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Feb 3 • 23 tweets • 11 min read
Recently @pudgypenguins opened a portal over LayerZero. Let's take a look back at @pudgypenguins history, @LucaNetz takeover, their great migration and the incredible community they've built Image
The date is July, 2021 - Mint is live (largely unsuccessful)

@0xElm0 mints the legendary bowlcut. This random mint may have completely changed the trajectory of @pudgypenguins forever Image
@jebus911 finds penguins and CT inception begins. Cute jpeg maxis are born

@ryanzarick @caleb_banister @PrimordialAA first find penguins, also instantly fall in love Image
@jebus911 #NewProfilePic -- the virus is spreading, the gap is being bridged between "these look cool" to "this is a part of the public me" now

Eggs - Aug, 2021. The original team offers the ability to mint Pudgy Presents? What could be inside these wonderful eggs? Only 4 months to find out!

Aug 18, 2021 - I am my penguin and my penguin is me

@FroggyCyborg and others join the community, incredible art begins to flow Image
December 25th, 2021... Christmas is finally here. Let's see what are in these beautiful eggs.

Fishing poles? 4 months for fishing poles??? People are... less than thrilled Image
The great revolt / The wrappening

Frustrated with the lack of leadership and the abundance of fishing poles -- the community revolts! 9x9x9 leaks negotiation with the team, people begin wrapping their penguins to deprive the team of royalties. The revolution has begun
@LucaNetz steps in and buys Pudgy Penguins for 750 ETH ($2.5m)

nftevening.com/pudgy-penguins…
New era of penguins begins.

It's very clear from day 1 that @LucaNetz has big dreams. The community was torn on whether or not that vision was real and the execution would be there... but man... his energy is infectious. Maybe... just maybe... Image
Since then @LucaNetz has tweeted thousands of times and shaped the world around him with his relentless positivity and commitment to @pudgypenguins. Assembled an incredible team (we see you @0xLoMel) and hasn't missed a beat.
The team introduces a way to collaborate with penguin holders while building an amazing brand -- begins to license IP directly from the community/holders which is extremely novel and almost unheard of

Pudgy Penguin children's book comes to live

Lil Penguins get some licensing action

We see you 1/1s (@Vince_Van_Dough @KinkyBedBugs )

Entire LayerZero team gets penguins as a holiday bonus! We love the penguins Image
Lil Pudgys find a portal! These tiny cuties can now make their way to Polygon, BNB Chain, and Arbitrum via bridge.pudgypenguins.com

Pudgy penguins welcomes all with open flippers

@LucaNetz gracious as ever

We're sure we missed a lot of penguin history & lore in here -- tell us what's missing!

Honored to be a part of the @pudgypenguins community and have them part of the @LayerZero_Labs fam. Hats off to the amazing team, community, and artists who make penguins what they are today

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