Some news to share:
I am stepping back in as CEO of Yuga Labs. Wylie and I are grateful for all the contributions and operational rigor Daniel has brought to the company, and appreciate his thoughtfulness and mentorship over the past year. Iโm reinvigorated to be taking theโฆ
Needless to say tonight didn't go how anyone wanted it to. I want to say sorry to the apes, and to everyone else who eagerly looked to join into the project. Itโs especially a sour moment since Otherside has been a passion project for so long.๐งต
Something weird going on with the
@OthersideMeta
twitter account. Insane that I have to say this, but don't trust anything coming from that account for the time being.
regret spending the whole bull run heads down and never talking about other NFT communities. mostly out of not wanting to be seen as influencing anything. decided I'm going to start talking about projects I like cause fuck that. ๐งต
gm, really tough day today. I am hellbent on transforming yuga and getting us back to our roots, and that means making hard decisions. by far the hardest is saying goodbye to some talented team members. here was my message to the team this morning.
wanted to put together some longer form thoughts on hv-mtl ahead of the launch tomorrow -
Two years ago, the summer after BAYC launched,
@gordongoner
and I had an idea for a brutally hard old school arcade game. It was going to be trippy and excessively dark and we were prettyโฆ
A lot of discords getting hacked tonight. Stay safe, would not trust any announcements from any discords tonight (and in general, better to double verify info on Twitter etc). Obviously no surprise Yuga mints happening either.
THANK YOU to everyone who came out to experience the First Trip.
Diving down the portal into the Otherside with thousands of you was incredible. We're so stoked to co-develop the metaverse with you.
The IG hack resulted in 4 Apes, 6 Mutants, 3 Kennels, and some other assorted valuable NFTs being lost. We will be in contact with the users affected and will post a full post mortem on the attack when we can. For now I would like to stress that 2FA was enabled on the account.
To celebrate the launch of Magic Edenโs Ethereum marketplace, weโre lowering royalties for 69 days: 2.5% for all our royalty-enforced collections, and 1% for legacy collections.
so know that just because I tweet about something it's just because I want to. not because yUgA iS bUyInG tHeM or that we have a secret collab or whatever. I just want to learn more and see the people who are making cool shit keep doing it.
Saw the claims today about the BAKC logo. This was news to us and we're still investigating the situation. Have reached out to the freelancer we hired for that design and Easy Drawing Guides. Weโll be changing the logo and updating it on our site / ask marketplaces to change asโฆ
As much as folks in the club have been building with their IP, there hasn't been an easy, on-chain way to verify these items or an official directory for everything apes and mutants are making. Team has worked up a solution with the folks over at
@SaaSyLabs
that we're excited toโฆ
What a wild 2 years. Feel like this video could have been 10x longer and it still would only capture a fraction of the love poured in to the club by so many members around the world. HBD to the BAYC
Happy 2 year anniversary to the Bored Ape Yacht Club. Community led projects have brought the BAYC places we never expected. Canโt wait to see what comes next.
Happy New Year, apes. Quarantined in a hotel room watching Patriot Games and listening to Gordon scream about how we're not shipping fast enough. Looking forward to 2024.
The Dookey Dash key was always meant to have a dual role - first as part of BAYC lore and our story going forward, but also as a HV that participates in gaming activations.
With HV-MTL (and the key transformed into the legendary HV) under Farawayโs stewardship, weโre going toโฆ
Thanks everyone who came out to stress test this! Had about 2.5k concurrent users running around in the neutral space. Tons of great info compiled to make sure First Trip goes smoothly, and taking all your notes from Discord as well.
Voyagers, both load tests will take place at at noon ET today and on July 9th. We will tweet again when the test is live. There will be a gas-less signature to verify Otherdeed ownership and enter the load test. The test will last approximately 25 minutes.
A huge priority the last several months has been recruiting the best talent in the world to come build at Yuga. For that reason, I'm very stoked to welcome
@mfigge
,
@notmelonpan
, and the whole
@wenewlabs
team here.
Today, we are excited to welcome the
@wenewlabs
and
@10ktfshop
team to the Yugaverse. Together we will push the boundaries of where the metaverse meets reality through creative storytelling and immersive experiences. Read more about the news here:
Pro-tip: When it comes to the mint, Apes (BAYC or MAYC) who also hold a BAKC will be in tiers of their own. There will also be an optional $APE spend mechanic, for those looking to enhance their minting experience.
