Crypto Sapiens - Chippi NFT | Signaling Commitment in Digital Communities with Perchy
Primer: It all started at Bankless DAO. Perchy wanted to document the growth of the DAO through a comics series. This resulted in the Chippi NFT collection. Find out more about his thoughts on communities, identities, and his project in this episode of Crypto Sapiens.
Background
Went to school for creative writing
Graduated and worked as an accountant in a US bank
Left his job and became a semi-professional online poker player
Decided to teach English as a second language next
Taught English in South Korea and Myanmar
Crypto drew him in as it is a new frontier with interesting opportunities
On Communities
Traveling and living in different countries have shaped his thinking
Entering a phase where international travel is easy
In the last few years, the pandemic has shifted many jobs online
Chippi NFT
How It Started
Chippi are amorphous white blob creatures with a face drawn in a minimalistic style
A few years ago, he was sketching and creating comics in his notebook
He forgot about the notebook and set it aside
When Bankless DAO launched, it was chaotic
He had the idea to make comics to document what was happening
One of the first comics he made was on the “Pope” vs “Poe-app” debate
Received a lot of positive feedback from it
Decided to make them as PFPs for people
Plenty of people wanted them
Metrics
OpenSea introduced analytics for the collection
405 Chippis have been created out of a total supply of 500
Sometimes, people will commission Chippis from him, at 0.07 ETH
He draws each Chippi by hand
The project has been going for ~2 years now
Chippi Items
Have been thinking what to do next in the Chippi world
Still too early to say anything definitive
Most of the innovation comes from the community
Trying to figure out a way to empower the community
Identifying With NFTs
People have used avatars in various ways
Early on, right click and saving is a taboo
A social code was created with NFTs
He has collected PFPs and NFTs from various collections
He likes the idea that he can have multiple identities at once
On Decentralized Social Applications
Have been trying these apps out
It’s just a matter of time that people switch from their Web2 versions to their Web3 versions
The next big thing will be something that we have not thought of yet
The Chippi Metaverse
Don’t think that there will be a Chippi metaverse or it would be a part of a greater thing
One huge breakthrough in gaming was MMORPGs
However, MMORPGs are siloed
Thinking that the Metaverse will be a network of games
Have come across some Web3 games where their NFTs can be used across multiple games/locations
Most Influential Person In His Crypto Journey
One of his good friends who introduced him to Bitcoin
David Hoffman and Ryan Sean Adams’ Bankless Podcast
Everyone from Bankless DAO
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