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Today we share the pod summary of @B21Tv where host @DheerajShah_ interviews @ponderware team Brooks Boyd and community manager Anna Marie Privitere. Ponderware is the team behind MoonCats 🌛🐈 , one of the hottest projects now.

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@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware Who is Brooks (@midnight426)?

🐱 Developer with an art background
🐱 Interested in helping people understand codes
🐱 Not part of the original Ponderware team that developed MoonCats
🐱 Helped the community, was recognised for his effort & invited officially to the team in 2021

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 Who is Anna Marie (@amprivitere)?

🐱 Had 17 yrs of experience being a community manager in the video gaming space
🐱 Runs her own company
🐱 Always been interested in the mechanics of mining, started in 2018 but got serious around Mar 2021

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere Do they like real cats? 🐈

B:
🐱 Grew up with cats
🐱 Likes MoonCats because the cats are in various poses

AM:
🐱 Adopted 3 cats, named them the Dark Trio
🐱 Brooks actually had one of the siblings of her cats

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere How did they know about MoonCats?

B:
🐱 Learnt about the launch from news feed/newsletter on 9th Aug 2017
🐱 First MoonCat rescue was on 14th Aug, subsequently rescued over 100

AM:
🐱 Brooks reached out to her based on a joke years ago
🐱 Applied for the position and got it

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere What are MoonCats?

🐱 Generative art NFT, but that term has not been coined yet at inception
🐱 Capped supply of 25,440 cats in total - all had been rescued
🐱 To mint it, will have to do proof of work first to solve a computational problem

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere MoonCat Lore

🐱 Minting and adding to blockchain - rescuing
🐱 Buying from secondary markets - adopting
🐱 Proof of work to mint - searching 🔎
🐱 Wrapping Mooncat with ERC 721 wrapper - Acclimatizing
🐱 Hodling and not selling - cuddling 🫂

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere Genesis MoonCats

🐱 Designed to be scarce - just black/white
🐱 Intended to be sold for profit to recoup costs, but there was a bug in the contract so the fees are burnt instead
🐱 The only ones who profited are the miners ⛏️ who got the gas fees

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere Growth of MoonCats over the years

🐱 Surge in interest🔥 in 2021 because of NFT hitting high prices in mainstream media
🐱 NFT season started in Mar 2021
🐱 When an old project like MoonCats have been discovered to have not been fully minted, the whole supply was minted in 4 hrs

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere To explain the dismal rescue of only 3 cats in 2020

🐱 The community created lore to explain this
🐱 The 3 MoonCats rescued are nicknamed Covid Cats
🐱 2 out of 3 wore face masks😷 , which were accessories made in their boutique

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere Token standards

🐱 MoonCats are ERC-20 tokens, which predates the ERC-721 NFT standard
🐱 To be sold in marketplaces, ERC-721 wrapper is needed
🐱 MoonCats with official ERC-721 wrapper is called acclimated MoonCats
🐱 ERC-998 allows the cats to own other NFTs (not official yet)

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere NFT boutique

🐱 Started because ERC-998 capabilities allow for this
🐱 Other projects have their rarity, and value, dependent on the type and number of accessories
🐱 There is no set rarity for different traits for MoonCats
🐱 Only ratio of genesis vs rescued cats is set

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere What does the boutique do?

🐱 Allows anyone to easily create mini NFTs that a cat can put on and wear
🐱 Can limit the accessory to certain MoonCats traits or unique situations, creating interesting dynamics
🐱 Nearly 1000 items listed, but >90% done by community

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere Road map

🐱 Project "Sportsball" - sports league on the moon
🐱 Project "Deep Space" - another NFT in the MoonCats universe
🐱 Brooks mentioned it is quite exciting interacting with smart contracts in $ETH
🐱 Allows one to build on top of things 🧱

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere CUDL

🐱 @NiftyMuseum made an NFT came called @CudlFinance
🐱 Not developed by Ponderware team, they only provided support
🐱 Join the game with your MoonCat, feed them to raise their levels, pet them to earn $CUDL
🐱 $CUDL is spent on food and to take part in a racing game

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere @NiftyMuseum @CudlFinance Supply cap on MoonCats

🐱 Originally capped at 25,600, consisting of Genesis MoonCats not rescued by proof of work but released by the development team
🐱 But did not gain traction in earlier years, hence did not release subsequent rounds of Genesis cats

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere @NiftyMuseum @CudlFinance 🐱 When MoonCats are rediscovered in Mar 2021, the community voted not to release the Genesis MoonCats
🐱 Private keys for these unreleased Genesis cats are destroyed
🐱 In the blockchain, there are still 120 cats available
🐱 These are the guardians and overseers in MoonCat lore

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere @NiftyMuseum @CudlFinance Exciting times in the space

B:
🐱 It will be exciting to see NFT legos, where one project builds on top of another
🐱 NFT will be conversation starters 🗨️ among strangers

AM:
🐱 Seeing the community growing and unleashing creativity
🐱 NFT NYC
🐱 First MoonCats meetup

@B21Tv @DheerajShah_ @ponderware @midnight426 @amprivitere @NiftyMuseum @CudlFinance Links

🐱 Video:
🐱 Substack article: thereadingape.substack.com/p/desi-crypto-…

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Erratum: not dark trio but dugtrio. Obviously I don't know about pokemon enough to know the difference 🤦