Stoked to crack open Forge next week. Bunch more content coming between now and then to prep you for the experience, but like Dookey Dash, it will just make sense once youโve played for a bit.
Super proud of the work that has gone into the HV-MTL collection, but need a little more time before we reveal the Evo 1's. It's a monster of a collection and there's been a lot of firsts for us on this one.
Heads up that we collect A LOT of gameplay and metadata of every single play in Dookey Dash. While thereโs some real-time checks, the in-depth score audit will happen after the game ends. Scores found doing sketchy shit will go to 0 and not participate in the Summoning.
Incredibly proud to announce that today
@yugalabs
has pledged $1M to support the development of arts and education initiatives across my hometown of
#Miami
.
Stoked for 2nd Trip tomorrow - itโs a big step towards a persistent Otherside. Should be a great event for all Voyagers, but equally important itโs an opportunity to try out a lot of things that will help inform future co-development. ๐งต
Tune into the 2nd Trip explainer video below where Curtis dives into what Voyagers and +1โs can expect when they enter the Otherside on March 25th, 2023 at 12:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM UTC.
"hire great people and get out of their way" is bad advice. hire great people and take every opportunity to help them find alignment with you. can't take a start-up from zero to 1 (again) with people running off in their own directions. no one will ever care as much as you do.
According to a leaked document seen by Protos, Yuga Labs intends to launch a new collection of NFTs by the end of this year called Mecha Apes with the intention of raising another $50 million and 100,000 metaverse land pieces.
for example, hats off to
@forgottenrunes
. own 0 and don't know the team but I get an overwhelming whiff of nostalgia every time I see one of those lil dudes.
Wanted to share some general thoughts behind the PROOF/MB acquisition:
Always loved the Moonbirds and PROOF. I hear the concerns about this acquisition potentially diluting Yuga's focus and that we're taking on too many things. That was a concern for me too. Here's why we madeโฆ
Yuga Labs has acquired
@PROOF_XYZ
, which includes PROOF Collective,
@Moonbirds
, Mythics,
@oddities_xyz
, and
@Grails
exhibition series.
For more information, see the official Yuga News blog:
Come hang on BAYC island.
A lot of unsexy work has gone into building out the platform for this mfer, and tomorrow's event is an up-close look at a work-in-progress metaverse. We want to bring thousands of you together on the island so you can share your feedback.
Yuga is hiring Creative Directors and Project Managers / Producers.
Previous experience working in web3 not required, but looking for people who are passionate about the space and have been living and breathing in crypto and NFTs for a while and want to work on weird shit.
Side note: I had to send a small wire to Canada three times this week. It kept failing or getting returned. But sending $1m to Ukraine took 30 seconds and cost 4 dollars. Plus, anyone can see the transaction.
It's been inspiring seeing our community come together in support of Ukraine - almost $1m in ETH has been donated to
@Ukraine
by wallets containing a BAYC ecosystem NFT. Today we're matching that with a $1m ETH donation of our own. ๐ฆโฅ๏ธ๐บ๐ฆ
Iโm sure many of you have seen the news that Yuga is undergoing a restructure today. Shit day obviously. Hurts to part ways with team members who have been in the trenches with us. But we needed to make some changes to the company in order to make sure weโre set up for longtermโฆ
Yuga Labs is announcing a restructuring that will better focus our team on our core priorities. While certain roles have been impacted, these changes are necessary to evolve as an organization.
For more see a note written by
@dalegre
on our official blog.
Azuki has crafted a limited edition series of nine Golden Skateboards: custom-designed, precision-milled, and fully plated in 24K gold.
Each Skateboard is fully functional and depicts an exquisitely detailed golden dragon. It also weighs 45 lbs.
Thank you to everybody who came out for the Bored Meeting.
BAYC 3D Models comin' later tonight.
Otherside Town Hall next week - stay tuned for deets. ๐ซก
Love seeing the enthusiasm for Dookey Dash Unclogged on the timeline, along with the fact that you all smashed d/l on the emails so fast that Apple rugged the testflight installs.
Seeing some concerns re: shouldn't this have been token-gated to BAYC. Here's why we didn't doโฆ
if you wind up through accident or toil founding a thing that the market decides is worth an insane amount of money in crypto
then it really is best to be anon
the main reason is so that you have to deal less with sociopaths
having massive success means you can't possiblyโฆ
A fairly large % of people at the top of most fields (politics, finance, tech, crypto) are literal sociopaths. Theyโre often surprisingly successful with what seem like absurdly bad strategies. If youโre not aware of the patterns, youโre likely to be among the victims. /1
I remember pacing around my backyard last July talking to Gordon, finishing each others sentences as we concocted this story around an acid-trip of a world filled with strange, hallucinatory creatures trying to communicate a message we couldn't decipher.
