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GREAT FALLS — On a recent call with your mother, the subject of what you do for a living inevitably came up. You went on to explain, for the seventh time this month, how you now audit smart contracts for flaws and vulnerabilities, earning a combination of fiat and ETH on a biweekly basis. Your mom replied, “I don’t know what any of that means, but it’s really nice how you do that computer money stuff.” Early attempts to explain your vocation to your mother go back to early 2021 when you were ...
The RugTwitter Rebrands to “X” Commemorating Drop to 10th Best Social Media Platform
SAN FRANCISCO — In a celebratory move, Twitter CEO Elon Musk changed the name of the platform to “X” commemorating its spot on a list of social media platforms. According to HootSuite, it now ranks 10th behind powerhouses such as Truth Social and Holla. Before the new list was announced Musk was planning to rebrand his social media company as “X AE, v. non-child.” Employees breathed a sigh of relief. “Pretty sure we would have immediately lost all of our users if he named us that,” said Chief...
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EARTH — Conspiracy theorists have taken to Reddit this week in a wild and unfounded notion that Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin is from a recently discovered planet located between Venus and Mercury. Redditors are calling the planet “Cryptomar.” The contention that the blockchain guru is from another planetary body is loosely based on conjecture that he “looks like an alien” and the fact that he put Earth as his location in his twitter bio.Vitalik lists twitter location as "Earth".Despite al...
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The RugMom Thinks It’s Nice That You Do That Computer Money Stuff
GREAT FALLS — On a recent call with your mother, the subject of what you do for a living inevitably came up. You went on to explain, for the seventh time this month, how you now audit smart contracts for flaws and vulnerabilities, earning a combination of fiat and ETH on a biweekly basis. Your mom replied, “I don’t know what any of that means, but it’s really nice how you do that computer money stuff.” Early attempts to explain your vocation to your mother go back to early 2021 when you were ...
The RugTwitter Rebrands to “X” Commemorating Drop to 10th Best Social Media Platform
SAN FRANCISCO — In a celebratory move, Twitter CEO Elon Musk changed the name of the platform to “X” commemorating its spot on a list of social media platforms. According to HootSuite, it now ranks 10th behind powerhouses such as Truth Social and Holla. Before the new list was announced Musk was planning to rebrand his social media company as “X AE, v. non-child.” Employees breathed a sigh of relief. “Pretty sure we would have immediately lost all of our users if he named us that,” said Chief...
The RugVitalik Suspected of Extraterrestrial Origins
EARTH — Conspiracy theorists have taken to Reddit this week in a wild and unfounded notion that Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin is from a recently discovered planet located between Venus and Mercury. Redditors are calling the planet “Cryptomar.” The contention that the blockchain guru is from another planetary body is loosely based on conjecture that he “looks like an alien” and the fact that he put Earth as his location in his twitter bio.Vitalik lists twitter location as "Earth".Despite al...
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AIRDROP — All Vol. 1 OG Crypto-Comedy collectors have been airdropped this limited edition NFT, ‘The Adventures of Lil Ruggy! written by Frank America, and illustrated by Cosmic Clancy, which explores the life of a rap phenom Lil Ruggy, and his journey through fortune and fame. The character was born out of The Rug, a crypto satire news rag written in the style of The Onion. Lil Ruggy first appeared in Vol. 1 Issue #3 of The Rug in a headline where he purportedly was set to co-host the 2022 Grammys. The comic series delves into the world of cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
218 Lil Ruggy NFTs were deployed to more than 150 unique ethereum wallet addresses.
https://opensea.io/assets/0x897C4C4a43ffAd4249f989EAa749b271d5dE2c9A/222
You can view the collection on OpenSea.
Be sure to find it by selecting “More” dropdown and “unhide” yours on the Polygon chain.
