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Based: I Need a Dev!
In August I minted Based. “A token for the early adopters.” Open for the whole month, it closed just shy of 46.5K tokens minted and over 33k unique wallets. The most resonant piece in my young onchain discography by many multiples. Immediately I felt understanding emerge in regard to Jack Butcher’s words about his Checks and Opepen projects. Retrofitted for this post, he spoke of the impetus to experiment with each collection (initially just single-piece open editions) coming after seeing the...

The Greenpaper: What it can mean for you to "join Higher"
Co-authored by: Jihad Esmail & LGHT.ETH - Higher is an internet destination: a vibrant network of designers, developers, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, and athletes, leveraging open technology to work ourselves into our dream lives. Higher is a network for your ambitions, for refining your worldview, and creating the world you want to see among people who get it. Every day, we push each other to achieve new heights, explore new ideas, and create new experiences. Members have created athleti...

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Pre-context for this paper:The commodification of content using ERC20sUsing content interfaces that have memecoin backends to create concept parityRough theory of the funnel:IdeaConceptCoin the metadataGather market cap, trading volume, holder distribution + social media metricsManufacture what has proven demandHere are two examples you can view market cap, volume, and holder distribution:Custom Atlas ATVs.Would be a premium ticket, ultra-high cost item. Requiring tens of millions in market c...
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A bear, a bull, and an otter are invited to a crypto conference.

The bear is angry that there is not enough to eat. He feels like the conference personally duped him. They promised an “extravagant and fruitful meeting ground for the ambitious.”
The bear is starving. It needs this conference to be worth the investments made. Their timetable is down to the minute and if something doesn’t change fast, they are going to flip shit.

The bull is chillin’. They are in less of a rush compared to the bear. They heard more food is on the way and decided to position themselves at the door.
The bull is hungry, but not starving. Their timetable is down to the days and as long as the conference isn’t cancelled they will eat plenty. In fact, they’ll eat enough that there might not be enough food left.

The otter didn’t show up to the conference. They are not in a rush whatsoever. They heard the conference was more of party so they stayed home and cooked their own food.
The otter is satiated. Their timetable is down to the years and as long as they stay alive they’ll be able to hold their own conferences down the line - with plenty of food for bears and bulls alike.
The otter isn’t as intimidating as the bear or bull though. Their absence from the conference makes them a forgotten member of the collective. But they’re the only one of the three that can ‘stand on their own two feet’.
A bear, a bull, and an otter are invited to a crypto conference.

The bear is angry that there is not enough to eat. He feels like the conference personally duped him. They promised an “extravagant and fruitful meeting ground for the ambitious.”
The bear is starving. It needs this conference to be worth the investments made. Their timetable is down to the minute and if something doesn’t change fast, they are going to flip shit.

The bull is chillin’. They are in less of a rush compared to the bear. They heard more food is on the way and decided to position themselves at the door.
The bull is hungry, but not starving. Their timetable is down to the days and as long as the conference isn’t cancelled they will eat plenty. In fact, they’ll eat enough that there might not be enough food left.

The otter didn’t show up to the conference. They are not in a rush whatsoever. They heard the conference was more of party so they stayed home and cooked their own food.
The otter is satiated. Their timetable is down to the years and as long as they stay alive they’ll be able to hold their own conferences down the line - with plenty of food for bears and bulls alike.
The otter isn’t as intimidating as the bear or bull though. Their absence from the conference makes them a forgotten member of the collective. But they’re the only one of the three that can ‘stand on their own two feet’.
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