Bahut se mfers pooch rahe hain 'mfers kya hain' to yeh hai iski kahani.
Yeh sab mere NFTs ki duniya mein pravesh se shuru hota hai.
March 2021 mein, maine SuperRare par digital art dekhna shuru kiya aur wahan ek account banaya. Mujhe ek naam chahiye tha... Hum sab Satoshi aur digital currency ke baare mein jaante hain... Lekin yeh digital art mein pravesh ka maamla tha... Achaanak 'Sartoshi' ka janm hua. Mera pfp SuperRare par default anonymous image ke roop mein shuru hua aur maine kuch tukde ikattha kiye...
Phir yeh sab hyperspace mein chala gaya.
Ek shabd mein: CryptoPunks. Mujhe unse pyaar ho gaya aur main Larva Labs dwara bina kisi blueprint ke banayi gayi cheezon se mohabbat ho gayi. Maine April 2021 mein apna pehla punk - ek Mohawk punk with a cig - paaya. Sartoshi the CryptoPunk Twitterverse mein pravesh kiya.
Maine kuch punks kharide kyunki mujhe vishwas tha ki beshak juua ka khel tha par fir bhi woh saste the... Aur mujhe laga ki vo bahut achhe the -- ek baar jab mujhe ek ka malik hone ka ehsaas hua aur yeh jaanne ke baad ki kewal 10,000 hain, to mujhe bhavishya mein mooshine dikhayi diya... Lekin mujhe yeh bhi laga ki shayad unhe trade karna mazedar hoga, aur jaise hi crypto ki garmi 2021 'jpg summer' mein badal gayi, main har hafte punks kharid aur bech raha tha aur ise karte hue maza aa raha tha... Ismein Deeze jaise aur dusre punk holders ke saath kuch bid battles bhi shamil the jinse maine jaan-pehchaan banaayi.
Is beech maine jokes aur memes tweet kiye aur na sirf real world ki balki NFT world ki bhi absurdities ko point out kiya. Kuch cheezein itni over the top thi, jaise ki har koi hamesha kehta tha ki NFT jo unhe abhi mila hai wo ab tak ki sabse amazing art hai jo unhone dekha hai jaise ki unhone ek chamatkar dekha ho. To main aise cheezein kehta: "OMG the art is amazing" -- "Sir, you're at a grocery store and that's a box of cereal."
Maine cartoons bhi banaye aur unmein se kuch ko tweet kiya... Kuch vaki hit ho gaye, aur logon ne kaha ki mujhe kuch mint karna chahiye. Maine Foundation par mint kiya aur hamesha unhe minimum reserve price 0.1E se shuru kiya... Zyada tar samay maine GiveDirectly charity (ek mahaan kaaran jo gareebi mein logon ki madad karta hai -- kuch aisa jo mujhe vishwas hai ki crypto space bahut prabhavit kar sakta hai) ke saath 50/50 split kiya... Maine tweets mein motherfucker aur mfer bhi bahut baar kaha. Isse kehna achha lagta hai -- khaaskar ek positive spin ke saath. Tumhe ise khud try karna chahiye. Jaise "gm mfer" -- yeh ek nara ban gaya. Maine ek chhota cartoon ladka banaya jo yeh keh raha tha aur use Foundation par 1/1 piece mein glitch kiya. Halanki mere paas kuch classic art training (painting aur the like) hai, cartoon style sab kuch fit karta tha jo main kar raha tha aur anubhav kar raha tha, jisme NFT life se related memes banana shamil hai.
Shayad mera fav meme jo maine dekha tha wo tha "Are you winning son?" template jisme stick figure dad apne stick figure son se baat kar raha hai jo computer par jhuka baitha hai aur headphones pehna hai. Isne mujhe NFT life ke baare mein kai memes banane ya draw karne ki prerna di. "Are you winning son?" ... "I'm illiquid af dad" -- aisi cheezein. Mera favourite wo hai jo maine ek din banaya jab markets gir rahe the, bachcha apne computer par ek chart dekh raha tha jo neeche ki aur ja raha tha, aur wo use apne haathon se dhak raha tha aur kuch aisa keh raha tha, "Fuck dad can you knock?"
baat tab bani jab maine bachche par cig draw ki aur ise apna pfp banaya apni typical orange background ke saath. Yeh crude stick figure bachcha headphones ke saath aur jaldi se inked cig ke smoke ke saath kursi par jhuka hua tha aur keyboard tak apne haath badha raha tha... aur sab tweets us hi haste phookte motherfucker se the. Chahe meme ho ya joke ya NFTs ki economics ke baare mein vichar, wo aadmi unhe type kar raha tha -- ek positive vibe ke saath lekin saath hi 'Don't fuck with me' vibe aur 'It's web3 I do what I want' vibe ke saath. Isi tarah sartoshi dikhta hai -- NFTs karte hue ek digital cig ke saath aur tweeting shit out (bachcho, real smoking khatarnaak hai).
