ABOUT PROJECT DUDES
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Project Dudes is an 8k PFP project created entirely by Dove and Mr. Moon, designed with people in mind.
Each Dude is unique, there are over 250 total traits that made it into the 8k collection, with over 200 original traits being excluded from phase one. The art alone was created over a time span of 7 months and designed to be inclusive for everyone. Dudes have no specific gender… it is for all of the men, women, and non-binary individuals of Web3 regardless of race, religion, or nationality. Considering who I am and which portion of the community I come from, Dudes was designed to help benefit as many emerging artists as we possibly can by giving a flat 20% of any revenue made by the project back to artists who are actively working within the Web3 space. |
Our PFP was originally supposed to be a 10k PFP, with the first 2,000 mints being free and the next 8,000 mints set at a price of .08 $ETH per mint. However, due to a tiny (but certainly impactful) coding mistake in the form of a minus sign in ONE line of code, our free mint supply did not cap AND the collection maxed out at 8,000 in total.
We only had one solution… which was to give anyone who paid for a Dude their money back and release the entire first phase of our collection for FREE. We wanted to make sure that it was fair for everyone, regardless of how much work went into creating the art and building everything around it. Our integrity and reputation as members of the community means more than any dollar sign in the world, so this was our only logical solution.
We took that mistake and used it to our advantage to organically build one of the most authentic communities in the Web3 space. By removing any initial pay barriers that may have excluded a large portion of people, we were able to truly find community members who want to be here and build something amazing with us FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, without all of the icky financial incentives that can often create unhealthy and superficial social environments in Web3.
We only had one solution… which was to give anyone who paid for a Dude their money back and release the entire first phase of our collection for FREE. We wanted to make sure that it was fair for everyone, regardless of how much work went into creating the art and building everything around it. Our integrity and reputation as members of the community means more than any dollar sign in the world, so this was our only logical solution.
We took that mistake and used it to our advantage to organically build one of the most authentic communities in the Web3 space. By removing any initial pay barriers that may have excluded a large portion of people, we were able to truly find community members who want to be here and build something amazing with us FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, without all of the icky financial incentives that can often create unhealthy and superficial social environments in Web3.
WHAT’S NEXT?
We are actively working on Phase 2, having released a small amount of information as to exactly what we’re doing with it.
We have released the following statements publically:
- We are working to utilize dynamic metadata for Phase 2, so that you can build your own Dude!
- Due to the mint being FREE and the floor price currently quite low, we have established that there will be reward tiers for holders during Phase 2 that are directly reliant on the number of Dudes you hold in your wallet and the following is the amount per tier:
TIER ONE - 6 DUDES
TIER TWO - 12 DUDES
TIER THREE - 30 DUDES
TIER FOUR - 50+ DUDES
- Our top 6 holders (excluding ourselves of course) at the release of Phase 2 will receive a custom hand-painted Dude themed jacket by Dove. Please allow up to a few months for the jackets to be finished as they are quite time consuming to create.
We have released the following statements publically:
- We are working to utilize dynamic metadata for Phase 2, so that you can build your own Dude!
- Due to the mint being FREE and the floor price currently quite low, we have established that there will be reward tiers for holders during Phase 2 that are directly reliant on the number of Dudes you hold in your wallet and the following is the amount per tier:
TIER ONE - 6 DUDES
TIER TWO - 12 DUDES
TIER THREE - 30 DUDES
TIER FOUR - 50+ DUDES
- Our top 6 holders (excluding ourselves of course) at the release of Phase 2 will receive a custom hand-painted Dude themed jacket by Dove. Please allow up to a few months for the jackets to be finished as they are quite time consuming to create.
Come get to know our community on Twitter, you might just like us Dude!