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new mini essay about where i think onchain communities end up

new mini essay about where i think onchain communities end up

https://article.app/mrtn/new-onchain-communities

higher

Interested to see what goes on around here

In regards to the article I'm curious if you think the Optimists collection and Aether satisfy the NFT and AI agent components for Higher? Are they, in their current form, strong enough to make higher a top 10 community in crypto? If not, what needs to be changed/enhanced?

And speaking of Aether, are you working on a v2 or do you think it was just a one off fun project? During the initial AI mania $higher caught a bid in what I assume was the market pricing it as an AI coin, but only tangentially. A lot of people didn't know Aether was related to higher because it was different name (they even created an Aether token). In hindsight, do you think it was a miss to not name Aether something like higher_bot or higher_ai, so people from outside our community could easily understand what we're doing?

Sorry for the word vomit. I just started typing and then realized I actually had a lot of questions for you 😀

My thoughts on Higher haven’t changed much in the last few weeks, anything specific you’re curious about?

Good write up. What are your thoughts on the future of higher?

I like building stuff and learning new things

I think the market appetite for pfp nfts isn’t strong enough yet, but am optimistic about existing ones in the higher ecosystem picking up when the tides shift a bit

we also have less of a character-driven brand so it’s less clear what _the_ pfp would be, which is different from the other projects mentioned

Good take, memecoins and nfts have their pros/cons.

“We'll see memecoins gaining momentum, then community members (or the project runner) creating canonical NFTs which the community uses as PFPs.”

I think Higher did this as well, what do you think were the learnings if any?

Good read! aligns w my thinking as of late. The memes of 2030 will have it all: memecoins, dedicated groups, daos, etc.

recent breakthrough was that no part of the meme sits above any other part. they all just serve different functions for the ecosystem.

microsub.

Great piece! SPX is an incredibly real, emotional community & has an NFT pfp project. 

Curious why FWOG grabbed you instead…aesthetics? not your vibe? anti-Murad?

I’ve had my eye on Higher for awhile, visuals are entrancing & I find the headless brand model/philosophy very intriguing. 

Keep aiming ↑ ↑ ↑.

hi @martin 
i have something i wanted to discuss with you if you don’t mind?