“If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.” - Satoshi Nakamoto
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Thrilled to announce I'll be contributing to @proof_xyz's newsletter! Over the next few weeks, starting today, we'll build @moonbirds lore, together.
I call it: 🚨 Mythics Mt. Rushmore 🚨
Details below, but the best part:
Vote + RT this, you join a raffle to win a Mythic Egg!
There are so many reasons to not launch anything new in this season, but instead to wait until greener pastures (and a bull market). It makes sense to hold back and to stay as lean as possible; to not try anything new, but to find comfort in the predictable nature of where you are.
But here’s the thing: none of us are promised tomorrow. We’re not promised another bull run.
If you live your life only waiting for what you hope may one day come, you’re going to spend it waiting for a whistle that may never blow. Aspiration is often the first thing that’s sacrificed in difficult times. We focus more on surviving than we do on thriving.
But this is why we knew that this was the perfect time and place for @moonbirds Mythics. For a story about what it means to come up against seemingly insurmountable odds, and to hold strong with those convictions. To look fear in the face and declare that it won’t have the last word.
I’m so damn proud of the art in this collection. Both @ColinHesterly and @Auldrobot have worked tirelessly to create a collection that isn’t just aesthetic, but has a piece of each of them deeply ingrained into the aesthetics and lore. Their love for the art of the world we’re building is deeper than any single artifact can possibly contain.
I’m so damn proud of our product team. For @delvallecrypto @itstyfortune and @saadiq in making sure that the flow is unique, delightful, and informative. Their craft shines though every pixel. Their art is just as powerful on the screen.
I’m so damn proud of our engineering team. For folks like @MeltingIce@Tuanderful@furf@cxkoda and @divergencearran who have worked around the clock to ensure that this experience is technically sound, scalable, fair, and secure. Working with them is a master class in bringing all of us along the journey, even when they need to explain how some of the technicalities work. Grateful for their passion for excellence and their love of teaching.
For our amazing community team, with folks like @akastevey_ @bennyhsu_xyz @GirlNFTFunds@AleksInWeb3 and @forestanderson for being present to answer questions and to consistently answer questions and show love to the people who show up for us around the clock.
For our incredible events that @MaggiRichmond and team put on, because they know just how important it is to be present for people, and to share a truly human experience with those around us. It’s their careful curation that makes every event feel elevated to a degree I never thought possible. They’re storytellers in their own right.
That’s not everyone. Mythics is the culmination of all the amazing folks from PROOF across a variety of disciplines and functions giving of themselves to make something great.
And of course to every one of you. We are able to do what we do at @proof_xyz because of each one of you. Our community defines this space and this ecosystem. It is every one of you that gives us the space to create, to explore, and to deliver these things. I’ll be forever grateful to be on this journey with you.
From the very bottom of my heart, thank you for caring. Thank you for being here. Thank you for believing in this wild dream about owls and magic and a world shaped by fear that is about to be reshaped by courage and the truth that “you are worthy”.
This is all a story about remembering the creative power within all of us. And it’s a power that will stand the test of fear. It’s a power that is a part of each one of us.
And I’m so fucking happy that we can share it and shape it with each one of you. ❤️
I'm over the moon excited to announce that I've officially joined the team at @proof_xyz!
I'll be focusing on all things TALONS alongside an incredibly talented team.
Full thread incoming, but going to focus on the move to Los Angeles here over the next few days.
LFG!
Slow reveal pfp collections.
After the recent Moonbird team AMA - we got to hear more about what is in store for holders.
Breakdown below.
Moonbird Mythics a 🧵
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For Mythics Preview Friday, we remember the Mythics that have been tossed into the "Do Not Pair" folder.
Today, we preview them and honor them, and then they are DELETED FOREVER.
Which one hurts your eyes the most? 😂
As the Odd God’s Hearth begins to come alive, now is the perfect time to give some details around just how the Oddities sacrifice mechanics work and answer some burning (see what we did there?) questions.
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Join us to celebrate Mythics and the opening of Foundry by PROOF, our new IRL location in Los Angeles.
PROOF Collective, Moonbirds, Oddities and +1s are all invited!
RSVP here: https://t.co/xYZQgvpYei
GM. What a wild and turbulent few months... Now that we're half way through the year, I wanted to post a mini 'State of Moonbirds' -- a thread 🧵... [1/18]
I wasn't around from 2018-2020 (I was one of the many that left the space), but by all accounts, that crypto bear was WAY worse than the current one.
It seems like the NFT bear however seems an order of magnitude worse than what's happening with the coins.
Mass fear, mass capitulation, no real end in sight, lots of people leaving.
Day after day, week after week, month after month of red.
I think this is a good time to take a step back and zoom out. I know a LOT of people who have lost enormous sums of money (myself included), and it can feel pretty damn bad at times.
Playing the "what if" game is hard to break out of.
Comparing your current worth to your ATH net worth.
Something that helps me is knowing how many people in crypto have lost it all and made it all back, simply by sticking around and working hard and being sensible and learning from past mistakes.
The space is brutal. Absolutely brutal. Wallets get hacked/drained, centralized exchanges rug us, there's infinity scammers out there, the freaking UNITED STATES OF AMERICA seems out to get our industry at the best of times.
If the reason you are here is purely to make money, you will probably always be going a little insane.
But if you are here because you believe in something deeper -- because you GET the point of a decentralized, censorship-resistant, immutable, public, blockchain -- then it makes it a whole heck of a lot easier to stomach the swings.
If you are here because of the people, the tech, the potential, anything, really, but number go up -- it makes it so much easier to maintain conviction.
Not easy necessarily, just easier.
If you're spiraling and feeling down, this is a REALLY great time to take a step away from Discord, Twitter, and checking your portfolio value.
There's not much you can do right now about it -- you can try and buy or sell stuff but then you're trading at a time of peak emotional turmoil and I doubt you're going to be making rational choices.
Take a few days, reset, relax, literally fucking touch grass, spend time with loved ones, catch up with friends, go to the movies, play diablo, whatever.
It's just a great time to zoom out and take a break.
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Oddities: the Hearth of the Odd God has awakened. You may now nominate your Oddity for the upcoming burn, which starts soon.
Up to 50 per day will be randomly selected to be burned in exchange for a Mythic.
The journey begins now in The Burrows: https://t.co/mD20jcGCi1
Time for a Mythics Preview 👀
The Dred doesn’t simply kill – it defiles; draining all hope and siphoning any sparks of courage from its hapless victims. Those affected become a shell of their former self; a Dred-ravaged vessel.
Happy Mythics Friday!
In our latest Mythics Chronicles, @ColinHesterly opens up and tells us the moment he met The Dred and when fear and a sense of unworthiness entered his life.
His story will inspire you and show why Mythics is imbued with courage. #FACEtheDRED