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.