Kya hoga agar hum sabke andar wo motherfucker ho? Hum sab apne tareeke se degens hain, computer par baithe hue aur ek nai duniya ka safar kar rahe hain... artists, collectors, investors, gamers, teachers, jo bhi ho. Kya hoga agar ek NFT collection us bhavna ko capture kar sake taaki koi bhi apne mfer ko andar se bana sake? Yehi cheez mfers collection ko prerit karti hai. Ab collection ka size kya hoga? Mujhe lagta hai ki gmoney ne ek baar kaha tha ki punks aur bored apes 10k collections ke roop mein waqai me kaam kar sakte hain kyunki wo number owners ke ek community generate karne ke liye accha fit hota hai. (Side note: Maine BAYC ko bilkul miss kar diya -- Maine punks mein enter kiya tha BAYC launch se pehle hi aur bus us bhenchod kashti (yacht) ko miss kar diya -- jo BAYC ne kiya hai wo gazab hai). Waise bhi maine mfers ke 10k collection ke liye stick figures ka sketch banana shuru kiya.
Lekin unhe sahi look ke liye stick figures ki zaroorat thi -- low effort nahi... kai lines ke saath zyada involved jinhe tum waqai dekh sakte the, taaki tum artist ke haath ko sab layers aur traits banane mein discern kar sako. Jab tum zoom in karte ho to tum ise dekh sakte ho, ke jo lines hain woh bhi alaag alaag tarike se baniyi hain. Lekin phir bhi wo stick figure motherfucker hona chahiye -- kuch bhi overly polished ya overly computerized nahi. puchhye hain, Kya art 'amazing' hai? Eh, agar tum us cheez mein ho to thoda sweet hai. Kya tumhara 6 saal ka bachcha ise draw kar sakta hai? Mujhe nahi pata -- shayad wo Charlie Brown bhi draw kar sakta hai.
Thik hai lekin mfers collection ko kaise structure karo... kya traits aur rarity? Main apne pehle NFT obsession ki kuch essence ko capture karna chahta tha -- the legendary CryptoPunks. Isliye mfers ke types largely punk types ko mirror karte hain: mostly humans, fir lagbhag 88 zombies, 24 apes, aur 9 aliens. (Ye numbers mfers mein exact nahi hain kyunki random mint process ke karan -- lekin wo numbers ki taraf weighted the). Maine bhi un iconic punk traits ko shamil kiya jo mujhe pasand the, jaise hoodies, beanies, 3D glasses, aur the like. Ek tribute to the OG collection.
JPG summer '21 ke dauran NFTs mein doobe rehne ke baad, main un NFTs ko bhi tribute dena chahta tha jinhe main us samay ki kai iconic NFTs maanta tha -- isliye maine "Are you winning dad" meme ki style mein 21 1/1 drawings jodi... ye hamesha ek character ko kuch aisa chillate hue dikhate hain jaise "Stay away from NFTs they're dangerooo---oh noooo!!!" aur bachcha NFT mein transform ho gaya hai -- jaise ek bored ape, coolcat, cryptodickbutt, squiggle, ringer, Nakamoto card, ya even Beeple himself.
Thik hai lekin kaun jaanta hai ki ise sahi tareeke se kaise kare taaki ye sab top notch ho aur time ki kasauti par khara utare? Maine Richerd (bas Twitter check karo agar nahi jaante) se sampark kiya aur unhone mujhe WestCoastNFT mein colleagues ki taraf bheja -- unhone project par apni all-star team (Santana, Wei, Lim, aur others) ko lagaya jinhone project mein tech dala (Ethereum contract, minting functions, etc) jab main is collection ka art bana raha tha.
Jab main collection bana raha tha, Punk4156 aur Punk6529 aur others tweet kar rahe the ki NFTs ko public domain (cc0 license) ke roop mein release karne ke potential benefits ka experimentation karne ke baare mein jahan creator basically creation par copyright ko release karta hai taaki koi bhi ise kisi bhi cheez ke liye use kar sake (apna NFT banana, products, merchandise, etc) -- is beech blockchain dikhata hai ki original NFT ka owner hamesha OG item rakhta hai. Nouns aur Gremplin's Cryptoadz ne is approach ke sath gaye, aur mujha ye bahut accha laga. Maine bhi mfers ke sath wahi cheez karne ka faisla kiya -- web3 ki nai duniya mein ek bada experiment.
