A Very Rare Origin Story

This story begins in September 2021, when I first got involved with NFTs. After months of arguing with people about how stupid I thought they were for finding fondness and value in monkey JPEGs, I finally got suckered in and fell in love with every second of it. Emboldened by this fancy new toy called NFTs, I ran the typical "due diligence" and bought into a ton of projects that showed promise, both in the art and hype. After a while, I began exploring the technical side of projects and that's where most of my appreciation truly blossomed.

I can remember finding projects with truly revolutionary tech and saying to myself, "This is the next Apple!". However, time after time, reality would set in. I would observe, without fail, that the more profound the tech or the more talented the team, the less support the project would garner. Only receiving love from a few optimistic supporters, but holding little to no floor.

On the contrary, if a project had the "golden laser shooting out your ass alpha pass" trait, or mint utility to random mints that gave you more mint utility, or a random airdrop of another basic JPEG, or threw big parties at rented yachts once a year, they would pump and anyone that was lucky enough to mint were "gonna make it" (or wgmi, in NFT-speak).

Of course, that's how free markets work. Participants dictate activity and attention, which dictates "success".

However, as I continued my journey within the space, it just felt to me that the projects that truly deserved the support never got it. To the point where it spawned a running joke among my friends (and others) to the likes of statements like: "Probably won't do good because it has actual well-thought-out tech" or "The team is actually talented, so I'd probably just do a quick flip."

Quality was never rewarded.

Sure, a few projects still have niche communities that remain steadfastly loyal, and will stick around no matter what, but many others will dip far too low where even the most optimistic holders naturally lose interest (as well as their initial investment). People chase rarities, hype, and influencer attention. So I figured, fuck the art, right? I mean, who cares about true creativity and the artists that have spent years honing their craft. Also, fuck the tech, right? Who cares about true technical innovation created by some of the most innovative devs the world has seen.

This is what the space wants. Some rare traits. A fluffy roadmap. And Twitter spaces.

I won't ramble on forever, because at the end of the day, I'm just one opinion. I just want to use this project to make a statement, even if nobody sees it. A meme project, that also serves as an artistic expression of the absurdity around NFTs.

In all seriousness, I hope this project does well, for no other purpose than to shift the focus (even if it's ever so slightly) and bring a level of self-awareness to the space, so that we can actually embolden the ones that progress it.

End rant. Love you all and hope you pull some really rare shit!