Azuki,

It's always both challenging & exciting opening up the gate to the Garden.

This time, we missed the mark.

We hear you - the mint process was hectic, the PFPs feel similar and, even worse, dilutive to Azuki. Our goal for Elementals is to grow the Garden, welcome new members into the community, and most importantly to expand the Azuki universe and set a foundation for a decentralized IP with deep lore.
One that enables us to create a new type of anime that’s already under production.

The Azuki Elementals sale opens on Tuesday, June 27 at 9:00 AM PT.
Elementals will be available to reveal immediately after sale ends.

Full details below. 🧵 ✦ 9:00 AM PT - Azuki Presale
✦ 9:10 AM PT - BEANZ Presale
✦ 9:20 AM PT - Public Sale

https://t.co/vKlwgsvN9nazuki.com/elementals

Announcing @_LINEFRIENDS (IPX) x @BEANZOfficial (Chiru Labs) We are thrilled to announce our partnership with IPX, a global IP platform that created the popular LINE FRIENDS characters loved by millions worldwide. Starting as stickers on the LINE messaging app (200M MAU), LINE FRIENDS characters have become globally recognized IP.

1/ The @AzukiOfficial Twitter was compromised today. A series of malicious tweets were posted during the morning of Friday, Jan 27th (Pacific Time).

The team has regained control of the @AzukiOfficial Twitter.

Details below 👇 2/ We immediately reached out to our contacts at Twitter, as well as took steps to alert the community. The malicious tweets and links were taken down swiftly.

Azuki is partnering with Bilibili International to explore web3 innovations in anime & media content!

Bilibili is the leading video community among the young generation in China. 🧵 Azuki, BEANZ and @CheersUP_NFT collectors will receive an exclusive certified diamond label for verifying your PFP on Bilibili International. 💎

This feature is powered by @CryptoNatty_io, a web3 native platform.

Tech resources from @ChiruLabs:

1. ERC721A was deployed in January this year. It has become a go-to contract for any NFT project that seeks to save gas, with over 2K Github stars and adoption from major projects in the space (@moonbirds, @doodles, @RTFKT, and many more). 2. Discord verification bot. This allows projects to take a more secure approach for community interaction. We outlined an approach for devs to create safer NFT verification in Discord that doesn’t require a third party. More at azuki.com/discord-bot

The results of the Azuki Golden Skateboard auction are in.

After 24H+ of fierce bidding (especially in the final moments), we have our top 8 Golden Skateboard auction winners. Let’s extend our warm & heartfelt congratulations to the winners!

Thread below 🧵 The Golden Skateboard is a marvel of art & technology showcasing our first implementation of PBT, which paves the way for a new era of storytelling.

We broke the record for the most expensive skateboard ever sold (in fact, the 8 most expensive skateboards ever sold).

PROOF OF SKATE 🦋🛹
azuki.com/proof-of-skate

The Golden Skateboard installation will run from Oct 19th - Oct 23rd at the @K11Musea Gold Ball in Hong Kong. It will be open to the public.

The public auction begins at 6:00 PM PST on Friday, Oct 21st and lasts for 24 hours. 🧵 Azuki has crafted a limited edition series of nine Golden Skateboards: custom-designed, precision-milled, and fully plated in 24K gold.

Each Skateboard is fully functional and depicts an exquisitely detailed golden dragon. It also weighs 45 lbs.

Introducing the Physical Backed Token (PBT): an open source token standard tying a physical item to a digital token on the Ethereum blockchain. Our first implementation of PBT uses the BEAN Chip, a physical cryptographic chip that self-generates an asymmetric key pair.

PBT enables the hardware to create a new experience we like to call “scan-to-own”.

The Azuki Twin Tigers Jacket prototype made its debut at NFTLA.

Today, we just airdropped every Azuki a special token.

Each token will be redeemable for our first physical drop, a limited edition Twin Tigers Jacket, which will be completely free of charge. The Azuki Twin Tigers Jacket is inspired by ‘Sukajan’ jackets, an all-time classic fashion piece dating back to the 1940s that combines American & Japanese street culture.

Introducing BEANZ: a small species that sprout from dirt in the garden. Being a sidekick is in their DNA, although some like to kick it alone.

They're earnestly driven by the desire to help. However, certain BEANZ feel a calling to pave their own path...🧵 Pair BEANZ with your Azuki as the story *evolves* (without changing the actual NFT). Or journey forth alone as a BEANZ maverick. The type and traits of your BEANZ upon reveal will be completely random.

Azuki and @BobuBeanFarmer will be joining a student-run space project from Grand Canyon University led by lead director @GuruleEthan to send the first NFT with private keys to space via @Ledger.

@NASA Crew-4 mission on the @SpaceX rocket is scheduled for April 23rd 🚀 Bobu is going to space! We will be sending 2,000 Bobu Tokens (~$1M) to the International Space Station (ISS) for 31 days. During this time, Bobu will be exploring his interest in intergalactic sake-brewing.

Crew-4 mission details: blogs.nasa.gov/crew-4/

All 20k Bobu tokens are now sold out! Can @bobubeanfarmer still speak in this obliterated state? Perhaps we'll hear from him soon 🧑‍🌾

We have a great foundation to run one of the most exciting experiments in the space today. Some learnings and next steps in our journey ahead: 🧵 The demand for Bobu tokens to participate in this decentralized IP governance experiment was beyond what the team anticipated.

On one hand, it's incredible to see how much excitement and demand there is. On the other hand, we hate to see a gas war and failed transactions.

Bobu tokens are a bold (and sake-fueled) experiment in decentralized IP governance. @bobubeanfarmer governance tokens will be minting soon:

When: March 6th at 6pm UTC
Where: bobu.azuki.com 🧑‍🌾
Why: Read this thread 🧵👇...

1/x Bobu is Azuki #40, a core character in the Azuki universe. He describes himself as a simple, honest farmer who likes sake and grows beans. Bobu is key to the Azuki lore and Bobu Holders will have governance over how this IP is used.

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ERC721A.org is now live 🙌

It hosts all resources necessary to integrate ERC721A: a new implementation of ERC721 which allows for minting multiple NFTs for essentially the same gas cost as minting one.

1/6 We encourage any NFT project that has not yet launched to consider adoption if they are interested in reducing gas costs for their minters and the overall community at launch time.

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Introducing ERC721A: An Improved ERC721 Implementation ⛩️

azuki.com/erc721a

Azuki has developed a new algorithm, which for the first time *ever* in the NFT space, enables minting multiple NFTs for essentially the same cost of minting a single NFT. Gas prices on Ethereum have been high for months, prompting dev teams to adapt. When minting multiple tokens, the gas cost required is proportional to the quantity of tokens being minted. ERC721A has three key optimizations that greatly reduce the additional gas required.

Azuki is a brand.
A new kind of brand that we build together.
A brand for the metaverse. By the community.

Let's dive into what we're all about... Our vision is to pull away from a world that's created by many and owned by few...
To a world that's created by more and owned by all.

We are the skaters of the internet.

We rise together.
We build together.
We grow together.