The Pulse - 2022/02/11
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Upcoming Live Events
Legendary Key Holder Call w/ Tom Bilyeu
When: Feb 11th @12:00pm PST
Where: Legendary Lounge (must hold a Legendary key to access)
Discord Event Announcement LinkBuilding in Web 3 w/ Lisa Bilyeu & Sara Bauman, founder of Women & Weapons
When: Feb 11th @4:30pm PST
Where: Building in Web 3 Stage and chat in building-in-web3
Melon Minds Talk with Benno
When: Feb 12th @11am PST
Where: Melon Minds Stage
Building in Web 3 w/ Tom Bilyeu & Code Miko
When: Feb 15th @3:00pm PST
Where: Twitter Spaces
Official Announcement coming soon!
Recent Past Events (find the recordings linked to Discord)
On Saturday, February 5th, Tort was a MelonMinds keynote speaker on the topics of fitness / weightlifting / mindset. After going through numerous surgeries and being forced to eat through a straw, Tort turned to fitness in order to rebuild his physique. He advised on what to eat, how often to train, the benefits of proper sleep habits, and how not to injure yourself. But if there was one message that he wanted to get across, it’s that embracing fitness is for life.
On Monday, February 7th, Tom Bilyeu had a “Building in Web 3” event with BeMetaVersed. Summary: IT beginnings, book - “A Billion Wicked Thoughts”; age of imprinting from 11-14; cultural impacts during the imprinting age; transition from Web2 to Web3; long-term vision in the NFT space centered around kids & why Japanese intellectual property has done much better than western in that age group; importance of zip code in someone's future success in life; Tom’s long term vision in the NFT space; brief discussion around ITFK future; most projects will go to zero?; Lisa's role in the Impact Theory Universe. The event closed with answering community questions.
On Thursday, February 10th, Tom Bilyeu had a “Building in Web 3” event with Nelson Diaz and Whisbe. Summary incoming next week once the recording is uploaded.
Project News (Update from last week: New Twitter!)
NEW! Founder’s Key now has its own official Twitter page! Twitter: @FoundersKeyIO
updates from previous weeks:
Avatar Project :
Avatar Phase 1 - Personality Exam will lead to an assigned Faction (think Harry Potter & the sorting hat), From there you’ll create a visual Avatar which is a Full Body Avatar. ITFK symbols, tiers, keys qty & POAPs all factor into items available in the marketplace. (see previous Pulse articles for more details)
P.S. “The Avatar Project” is just the code name for the project
Key News (update to Special Utility NFT)
Legendary: Special Utility NFT is set to release with the Avatar project for Legendary Keys bought during Whitelist or Presale (Token IDs 1-1387). Tom confirmed this will be integrated into the Avatar program instead of being an extra project.
Legendary: Right-to-Partner terms will be presented in 2-3weeks for feedback and launch date mid to late Q1. Looking at different phases of RTP; later phase plan is to provide some guidance for people with less experience. Note: Right-to-Partner vs Right to Joint Venture misconceptions
Relentless: Lifemap for Relentless is done with writing and will be going to Art planning on Q2
All Keys: Outside Perks is back! Ensure you read through the announcement and watch Tom’s video about this.
Link to Announcement and Disclaimer
Community Interview
This week’s Community Interview comes from our very own Eli ・ MAKANI.ART - makani#6230
Please tell us more about yourself! Where are you from? What are you
passionate about?
I’m a self-taught artist from Maui, Hawaii, but I currently live in Los Angeles, California. Aside from art, I love all things personal growth, character-driven TV shows and movies, home-cooked food, hiking to a killer view, and running–I’m currently training for my first marathon!What first brought you to Impact Theory?
I stumbled upon Impact Theory for the first time around 2017. I felt I was on the wrong path in life, not living my Personal Legend (shoutout to any Alchemist fans out there), and all the inspiring interviews really drew me in. Ordinary people carving out their own path in life in the pursuit to achieve extraordinary things? Tell me more ;)As one of our most active community members, what encourages you to stay?
Two things. First, the people. I now consider many of the other active community members to be good friends, and I love that we are aligned in our desire to grow and manifest our potential in the world, whatever that looks like for each of us.
The second thing that keeps me here is my unshakeable conviction that NFTs and Web3 are about to transform the world in profound ways. I don’t know exactly what that means, but I know that I must contribute, somehow. Impact Theory is taking forward-thinking and innovative action in this space, and for that reason–among several others–I am beyond ecstatic to be a part of this community!What are you most excited about for the future of IT (short term & long term)? What projects are you most looking forward to, and why?
Short term: The avatar project. Ever since it was first teased in October, that has been the Impact Theory NFT project that I am most excited about. Before I pivoted to focus on art and design full time, I earned a degree in mathematics and worked as a telecommunications engineer... so the intersection of technology and human creativity is a sweet spot that overlaps with my skills, experience, and personal interests, and I find it fascinating. It sounds like Impact Theory is really trying to push the envelope in terms of technology and (“high stakes”) gamification, and I am ALL ABOUT IT!
