Watching @ElenaaETH and @waleswoosh consistently write their threads has inspired me to get back into it.

Lately more people have been asking “what does @locationtba actually do at @Azuki” and I figured I’d write a thread explaining what exactly it is I do 🧵👇

(1/12) Before driving into what I do, it’s helpful to understand my background and everything leading up to the launch of @Azuki

I was a software engineer for my entire web2 career, working at small startups, hyper growth unicorns, and @facebook (twice)

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Introducing ERC721A: The Lore

At the recent Azuki Tokyo meet up, I was asked about how I made ERC721A. People seem to have found the story interesting and I was encouraged to share it more broadly, so here you go 🧵 Before Azuki launched, @ZAGABOND wanted to brainstorm on what innovative things we could do on the smart contract level. Unfortunately, gas at the time was so high it wasn't reasonable to do much outside of just minting tokens.

Why you're probably paying too much in gas when minting NFTs, a quick thread

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🧵👇 The space is growing rapidly which catches a lot of attention. Anyone with an idea and some initial art can start growing a following for their project. After they've gained some traction they realize they need to actually find devs to build it

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The @AzukiZen collection will be revealed on Thursday 12pm noon PST.

Rare NFTs get sniped upon reveal by scripters. A quick thread about my thoughts going into the reveal around metadata.

TLDR; To not get sniped, DO NOT LIST until after reveal.

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🧵👇 Part of the draw of NFTs is the nostalgic feelings reminiscent of opening a pack of Pokemon cards. We feel some of that magic has been lost as the NFT space has grown, and have strived to rediscover it with @AzukiZen
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How @AzukiZen is thinking about mintlist (ML), a thread (1/15)

It's been great to see the growing level of interest in Azuki over the past few weeks. The team is so glad to see that there are a lot of people who resonate with the vision and type of community we are trying... (2/15)

to build. There have been some questions around the Mint List (ML) process and who is being selected which I'll clear up by providing more context in this post. These questions are understandable, as we have intentionally chosen not to disclose exactly how we are...

(1/11) Ever wonder why every project is doing a whitelist? Let's dive into the history of whitelists in the #NFT space and what it's now turned into, as well as some insights into how we think about them at @AzukiZen 🧵🔽 Whitelists first started popping up months ago during a time when millions were being lost in gas wars during public sales. An alternative method was needed. People were losing a lot of ETH and often times not even walking away with an NFT