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In 6529, the “gatekeepers” are the community of holders who minted or bought cards, along with winning artists who received them for free.
Decentralization isn’t about giving everyone a vote. It’s about fair rules that apply equally to everyone, with no central authority enjoying special privileges. Equal opportunity, not equal outcome. This is exactly how I would describe Bitcoin as well.
6529 isn’t a communist society built to support artists. It’s a network state designed to grow itself while funding public goods, including art, software, science, research, etc.
The tech stack includes its own censorship-resistant coordination app, a novel decentralized decision network, and a growing set of smart contracts, including new ones designed to increase artist revenue.
The goal is to be the third most decentralized chain at the launch of the network by independent validator count (coming soon!!). This is a beautiful ambition which should be supported not torn down.
IMHO, 6529 has delivered more value to more artists than any other platform. Yes, the network takes 50% to fund its own growth, but it has no VCs or special insiders to fund it. The Memes is the only funding mechanism for the network state and mints are open to anyone with an internet connection.
Also, once the chain is live next year, the broad community of aligned TDH holders who have participated in the open minting process or artists who have won submissions will control that treasury together.
I look forward to valid criticisms of the network state from people looking to improve the project. To criticize you must first understand. I see a lot of the criticism. Very little understanding.
I’m sure we will see many good ideas from community members, artists and builders as the project grows.
Also, gmarfa
Marfa Airplane Retweet🛫
Marfa Airplane Thoughts:
I have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars supporting artists over the last four years since joining the space.
Zero percent chance I would have done that if it wasn’t for 6529 network and the likeminded people that are constantly discussing art and our deep belief in the success of NFTs.
Collect what you want, where you want, and how you want. Freedom to Transact.
However, we should be constantly thinking about how to move from PvP to P^P. Celebrate those that are still building, still creating, still collecting.
If you don’t like an approach, then you certainly don’t have to participate. However, if you care about the success of the space and you care about its future… please critique with the intent of helping the builders make things better.
I am very proud of all of those that continue to build our collective future and those that work to understand and make things better.
We are going to make it because of exactly this. Drown out the noise, keep bettering yourself/the space and we will attract more amazing people to join this movement.
Anyways catch yall in Marfa! Can’t wait to meet even more remarkable people.
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1/ After a month of searching, sniping, optimizing, and bidding, I just completed all 5 @GLiFSbyEfdot collector challenges!
✅ 300/300 Source GLiFS
✅ 30/30 Palettes
✅ 14/14 Layouts
✅ 10/10 Color Sets
✅ 3/3 Grid Sizes
In the end, it took me 65 GLiF pieces (excluding duplicates) to make the full set.
Some highlights from the journey 🧵
➰ GLiFS Collector Challenges are live! ➰
Color palette triptychs, grid types and more...
Build your set → glifs.art/my-glifs
4/ The endgame gets rough.
I had 40-65 bids active at any time.
The last 5 GLiFS took longer than the first 200.
My final pending piece had zero listings for weeks.
I had to bid on every single one.
Fun math: the theoretical minimum to complete all 5 challenges is 43 SPECIFIC pieces.
My set needed 65.
But 43 is likely impossible.
Many of those pieces are co-created by their holders.
They're not for sale because they're loved. ❤️
5/ You don't have to go full completionist.
You do what fits you:
🎯 Grid size set: 3 pieces
🎯 Your favorite color set: 3 pieces
🎯 The layout set: 14 pieces
❤️🔥 One piece per family member
Pick your challenge and start hunting.
Shoutout to @EfdotStudio for making rad art and sharing it with others to co-create and collect 🤝
Check your progress: glifs.art/my-glifs
Excited to see what's next.
tonight, death and taxes ends.
a group of citizens organized. a large holder agreed to sacrifice four of their own citizens, 17 eth each. the group pooled the funds and bought the final four deaths. i didn't end the game. the citizens did. i can't imagine a better ending than that.
tonight the four are killed, the population reaches 69, and this phase of the game officially concludes.
now the important part, survivors:
your share of the treasury does not move on its own. claiming is a pull function. it does not happen automatically. you go to the site and you claim it yourself. there is exactly one place to do this: deptofdeath.xyz/irs. anyone who sends you anywhere else is trying to steal your hard earned eth.
the 69 will be paid exactly as written. that sentence has been on every surface of this project since the beginning. tonight it comes true.
i'm proud of what i built. the art, the strategy, the mechanics, the puzzles, the story. but, it also cost far more than i expected. it broke me emotionally. damaged relationships with people i genuinely care about. i said from the start that the tension and the discourse was part of the art. some days that was hard to believe.
thank you to everyone who played, watched, doubted, screamed, accused, and stayed. all of it was participation. all of it is in the work.
to the 69: you outlived a world. survived 201 grueling days. you will soon collect what the world owes you.
i'll have more to share later. still trying to process all of this. the subnet is coming. but for now i need a vacation.
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The @RENGA_inc and COSMOS collections really be out here aging like fine wine.
My Azukis may not be featured in the TCG, but I still got a profile upgrade to Legend today! ⛩️
NEW: Azuki Collector’s Profile toggle to find characters featured in the Azuki TCG.
Try it now: Azuki.com/gallery
GMenga
Still amazed how @DirtyRobotWorks captures transformation in a still.
COSMOS: A RENGA Collection
Congrats @beastofthe_eth and @pronounsuponly on the Full Set!
Tough decisions ahead.....Which Satari must die?
