{"id":489377,"date":"2022-04-30T14:28:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T14:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=489377"},"modified":"2022-04-30T14:47:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T14:47:21","slug":"blue-chip-nfts-101-how-did-moonbirds-conquer-the-world-in-a-bearish-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/nft\/blue-chip-nfts-101-how-did-moonbirds-conquer-the-world-in-a-bearish-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Chip NFTs 101 &#8211; How Did Moonbirds Conquer The World In A Bearish Market?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The extreme success of Moonbirds is the NFT story of the year so far. The collection opened up so strongly that it archived instant blue chip status and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/nft\/the-top-5-most-valuable-nft-collections-and-a-tool-to-track-them-down\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a place at the top<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the charts. The market for NFTs is bearish at the moment, how did the pixeled owls accomplish such a feat? It certainly wasn\u2019t just the art, even though the Moonbirds have a distinctive look and probably make excellent profile pictures AKA PFPs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let\u2019s uncover the story. This one has it all; a nascent but powerful organization, crazy numbers, internet legends, an ambitious roadmap, light controversy, and, of course, metaverse plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moonbirds: Formal Characteristics<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are a total of 10K Moonbirds, they were issued under the ERC-721 standard on the Ethereum blockchain. The mint price for each one was a whopping 2.5 ETH. That means that, at current prices, the Proof Collective made over $70M on that first day. The madness doesn\u2019t end there,\u00a0 according <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslam.io\/nfts\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to CryptoSlam<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the Moonbirds have generated $481M in sales so far. That\u2019s 160K ETH from almost 12K buyers. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And for every sale on the secondary market, Proof received a 5% cut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/moonbirds.xyz\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the Moonbirds official site<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the organization distributed those original 10K owls as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">7,875: Public sale to allowlist winners<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2,000: PROOF Collective Members (1,000 passes) each receive two free mints<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">125: PROOF wallet for future collaborations, marketing, and advisors<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All interested parties, including Proof Collective members, were able to enter a raffle to be whitelisted for that public sale. Of course, there was controversy, which we will cover. The Moonbird NFT collection promised the usual, membership to a private group and a Discord server, and future yet-to-be-revealed utilities. A staking mechanism, cleverly named \u201cnesting\u201d and a future metaverse codenamed \u201cProject Highrise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the Moonbird\u2019s site, their \u201cunique take on the Metaverse\u201d will be \u201ca dramatic departure from the existing &#8216;never-ending&#8217; worlds that feel like a digital ghost town. Ours is uniquely different, and you&#8217;ll have first access as a nested Moonbirds holder.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s also worth noting that, \u201cowners of Moonbirds have full commercial art rights for the Moonbird they own.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-489379 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BTCUSD_2022-04-30_11-16-59.png?resize=460%2C256\" alt=\"BTCUSD price chart for 04\/30\/2022 - TradingView\" width=\"460\" height=\"256\"><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">ETH price chart for 04\/30\/2022 on Oanda | Source: ETH\/USD on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/ETHUSD\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">TradingView.com<\/a><\/pre>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What Is \u201cNesting\u201d And What Can It Do For You?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Staking is a DeFi staple. It locks assets and takes them off the market, which benefits all other holders and the project in general. In Moonbirds, the process is called \u201cnesting,\u201d and \u201cthe longer you nest your Moonbird, the more rewards you\u2019ll accumulate.\u201d What rewards exactly? That\u2019s not yet clear. And the nesting process is not yet available.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, the Moonbirds site already lists certain characteristics. Nesting will be \u201cnon-custodial (no need to transfer it to another contract) and the holder numbers displayed on OpenSea etc will not be impacted.\u201d Those stats are very important for NFT projects. Holders can\u2019t sell their NFTs while nesting, but they can transfer them. \u201cThe intent is to allow holders to move their Moonbirds between their own accounts, e.g. if they compromise their wallet via a rogue signature.