How do you explain to your friends that Espresso isn’t just a drink? @EspressoSys
Instead of handing them a whitepaper,
I spent an entire week creating this music video to explain it all.
《The Espresso Anthem》
30 minutes of waiting vs. 2 seconds of joy.
Understanding Espresso through lyrics.
Hope the team enjoys it @espressoFNDN@cryptomachia@siannie@jillgun@benafisch@charleslu1
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Open Letter from Caff Creators
Web3 is moving toward a cross-chain future where protocols no longer require trust.
Yet collaboration in this space still depends on trust between people.
Hello @EspressoSys team
First, we want to acknowledge the work behind building Espresso and launching $ESP. As Caffeinated Creators, we’ve been closely involved in the journey and genuinely believe in the long-term importance of Espresso’s cross-chain vision.
Espresso has always stood out as a team of serious builders with a real product, and that credibility is what attracted a committed group of creators. For that reason, the outcome of the $ESP distribution for Caffeinated Creators has come as a shock to many of us.
We respect the decision to prioritize wallet history and to filter out farming behavior. That approach makes sense. However, the resulting allocation for creators appears to be either overlooked or folded into a model that does not reflect the nature or scale of our contributions.
The allocations received by creators are, in many cases, extremely small and difficult to reconcile with months of consistent content creation, education, and community support. This is not about comparison, but about proportional recognition. Even in challenging market conditions, fairly rewarding a focused group of roughly 70 creators should have been achievable.
Based on available data, the total allocation to all Caffeinated Creators is approximately 140,000 ESP tokens, around 0.0003 percent of the total airdrop. For a small group that has actively supported the ecosystem alongside development progress, this feels misaligned with the collaborative values Espresso has consistently communicated.
Through ongoing community calls and direct interaction, we’ve come to respect the team’s ethics and transparency, which makes this situation particularly difficult to understand.
If this distribution reflects the team’s final position on community contribution, then that message is now clear. If instead there were errors, constraints, or factors we’re unaware of, we believe it’s important to communicate that openly.
It’s been over 24 hours since our requests for clarification, and still, no response has been provided. This is unprofessional, and we know you for a better way of handling such matters.
We are not asking for immediate changes, but we are asking for communication. Even confirming the decision directly would be more constructive than silence.
Respectfully,
Caffeinated Creators