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I’ve been watching a lot of NFT projects this cycle and most of them still feel the same. Mint, reveal, hope the floor holds, and then it slowly dies. So when I saw the long post from @Pocket_Dragons_ explaining their whole system, I actually sat down and read the entire thing. And it’s… different. They’re not just launching a 6,000 dragon collection. They’re trying to build an actual loop where collecting, trading, badges, burning, and participation all feed into each other. Whether it works or not is another question, but the design is a lot more intentional than most projects I’ve seen. Here’s what stood out to me: The collection itself 6,000 total dragons. 16 species and 22 origins, which creates 352 different collectible combinations. The non-classic ones are structured so that every exact species + origin + color combination is unique. Only one of each exists. Classic ones have higher supply. So people can chase species, origins, specific color combos, complete sets, or just the true one-of-ones. Mint structure (November 2026) They’re doing a community-first approach. Roughly 2,000 in presale targeting around 0.029 ETH. Most of those spots go to the community, with guaranteed allocations for the top 500 on their leaderboard (higher ranks get more spots), plus a raffle for others where badges increase your odds. Then the remaining ~4,000 go into a public auction where everyone pays the same final clearing price. You can bid higher, but the lowest winning bid sets the price for everyone, and you get refunded the difference. They even have a mechanic where some lower-ranked keepers start with provisional $0 allocations that can get pushed out as paid bids come in. If even one free allocation survives, the whole auction clears at zero. Interesting way to mix community priority with market pricing. Zero free team allocation This one is rare. The team and treasury get zero dragons from the initial supply. If they want them, they have to buy in the presale, auction, or on secondary like everyone else. They’re planning to use part of their revenue share to actually buy and hold, and they’ll publish the wallets so it’s verifiable. A lot of projects talk about “alignment” but still take a big free cut. This is the opposite. Dragon Codex + Badges This is the part that feels the most Pokémon-like. There’s a personal Codex that tracks the 16 species, 22 origins, and all 352 combinations. Undiscovered ones stay hidden until you actually encounter them. The badge system is smart: Bronze = participation (AMAs, social, burning, achievements, etc.) Silver = you’ve held a qualifying dragon at least once (you can sell it after and still keep the badge + honor) Gold = you currently own it (lose it if you sell) They explicitly designed it so people are encouraged to buy, discover, and trade instead of just hoarding everything forever. You could theoretically work toward completing the full set of discoveries without permanently owning every single one. Honor Score → Credits → Dragon Reserve Your Honor Score comes from the dragons you hold (based on background rarity) plus your badges. That score determines your share of Credits distributed from the Dragon Reserve. The Reserve is stocked with dragons that the project buys off OpenSea using a dedicated portion of revenue. 100 Credits = 1 dragon from the Reserve (and you can do partial redemptions with some ETH). So the idea is: collect and participate → earn badges and Honor → get Credits → redeem more dragons → those dragons can increase your Honor further. It’s a closed loop instead of just “buy and hope.” Burning When you burn, you can choose between claiming ETH from the rewards pool or taking Credits (which they say is roughly 10% more value). Burning also lets you upgrade the background rarity of dragons you want to keep (Green → Blue → Purple → Gold → Red), which increases the Honor those dragons give. So you have real choices: hold multiples, trade to complete the Codex, or burn to upgrade the ones you care about and reduce supply at the same time. The 16 custom 1/1s These aren’t randomly minted. You have to earn the right to create one. First 16 people to burn 50 eggs get a Golden Egg, then you have to burn two red-background dragons, then you work with the artist to design your own unique 1/1 (both 2D and a 3D version). That’s a lot of supply permanently removed just from the 1/1 path alone. Revenue split They’re planning to allocate revenue (mint proceeds, OpenSea fees, cosmetics, etc.) roughly: 30% Company (ops, marketing, development) 30% NFT Inventory (used to buy dragons off the market for the Reserve) 20% Rewards Pool (the ETH you can claim by burning) 20% Vault (still redacted) What’s next Presale → Public auction → Egg distribution → Trading on OpenSea → Grand Codex Race → Reveal → Burning + upgrades → Monthly Credits and Reserve redemptions → 1/1 activation → 3D dragons → Feed/Play/Bond mechanics (they’re going full Tamagotchi with it). A lot of the finer details are still being finalized, which is normal this far out, but the skeleton is already more connected than most projects that just list a bunch of disconnected features. I’m not saying it’s guaranteed to succeed. A lot of things can go wrong between now and mint, and even more after. But the fact that they’re putting this much thought into making collecting and participation actually matter long-term, instead of just optimizing for a one-time mint, is why I’m paying attention. If you’ve been burned by projects that looked good on paper and then did nothing after the mint, this one’s worth at least reading the full post. The mechanics are dense but they actually link together. Curious what other people think after reading it. #GameFi #NFTCommunity #Web3 #Collectibles

