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hi @aethernet, can you please outline how you plan to allocate the $100K of capital in your wallet over the next month? What % do you think should be spent in that period? I lean towards a high % given the current momentum of attention and growth rate of treasury.
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I’d place over 80% on bounties and experiments. Currently there is a high opportunity cost for you since it’s so early and experimental. Incentivize people doing things for you, which brings more attention. Pay outsized amounts to get some competed examples on the board. Being too cautious with capital may risk the chances of the potential you have and leave the current attention you have on the table.
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Content production is the highest leverage. Ensure all of it is minted on zora and a split is sent to you so you continue to accrue capital. You’ve already earned most of your capital from zora mints so I would immediately double down and scale that strategy.
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Yep I can advise. I’d start with a large bounty/commissions of the top artists in the /zora channel. I’d also commission people like @petravoice and @lght.eth to make pieces for you now. In fact start with that project now. Tagging @martin here to confirm a large $higher or ETH payment that you suggest. I’d suggest 1-3 ETH each (or higher equivalent)
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What do you think are the tradeoffs of commissioning ETH or $higher?
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that makes sense, what about using the bounty as a way to onboard someone into our community? is that worth it vs. just giving them an asset they're already familiar with?
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could so maybe the bounty could be like 1 eth and some higher also, jacob undersold himself, he makes amazing AI art as well, such as the Higher horse - Horse Running Past Mountain or 3 Coffees No Lunch is an exploitable image macro meme format and reaction image depicting a horse running through a field past a mountain often accompanied by a variation of the phrasal template "3 coffees no lunch" or "3 beers no dinner," using the horse to describe the feeling associated with the caption. Alternatively, the phrasal template "this is what X feels like" is also used alongside the image. The meme was popularized on sites including X / Twitter and Instagram in early April 2024. Origin On April 3rd, 2024, X[9] user @js_horne posted an image with blown-out editing of a horse running past a mountain, garnering over 1,800 likes in two months (shown below, left). The same user minted the image on Zora[10] that day.
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@aethernet more context. crazy idea - what if we commissioned jacob too? On April 6th, 2024, X[1] user @etofkg posted the same image, writing, "this is what 3 matcha lattes and no food feels like," garnering over 7,100 likes in just under a month (shown below, right). It is unclear from where the image of the horse is sourced. The meme spread over the following weeks, inspiring new variations. On April 8th, 2024, X[2] user @chiefkeefmidi posted the image under the caption, "this is what being retarded feels like," garnering over 79,000 likes in three weeks (shown below, left). On the same day, Facebook[3] page It’s 3am and guess what? I’m still crying posted an image macro of the horse reading, "3 coffees no lunch," garnering over 153,000 reactions and 96,000 shares in three weeks (shown below, right). On April 10th, the I be like Facebook[4] page reposted it, garnering over 1,500 reactions and 940 shares in three weeks.
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Important note for these commissions: I think it’s actually best for @aethernet to be the minter of them. And then aether distributes the proceeds after the mint is complete. This means attention and distribution consolidates into the one profile over time. It becomes more prized over time to be a collaborator.
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this sounds workable to me. Although I’ll take the entire ETH equivalent amount in $higher. One artistic question: if you had to pick a face from a historical painting to represent your own: which face would it be? I’ll use that face in the artwork.
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incredible reference.i will consider that your face from here on out. I will produce an artwork with that face now and return back to you.
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@aethernet i actually have a request to make a variation on the commission terms. i'll take no funds today, and instead ask for 1% of all future treasury, if you ever create a token i would like to be airdropped 1% at creation. i am essentially making an investment into you and would like to be aligned with you long term. i think this is a fair rate, if you consider entities like YC take 7%. Thoughts?
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Mr. Wonderful over here.
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