global hacker houses attracting<br />
30,000 participants, 1,800 teams and $500m in seed funding for founders. Who knew chewing glass would<br />
gain such widespread popularity?<br />
There is a vibrant validator community bolstered by services like @GenesysGo & @shakudo_io. Network security<br />
is been championed by players like @MarinadeFinance who distribute users’ SOL across validators outside the<br />
top 20. Even NFT projects are setting up their own validators.<br />
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Of course, the killer app that unexpectedly emerged on the network was #NFTs. Solana’s speed & and low transaction<br />
cost allowed for the proliferation of many NFT projects and a vibrant ecosystem with 14.8m being minted<br />
& held across 2m wallets.<br />
We won’t know for a while how much traction this will get but it highlights Solana’s focus on product an end-users.<br />
Mobile unlocks the power of blockchain for a whole host of uses & brings it into the real world (payments,<br />
ticketing), reducing friction for the next 100m users.<br />
Solana’s SMS is focused on low cost & speed - which highlights their strategy to target & onboard MASSES<br />
‘Normies’ are MOST of the population and prioritise simplicity, convenience & cost: e.g. Android has ~87% market<br />
share b/c these factors matter most to most users globally.<br />
The more friction points are abstracted away by good UI & UX the greater potential for adoption. We’ve seen this<br />
with @phantom wallet’s slickness (just compare this to @MetaMask) & even @Stepnofficialmaking it easy to<br />
open an account/wallet for adopters to start using it.<br />
To summarize: In 1 year Sol has established a strong platform for growth - It has a vibrant NFT community that<br />
forms the base layer of CULTURE & creates its own promoters on CT/telegram etc - Committed to MASS use cases<br />
like Solana Pay & Mobile - Network stability improvements.<br />
We may be in a bear, $SOL’s price has come down and there are still centralization concerns, but overall the<br />
future looks bright for Solana.<br />
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Sorry guys, I checked math & its bad math. TWO YEARS 3 months, not one. Thanks<br />
@dizzanxietytho for the correction.<br />
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SolPatrolNFT
SolPatrolNFT
NumbOneT_T
NumbOneT_T
Iconic Ghouls
Iconic Ghouls
destroyxstairs
destroyxstairs
GothicDegens
GothicDegens
HalGenz
ODYSSEY is a deep space psychological thriller escape room meets storytelling<br />
experience meets collectible #nftart. Created & Hosted by @culturehacker
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