My story with DeGods is somewhat epic.
As a usual degen, I minted 2 DeGods on October 8th 2021. I wasn't in the team.
Then got deep into collection on-chain metadata, trying to rank DeGods based on rarity. Shared the mythic ranking spreadsheet in the discord 1 day after mint,
The y00ts contract just got upgraded ⬆️
Transactions will now only be possible through marketplaces respecting royalties, like Magic Eden.
Listings on Blur & OpenSea will remain until people delist, but are not buyable anymore.
(the true floor is on ME, only 44 listed now)
This bridge has been one of the biggest challenge in my dev journey so far.
The amount of moving pieces and parameters are just insane.
Will do a thorough thread about the whole process soon 🧵
Next up DeGods 🚀🔥
The DeGods contract was just upgraded to optimize gas spending. 🫡
It should reduce gas costs for custodial un-staking & NFT transfer by about -40% (for 1 DeGod).
As promised, here is a Delegation app to safely interact with the
@DeGodsNFT
ecosystem.
(including y00ts mint)
Sign up with your Ledger => Add hot wallet => mint y00ts with hot wallet
We will be rolling out [Season 3.1] over the next 24 hours. It will just address the layering issues.
The following layering fixes will be made:
Godhawk + Marble skin
Overalls + Turquoise skin
Bandana rogue pixel
Bandana + Ape
All Transparent lenses fix [backgrounds, traits,
We had to implement DeID on-chain for this Downgrade so holders don’t have to touch their ledger.
DeID is now authenticating DeGods & y00ts across 3 blockchains & usable in smart contracts.
Thanks
@0xCygaar
for auditing &
@wolvrinheart
for the implementation 🐐
The
@DeGodsNFT
Season 3 "Downgrade" is now live.
Many of you have opinions on the artwork, but very few of you understand how upgrading works under the hood.
Here's how the
@dust_labs
team and I worked together to build a secure and efficient upgrade process for Season 3 🧵:
My first Solidity contract !🌉
Had to get out of my comfort zone for this one.
Took a bit to learn the language but I had an easier time than learning Solana Rust 😅
Great synergy with
@wolvrinheart
for auditing/enhancing the code 🙏
Bullish on
@dust_labs
!
Took a glance over the
@y00tsNFT
NFT and staking contracts just now.
Didn't find any exploits, code is well written. The only thing I was able to do is take ownership over the staking logic contract, but that's not really an issue.
Solid start
@kevindegods
@dust_labs
.
I would recommend
@matt_degods
to any company, without any doubt. Dedicated & fast leaner on top of being a fantastic human.
Sad to see you go my friend but I’m sure many Ws are ahead 🫡
Life update: I am one of the three folks that left Dust Labs yesterday. Parting ways is never easy, but the very last thing anyone should do is burn bridges by talking shit.
I believe kindness, open-mindedness, hunger, and curiosity will pay dividends for us.
⚠️ Important update on the DeGods metadata
The DeGods ranks are now available on the metadata url under "rank".
This provides a single source of truth for all the external services that want to display it.
Example for DeGod
#2292
:
Always a pleasure to work with at team of so many talented people at
@dust_labs
🔥
Getting instant feedback from our
@y00tsNFT
&
@DeGodsNFT
holders is a real privilege, I’m very grateful for that 🙏
That’s what keeps me building every single day !
@CryptoAnglio
@y00tsNFT
I agree the launch didn’t match the hype at all
But saying that it was the worst launch ever…
I’d be happy to run you through the complexity of this mint and all the pieces we had to put together. Most of it has never been done before.
We also had to deal with 1.5M req in 3hrs
Seeing a lot of people fud Polygon NFTs based on
@cryptoslamio
24hr volume (~40k$)
FYI top 10 volume on OS is ~350k$, so there is clearly a lot of data missing on Cryptoslam.
Very happy to join
@DeGodsNFT
core team as Head of Engineering 🔥
$DUST protocol will push DeGods to a new dimension
We are working very hard to bring sick innovation to the
#SolanaNFTs
space
@kylienft
@DeGodsNFT
@dust_labs
@y00tsNFT
2 people from scholarships were stuck from minting. They had a t00b assigned but couldn’t confirm the transaction
I just solved their issue and told them to try again.
Sorry to disappoint, no one stole anything
What an epic party !
Even though I spent most of the night helping at the door, I enjoyed seeing the DeFam having fun🔥
Did you spot me at the entrance ??
@CryptoAnglio
@y00tsNFT
… anyways you’re right we will never stop trying, and not only Frank.
The team has been spending the last year working everyday trying to provide the most value to our holders. Even if it means cutting our revenues.
And we are not gonna stop anytime s00n 🫡
🤯🤯🤯🤯
Amazing description of the thought process behind the DeadGods art. It really shows how dedicated the team and artists were to ship this free mint.
I'm very glad you joined us in this incredible adventure
@SCUMSOL
, you really KILLED IT. GOATED forever brother 🐐
I would say most of you that are following me have now seen the new DeadGods rising from their graves. The reactions have been overwhelming. I am truly humbled. But most of you don't know the "why" to the "what."
.
Allow me to illuminate you.
@Matt_NFTcrypto
@DeGodsNFT
@kevindegods
Since the founding in 2021, DeGods has built:
• Paper Hand Bitch Tax - burned 535 DeGods
• DeGods Week - a week of viral bounty challenges to win DeGods
• The first blogging website on Solana - including direct tips to creators
• A private token-gated forum tool for holders
y00ts Shortcuts are live in Phantom 🔥
Visit the
@y00tsNFT
website, follow on X, and join Discord — all from inside your wallet.
Another Shortcut will be added soon. Here’s a hint: 🌉
@pimpcapital
@frankdegods
Except that I’m not an employee ahah
With the very quick decline of royalties most of our employees were making more than us
But I know that people like to think we all drive lambos 🤓
Without forgetting the 🐐
@thebasedbob
for taking care of the infra, debugging the UX bugs & monitoring the logs all night, so I could finally sleep in peace at 6AM 🫡
Another W for
@dust_labs
@delabsxyz
🙏
@coegyr
@okaybears
@DeGodsNFT
Actually data shows that they are drying up the entire SOL NFT market
A lot of floors are dumping hard to fuel this pump
That said, we should never be salty about one project bringing big attention to the space. It’s bullish for Solana long term!
A project on zkSync raised 921 ETH ($1.7M) in a token sale, but funds are stuck forever in the smart contract.
The transfer() function works on Ethereum and other EVM chains, but not on zkSync.