Just got 4.4 ETH for placing 2nd in @77BitOfficial DN leaderboard.
I am really thankful. Most of that prize went/is going back to the project for sure.
TRUST🤝
HUGE things coming.
This deserves to see the light of day.
Not sure how we make this happen. But we need to.
Major kudos for all your hard work @BitBoromir despite all the personal hardships you were facing during this journey!🩷
Pretty sad to see one of the only legit web3 games go.
They could have max extracted their users and still been around, but they didn't. They still hold their own NFT collection. Never dumped on their users.
Web3 needs more projects like this.
BREAKING 🚨: @the77bit Halts Development and Seeks Acquisition After Funding Runs Out
A browser-based MMORPG with five years of development, and a treasury that ran out
The Beta Test (March 19 to April 4, 2025)
• Beta ran March 19 to April 4, 2025
• Over 1 million attempted access, only 20,000 made it in
• Strong retention across all cohorts, with players averaging 2.5 hours of gameplay per day
• Nearly $500K in purchases recorded, all driven by gameplay spending, not token incentives
• ARPPU of $45 across 11,000 paying users
Abstract NFT History (April 18 & 29, 2025)
• Origin Skin NFTs were minted free for beta participants, with additional skins available at 0.005 ETH
• Quantum Core NFT sale had 5,000 supply, soulbound, priced at 0.22-0.29 ETH
• Quantum Core NFT did not sell out, only 1729 were minted and the rest were burned
• Likely because of this, the funding for the project became significantly harder
No Token Announcement (October 22, 2025)
• It was announced that 77-Bit is not launching a token
Buying 77 Days (November 25, 2025)
• Fanfaron announced they had $370K left in treasury against $440K in unpaid taxes and a $65K/month burn rate, he emptied his personal bank account to keep the project alive
• A 20% USD vs Swiss Franc drop created a $200K shortfall the team couldn't absorb
• The founder had taken no salary for two years, and committed to 77 days of radical transparency - ship or step down
• "Most founders hide when they bleed. I'm turning the camera on."
Day 77 Update (February 12, 2026)
• He didn't ship. Smart contract audits had been in progress for 3 weeks and launching unaudited contracts was a line he refused to cross
• Season 1 was fully complete, ready to go live the moment audits cleared
• He chose not to step down, believing a leadership transition with no funding would kill the project entirely
• Took out a personal loan to keep the lights on
• "There's no hidden treasury. There's no secret fund. There's me, a loan, and a team that still believes in what this becomes."
Full Pause (February 15, 2026)
• All development paused indefinitely - the MMORPG, Lands, art, and content production
• 15 team members let go, a small core group remains
• The game itself worked and generated revenue. What failed was the underlying infrastructure built with shortcuts to survive early growth
• Founder open to acquisition or strategic partnership, majority stake included, estimated $500K-$1M needed to complete the project
• "This game deserves to be finished. The work is too significant to let it end here."
Whether this ends here or finds a second life, the project is now in the hands of whoever is willing to fund it
I really want to support a collection today since its Sunday but this time Im asking the entire X community to give me some suggestions! I promise to buy a 1/1 grail from that collection and post it up to give it some extra attention and visibility. Please comment on this post (not DM) with the NFTs name, where I can find it, why I should support it and what grail you think I should try to go after. I will make a decision by tomorrow night so feel free to share and repost this to get as many different suggestions in as possible! To make this even more fun I will pledge $5000 (approx 2.5 ETH lol) and also buy some floors from that collection to give away to some new collectors who might find money a little bit tight right now but show intrest in the space.
someone launched this to support my mission to save 77-Bit. i just claimed $5k in fees in 1h, all going straight to building. very heartwarming. God bless you all. (pls don't ape expecting anything from me).
https://t.co/CJgFmPwkEa
Fanfaron, founder of @the77bit, had ~$370K in the treasury.
They owe ~$440K in taxes and because the USD dropped against the Swiss Franc, that gap turned into serious debt.
His only goal now is to save the company. They had 77 days of runway and are now in the final days before bankruptcy.
Watch his video below for the full context.👇
We’ve seen what the crypto community can do on @BagsApp, especially with @GeoffreyHuntley’s AI project. I believe we can do the same for 77-bit
I’m deploying a Bags coin to support him. 100% of trading fees go directly to Fanfaron.
Join the community. Let’s make this work.
This could be the biggest @finnbags funding story yet.
Spent hours watching players play live in Discord. Asked a shit ton of questions. Then spent more hours reading their feedback.
My goal: understand what players actually do.
The playtest worked. When people understood the system, everything clicked. Progression sped up, spending happened naturally, and competition emerged on its own.
The biggest takeaway was that the first minutes matter more than anything, and its was not clear or sharp enough.
When the next action is obvious, players move quickly. When the value is clear, they're putting their time and money.
Players live for risk and failure. They hate waiting. No tension means boredom.
The core loop holds. Landowners optimize and compete. Non-landowners min max energy. Two sides of the same coin.
Now it’s refinement.
Sharper onboarding.
Louder value signals.
Clearer wins and losses.
On to the last 5%.
Public playtest is over.
Here’s the feedback form.
Fill it or don’t.
It makes season 1 better.
Yes, we're bribing you with a chance to win in-game currency.
https://t.co/1vpwtKpJJv
77BIT Browser MMORPG Land Playtest is Now Live 🟡
FREE to PLAY and will run for 48hrs/2days
Checkout the quality of the game in video below~
Interested to play? check reply section👇
@the77bit@0xfanfaron