# Hello World 

By [Protein](https://paragraph.com/@proteincommunity) · 2021-09-16

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We’re Protein, a place where people and ideas grow 🌱

The term _growth_ has become unavoidably toxic in our capitalist world - powered by the extraction and exploitation of people and communities in the name of money. There’s a clear need to shift the systems in power to enable a community-led, rather than corporation-led world. Web3 technologies have opened the doors to a more collaborative, decentralised, and equitable future. With these new tools, an opportunity emerges to reclaim power, redistribute influence, and redefine our relationship with _growth -_ allowing you to own the decisions, actions, and value you create.

For Protein, this means rebuilding our community from the ground up, to create a place that encourages and nurtures this new definition of _growth_ based on mutual collaboration, conversation, and the needs of our members. That’s why today, we’re launching the $PRTN token, a social token that allows holders to gain access, create value, and be in control - whilst also playing a vital and exciting part in the future of decentralised communities and DAOs.

Our 50 or so Founder Members will be the first holders of $PRTN and are already collectively exploring how we can reimagine the concept of _growth_ through new, more mutual, models of conversation and collaboration. Our Pre-Season asks questions like..."As a community, how can we _really_ help people and ideas grow?” and “What can _good growth_ mean to decentralised communities?”

You can see a breakdown of our pre-season timeline below

![Pre-Season Timeline](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/5cd1e67dd02f31ba3859fd053d76fc47e0ffb79786f9f39e9bbc00883b306a5a.jpg)

Pre-Season Timeline

**If our mission for reimagining growth resonates with you,** [**join our waitlist**](https://form.typeform.com/to/fzXTdkPR) **for the chance to be part of Season 1. We’ve always believed in creating by the community for the community, so can’t wait to rebuild ours with you 💫**

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**Protein Community NFT**

To mark today we’re launching our Genesis NFT, a 200 LTD edition piece created by 3D artist [Teresa Fogolari](https://www.instagram.com/teresafogolari). Our Genesis NFT celebrates the launch of the $PRTN token and the Protein Community, a place where people and ideas grow 🌱

Thank you all for celebrating the moment with us here!

PS. It’s free, so you only pay for gas!

[edition://0xaf89C5E115Ab3437fC965224D317d09faa66ee3E?editionId=289](https://etherscan.io/address/0xaf89C5E115Ab3437fC965224D317d09faa66ee3E)

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**About Protein**

[Protein](https://prote.in/) is a place where people and ideas grow 🌱  We do this through our global [community](https://www.proteincommunity.xyz), [agency](https://www.proteinagency.com/), and [studio](https://www.proteinstudios.com/) space. We believe we’ve all got a responsibility to think and act bigger than ourselves and that "good growth" can only be achieved by balancing progress, profit, and purpose.

Thanks for coming on this journey with us! 🌱 ✨

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*Originally published on [Protein](https://paragraph.com/@proteincommunity/hello-world)*