Thread by @Dope_Ape_NFT

**WTF is DOPE APE CLUB? WHERE ARE WE GOING?**

FIRST derivative from LICENSED BAYC IP

First 24 hrs: 10,000+ sales, 1.5k ETH Volume, $1.5mm+ market cap

#2 on OPENSEA

Wen Discord/roadmap??

Lil Secret: we kept 1500+ mints in our community wallet. WHY?

Details below
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First off:
Regarding the 1500+ mints, no no no, this isn't for the team

We are going to attempt to do something never done in the space

Hold on tight, announcement will come tomorrow on the details

But you better start delisting soon... to enter the
💎Diamond Dope Ape Club💎

**What Is Dope Ape Club (DAC)**

Dope Ape Club is the first derivative project based on licensed Bored Ape IP. Free Mint. Dope art, community, and vibes.

With the support of @sigroll , we were able to secure licensing deals from 7 OG Bored Apes

which we used to seed a brand new collection of apes in our own vision.

**The Why: Extending The Ape Lineage**

We see Dope Ape Club as an extension of the great family line of Apes. Direct descendants from our 7 ape ancestors.

To us, this is an experiment in seeing how licensing can expand the possibilities for new art, community, and storytelling within a collection.

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When BAYC gave commercial rights to its community, it gave the community the rights to expand its universe.

We’ve seen Apes draw comics twitter.com/boredApeCOMIC, write books jenkinsthevalet.com, create music cointelegraph.com/news/eminem-an…, but we’re only just scratching the surface of what is possible…

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We wanted to create our own collection that wasn’t just an unrelated copycat collection looking to extract value from the Apes but rather augment the ape universe through licensing from actual holders. We believe this is natural step in web3 world building.

To continue the spirit of the OG collection, we are giving full commercial rights to Dope Ape holders to do with what they will.

We’d love to see what kind of stories the community builds around these new characters.

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Will we see Dope Apes license their own apes out to new creators and continue to extend the line for future generations.

What kind of new characters, IP, and storylines could come from that?

How far could it go?

**What’s Next**

Our goal is to spark the conversation. We want to the community to decide what we can do. What’s next for Dope Apes will be up to you. Where do you want to take it?

We created a temporary discord to open up some real time conversation, DM us for access!!!

Note: bc of the recent hacks, we are not sure if we are going to keep the community on discord, we are open to telegram or some other platform, let us know if you prefer something else

In the meantime, here’s some directions we can take this to:

-**Verify on OS** : already started

-Vote for community head, assemble mods

-Dope Ape Merch, Contests, Giveaways

-Sweeping floor with community wallet

-Many more

BTW... I already started testing merch long time ago...