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[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

⬜️⬛️ $GRND UPDATE ⬛️⬜️

EARN 1000 $GRND.

Tomorrow, January 22, I will share the Tiered distribution model for $GRND.

I’ll share the first one now.

Tier 1: Engagement.

Like, RT and drop your address in the comments.

1000 $GRND. Simple.

https://t.co/9Je42mIroq

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

⬜️⬛️ $GRND UPDATES ⬛️⬜️

• $GRND is currently being mapped to @0xPolygon to reduce gas fees. Rewards will be distributed for those in the Discord (link in bio) when completed.

• An announcement will follow with the official date for UNDRGRND Goes Dark (private Twitter/closed Discord, see pinned tweet).

• Distribution of $GRND will begin shortly after.

• There will be a 3 tiered distribution method for $GRND: Engagement | Personal | Community.

• While $GRND is being distributed I will then share the vision for the future UNDRGRND (previews above).

• In February, UNDRGRND will open back up to the public.

• Did I mention Discord (link in bio)?

Until then,

- @NFTjoe, UNDRGRND Founder

Note: I also wish I didn't have to use Discord and could do this all by e-mail or AOL chat room circa 1998; but, we're constrained to the technology of the day. I'm using Discord as a home base to get everyone on the same page and answer questions as they come in. It'll be the easiest way to distribute $GRND efficiently, directly to those who should own something sacred, like the influence of an underground community.

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

UNDRGRND UPDATES:

So, I'm sick. Which is great because I only have a hundred thousand things going on.

Writing update posts feels self-congratulatory and I like to show my work when it's completed. This site can also make it feel like no one really cares about what you're working on but as I learned last week, people seem to care.

So here's what you can expect once I return to the office (in my basement):

- Tomorrow a phone call with @NalikesStudio tomorrow to hammer out the scope for what I laid out in the Twitter spaces last week (link below). Many people say they have the best devs in the space, well I have the most handsome team of devs in the space.

- This week will see the return of Behind the Pixel: An UNDRGRND Podcast. This has been in the works for a while and will feature an introduction episode with my co-host @QuittersArts, and episodes featuring @adhd143 and @adam_disbrow who just completed gallery shows at @ColonnaContempo.

- In the coming weeks you'll also see UNDRGRND DIGS 068, UNDRGRND MEMBERSHIP CARD DROPS from @KeVisuals1 and @tuhanzilla. I'll also be sending questions over to @heypandakero, @paldipaldi, @GranadaHero, @danielwponto02 and @Ruben_BigQ to help write articles for their upcoming drops.

- In addition another edition of #PHOTOGRAPHY and I hope to, finally, publish the debut of UNDRGRND SOUNDS. Like UNDRGRND DIGS, but music.

- Then I'll begin working on THE UNDRGRND WHITE AND BLACK PAPER (get it?) laying out details on the mint, DAO, tokenomics, dates, and the plan for 2024 (and some beyond).

- This will also contain information on a project I've been working on with @ArtiviveApp for the past information few months.

- I've hinted at a lot of this stuff and other things in the works in my underutilized Discord if you feel the urge for some more information.

- There are other things I'm sure I've forgotten to mention but my brain is mush.

I want to also thank everyone who has reached out, offered to help, stuck it out or simply read, liked or RT'd something I've written. There are too many of you to name here personally but if I've said thank you or told you I loved you, know I meant it. I say what I mean and I mean what I say.

Now, I need a nap.

https://t.co/QvXK8ZaRct

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

From our open call with @thehugxyz:

UNDRGRND DIGS 067 by @NFTjoe | FT @AnnaLZubarev @GranadaHero @yula_nft @matteogiovani1 @simplyFera

https://t.co/AqxUYhoEov

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

UNDRGRND PRINCIPAL:

“Traditional music history tells us that famous scenes are created by brilliant, singular artists. But DIG deeper and you’ll find that they’re actually created by cheap rent, empty space and other unglamorous factors that allow artistic communities to flourish.”

- Jesse Rifkin, This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

#UNDRGRND #UNDRGRNDNATION

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

COMING SOON: UNDRGRND NATION

NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023 by @NFTjoe

“…where is the tangibility of broader utopia used to justify the hours spent and money lost?” - @networkstate_

We were sold a bill of perishable goods with no way of preserving them.

