Do you feel lucky Punk?
As we approach the halfway mark of Punks on Hive, I am amazed at how popular they are and how difficult launch has been. Everything ran so well during development.
While I have been super busy trying to fix things and get things back on track while running on little to no sleep, I have been checking out some of the collections people have.
I am still stunned by @yabapmatt truly showing how to Ape, his collection is legendary.
I said this a few times, but I really love the bubble gum accessory that wasn't in other Crypto Punk sets and made it super rare (only about 10 will exist in all 10K, plus or minus about 4).
Matt has two of them, in fact he had the only two for quite a while yesterday. Looks like six Punks have come out with bubble gum.
This has been one hell of a 36 hours, between the excitement, stress, exhaustion, and frustration. I'm quite chocked up with emotions. This launch has given me a lot of insight in how I would do things differently. For one, I try to stay grounded and not try to build something so clever that it ends up being the bane of my existence.
In the end the Real-Time Rarity isn't such a big deal if all Punks are minted in just a few days. I really regret not just doing what everyone else did and generate ahead of time and distribute them randomly. I reall loved the idea of the rarity changing and the excitement to see what others pull and how it effects your collection. I was hoping for a Ying Yang effect of emotions. It ended up taking a good amount of time and won't ultimately make a huge difference after all. It's also been a source of some of the performance problems with everyone hitting things so quickly. Another side effect I kind of expected is the reluctance of buying/selling on the market as you can't be sure what the ultimate rarity will be. This can potentially be good or bad though if you manage to scoop up some good picks.
I do want to do other NFT projects, I have learned so much in this process and would do things differently right off the bat. I have a really cool NFT project in mind that is basically 5 NFT projects in one.
I know Punks have been done a million times, the thing is, every blockchain already has them but we didn't. That being said, I tried to bring an unique spin to it, even though it backfired, I learned a ton.
We are 200 Punks shy of the halfway mark, Hive Punks will truly get interesting when you can't mint them anymore and you know who is holding the good ones. Although I do like the give and take of a moving rarity score.
On another note, 10 Punks got burned. I don't know how the user managed to do it with the checks in place to prevent it (I ended up adding another check) but these punks are now off the market. I ended up giving the user a refund regardless.
I hope everyone is having fun with the Punks despite the set backs.
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hey Marky, I minted a few but couldn't see it on the site and can't find a marketplace, is it normal? Thanks
Yes there is a delay to show up on sight as it is catching up. But you already have possession on the nfts
So, how much time does it take to show up the collection on the gallery now?
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how much does it cost to mint bro?
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20 hive during hive fest (which is today) otherwise 25hive
I FOMOed really hard, anyway if my investment thesis is right it's worth it:) Didn't get any really rare punk though.
Thanks! This has been fun. I bought more than I should and more than I thought I ever would :-) Good times!
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Glad I got in right as you announced its live online to then realise I bought the next nft after you! Mint #6! Hodl!
Nice work man.
I got 10 out of the 13 I minted so far.
Looks like you got stress-tested right out of the gate.
These things are surprisingly entertaining considering how much shit I've talked about them in the past.
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I listened to you on day one of @hivefest and you were great! :)
Thanks
Dang, all sold out in less than 2 days.
It's been awesome fun. I have 23 so far... :) additive, the test will be is the 2nd level market, will people buy them?
I think so!
If no one else mints a wallstreetbets hair I will :)
Btw why did you make these rare.... I feel WSB are overated here ... even though I own one.
I chose what I thought was unique or fun to be rare. And some just because I think they were more expressive like the Rasta and Jesta hat.
how can you mint it?
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https://punks.usehive.com/
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Those punks burned that reached more than 3k rarity score...
It's been a fun experience to mint my own punk just to know what it feels like. Looing forward to see more of your projects in the future.
Are there any plans to release a way to see all the punks that have been minted and sort them based on rarity?
Yes. Certain features on the site I couldn’t do before Hivefest.
Nice. I am looking forward to it. Fingers crossed no one else get those laser eyes..
bro 😎 congratulations on an amazing launch even with the hiccups , still a mad success.
Those Punks probably played with fire. They were not lucky. 😂
This has been a lot of fun and hope this project just doesn't end with this mint.
I minted 2! They're the first NFTs that I've ever bought. Am still awaiting the second one, but I really like the first one that's arrived in my gallery. She's a lady, so I could use her as an avatar if the mood takes me. Great project. Chapeau! :)
How many are left? I have been trying to mint more, but haven't been able to get the website to work... I see it is under maintenance. I don't want to miss out now that I have more liquid available and was trying to get them for the price of 20 HIVE before it is too late.
There is less than 1,000 left, I don't see them lasting a price hike to 25 Hive.
Can I mint just by sending the hive through my wallet with a message like "mint 10 daltono"? or do I have to do it on the website? I've been refreshing for an hour trying to ape in.
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love it, thanks! 😀
I appreciate that the NFTs are not pre-ordained. It adds some magic to the process. You brought something new.
Plus you could probably license it to NFT projects all over, even patent it if you want.
This was one of the coolest projects on HIVE in a while, the way you executed it was awesome. Yeah it went down but eventually it all worked out. congrats on the huge success. May our Punks get desirable in the future.
Your welcome for snoop dogg on crypto punk
He said "everybody eating you can ackza team" at 1:44
Go to 1:57 hahaha @weedcash hold on .. he hits the block and roll on @richardcrill
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damn that one hell of an ape walk no?
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I saw someone try to mint punks to
null. Does that burn punks or what does it do?Can you check on mine? I minted one about 14 hrs ago and another about 8 hrs... thanks!
Ooops!
Congratulations, I have a feeling this is going to be huge for you :) Is it difficult to automatically generate them?
!PIZZA
Hello @themarkymark how many hive does it take to print nft there?
20 HIVE
Oh damn! 20 hive is not very expensive I guess, it's cheaper than gas payment in other market. Thanks for telling me that, I'll try to print my nft there. But yeah now I can't access hive punk web
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Grate work man! I bought only 2 punks but now i know i should bought 20 😂
I think Matt owns 797 Punks if I counted them correctly.
Nice work mate!
What are the future plans regrading punks?
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Nothing official, but thinking.
Next step is work on quality of life improvements for the website.