SHILL Issue 68

SOLANA NFT/DEFI/TWITTER ECOSYSTEM 

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Issue 68 of #Shill zine. 

During the past week we hade an insightful interview with @Keezerfeld as he launched his first ever 

'editions' piece on exchange.art. 49 Tweeps tuned in for a discussion about his process, connection, 

and his role in being an NFT artist in the Solana space. @AlanJ hosted the space that had Keez revealing 

techniques and approaches to his pieces. Currently working on transcribing the 1hr interview to include 

in #Shill zine. 

Since the drain I have not really engaged with the space as much as I used to. Lurking on the side more 

than interacting. No purchases. 

#Shill has been looking for NFT content since Wednesday. Looking for art that progresses forward. What 

you see in this issue is a result of 3 days of curating to try and bring you something you may not have 

considered, you may not have seen that hopefully causes you to look deeper. 

As always, show your love on the Twittersphere with a simple retweet. 

Enough said. You know the drill. 

@Pixeltoy 

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Keep your eyes on... 

HAPPYMUERTOSNFT 

Sol Potato 

Secret Sphinx Society

Hersoid

Eko33

@guild512 

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In collaboration 

with ExchangeArt, 

DAA will be 

launching a series 

of auctions for 

special “eggs”. 

The eggs reserves 

are extremely 

limited, and each 

auctioned off egg 

will contain a 

special 1/1 version of the new launch. What it is is 

still unknown. 

Certain eggs may also give you the ability to 

customize the NFT that hatches from it, giving you 

the opportunity to work directly with Monoliff to 

create the NFT in your image. 

The community seemed excited about the 

upcoming egg hatch, but many felt that the auction 

mechanism made it unfair and extremely difficult 

for most of the community to get their hands on 

one of these special 1/1 or custom. One community 

member expressed his annoyance by highlighting 

how the auctions are just another round of fundraising, 

calling it a “r__ in disguise”. 

Jeremy Fall, creator of the NFT project Probably 

Nothing, announced yesterday a partnership with 

Vault by CNN. Vault by CNN is the entry point for 

media conglomerate CNN into web3. 

The project on Fall’s side will focus on NFT’s inspired 

by the release of Nelson Mandela from prison after 

thirty-two years. 

Fall and Probably Nothing have already had a 

successful launch with a transitioning web2 brand 

after the recent success of ‘Stickmen Toys’ backed 

by Bose. 

The project is expected to launch at 10AM PST on 

Thursday August 4th. The project will be free to 

mint. Holding both the Vault by CNN NFT and the 

Fall NFT will unlock utilities further down the line 

according to a tweet from Vault by CNN’s official 

account. 

Rakkudos Oversubscribes their WLs 

It was revealed today that Rakkudos had 

oversubscribed their WL. This comes after the 

project had opened an early access mint which 

was open to early customers and investors, giving 

them an opportunity to secure a mint by paying a 

refundable deposit. According to the statement 

released today, only 44.87 percent of the supply 

is left available for 

minting. 

This came as a 

shock to many in 

the community as 

the information 

was never clearly 

stated anywhere in 

their litepaper or 

their whitelist, and 

was more a passing 

comment they 

made in spaces. Botting of the mint will likely occur 

as a result of minters using bots to try to mint their 

NFTs with better odds. 

Rakkudos is an NFT project by the team at Shakudo 

and is minting today on Magic Eden’s launchpad. 

The hyped mint is brought to Solana by a team 

of qualified professionals in the web 2.0 space. 

Shakudo has already raised 4M USD in VC money 

and is looking to raise an additional 1.3M USD 

through their mint on Magic Eden as a catalyst to 

further spur their growth. 

Okay Bears dropping Founders Coins 

today 

Okay Bears announce that their bear-drop, the 

Founders Coins, will be dropped to hibernating 

bears today. The coins have designs on them 

inspired by the original NFT collection. 

These coins have a couple other cool features. For 

one, they’ll be backed by real, solid gold. $195 K in 

total, and the amount of gold each coin is backed 

by will be varied based on the value of the “weight” 

attribute, from 0.25g all the way to 10g. 

The coins will also have a 5% royalty fee slapped 

on them, and any fees generated from the first 8 

weeks of trading will be donated to their charity, 

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Okay Cares. 

Rugged Revenants announce that they 

will be minting on Magic Eden 

Rugged Revenants will be launching their NFT 

collection via the Magic Eden launchpad. They will 

be minting on the 14th of August with a total supply 

of 5555 NFTs and a 1 Sol mint price. 

Rugged Revenants is a free-to-play, win-to-earn 

game built by the creators of another NFT project, 

SovanaDAO. Owning the NFT will let you access 

better rewards from their game. 

What really happened with Rakkudos 

mint? 

Rakkudos is an NFT project launched by a SAAS 

company, Shakkudo, and the intention of the 

collection was to act as a catalyst for their company, 

building out a community around their project at 

the same time. Initially, many were excited by the 

prospect of a fast-growing, revenue-generating 

business running an NFT project, but the excitement 

quickly turned to disappointment, then disgust. 

Rakkudos had mentioned on various spaces 

that they would be doing a pre-sale for some of 

their early customers, but when the amount was 

revealed, people were shocked. Over 50% of the 

collection was already minted before whitelist mint 

even began. Whitelist spots were overallocated and 

the community was not pleased. 

But that was still 

acceptable since 

it was believed at 

the time that each 

customer had access 

to 10 mints each, and 

they would be vested 

over a 3 year period. 

This turned out to be 

a lie as it was revealed 

that some influencers 

were allocated up to 

100 mints, and were 

allowed to sell their NFTs whenever they pleased. 