Excitement, hype, unbridled enthusiasm over the potential of a product that was yet to be developed.

Web3 is a lie; it doesn’t exist. It is a concept, some of us still believe in that was distilled down to easily digestible catchphrases for social media:

“You’re not buying an NFT, you’re becoming a part of a community.”

#WAGMI

“I’m here for the art!”

“GM”

Three years ago I came into the space thinking I met people whose moral convictions matched mine; individuals motivated to restructure social constructs, rectify economic inequities, and overhaul old-world institutions.

After everything that has transpired, I’ve discovered that what was buried behind the virtue signaling were the same motivations behind marketing campaigns that attribute insincere emotions to something as benign as laundry detergent: money.

Hundreds of thousands of us were captivated by the promise of equality, a new economic paradigm, and a generational change of the old-world order.

What we’ve gotten is a repackaged version of the last gasping breaths of a predatory-capitalistic-web2 system that serves the individual over the collective.

Community meant customers.

“We” meant “me”.

Building is hard. It’s literally work. Many think they want to work in web3 until they find out they actually have to work in web3. Many systems aren’t in place to protect the concept of web3 which is why, over the past few years, we’ve seen a barrage of opportunistic, charismatic personalities able to parrot coded terminology and present as virtuous, enter the space to shill soulless projects that provide no value outside of a profit for a select few who figured if they called it a “business” it would just become a business.

Now things have grown quieter. There’s a lot less noise from those people who said the right things but meant the same old things. Projects have died, promises have gone unfulfilled, and platforms have shut down.

So where does that leave the rest of us who believed in something more?

Anyone who knows me knows I’m anti-hype. Everything cannot be the best thing ever or something that will change the face of web3 or unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. The hyperbole eventually becomes hollow exclamations for attention to things with little substance.

I like to save my grand proclamations for when things truly matter. I do not exaggerate. I don’t cry wolf. I choose my words carefully and I analyze situations thoroughly before I reveal anything to anyone. A statement is a promise. So for a while, I’ve kept my mouth shut.

Until now.

In the coming weeks, I’ll be providing details for our next phase: UNDRGRND NATION.

This past year has been emotionally draining, exasperatingly so. That story will be told in a special State of the UNDRGRND Address, later.

For now, I’d like to announce UNDRGRND’s partnership with @_lemonadesocial, the builders of Network State Protocol.

When I first reached out to their team a few months ago, I simply wanted to network and hear what it was they were working on; I didn’t know what to expect. I set up a meeting with one of their founders, missed the meeting and rescheduled, and eventually met the team that has been developing Network State Protocol.

Instantly, it felt like I found others disenchanted with the execution of what web3 promised. The only difference between me and them, they can actually build the necessary tools for maintaining an ethical infrastructure.

So, below I’m going to share a manifesto from a group of builders I believe have the same moral foundations and humanistic convictions that first attracted me to web3.

In short, the Network State Protocol acts as a DAO toolkit allowing communities (Nations) to take the next step in legitimizing their group through proposals, fund transparency, and oversight. But it goes beyond that to allow interoperability between those Nations, multichain functionality, Nation Passports to allow for utility features, and soon the ability to launch exclusive tokens from your Nation to interact within this united ecosystem.

I’ve looked at other options to begin to build my vision for the UNDRGRND DAO (an essential pillar of UNDRGRND Nation) but never felt a true fit. Yes, others feel and think about the bigger picture regarding the potential to reframe the corporate framework which aligns with my worldview. But, what hooked me were two of the first Nations that Network State Protocol partnered with before UNDRGNRD: PopEx Nation, and Vinyl Nation.

Down the road, we’ll delve deeper into the other Nations, (with whom we will partner) but for now, all you need to understand is that the collaborative opportunities between PopEx Nation (live event web3 integration), Vinyl Nation (utilizing NFTs with vinyl records) and UNDRGRND were so profuse that it was hard to consider another path forward. UNDRGRND has always intended to move into the music industry (in fact the concept was based on an early 2000s music blog) and with these two Nations laying their foundation in web3 music, the synergy was inevitable.

