About RecoveryPunks:
Published by Gray Wolf Labs, Recovery Punks represents the birth of a new brand by Artist for Addicts dedicated to bringing awareness to, raising funds for, and supporting addiction recovery and connection. 100% of royalties go directly to Artists For Addicts.
Joe Polish, Artists for Addicts, and Genius Recovery are cooking up all kinds of ways to give Recovery Punks holders access to benefits, rewards, and education and turn Recovery Punks into a brand that, along with AFA and Genius Recovery, contributes to changing the global conversation about addiction.
Get To Know The Founder:
Recovery Punks is an Artist For Addicts brand. Artist For Addicts was founded by Joe Polish with "The Mission of changing the global conversation surrounding addiction from one of judgment to one of compassion, using art as a force for good."
Learn About Joe Here
Learn About Artists For Addicts Here
Why NFTs?
NFTs are still in the early stages, but their impact on artists and their art has already been profound. Blockchain technology encourages divergent thinking, and creativity and puts the power back in the hands of the creators and the collectors.
Just as Artists For Addicts uses "Art as a force for good", we believe that, done correctly, blockchain can also be used as a force for good. Some of the advantages of blockchain technology are:
Provenance
The history of collectibles is a long and complicated one due to the complexity of provenance. Provenance is "a proof of ownership of art, antique or collectible, used as a guide to authenticity or quality." Historically, the origin of an object has been determined by following a trail back to its origin. To determine authenticity, NFTs' proof of creation is stored on the blockchain, and each transaction is permanently recorded on the blockchain, along with its transfer history. Each RecoveryPunk can easily be verified as an original since the record is stored securely on the Ethereum network.
Royalties
Marketplaces for secondary sales like eBay and StubHub often make 12-25% of the transaction fees on the secondary and subsequent markets. Rarely does this fee go back to the original creator. The blockchain removes the secondary market fees and allows for royalties or "creator" fees to be coded into the asset and go directly to the original creator or artist.
There is a royalty coded into the RecoveryPunks NFTs, instead of those funds going to a marketplace, they go directly to funding addiction recovery and connection research.
How To Mint:
If you are comfortable with the blockchain you can mint a brand new RecoveryPunk here. Please note that the max per wallet is 20 RecoveryPunks. The mint is free, but there will be a gas fee to mint them. The fee depends on the congestion of the Ethereum network at the time you are minting.
If not, we recommend you buy your RecoveryPunk from someone else on Opensea, as it tends to be easier for those new to the blockchain to buy from a marketplace.
If you need help setting up your wallet, follow these steps to do so safely.
And Then What?
You will be able to view your 1-of-1, unique RecoveryPunk on Opensea or any other NFT marketplace.
If you would like to join the RP community, your RecoveryPunk will grant you access to the RP discord here.
Be sure to subscribe to this newsletter. Artists For Addicts and the RecoveryPunks community will continue to add experiences, resources, and opportunities to connect exclusively for RecoveryPunks holders.
Additional Resources:
If you or someone you know needs help or wants to contribute, Genius Recovery has free educational resources for those struggling with addiction and those impacted by addiction.
Community Resources:
The Recovery Punks Community has come together to create additional resources. **These are not official RecoveryPunk or Artists For Addicts resources, they are community-built and driven to support RP and AFA
Here's to changing the global conversation,
RecoveryPunks