6969 messages ke baad Santana ke sath WestCoast mein jab maine art ko bar bar badla, hum launch karne ke liye ready the 30 Nov, 2021. Mint price set ki gayi thi 0.069E pe, aur project ka zikar maine ek tweet mein ek din pehle kiya tha, minting page ke link ke sath mfers.art par. Koi whitelist nahi thi, koi honoraries nahi, koi paid promos nahi, kuch bhi nahi. Site 4:20pm (obv.) par live ho gayi aur minutes mein sell out ho gayi -- main abhari tha aur excited tha yeh dekhne ke liye ki mfers ke sath duniya kaisi ho sakti hai.
Mfers ki duniya jo maine kalpana ki thi wo is saadharan idea ka mool ho ki "we all mfers." Wahan koi king, ruler, ya defined roadmap nahi hai -- aur mfers jo kuch bhi soch sakte hain, wo in mfers ke sath bana sakte hain. Mujhe nahi pata tha ki wo ant mein kaisa dikhega -- aur wo point tha... kisi ko bhi nahi pata. Wahan bhi koi official discord nahi hai. Mfers ne fir ek 'officially unofficial discord' banaya jisme ab hazaron members hain jo ek se bad kar ek cheezein kar rahe hain, ye maine suna hai. Main isme nahi hoon - yeh maine hamesha se socha tha. Mfers ko Sartoshi ki approval ya dekhne ki zaroorat nahi hai jab wo experiment aur build kar rahe hain. Mera view mfer holders ko sabse valuable offer dene ka yeh hai ki unke vichaar aur kala mein se acchi cheezon ko badhana aur logon tak pahunchana... aur jab mouka aaye to holders ke liye value add karna, kalakaron to jodna jo mfer holders ke liye dusre NFTs bana sakte hain.
Aur mfers build kar rahe hain. Ek 3D mferverse hai jisme 3D mfers aur upcoming tokenomics hain, mfer hoodies aur hats jaise mfer merch hain, mfers ahead (front facing), dead mfers (cool skull mfers), apemfers, 1/1's jaise mfers in paradise ke collections, aur zillions aur build ho rahe hain jaise ki main type kar raha hoon. Ek mfer ki kitab hai. hazaron mfer gaane. Chinese mein mfer ke sath Twitter spaces duniya bhar mein goonjti hain. Aur fir bhi jab main ye likh raha hoon, mfers ka janam sirf lagbhag 2 mahine ka hi hai -- ye sab sachmuch abhi shuru ho raha hai. Build karne ki baat karte hue, yahan sab mfers images (WestCoastNFT ke Santana dwara upload ki gayi) hain jo kisi ke bhi use ke liye hain. (Aur dhyan rakho ki mfer armse sirf computers tak nahi pahunch rahi hain -- yeh piano keys, paint brushes, beer cans, car steering wheels, spaceships, poker tables, aur sab kuch hai jo mfers karte hain).
Maine haal hi mein tweet kiya tha ki "Tum ek roadmap bata sakte ho jo kehta hai kahan jaoge, lekin tum beej bhi bo sakte ho aur dekh sakte ho ki wo kahan ugte hain" -- beej ab sab jaga hain, aur hum dekhenge ki wo kahan ugte hain. Yeh bahut jaldi hai. Yeh philosophy mere kai sawalo ko suljhati karti hai jo mujhe har waqt milte hain:
"Sartoshi tumhe ek official discord ki zaroorat hai" - nahi, humein zaroorat nahi; mfers ne mfers ke liye ek banaya
"Sartoshi tumhe leader ke roop mein discord mein rehne ki zaroorat hai" - nahi, mujhe zaroorat nahi... mfers apne tareeke se lead kar rahe hain (lekin main mfer creations aur ideas ke baare mein shabd nikalne mein khush hoon)
"Sartoshi tumhe ek roadmap ki zaroorat hai" - nahi, mfers apne road khud bana rahe hain
"Sartoshi tumhe paid promos karne chahiye" - nahi, mfers organically move karte hain
"Sartoshi tumhe is influencer ya us celebrity ko free mfers bhejne ki zaroorat hai" - nahi, wo mfers hamare jaise hi mfers hain, mfer
"Sartoshi humein zyada logon ko apna pfp mfers mein badalne ke liye milne ki zaroorat hai" - nahi, log ise karenge agar unhe lagega
"Sartoshi kisi ko bhi mfers ko ek certain price se neeche bechna nahi chahiye" - nahi, mfers jo chahein karte hain... hum sab mfers hain aur wo ab bhi mfers hain
"Sartoshi utility kya hai?" - mfers hi utility hai mfer... yeh ek CryptoPunk jaise hai lekin tum ise jo chaaho bana sakte ho
"Sartoshi floor upar jayega?" - idk mfer
"Sartoshi mera bachcha ise draw kar sakta hai, tum bakwas ho, mujhe NFTs se nafrat hai, mujhe tumse bhi nafrat hai" - lol cheers mfer
sab baaton ki ek baat, hum sab mfers tumhe pyaar karte hain mfers & gm mfers, hum abhi shuruat kar rahe hain.
