Higher is a lifestyle, a movement, a meme for optimists, an affirmation. It started from a cast, progressed into a channel and a token, and has now evolved into a headless brand.
Higher is also a culture. And culture is represented by people. Who comes to mind when you think Higher? Athletes. Ambitious, hard-working, disciplined, striving to improve, and pursuing a higher self.
Higher Athletes Program is a grant initiative to fund higher-aligned athletes from Farcaster.
Goal: Inspire to aim higher ↑
How to Contribute
A multisig wallet between kugusha.eth, proxystudio.eth, jihad was set up. It is seeded with 44,44k $HIGHER tokens from personal holdings.
Anyone can contribute by sending any amount of $HIGHER (or USDC on Base) to the multisig. All crowdfunded funds will be used for athlete grants and potentially expand to support other sports activities.
Wallet Address on Base: 0x5932CceEBE6727A5bB1031f45d7BCd21f24500B3
Program Info
If you're training for a race, playing in a tournament, competing in any sport (semi-professional or professional), we'd like to support you.
Higher Athlete Grant
Max 250 USD in $HIGHER to cover your event sign-up fee or donation.
A few items of Higher branded gear (or cover production costs).
Celebrate and support your athletic journey in /higher.
Send @kugusha.eth a direct cast on Farcaster or message onchain via Converse or any other XMTP-powered app.
Criteria
Have an active Farcaster account and follow /higher.
Provide info and proof of registration for the race/event.
Publicly document (cast, share photos) your training process.
Wear Higher branded gear on the event day and share photos on Farcaster.
All applications are considered on a case-by-case basis.
Meet Higher Athlete #1
datadanne.eth, cycling
Daniel is participating in a 315 km bike race Vätternrundan on June 14-15 as the first race of the Swedish Classic Circuit (3 km open water swimming, 30 km trail run, 90 km cross-country skiing coming). His race sign-up fee was covered by @kugusha.eth, and @six kindly matched the sign-up fee for Daniel's dad as they are doing it together.
This is our starting point. Where do we go from it? Higher ↑
This program is imagined and executed by me (kugusha.eth) with the help of my internet friends. I didn't ask anyone's permission.