Soon after minting out, influencers like Knoxtrades 

were found to be selling of large chunks of their 

positions, drawing confusion from the community. 

The floor price went above 20 and people rushed to 

get in, only to realize that they were being “dumped” 

on by those who weren’t supposed to be able to 

even sell their NFTs. 

The sour taste that this left in the Solana NFT 

communities mouths was only intensified when 

influencers revealed that there was no such 

obligation to not sell the NFTs, with Code Monkey 

sharing the terms and conditions that the project 

gave him. 

It turned out that the vesting was an option, and 

most who got in to the pre-sale did not take up that 

option, but Rakkudos made no mention of this at 

any point in time. Rakkudos, as a matter of fact, are 

yet to properly address these issues. 

It’s hard to tell if the project can ever clear its 

name, as the Solana NFT community has turned on 

Rakkudos, given the shady practices they took part 

in. The floor price has since come down to 7 Sol. 

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This is a major issue for ALL 

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@Dosedone 

Lately, the 1/1 art scene on Solana has been on fire. We've 

seen record auction sales from icons like @degenpoet and 

editions by legend @notjohnlestudio crippling the entire 

network. 

Under the hood, a number of collectives are driving this 

movement that you need to be aware of 

@MinistryArt is spearheaded 

by the visionaries @BU___UB 

and @S0Ltoshi aims to be the 

nucleus for fine art on Solana. 

Representation for emerging 

and established artists & 

creating the opportunity to own 

the most iconic art in the scene, the MoA is vital to 1/1 

art space. 

@The_URS_ is the sister organisation to @MinistryArt 

and has provided the chance for collectors of URS crowns 

to obtain monthly airdrops from upcoming artists like @ 

husaensadam and premier creators like @septadenata. 

one of the most decorated art galleries in the space. 

Shillzine by @Pixeltoy has been pushing 1/1 artwork since 

Oct 21 over 67 issues. 

This iconic publication combines alpha, art, and analytics 

in the most eclectic fashion appealing to the many 

participants across the Solana NFT ecosystem. 

@maskedwarriors1 is a mystery, as whatever is going on 

behind the scenes, it's all a bit 'hmmm'. Led by 

@laurence_antony we simply know the launch is in 

September but with chads like @A2KDeFi and @quincy_ 

sol diving in, it's likely to be a future force exchange.art 

The Ministry of Art is becoming the main hub for artists 

and collectors worldwide. The imminent consolidation 

with @The_URS_ marks an exciting point in the collective 

effort to merge quality art and the digital frontier 

@_ledao is headed by the great @notjohnlestudio and is 

the first on-chain art DAO on Solana. 

By acquiring one of the characters in the founder's series, 

collectors gain access, treasury equity, and governance to 

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@SOLMills_ 

Influencers have been a bit of a hot topic over the 

last 48 hours. Seems to be a contentious issue 

and I'm seeing a lot of strong feelings on my timeline. 

I think some of the anger is misplaced. My 

thoughts. 

There's nothing wrong with being paid to market. 

It's a valid job. In an ideal world, all products 

would have value & no one would buy (or market) 

rubbish but we do not live in that world. Buyer 

beware! People well understand this in our little 

corner of the blockchain. 

I said I would never sell my God - and I haven't. 

Want to know where it went? Read on. 

For more than nine months now, I've been talking 

(though not nearly often enough) about the lack of 

diversity and inclusion in Web 3 and NFT projects. 

The problem, as I see it, is two-fold. 

1. Every week, without fail, my Discord and Twitter 

is filled with embarrassing language towards 

gender, race and sexuality minorities. Web 3, right 

now, is NOT a safe space for minorities. How can 

we talk about onboarding the next million users 

when the space looks like this? 

However, many influencers act in an unethical 

manner because they actively try to deceive. Marketing 

is more effective when it is not perceived as 

marketing. Influencers wish to portray themselves 

not as marketers but as our friends, or clever advisers 

and smart traders. 

Influencers want you to think they are here to help 

you, that they're offering good advice, that they 

know more than others and that you will profit 

if you follow them. An obvious example is one 

influencer who whitewashes himself by labelling 

himself a "caller". 

Should marketing be more obviously labelled? 

Should future regulation of the Crypto space (inevitable) 

extend to the area of influencing? I am less 

familiar with European and American regulations 

but, in Australia... 

it’s illegal to be a financial influencer without a 

financial services licence (i.e. up to five years jail 

and fines over $1M) and all other online influencing 

requires the equivalent of #ad to be included 

with the message. 

What do you think Anon? 

2. The success of an enterprise is often directly 

linked to diversity and inclusion. If we all think and 

act the same way, we don't grow together. Diversity 

of experience and thought will enrich us all as 

individuals and as a community. The space will 

grow. 

Thinking about it for 9 months (and talking about 

it sometimes) I still see no change for the better. 

Some days, it seems worse. I'm challenging myself 

to make a difference. I've given my DeGod to my 

partner and I'm going to set her up a Twitter and 

encourage her to get involved. 

I chose my DeGod specifically because it's a 

meaningful sacrifice to onboard someone new. 

There's no point giving her a worthless project. I 

want her to engage and hit the ground running with 

contacts in an established project. I want her to 

challenge and inspire. 

I'm going to go one step further & attempt to make 

this much like the ALS Ice Bucket challenge. I'd 

like others to do the same with a meaningful NFT 

(it doesn't have to be their DeGods or SMBs) and 

to onboard one new person who they think will 

help improve diversity in our space. 

I nominate 

@PrimitiveMoney @credlessk @TopoGigio_sol. 

No obligations, but if they want to jump on board, 

awesome, and hope to see them nominate three 

more people each. But Anon, if you're reading, and 

you want to get involved yourself please just get 

started. 


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