🎒 The Philosophy of WAO | Mad News #46
🎒 The Philosophy of WAO | Mad News #46
The origins of WAO, io.net partnership on the horizon, Mad Lads holders claim $W tokens, Exchange introduces Portfolio security measures and how the community showed for Tristan Yver at TOKEN2049.
Welcome to the Mad News!
Origins of WAO ⬛
Backpack hiring the most talented people in the world 🌏
io.net partnership on the horizon 🎒
8 million Wormhole tokens (W) have been claimed by Mad Lads holders 🪙
NEW FEATURE ALERT: Hide Portfolio balances 🛑
Another week, another token drop for Mad Lads holders 🪂
Hacker House Dubai flooded with Solana enthusiasts 🖥️
…and much more!
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The philosophy of WAO ( ⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛)
Compelling community culture has been the bedrock of Backpack since day zero.
One of the ways it materialized was in the form of WAO; a meme phenomena which has become an inescapable pillar of lore.
WAO is an acronym that stands for We Are One.
Philosophically, that saying is super meaningful at so many levels.
In the broadest levels, WAO talks about the notion that us as separate individuals are part of this collective consciousness.
It’s that collective consciousness that is the bond between humans and the sort of connection we feel towards each other and other beings.
The word ‘community’ is tossed around lightly in crypto circles however Backpack elevated it to unheard of levels with Mad Lads.
Armani Ferrante takes the commitment to culture just as serious in a recent megathread reflecting on the last twelve months.
Building means devoting your life--every second of every day of your existence--to bringing something into the world that is bigger than yourself.
And whatever it is you build has to be worthy of your community.
It's not enough to just build. You have to actually care.
WAO.
We are one.
Backpack is hiring the most talented people in the world 🌏
Backpack has grown in sporadic spurts over the last two years and now they are scaling operations across the board.
Mobile devs, Rust fanatics, smart contract auditors, community moderators, regulatory accountants and more are in demand.
View all current job openings and apply here.
The patented emoji method strikes again with io.net 🎒
Backpack returns with another emoji laden teaser which all but guarantees that a partnership with io.net will be announced in the near future.
io.net aka the “internet of GPUs™” is a Solana blockchain solution to the resource-intensive world of AI computing (#OPOS).
Despite these high costs, AI compute requirements have been growing tenfold every 18 months. OpenAI's rental of over 300K CPUs and 10K GPUs for GPT-3 training marks just the beginning of this compute-intensive era.
Out of necessity, io.net emerged. A vision born of urgency, we set forth the DePIN revolution. io.net embraces the future, where computational power knows no limits.
More than 8 million Wormhole tokens (W) have been claimed by Mad Lads holders 🪙
The W token drop kicked off several weeks ago but Mad Lads holders had to exercise patience as Solana network congestion placed a pause on claims.
That delay ended last week as the claim xNFT went live in holders Wallets who were branded with the coveted Wormhole Badge.
Want to see how much W MadLads have claimed so far?
I made a tool to check how many $W have been claimed per NFT.
Here's a look at some of the aggregate numbers 📈
NEW FEATURE ALERT: Hide Portfolio balances 🛑
Backpack Exchange devs shipped a privacy-conscious toggle that hides token balances in your Portfolio.
Trade in public without compromising your security.
Get started on Backpack Exchange today.
Lads are absolutely on top ⬆️
Tristan Yver headlined a panel on “Creating Culture & Community” at TOKEN2049 Dubai and the Mad Lads showed up in full force (in a manner of speaking).
Hundreds of holders invaded the token-gated Mad Lads Discord chat mid-presentation to show exactly how powerful their presence is.
If you didn’t notice, WAO is front and center!
Another week, another token drop for Mad Lads holders 🪂
A tokenized surprise greeted Backpack traders in the form of a PRCL allocation.
PRCL distribution for Mad Lads:
Approx. 1,700 Homeowners (~3,300 NFTs) made the Diamond Hands snapshot. Others will receive Common-tier allocation.
Diamond Hands: 655 PRCL
Common: 420 PRCL
~6,700 participating Mad Lads NFTs were allocated ~150 PRCL each.
Backpack listed the Parcl’s token after announcing it a few days before but did not mention any kind of airdrop.
Deposited my Parcl to Backpack.
Exchange x Wallet side panel, so comfy!