Using decentralization to build a majority consensus has been a primary pillar of the ethos of web3 but hasn’t been the exciting feature that attracts people. But, while governance may not sound sexy, we’re sure as hell going to try to make it sexy by bringing it to the art, music, and film industries.

If it interests you and excites you, then you’ve found your tribe here, with us.

If it doesn’t, don’t worry, I’ll convince you by launching #UNDRGRNDNATION with the help of Network State Protocol.

For now, you can read more about Network State Protocol in the links below. 👇🏻

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

Over the past two years, UNDRGRND has featured and supported over 300+ artists. Some have begun to receive the necessary recognition of their talent (@cemhah, @axstonee, @lewis_osb @IamtheAstra) while others still wait to become your next favorite artist.

Now, with the help of @thehugxyz, we're hoping to expand our reach and continue our mission of highlighting those deserving, yet-to-be-discovered artists (and soon musicians).

So please, submit your work to be considered for our next UNDRGRND DIGS article: no theme, no criteria, no specific style, just yours.

Every artist is an underground artist...until they're not.

[HUG 🤗 | Built for Creators. Get Your Free .ART @theHUGart]

GM to @KMaruve, curated by @UNDRGRND_NFT ◾️

Katiana Maruve's works portray the female form as the center of a narrative on personal reflection while exploring female sensuality with a dark twist.

Her limited edition piece, "All my lovers", is minting now ⤵️

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

A reminder: UNDRGRND is partnering with @thehugxyz and will be featuring artists from our UNDRGRND DIGS articles (Exhibit A, below).

If UNDRGRND featured your work and you held off filling out your application, don't worry, there's still time!

November is going to be busy...

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

A combination of physical and digital works, A Noisy Mind by @adhd143 opening at @ColonnaContempo this Friday, October 13.

#Philadelphia #CryptoArt

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

Opening tonight at @ColonnaContempo, A Noisy Mind by @adhd143!

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

We’ll be sharing our UNDRGRND DIGS articles where we feature five creators you may not know but should @starsarenacom.

All the cool kids are doing it, @ArtwolfieN.

#Avalanche #starsarena

https://t.co/UDqqdbj7ZD

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

READ MORE ABOUT @saml_oguzhan ON #UNDRGRND.

UNDRGRND ARTIST: SHAMLU by @NFTjoe

https://t.co/2ujZvPs5Km

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

UNDRGRND ARTIST @saml_oguzhan ON THE FRONT PAGE OF @objktcom!

[Bryan Shaw @BriShaw85]

Discovered this artist a year ago on UNDRGRND! Now on the front page of @objktcom! Dope to see!

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

UNDRGRND PRINCIPAL:

"TRADITIONAL MUSIC HISTORY TELLS US THAT FAMOUS SCENES ARE CREATED BY BRILLIANT, SINGULAR ARTISTS. BUT DIG DEEPER AND YOU’LL FIND THAT THEY’RE ACTUALLY CREATED BY CHEAP RENT, EMPTY SPACE AND OTHER UNGLAMOROUS FACTORS THAT ALLOW ARTISTIC COMMUNITIES TO FLOURISH." - JESSE RIFKIN, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE

#UNDRGRND

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

UNDRGRND AIRDROPS 100 NFTS TO MEMBERSHIP CARD HOLDERS. THESE PIECES ARE ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE SECONDARY MARKET on @objktcom

#objktcom #objktnft #tezoscollector
https://t.co/JvgofIgQzA

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

READ MORE ABOUT @hi_cetinkaya ON UNDRGRND.

UNDRGRND ARTIST: HALIL IBRAHIM CETINKAYA by @NFTjoe

#UNDRGRND #cryptoartist

https://t.co/dTKuEdBonP

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

UNDRGRND MEMBERSHIP CARD DROP: LIGHT PATH - PIT STOP by @hi_cetinkaya

#UNDGRND #TezosNFTs #NFTdrop

[UNDRGRND @UNDRGRND_NFT]

NFTS IRL: #PHILADELPHIA BASED PHOTOGRAPHER @nev_in_color FIRST SOLO SHOW AT @ColonnaContempo THIS FRIDAY 9/22 5-8PM.

DETAILS FOR THE EVENT: https://t.co/lfOSTUTIPq