This Week in Native (TWiN) is an update for $NATIVE holders on what's going on in the world of Native. It's an easy way for me to let the community know what's going on, and how to help!

TL;DR

• Bookmark https://native.fun

• You can buy $NATIVE on Clanker here.

• Join the Discord here. Follow the Farcaster channel here.

• I locked 500m of my own tokens for a year.

Here's What Happened

• First, I've been working on Native for a while already. At least a couple of weeks. Writing code and fine-tuning the design. Native is currently a one-man show, so I'm working nights and weekends (during the day, I'm the ceo/founder of Bunches, a social network for sports fans).

• Roughly 14 hours ago (as of this writing), I asked Clanker to launch $NATIVE. It did. He did? She did? Does Clanker have a gender? In any case, here's that cast:

  derek on Warpcast

  @clanker please launch a token called Native with the ticker $NATIVE. It'll be associated with a new kind of Farcaster client I've been building: a place for Casters to build a home. You can use this image: https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/126ba63d-9174-408f-fe14-7831ac95c500/original

  Farcaster

  

• Suffice it to say, it took off. As of this writing, it's market cap is $2.2m. Of course, it's risen and fallen based on sentiment, but this is a long-term play for me. The demand has been great. Twitter, Farcaster, Interface. People really love trusted devs with ideas in this space, and $NATIVE's success is proof of that. Here's the Clanker page for it:

  Native | clanker world

  Check out Native from clanker world

  https://www.clanker.world

  

• I acquired native.fun (not cheap – it's a premium domain!) and dropped a landing page. Initially, it just linked to my Farcaster account, and then had a buy button which links to the Clanker page. Now? It houses an FAQ, a roadmap, and links to the Discord and Farcaster channel.

• I also updated the Dexscreener page for it. Also not cheap, but the $NATIVE community asked (and indirectly paid) for it. Check it out here on DexScreener.

• I've locked the vast majority (500,000,000) of my tokens in a Hedgey vesting schedule. 1 month cliff, vesting over the course of a year. I'm in it for the long-term, not looking to flip. Cast and onchain proof of vesting:

  derek on Warpcast

  If anyone is wondering what happened with my $NATIVE balance, I've locked 500m of my tokens from the @clanker launch, they will vest over a year. The remainder will be liquidated to pay for project costs. I'm committed to this project, and here's the onchain proof: https://basescan.org/tx/0x08693d645ff3fb7b951556b66f9378ee18d1b62137a9f6c1105e18e7960a1f6c

  Farcaster

  

• I shared a sneak peek at the Home minting flow here:

  derek on Warpcast

  There will be updates coming for $NATIVE very soon. In the meantime, pay attention to https://native.fun – that's our home 🏡. And here's a mysterious sneak peek of the work in progress. https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/b64bb8dd-3706-4952-eef9-005d472db100/original https://native.fun

  Farcaster

  

Here's What's Next

• From a product perspective, I'm really ironing out the Native Passport flow. It's in a good spot, but I'm really trying to make it as dope as possible. This is the first milestone: letting people claim their Native Passports. From there, it's about the Home-building experience. Here's a peek at the work in progress for Passports (clicking the passport flips it to the back):

  

  

• I also want to continue the momentum for $NATIVE, and building a community of folks who don't just want to flip the token but want to help with the product and will be early adopters of Native. The ideal Native contributor is someone who is active on Farcaster, owns $NATIVE, and loves what they know so far from the FAQ and Roadmap. If that's you, I'd love to chat!

Asks & Opportunities

• Help build community: I'll need Discord mods, Twitter presence (The Alireza is doing a great job already here with @nativeonbase!), and eventually folks helping with Native content across the board (including this newsletter!). Do you run socials? Do you write well? I'll also caution you: I'm not going to fill these needs immediately, but I will fill them from the community from people who contribute, get the vision, and earn trust (ideally doxxed) from myself and others.

• Hold $NATIVE and be patient: It's not a token flip. It's not a financial asset. It's a belief in what we're building: a place to build a Home. I'm working on Native in my spare time. It's not my day job, and I'm not full-time on it.

• Be proactive: I love ideas of all shapes and sizes, and I'm active everywhere! Don't hesitate to ping me: the Native Discord or Farcaster is the best place.

Welcome home,