Mad Lads Seoul Takeover was a blazing success 🎉
moa hosted the Mad Lads Seoul Takeover where more than 400+ RSVP’d and hundreds attended the celebration.
Get ready to light up your night with the most electrifying pop-up event in Seoul - the Mad Seoul Pop Up!
It's more than an event; it's a celebration of creativity, innovation, and community.
-moa
The event was set in the vibrant heart of Gangnam (style) with a bar packed with merch, DJs, food, booze and the most important ingredient - Lads holders.
LADS OF THE WEEK: Holders 🔵
Our LOTW are the ones who make this whole endeavor possible.
The ones who show up every single day.
The tribe which has blossomed countless relationships.
The ones who got rugged and still believe.
The holders!
Holders responded to the Mad Lads one year anniversary like Rohan answering the call of Gondor.
They shared their mint day memories along with heartfelt confessions of what the Mad Lads movement means.
It was a hell of a day as we all didn't know what fun journey we were beginning but we were excited. Since then we have been grinding, hustling and building in the space with more concentrated efforts.
It really helps to have a tribe in this space and for me, these Mad Lads were the tribe. It's been an entire year since then and we have made tons of stories and got lots of Ws all together as a group.
Cheers to another exciting year that lies ahead of us!!
As of April 22nd, 2024 there are 5,162 unique wallets containing a Mad Lad NFT.
Realistically speaking there are around ~3000 unique holders who have spread out multiple Mad Lads across wallets to capitalize on airdrop allocations.
The Lads Avenue is a community ran hype machine which is made up of the collection’s ~150 most ardent supporters.
They are a tribe within a tribe who have spearheaded countless copy pastas, Twitter raids and maintained the highest level of vibes throughout the bear market.
Remember, Lads follow Lads.
If you see a Mad Lads PFP, make sure to give them a follow!
Hacker House Dubai flooded with Solana enthusiasts 🖥️
Buidlers from across the world flocked to Dubai for one of the most tumultuous Solana Hacker Houses which the ecosystem has ever seen.
Flash floods engulfed Dubai just as events were kicking off.
This force of mother nature prompted attendees to seek refuge and caused massive travel delays for everyone involved.
Traffic was a complete mess and one of the Mad Lassies, Crypto Bae, took matters into her own hands.
A little water never hurt anybody 💧
The floods did not stop Solana’s finest from executing their plan and taking home first place in the Hacker House builders competition.
Congratulations to DePlan for winning best demo in Dubai, a $5000 Circle USDC prize, and tickets to Breakpoint 2024!
See you in Singapore! ☀️
DePlan is a sustainable Internet protocol that lets customers access the web without a subscription as well as makes product monetization for developers easier.
Bonkathon transcend borders and travel obligations 🐶
When one (hackathon) door closes, another one opens.
Radiant’s Bonkathon is a six-week hackathon that is aimed at builders in the Bonk ecosystem with the goal of driving “real consumer adoption on Solana”.
$350K in prizes
6 tracks
4/29 - 6/10
#OnlyPossibleOnSolana defines the future of the blockchain 🎥
Solana launched the OPOS storytelling campaign last year and has slowly but surely built up a content catalogue that encompasses the “why” behind building on the blockchain.
Developers from around the world are building apps on Solana for a fast, secure, scalable, and user-friendly future. A future that's only possible on Solana. Explore resources, connect to the ecosystem, and get building.
Scalable onchain gaming is OPOS 🎮
Solana Labs launched their GameShift initiative last year with the goal of onboarding masses of new users to the blockchain using videogames.
By integrating with GameShift, EFAS will leverage a suite of powerful tools to build its Web3 gaming experience:
✔️ Non-custodial smart wallets
✔️ Seamless asset creation
✔️ In-game marketplace with credit card payments and payouts
🆕 Crypto payments
🆕 Crafting in-game items
Earth From Another Sun (EFAS) has emerged as one of the more promising projects, they boast an impressive gameplay experience paired with intuitive crypto touchpoints.
Earth From Another Sun (EFAS), backed by Solana and Lightspeed, is an Open-World Galactic Domination MMO Looter-Shooter in which you can command massive armies to fight alongside you on planets and in space!
Progress through the story, wander in the galaxy looking for hidden treasures, have fun with your friends, craft legendary gear, and trade with other players.
Learn more about Earth From Another Sun here.
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