The Chow Chow Cháo Pre-order opened 24 hours ago, and 76 cases (456 units) have sold so far, even through the outage.
This is my first-ever preorder. I’ve been jotting down some thoughts throughout the process and wanted to share them with you.
I just spent 2 hours slow minting @DesLucrece latest 'mint to burn to claim' physical collectible in order to get a rare 1/20 mint.. got rate limited by manifold a dozen times and exhausted every vpn i could try but after 22 mints.. on mint #21... after thinking manifold screwed me with a weird error and my last mint of 2 didn't even go through.. I finally hit the first rare in the collection! seems odds are really 1/67.. and 22 truely is my number... as it were
Absolutely thrilled to be a part of the lineup for the 5th Annual @artblocks_io weekend!
I’ve looked up to so many here that have provided a ton of inspiration for @PixelmixNFT over the years.
Hope to see you all there!
(Stay tuned for info about a Marfa specific activation!)
"You want your art in as many hands as humanly possible.... The value of the network increases exponentially the more nodes in the network."
— @batsoupyum
I couldn’t agree more with what Bats and Raoul said about why it matters to have a wide range of works and price points out there.
I still need to finish my proper retrospective on Proceed w/ Caution, but some quick thoughts: it was always meant to be my network token. A low entry point so anyone could tap into the systems I was starting to build— burn redeems, set collecting, free rewards. The idea was to grow the network kind of like a 10k collection would, but with art at the center.
Looking back now, it feels naïve not to realize how wild the speculative culture was at the time. Of course, it was going to get chewed up and spit out— everything was seen as a wealth event, with the floor price treated like the only metric that mattered, regardless of output. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t swept up in it too. Honestly, I’d rather do a free mint today than the OEs of yesteryear (and I did— April Fools free airdrop, $1 mint— they went great).
Floor price came back down, but I’m still building on PWC three years later. Why? Because it has always been a network token— it was about engagement, dialogue, and the network between artist, collector, and community. I'm proud I can say I’ve never charged for any PWC project: My first 1/1 collection on BTC, first generative 1/1 collection with Async, collabs and free claim collections with projects like Moonbirds, a full new collection of editions. I’d rather see the floor rise slow and steady than spike off pure V0 Punk mentality.
The bigger lesson for me: the wrong nodes in the wrong places can steer your vision. Don’t bend to speculators. Curate your collectors. Or at least get good at filtering the noise. Stay focused on the people who actually want to help build your practice. Those are the ones worth listening to. Thanks for that message you sent @ChrizRoc I still think about it often.
ALL this to say. Fantastic guide @batsoupyum & @RaoulGMI. I think the insights here are worth so much for both the collector and the artist.