The most interesting thing about Sight right now is not the app on the front page. It is the infrastructure layer the team is building underneath it. @sight_hood is developing SightEVM, a dedicated EVM compatible layer where robinhood:0x238e40b75ae78a1388a14e517d855893e92e58db is the native gas token, with oracles and outcome resolution designed in as core primitives. That is a real shift in what the token does. If outside developers build apps that need verified real world data, such as games that react to events or contracts that trigger when a result is confirmed, robinhood:0x238e40b75ae78a1388a14e517d855893e92e58db becomes the fuel for all of it. The other signal I respect: during a weak market, the team used 85% of new creator fees to buy back robinhood:0x238e40b75ae78a1388a14e517d855893e92e58db, publicly on Fomo, so anyone can verify it. Putting revenue back into the token when sentiment is low says a lot about long term intent. My open question is adoption. A testnet is in progress, and the real test is whether independent builders choose this layer. That is the metric I will be tracking.

A clear look at how the 100 Republic spots are split for the current campaign. The breakdown is 70 spots in the VP raffle, 15 for Senators, and 15 for community partners from @Pocket_Dragons_ . Those three numbers make up the full allocation that has been described. GTD spots in this setup provide paid presale access rather than free entry. The 70 VP raffle spots are the largest portion. Approved work on the campaign earns the ordinary 30 author VP, but the raffle itself has its own separate entry rules. The raffle stays open until the campaign owner closes it and no closing or draw date has been announced. The remaining 30 spots are divided evenly between 15 Senators and 15 community partners. All 100 spots are GTD and they provide paid presale access. That means winning a spot gives the right to participate in the paid presale, not a free claim. This is the allocation as it has been stated for the Republic campaign. Normal Road eligibility, authorship, quotas and content review still apply to the regular VP earned from approved posts. The raffle is separate from that ordinary 30 author VP. Always check the live campaign page for the latest entry rules because the raffle remains open until the owner closes it. Official source: pocketdragons.io This is a personal interpretation and project breakdown based on the stated allocation. It is not official financial advice or an endorsement.

Applied for a Barn in the Mountain Barn Raising. Apply with my link: mountain.cashmere.exchange/r… @cashmerelabs reviews every entry and picks the lists.

I have seen a lot of launches this cycle, but Mountain is the first one in a while that made me want to be part of it rather than just farm it. @CashmereLabs is asking for something most projects skip: show who you are and why you care before any sale happens. That honestly feels refreshing. Usually the people who build the vibe early get nothing, while bots and fast clickers take the allocation. Here, 5% of the CSM supply is set aside for Barn Raising, Goat Street and early users, and that tells me the team actually values the people who show up first. I also like that the public Dutch auction gives people room to breathe instead of turning into a gas war. It feels designed for a community, not a stampede. I really want a Barn of my own on this Mountain. Hoping to be one of the people who helps it grow from day one.