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There\u2019s also this vague promise, \u201cas soon as your Moonbird is nested, they\u2019ll begin to accrue additional benefits. As total nested time accumulates, you\u2019ll see your Moonbird achieve new tier levels, upgrading their nest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Controversy. Of Course.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the level of success that the Moonbirds accomplished, the controversy around them is pretty mild. One could argue that the first two aren\u2019t the Proof Collective\u2019s fault, and the third one is pretty standard practice. Let\u2019s go through them:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their raffle got hit with a Sybil Attack. That means, a person or organization created more than 400 wallets to get as many tickets, or chances to win a whitelist. They earned more than 50 spots. This Twitter user unveiled the whole thing:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looks like someone created 400+ accounts to Sybil Attack the @moonbirds_xyz raffle:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HeWT5d8DCP\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/HeWT5d8DCP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve already sold the majority it looks like. Just at a quick glance they won 20+<\/p>\n<p>One example:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UTqYWRkgsG\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/UTqYWRkgsG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/szgJGT5JXO\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/szgJGT5JXO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ZachXBT (@zachxbt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zachxbt\/status\/07104265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/twitter-verified-profiles-moonbirds-nft-scam\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Next Web<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, they found \u201cat least 10 hacked Twitter accounts across countries ranging from athletes to politicians posting scammy links that lead you to a fake Moonbirds website. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201dTheir aim was to get the unsuspecting audience to send them ETH in hopes of getting a non-existent Moonbird. When pressed, one of the Proof Collective founders said, \u201cOh the spam is terrible! We\u2019re doing everything we can to contain it. Lots of bad actors doing their play.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh the spam is terrible! We\u2019re doing everything we can to contain it. Lots of bad actors doing their play.  This wasn\u2019t project criticism (which is of course valid) so much as gatekeeping which projects deserve recognition or success.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin Mezzell (\ud83e\udd43,\ud83e\udd89) (@JustinMezzell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinMezzell\/status\/77545987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The NFT Ethics account did its best to attack the Moonbirds project, but all they could do was accuse the Proof Collective of wash trading to pump up the price for their other NFT project and of gifting those memberships to influencers. \u201cGaryVee (Gennady), his brother AJ, Beeple and some old friends received the Proof collective for free.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/ Some people contacted us to ask our opinion on @moonbirds_xyz that is minting tomorrow for 2.5 ETH, which would take out more than 75 million USD out of the ecosystem. As usual, many are afraid to speak out because they don&#39;t want to offend &quot;powerful&quot; Web3\/NFT influencers\/VCs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YXvAqs8mwn\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/YXvAqs8mwn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFT Ethics (@NFTethics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFTethics\/status\/47563520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All in all, the controversy is hardly anything to write home about. On the next \u201cBlue Chip NFTs 101\u201d we\u2019ll take a look at the organization behind the Moonbirds, the Proof Collective, and their other NFT project. A membership to the influential group. It might be the NFT with the most valuable utility to date. <\/span><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">Feature Image Moonbirds sample from <a href=\"https:\/\/moonbirds.xyz\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">the official website<\/a> | Charts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">TradingView<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The extreme success of Moonbirds is the NFT story of the year so far. The collection opened up so strongly that it archived instant blue chip status and a place at the top of the charts. The market for NFTs is bearish at the moment, how did the pixeled owls accomplish such a feat? It certainly wasn\u2019t just the art, even though the Moonbirds have a distinctive look and probably make excellent profile pictures AKA PFPs.