Long term: I’m excited to watch all my fellow melonheads grow, thrive, and impact the world. Can’t wait to celebrate our future successes, as well as the lessons learned along the way. Big things are coming... I can feel it in my bones.Are you currently working on any projects that you’d like to share with us? If you have a website or socials to share, where can we follow you & learn more?
Yes: MAKANI.ART! I have been drawing regularly for nearly 15 years. I create hand-drawn illustrations of surreal characters, with a focus on form and texture. Generally speaking, my aim is to mash together several elements–faces, limbs, critters, mushrooms, etc.–and flesh it out as realistically as possible. The more I have developed my skills, the stranger and more elaborate the characters have become.
Recently, I have been creating digitized versions of my drawings, converted into simple but flashy animations. I’m selling these animated pieces as NFTs (with an accompanying physical original or print).
My traditional and digital portfolios can be viewed on my website, and as far as social media goes, I am currently most active on NFTwitter... though I also post for my Instafam from time to time.
Website: makani.art
Twitter: twitter.com/elimakani
Instagram: instagram.com/makani.art
Opensea: opensea.io/collection/makani-artWhat’s your biggest goal right now? Is there anything any of us in the community may be able to help you with to achieve that goal?
I am participating in ITU’s Impact 90 Challenge, and my goal for the challenge is to sell 10 of my 1/1 NFT artworks for 0.5 ETH or more. The purpose of that goal is to build momentum towards a larger 2022 goal (a potentially crazy one) of donating $100,000 to charity.
If anyone in the community wants to help, the best thing to do is to spread the word! Show my work to your friends, retweet it... anything to help collectors find my work! I’m accepting commissions for charity, and I will be auctioning off derivatives as I finish them.
Note: You can read more about my strategy and motivation behind this goal on my website (makani.art/100k)What’s one thing you’ve learned in life that you wish everyone knew?
Everyone suffers their own challenges and struggles on a frequent basis, if not daily. Some deal with it better than others, but I would venture a guess to say that most people feel less stable inside than they appear on the outside. Even if that guess is way off, the world would be better off if everyone treated others as if it were true. You never know what someone is going through.
Experiencing Impact Theory
Nima Noghrehkar, from the Impact Theory community, has crafted an excellent article on his Impact Theory experience. You can check it out here:
https://nima-noghrehkar.medium.com/they-have-a-theory-cccfc7b76227
NFT Alpha
By: starlordGMI (link to Legendary DAO)
This unique alpha will give you upside exposure to both Wolf Game and VeeFriends ecosystem. Wolf game is a probability-based blockchain game that captured the imagination of the NFT space when it minted in November 2021. There were several copycat projects and staking-based games that followed it. Currently pre-game (called alpha game) is being played with the full game set to go live in a couple of months. Alpha game white paper: https://www.wolf.game/alpha-game-whitepaper
It involves staking your animals (wolves/sheep) to one of the teams. If you stake an animal or 20k wool into one of Gary's teams (#11072 and #2773 - one lead by AJ and other by jonnymo) before 14th Feb then you'll be get a VeeFriends mini drops NFT. These currently have a floor of 1.7 ETH.
- Cost of 20k wool - 1.25 ETH | Floor of sheep - 1.1 ETH
This VF mini-drops benefit is on top of the general incentive of participating in the alpha game (free $wool pouch) and the potential upside of the wolf game assets when the full game launches.
Did you Know?
Out of 15,100 keys across all 3 tiers, only 411 are listed for sale.
No paper hands here 🙌!
Community Feedback to IT Project Team:
Note: New channel for upvoting feedback in the Discord - #upvote-feedback
Opensea Attributes need updating for Lifetime Free Mints (In Progress)
We’re very keen to get partnered with CoinbaseNFT to be part of the promo campaign they’re running right now.
Requested a Project Timeline to help keep track of all the projects that we’re excited to see delivered!
Crypto/NFT Bullet News
Gala Games plans to put $5B Into NFT Expansion
Alfa Romeo Is Building NFTs Into Latest Hybrid Car to Record Vehicle Data
A NFT Home Sale Has over 1,500 Bidders Lining Up
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Upcoming Live Events: 2shady.eth, Glimmeringmind
Project Updates & Building Web3 Summary: 2shady.eth, Jelly Bean, NachoP
Community Interview: E.clipse
NFT Alpha: starlordGMI
Did you Know?: Fast_and_Curious
Crypto/NFT Bullet News: Fast_and_Curious
Editors: 2Shady.eth, Maddi, E.clipse, Jon LeVeille, Gigi, Fast_and_Curious, Christain.diener, NachoP, Jelly Bean, Maddi
Visuals: Maddi, Marshoush90