What is Musk's The Memes by 6529?
Elon Mask released the relevant pictures of the NFT project The Memes by 6529 this morning, making its floor price increase by 23% in 24 hours, and the transaction volume and number of transactions also increased significantly, with an increase of 2045% and 1000% respectively. Looking at the The Memes by 6529 series on Opesea, we found that unlike other NFT projects with a unified style, The Memes by 6529 is composed of different emoji pictures, which looks a bit disorganized at first glance.
But this project, which looks a bit "cottage", was already popular before Musk called for the order. According to Opensea, the sales volume of The Memes by 6529 began to pick up in November last year and peaked in mid-January this year. At the time, The Memes by 6529 was also consistently in the top 5 of Opensea's Top Favorites charts. Seeing this, I believe that many NFT enthusiasts have a question, what exactly does it want to express? Why does a project that seems like a hodgepodge of memes get so much attention? Next, let's find out.
Who is Punk 6529?
The Memes was created by Punk 6529. Punk 6529 has long used CryptoPunks No. 6529 as his avatar, and is known as an NFT "thinker" in the industry. He is a well-known KOL in the NFT field. He became well-known in 2021 by publishing multiple in-depth NFT posts. In April last year, Punk 6529 posted more than 80 tweets on Twitter, introducing the new project Open Metaverse that he is leading to build, including the original design intention, development concept, status quo and vision of Open Metaverse, officially from NFT collectors Transform into a builder. Open Metaverse aims to create a fully decentralized, community-driven Metaverse. The Memes is part of this project.
On Art, Memes, Freedom, and the Metaverse
Launched on June 9th, 2022, The Memes is a message in favor of packaging decentralized messages into eye-catching or viral images, arguing that a well-crafted Memes is more powerful than any tweet Influence. The purpose is to spread the Memes ideas related to digital freedom and the most positive side of NFT culture. In addition, the project encourages the use of its images to create derivative works (ReMemes for short), all of which are CC0.
The series started out as a few simple versions made by 6529 and 6529er (the multidisciplinary designer who created the 6529 logo), and later, different artists contributed to the project, from photographers to illustrators to 3D artists, such as XCOPY and Grant Riven Yun.
The series consists of two SZNs (seasons), with Genesis SZN 1 being released in 2022. There are 8 Memes themes in SZN 1, each theme contains 2 - 11 cards, and each card contains a different number of NFTs. The 8 Memes themes of SZN 1 are:
Meme 1: Seize the Memes Of Production
Meme 1 contains the most valuable meme in the series, the first three cards (6529 Seizing, SeizeJPGs, and Uncle Seize) are the genesis cards of the series, all of which were created by 6529 er, the series consists of 7 cards.
Meme 2: WAGMI
The set's message is that we're all going to be successful, and Meme 2 includes 4 cards.
Meme 3: Don’t Let The Institutions Steal Your JPEGs
The point of this collection is that we own the rights to use our JPEG images. Meme 3 contains 2 cards.
Meme 4: GM
Meme 4 shows how each artist expresses the GM. It includes 10 cards, all created by different artists.
Meme 5: Use A Hardware Wallet
Each artist in Meme 5 has used their own artistic way to express the importance of using a hardware wallet and it includes 6 cards.
Meme 6: Open Metaverse / OM
Meme 6 fits the concept of an open metaverse, with 11 cards in total.
Meme 7: Freedom To Transact
The message of Meme 7 is freedom and comes in 2 cards.
Meme 8: Freestyle
Meme 8 has no specific theme, it focuses on casualness, and includes 4 cards.
All NFTs in The Memes series are ERC-1155 versions and minted on independent Manifold contracts, with data kept on Arweave.
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