\u00a0 Let\u2019s uncover the story. This one has it all; a nascent but powerful organization, crazy numbers, internet legends, an ambitious roadmap, light controversy, and, of course, metaverse plans. Moonbirds: Formal Characteristics There are a total of 10K Moonbirds, they were issued under the ERC-721 standard on the Ethereum blockchain. The mint price for each one was a whopping 2.5 ETH. That means that, at current prices, the Proof Collective made over $70M on that first day. The madness doesn\u2019t end there,\u00a0 according to CryptoSlam, the Moonbirds have generated $481M in sales so far. That\u2019s 160K ETH from almost 12K buyers. And for every sale on the secondary market, Proof received a 5% cut. According to the Moonbirds official site, the organization distributed those original 10K owls as follows: 7,875: Public sale to allowlist winners 2,000: PROOF Collective Members (1,000 passes) each receive two free mints 125: PROOF wallet for future collaborations, marketing, and advisors All interested parties, including Proof Collective members, were able to enter a raffle to be whitelisted for that public sale. Of course, there was controversy, which we will cover. The Moonbird NFT collection promised the usual, membership to a private group and a Discord server, and future yet-to-be-revealed utilities. A staking mechanism, cleverly named \u201cnesting\u201d and a future metaverse codenamed \u201cProject Highrise.\u201d According to the Moonbird\u2019s site, their \u201cunique take on the Metaverse\u201d will be \u201ca dramatic departure from the existing &#8216;never-ending&#8217; worlds that feel like a digital ghost town. Ours is uniquely different, and you&#8217;ll have first access as a nested Moonbirds holder.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s also worth noting that, \u201cowners of Moonbirds have full commercial art rights for the Moonbird they own.\u201d ETH price chart for 04\/30\/2022 on Oanda | Source: ETH\/USD on TradingView.com What Is \u201cNesting\u201d And What Can It Do For You? Staking is a DeFi staple. It locks assets and takes them off the market, which benefits all other holders and the project in general. In Moonbirds, the process is called \u201cnesting,\u201d and \u201cthe longer you nest your Moonbird, the more rewards you\u2019ll accumulate.\u201d What rewards exactly? That\u2019s not yet clear. And the nesting process is not yet available.\u00a0 However, the Moonbirds site already lists certain characteristics. Nesting will be \u201cnon-custodial (no need to transfer it to another contract) and the holder numbers displayed on OpenSea etc will not be impacted.\u201d Those stats are very important for NFT projects. Holders can\u2019t sell their NFTs while nesting, but they can transfer them. \u201cThe intent is to allow holders to move their Moonbirds between their own accounts, e.g. if they compromise their wallet via a rogue signature.\u201d There\u2019s also this vague promise, \u201cas soon as your Moonbird is nested, they\u2019ll begin to accrue additional benefits. As total nested time accumulates, you\u2019ll see your Moonbird achieve new tier levels, upgrading their nest.\u201d Controversy. Of Course. For the level of success that the Moonbirds accomplished, the controversy around them is pretty mild. One could argue that the first two aren\u2019t the Proof Collective\u2019s fault, and the third one is pretty standard practice. Let\u2019s go through them: Their raffle got hit with a Sybil Attack. That means, a person or organization created more than 400 wallets to get as many tickets, or chances to win a whitelist. They earned more than 50 spots. This Twitter user unveiled the whole thing: Looks like someone created 400+ accounts to Sybil Attack the @moonbirds_xyz raffle:https:\/\/t.co\/HeWT5d8DCP They\u2019ve already sold the majority it looks like. Just at a quick glance they won 20+ One example:https:\/\/t.co\/UTqYWRkgsG pic.twitter.com\/szgJGT5JXO &mdash; ZachXBT (@zachxbt) April 16, 2022 According to The Next Web, they found \u201cat least 10 hacked Twitter accounts across countries ranging from athletes to politicians posting scammy links that lead you to a fake Moonbirds website. \u201dTheir aim was to get the unsuspecting audience to send them ETH in hopes of getting a non-existent Moonbird. When pressed, one of the Proof Collective founders said, \u201cOh the spam is terrible! We\u2019re doing everything we can to contain it. Lots of bad actors doing their play.\u201d Oh the spam is terrible! We\u2019re doing everything we can to contain it. Lots of bad actors doing their play. This wasn\u2019t project criticism (which is of course valid) so much as gatekeeping which projects deserve recognition or success. &mdash; Justin Mezzell (\ud83e\udd43,\ud83e\udd89) (@JustinMezzell) April 19, 2022 The NFT Ethics account did its best to attack the Moonbirds project, but all they could do was accuse the Proof Collective of wash trading to pump up the price for their other NFT project and of gifting those memberships to influencers. \u201cGaryVee (Gennady), his brother AJ, Beeple and some old friends received the Proof collective for free.\u201d 1\/ Some people contacted us to ask our opinion on @moonbirds_xyz that is minting tomorrow for 2.5 ETH, which would take out more than 75 million USD out of the ecosystem. As usual, many are afraid to speak out because they don&#39;t want to offend &quot;powerful&quot; Web3\/NFT influencers\/VCs. pic.twitter.com\/YXvAqs8mwn &mdash; NFT Ethics (@NFTethics) April 15, 2022 All in all, the controversy is hardly anything to write home about. On the next \u201cBlue Chip NFTs 101\u201d we\u2019ll take a look at the organization behind the Moonbirds, the Proof Collective, and their other NFT project. A membership to the influential group. It might be the NFT with the most valuable utility to date. 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