Toady Hawk (toadyhawk.eth)

Exactly one year ago today, @netnose and I kicked off a mini app experiment, to see if a little bit of speculative serendipity could create real distribution and opportunity for builders and creators on Base. That experiment was BETRMINT, and today is our BETR Birthday! It’s been a whirlwind of a year, to say the least. ⚡️ 203,000 spins on the neon flywheel ⚡️ 200+ rounds ⚡️ $300,000+ in total app revenue ⚡️ $80,000 paid to artists ⚡️ $25,000 paid to stakers ⚡️ $50,000 airdropped to loyal users (and more being dropped this week!) Somewhere along the way, this stopped being an experiment and became something of a movement. And in a space where a year is an eternity, where countless projects have come and gone, we’re still here. Still iterating. Still experimenting. Still tinkering with what it means to help creators earn for their creativity onchain. Year one had a lot of triumphs. We were honored to win the $25K top prize for Live Mini Apps during Base Onchain Summer, and to get selected for Base Batches (Startup Track), which took us all the way to Argentina in the fall. We’ve collaborated with just about every Farcaster-native project under the sun. Shout out @darkoh.eth and $RUNNER (perpetual first), @naz1188, @azflin, and many, many more. We are all BETR when we work together. 💪 Somehow through all of it, we’ve built what we genuinely believe is one of the strongest token communities onchain, powered by an army of $BETR believers and a stalwart Chief Fun Officer @burr.eth who always keeps things entertaining, no matter the market. BETRMINT isn’t just about spinning and winning. It’s about giving creators a new way to get discovered. It’s about shared upside. It’s about winning together. To everyone who has supported us since day one… Thank you, sincerely. That goes for all the faithful community members who have been spinning and staking daily, as well as our S-tier ecosystem partners at @base.base.eth (s/o @dtso, @zacprater.eth, @carlosjmelgar, @jesse.base.eth) and Farcaster (s/o @linda, @dish, @rish.) We have big plans to make Year Two even bigger and BETR than the last, as we continue to expand our userbase outside of Farcaster and turn @betrmint into the number one onchain platform for dopamine-fueled distribution and discovery. Look out for our brand new Karma Quests portal being relaunched later this week, plus some exciting collabs with our friends at CoinHero and others. 👀 In the meantime, we have a special anniversary “BETR BDAY BASH” NFT available to collect today (by the lovely and talented @0xaprilia), and we have also JUICED UP today’s Jackpot and Mini Jackpot odds to celebrate. 🙌 So grab a slice of cake and pull up a chair to the neon flywheel — GLHF! Much love to all, we couldn’t imagine a BETR place to be building! https://betrmint.fun/mint-spin-win/base:0xc4194cCcA9B5Dfb3b6F064B03416C37bcBc3c436

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Saw some folks moving funds out of their warplets in protest so I decided to join in… and do the exact opposite by sending more dry powder IN to mine. Why? - Because I like it here. - Because it’s still the best place to surface interesting apps by based builders, and app coins that let me bet on those builders early - Because I have always felt supported and rewarded for the energy I have brought here, both from the team (@dwr @v @linda @horsefacts.eth) and the communities I’ve curated (/yellow, @betrmint) - Because I know pmf mazes are borderline impossible and I’m here for all the onchain experiments - Because by and large, social networks are what you imagine them to be - Because I think a lot of this negative sentiment is misplaced ire at the past few months of down-only price action when we’re “supposed to be” in a bull market Obviously nobody is perfect and missteps can happen. So can miscommunications and mishandlings. But at the end of the day, Farcaster is still one of the coziest corners on the new internet, with some of the greatest people and most abundant opportunities, and imo it’s important not to miss the forest for a few trees. It’s good to give feedback and constructive criticism, or to contribute to the network in ways you’d like to see it grow, but dunking for the sake of dunking doesn’t really move the needle. I still believe this is one of the best places to hang out in all of crypto, and I’m committed to doing my part to keep making it BETR. 🫡

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gm to 10,000 followers on narcaster, what could be BETR?

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ok this is kind of crazy but let’s see… 365 Likes on this post in the next hour and we’ll do a special 1 Year Clankerversary Bonus Round of @betrmint with a super-sized prize pool of all your favorite @clanker tokens, as a birthday homage to @dish and the crew. 🎂 And for the Jackpots? How about some exclusive, limited edition Clanker merch designed by @fffflood and fulfilled by @queue? Seems to me like a fitting way to put a bow on our month-long “Clankers Do It BETR” collaboration… but the ball is in your court, Believers. Clank! Clank!

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