Select “More” on you Open Sea Profile page to open the drop down menu
Select “Hidden” to access NFTs that aren’t viewable
Select the ellipse (…) on the Lil Ruggy NFT
Select “Unhide” to make it viewable on your profiles
Gain access to our Discord
Prove you own Lil Ruggy in #Rug-Crew-Verify channel via Guild.xyz bot
Slide into our Lounge, and be a part of The Rug Crew
Frank America cites superheroes, demi-gods, and how each echo rap stardom in today’s popular culture as driving forces for the series’ material. Artist and graphic designer Cosmic Clancy drew from character themes in the comic series Watchmen, as a source of inspiration for the limited palate and photo-realistic lens placed on her treatment of the world Lil Ruggy inhabits.
Frank originally contacted Clancy in early 2022, and asked if she would approach the project, and possibly use lil baby as an inspiration for the look of the character, with full artistic license granted.
This video from Lil Baby was an integral moment in Frank’s consideration of how to personify Lil Ruggy. These themes were crypto-heavy (BTC, ETH), cool, calm, and collected, and riding higher into a realm not seen by others yet.
As not all of the Vol. 1 NFTs were sold, and we minted one Lil Ruggy per NFT, totalling 389, we still have 389-218= 171 remaining NFTs. If you buy one of the OGs before the end of the year you will be airdropped a Lil’ Ruggy NFT. We will make the rest available for collectors at the end of the year.
This project may only ever have one edition, or another version may find its way onto the blockchain. The goal was to reward the over 150 collectors of our original NFT newsletter series with something special, and we feel this represents that.
AIRDROP — All Vol. 1 OG Crypto-Comedy collectors have been airdropped this limited edition NFT, ‘The Adventures of Lil Ruggy! written by Frank America, and illustrated by Cosmic Clancy, which explores the life of a rap phenom Lil Ruggy, and his journey through fortune and fame. The character was born out of The Rug, a crypto satire news rag written in the style of The Onion. Lil Ruggy first appeared in Vol. 1 Issue #3 of The Rug in a headline where he purportedly was set to co-host the 2022 Grammys. The comic series delves into the world of cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
218 Lil Ruggy NFTs were deployed to more than 150 unique ethereum wallet addresses.
https://opensea.io/assets/0x897C4C4a43ffAd4249f989EAa749b271d5dE2c9A/222
You can view the collection on OpenSea.
Be sure to find it by selecting “More” dropdown and “unhide” yours on the Polygon chain.
Select “More” on you Open Sea Profile page to open the drop down menu
Select “Hidden” to access NFTs that aren’t viewable
Select the ellipse (…) on the Lil Ruggy NFT
Select “Unhide” to make it viewable on your profiles
Gain access to our Discord
Prove you own Lil Ruggy in #Rug-Crew-Verify channel via Guild.xyz bot
Slide into our Lounge, and be a part of The Rug Crew
Frank America cites superheroes, demi-gods, and how each echo rap stardom in today’s popular culture as driving forces for the series’ material. Artist and graphic designer Cosmic Clancy drew from character themes in the comic series Watchmen, as a source of inspiration for the limited palate and photo-realistic lens placed on her treatment of the world Lil Ruggy inhabits.
Frank originally contacted Clancy in early 2022, and asked if she would approach the project, and possibly use lil baby as an inspiration for the look of the character, with full artistic license granted.
This video from Lil Baby was an integral moment in Frank’s consideration of how to personify Lil Ruggy. These themes were crypto-heavy (BTC, ETH), cool, calm, and collected, and riding higher into a realm not seen by others yet.
As not all of the Vol. 1 NFTs were sold, and we minted one Lil Ruggy per NFT, totalling 389, we still have 389-218= 171 remaining NFTs. If you buy one of the OGs before the end of the year you will be airdropped a Lil’ Ruggy NFT. We will make the rest available for collectors at the end of the year.
This project may only ever have one edition, or another version may find its way onto the blockchain. The goal was to reward the over 150 collectors of our original NFT newsletter series with something special, and we feel this represents that.
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