Huge thank you to all the Apes and Voyagers who joined for the Asia session of Apes Come Home (and everyone who is going to tune in later).
Appreciate you all bearing with the long silence while we re-tooled our platform from the ground up.
Apes Come Home is just the firstโฆ
nobody:
gordo in my ear rn: get hype baby. you're going to have to start drinking more. i dunno how much you're drinking. but its gonna have to go up up up. we gotta be three 6 mafia. no more mountain goats. none of that emo shit. greg, how much you drinking at night?
$1.5m + legal fees and another $100k+ for our anti-SLAPP of all their bullshit. Bad day to be a scammer. Good day to be an ape.
Appreciate the note from the judge on how absurd this has all been:
โIn addition, Defendants unnecessarily and inappropriately made disgraceful andโฆ
gamers pay Epic $5 billion a year to dress up like a taco in Fortnite
media: I sleep
nft collectors spend $5 billion trading penguin and ape avatars
media: how could this happen???
@palis
I could be down about what was done to my baby, think those on-chain fuck ups are too big a drag + fade into the background,
or I could go on a warpath to fix everything and hope folks have my back as I do that
This account
@ProDutaFC
is attempting to scam people. As always: never trust DMs, never type your seedphrase, and always be EXTREMELY suspicious of all links - especially if they ask you to connect your wallet.
HV-MTL and Legends of the Mara are finding a new home
@farawaygg
, putting these brands in the best position to reach new heights. Wanted to share some unfiltered thoughts on the news:
Farawayโs founders
@apaley13
and
@0xdenz
have extensive careers in web2 gaming and takingโฆ
Big news to share: Faraway is acquiring HV-MTL and Legends of the Mara. Weโre incredibly excited to take this IP to new heights by building on the strong foundation that Yuga has created.
That starts by rewarding the community. Keep an eye on your metadata today. As a firstโฆ
Today, we're excited to introduce the Made By Apes Bodega found at .
The Bodega will act as the official directory for all valid and active MBA licenses.
DDU is coming soon and thereโs a $1m prize pool up for grabs.
But first we need to stress test the game. 10k invites to a closed beta will be going out, randomly picked from those who register at
One winner will receive a mutant ape.
Psstโฆ a new Dookey Dash: Unclogged video just dropped at
@nft_paris
.
Earn Golden Plungers and access The Ultimate Sewer Showdown with a minimum prize pool of $1,000,000.
Pre-register now at
@beaniemaxi
@FenwickWest
FWIW We've been talking with Fenwick since before you tweeted about it, we just don't tweet about every legal team we work with. Need our own Beanie to hype+leak all our shit maybe.
Dookey Dash is a wild experiment in what a skill-based mint could be, packaged inside the most elaborate poop joke we could concoct. Excited for you all to jump into the sewers.
Inspired by old-school arcade competitions, we had an idea for a weird, massive, skilled-based mint last year. The work to pull off something like this was seemingly simple but actually ridiculously complex. Proud of Yuga and the incredible work thatโs gone into this. โค๏ธ
Stoked to finally have this out in the wild, and want to say thank you to
@ptmNFT
for licensing his mega mutant for this guy.
Still cranking on the (stinky) 2002 Honda accord that the team has been working on for a very long time, but it's on the way :)
The holy grail prize from the Apes vs Mutants mobile game. Sick! Our esports legend โDreamerโ brought it home. No sleep for a week straight.
@BoredApeYC
Note, the 1st stage of the Voyagerโs Journey doesnโt end today! There will be several more โTripsโ, aka tech demos, that Voyagers can take part in. To receive the first Obelisk piece Voyagers can participate in *any* of the Trips.
Surreal to attend the
@boredcuban
grand opening tonight in my hometown. All around incredible from
@MiamiBoredApe
and a must-go cafecito spot by the airport. Apes - Make it your first stop next time youโre in Miami.
Leak time: So there have been some major upgrades to the backend of our
@MSquared_io
technology. This is little candid clip of more than 20,000 CCU in a dense location. Many caveats and details in thread:
@RJFWhite