šĀ Hey! Alex Here.
Thereās a lot of information below, but if youāre getting ready to participate in BricktOrigins, I highly recommend that you go through each part.
Bellow weāve captured:
Thank you for being a part of our history, and now our future.
I cannot wait to share this with you ā¤ļø
<aside> ā Are you on the Whitelist for Drop #1?
Whitelist spots are released periodically. We will be adding a sheet here soon that you can check to check if you are on the list. If you havenāt seen your name by Monday, check back in here for the full list.
Do not resubmit the form if you are not, this does not increase your chance of being selected
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<aside> ā If youāve been on this journey with us from the beginning, you know the stories that got us here.
Whether it be deleting our first collection 5 days before launch to rebirth it with 4D art, having everyone fly to Belgium to get a free Bricktopian, stitching together an army of supercomputers to create the collection and many other incredible moments.
We have never had a chance to tell our story in a way that is true to who we are.
There is a lot to celebrate so far, and BricktOrigins puts a stamp on Abnormal Studios up until this point.
But what about our future?
As you know, our world is expanding, and Abnormal Studios is the brand that will take us into this next chapter.
How do you forge your future? You create it from the pieces of your past.
Thatās what BricktOrigins is.
5 collectible Artifacts from our history, that are Forged together to create the Monument of our future - The unreleased Abnormal Studios logo.
Those who collect all 5 pieces will be able to engage in this ceremony, and mint the consumable Monument NFT, that can be merged with our upcoming releases to unlock new utilities.
These utilities will be unique to each drop. (For example, the rarest monument allows you to co-create a Brain Boot with Law Degree).
4 out of the 5 artifact NFTs will be free, but competitive to mint.
The inspiration behind this drop is everything we enjoyed collecting growing up. Whether it be Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh cards, sneakers or watching Thanos collect every Infinity Stone.
In all the games we enjoyed playing, there was always a tough decision to be made. For me the toughest was always who is your starter Pokemon?
In our case, itās do you keep all 5 pieces and own our history, or do you sacrifice them and create our future.
The choice is yours.
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<aside> š® When developing our logo for Abnormal Studios, we asked ourselves. Who are we?
Weāre a brand that builds the impossible so that our holders can have something that they can be proud of, and that they will never EVER see again anywhere else.
At every opportunity, we push the limits of technology and break the rules of what has been done before.
So we need a logo that captures that story.
If you know us by now, you know that Bricktopians was a monumental feat of computing power, that rivalled the machines used by NASA to simulate the physics of the universe.
And you also know that our crusade to make the Brain Boot was always met with pushback from those who have come before us, telling us āthatās not possible, you canāt viably 3D print a shoe.ā
At first, it seemed that they were right. But we didnāt stop, we kept grinding, kept researching and kept pushing until we found the answer.
That first leap forward came from the discovery of whatās called Metamaterials.
Metamaterials are created when you change the traditional properties of a material, not by changing its chemistry, but by making unconventional adjustments in its structure. This can make a material behave in a manner that it is not conventionally known for.
We started speaking to leading experts in the medical industry, who 3D print pieces that are used in transplants. They set us down the path of creating a mathematical structure that took the Brain Boot from being impossible, into the real world.
**That moment means everything to us. It captures the essence of never accepting no, pushing the boundaries and using technology to create what has never been seen before.
Our Logo, and your Monument, is crafted mathematically out of this technology.**
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<aside> š§± ā So how does the Monument NFT work? ā The Monument exists to allow us to create exclusive utilities that weāve always wanted to develop, but cannot do at a scale of 10,000 NFTs.
To create a Monument you must Forge all 5 Artifact NFTs together. The Monument is a consumable NFT that is merged with our upcoming releases to create enhancements within each drop.
If you burn your Monument to enhance the Brain Boot for example, you will no longer have it to enhance the Season 2 of the Forge when that releases next.
There are 5 rarities of Monuments, each rarity level will correlate to a different utility.
(The rarest Monument for example allows you to co-create your own 1-of-1 Brain Boot with Law Degree)
Summary of Burn Flow 5x Artifacts š„ā”ļøĀ Monument š„ā”ļøĀ Enhancement of future drops
This creates a decreasing supply at each level, and aligns the incentives to create a continued flow down the chain.
Activating your Monument - The Incubator š£ ****When designing the architecture of this NFT release, the biggest focus was that in a bear market we NEVER wanted to create something that was just an art piece, and sat on the shelf immediately after launch.
Instead we wanted to create a mechanism that benefited those who participated in it early, and made it harder for those who participated in it later.
As such, every Monument will start in an inactive state, and will be incubated to turn it into an active state.
The incubator locks the Monument, removing it from the total supply, leaving behind only inactive Monuments available for purchase on marketplaces such as OpenSea
At the conclusion of the incubation, your Monument will transition into an active state, making yours one of the only ones available that are actually usable.
You can then of course sell this on OpenSea if you choose, separating it out from those who have created their Monument more recently, or never incubated in the first place.
Why create this mechanism? Two reasons. Firstly, in this bear market, we want to force a separation between those that will be used and those that are just being collected.
Secondly, as we approach the release of the Brain Boot, and announce the utility of the monument, why should someone who joins late get the same benefits that you do? We donāt see that as fair, and we donāt want it to be possible for someone to later Forge 5x Artifacts and instantly get the benefit.
How long do you need to incubate for? You Decide! Weāre making this a community collaborative process.
Following the Forge of the Monument, we will hold a community vote to determine how long incubation will last.
If you vote for longer, you are voting for a greater advantage for early participation.
If you are voting for shorter, you are voting for greater flexibility and higher competition.
A decision like this requires the collaboration of our whole community. We want you to have an impact on the utility and we are excited to see what you vote for.
Will you know your rarity level before incubating? Of course! This enables holders to pre-purchase the rank that they are searching for (or sell their current rank) before committing to activating it.
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