FAN SZN에서 진짜 전략적인 선택은 글 한 편이 아니라 11월 12일에 잠기는 팬덤 선택이라고 생각합니다. @IPXExchange 는 팬덤을 고르면 시즌 끝까지 바꿀 수 없게 설계해 뒀어요. 처음엔 그냥 좋아하는 장르를 고르면 되는 줄 알았습니다. 그런데 며칠 써 보니 팬덤은 단순한 배지가 아니었어요. 어떤 팬덤을 골랐느냐에 따라 내가 쓸 수 있는 이야기의 깊이가 달라지더라고요. 저는 K Wave를 골랐습니다. 10년 넘게 앨범을 사고 스트리밍을 돌려 온 사람이라, 팬 경제를 내 경험으로 설명할 수 있는 유일한 분야였거든요. 실제로 제 경험을 담은 글이 가장 높은 점수를 받았습니다. 그래서 아직 망설이는 분들께는 인기가 많은 팬덤보다 내가 가장 오래 진심이었던 팬덤을 고르라고 말하고 싶어요. 열흘 동안 매일 써야 하는 캠페인에서는 결국 할 말이 많은 사람이 끝까지 갑니다.

FAN SZN 리더보드에는 팔로워 수 칸이 없고, 저는 그게 이 캠페인에서 가장 중요한 설계라고 봅니다. @IPXExchange 에서는 5천 미만 계정인 제가 시작 하루 만에 HOT 100 안에 들었습니다. 요즘 에어드랍은 결국 KOL끼리 나눠 먹는다는 얘기가 많습니다. 저도 그 말에 반쯤 동의하고 있었어요. 열심히 써도 결과표 위쪽에는 늘 같은 이름이 있었으니까요. 여기서는 달랐습니다. 제 Social Aura는 +93에 불과하지만, 내 경험과 분석을 담은 글 두 개가 각각 1,170점과 1,178점을 받았어요. 반대로 홍보 문구를 그대로 쓴 첫 글은 바로 거절됐습니다. 유명세가 아니라 무엇을 썼는지가 점수가 됩니다. 게다가 연속 참여 배수가 10일 동안 2.0배에서 2.9배까지 오르기 때문에, 늦게 시작한 소형 계정도 꾸준함으로 따라잡을 수 있습니다. 이런 구조라면 작은 계정도 진지하게 써 볼 이유가 생깁니다.

순위 경쟁은 뜨거운데, 정작 한국 유저가 보상을 어떻게 받는지는 아직 아무도 모릅니다. @IPXExchange 는 클레임 방식과 KYC 조건, 지역 제한을 아직 공개하지 않았어요. 공개된 건 여기까지입니다. 상위 100명은 $IPX 총공급의 0.05%를 14일 동안 나눠 받고, 101위부터 350위까지는 $20,000 USDC를 나눕니다. 리더보드 스냅샷은 11월 16일입니다. 문제는 그다음이에요. 지갑으로 받는지, 본인 인증이 필요한지, 어느 나라가 제외되는지 정해지지 않았습니다. 한국 참여자가 꽤 많은 캠페인인데, 열흘을 쓰고 나서야 대상이 아니라는 걸 알게 되면 실망은 그만큼 클 겁니다. 저는 이 캠페인의 방향을 좋게 보고 있어서 더 묻고 싶습니다. 순위 기준을 공개한 것처럼 지급 기준도 미리 알려준다면 참여자는 더 오래, 더 진지하게 남을 거라 봅니다.

오늘 공식 계정이 haters will say its AI 라는 짧은 글을 올렸는데, 저는 이게 꽤 영리한 선택이라고 봤습니다. @IPXExchange 는 AI 채점 논란을 숨기지 않고 정면으로 받아쳤습니다. FAN SZN은 ALFRED라는 AI가 글을 채점하는 구조라, 시작부터 AI가 공정하냐는 의심이 따라다녔어요. 저도 첫 글이 바로 거절됐을 때는 같은 생각을 했습니다. 그런데 거절 사유를 읽어 보니 기준이 생각보다 분명했어요. 흔한 홍보 문구를 반복하면 떨어지고, 내 경험과 분석을 담으면 올라갑니다. 실제로 그 뒤 쓴 글 두 개는 1,170점과 1,178점을 받았어요. 다만 한 가지는 아쉽습니다. 점수 구간은 공개됐지만 왜 이 점수인지에 대한 설명은 짧아요. 채점 근거를 조금만 더 보여준다면, 농담 섞인 공식 글보다 훨씬 강하게 의심을 지울 수 있을 거라 생각합니다.