Mfers the best organically grown NFT project ever in just two months,Perhaps part of the success is attributable to just how relatable the design is. The posture of the stick-figure drawing is reminiscent of someone sitting at a desk and looking at a computer screen. The simple accessories, hair styles, and facial expressions offer the perfect canvas for people to identify with.
Mfers Founder
One is the ‘Mfers’ NFT collection created by none other than Sartoshi himself. Sartoshi, a well-known artist, is regarded as the top meme creator on NFT Twitter. Given that, Mfers’ stick figure collection is inspired by meme culture.
lots of mfers been asking ‘what are mfers’ so here’s the backstory
the origin traces to Sartoshi entry to the world of nfts
Sartoshi in march 2021 i began looking at digital art on superrare，got first punk in april 2021 — a mohawk punk with a cig. sartoshi the cryptopunk entered the twitterverse.
He got a few punks because believed they were an undervalued albeit speculative asset …- ‘once had the feeling of owning one and knowing there were only 10,000, could see the potential value down the road’
Sartoshi created a small cartoon guy who was saying that and glitched him into a 1/1 piece on foundation. the cartoon style fit everything and experiencing, including creating memes related to nft life
“are you winning son?” template with the stick figure dad talking to his stick figure son who is sitting at the computer slouched with headphones on. that inspired many memes Sartoshi made or drew regarding nft life. “are you winning son?” … stuff like that. where the markets were tanking, the kid is looking at a chart diving down on his computer, and he covers it with his hands and says something like “fuck dad can you knock?”
a key moment was one day when Sartoshi drew a cig on the kid and made it my pfp with my typical orange background. this crude stick figure kid with headphones and a quickly inked cig with smoke as he slouched in a chair with his arms extended to the keyboard was me…and all the tweets were from that smiling smoking motherfucker. whether a meme or joke or thoughts on the economics of nfts, that dude was typing them out — with a positive vibe but also a ‘don’t fuck with me’ vibe and the ‘it’s web3 i do what i want vibe.’ that’s how sartoshi looks — doing nfts with a digital cig and tweeting shit out (remember kids real smoking is dangeroooous).
Punks and Bored apes could really resonate as 10k collections bc that number fits well with generating a community of owners. ( missed bayc btw — had just gotten into punks before bayc launched and simply missed the frickin boat (yacht) — what bayc has done is mindblowing). anyway Sartoshi started sketching out stick figures for a 10k collection of mfers.
What are Mfers anyway?
To begin, Satoshi made his ‘Mfers’ NFT collection available for purchase on November 30 of last year. The sale included 10,000 NFT items for 0.069 ETH each. At the time of writing, the floor price is 2.689 ETH.
the collection was so popular that it sold out in less than 10 minutes. there was no whitelist, no honoraries, no paid promos, no nothing. the site went live at 420pm (obv.)Sartoshi also sold 21 “1/1” NFTs in addition to the regular NFTs.
According to OpenSea, over 5000 people own NFTs. Simultaneously, the NFT collection has generated a volume of 30.4K ETH.
https://opensea.io/collection/mfers
the world of mfers envisioned would epitomize the simple idea that “we all mfers.” there is no king, ruler, or defined roadmap — and mfers can build whatever they can think of with these mfers. i didn’t know what that would ultimately look like — and that was the point…nobody does. there’s also no official discord. mfers then created an ‘officially unofficial discord’ that now has thousands of members doing remarkable things, so i hear. i am not in it — this is by design. mfers don’t need sartoshi’s approval or looking over their shoulder as they experiment and build. Sartoshi view of what is most valuable for mfer holders is to amplify the best of their ideas and creations to reach vastly greater audiences…and add value for holders when the opportunities strike, including linking with artists who might create other nfts for mfer holders to claim.
Mfers traits and rarity
At present, the NFTs are available on both OpenSea and LooksRare platforms.
Apart from this, the team is also building mferverse, which is a play-to-earn 3D game. Until then, the enthusiasts can buy 3D mfers from OpenSea.
Mfers traits and rarity, the legendary cryptopunks. thus the types of mfers largely mirror the punk types: mostly humans, then about 88 zombies, 24 apes, and 9 aliens.included iconic punk traits, such as hoodies, beanies, 3D glasses, and the like. a tribute to the og collection.
many iconic nfts , 21 1/1 drawings in a style similar to the “are you winning dad” meme… these always have a character yelling something like “stay away from nfts they’re dangerooo — -oh noooo!!!” like a bored ape, coolcat, cryptodickbutt, squiggle, ringer, nakamoto card, or even beeple himself.
and mfers are building. there is a 3D mferverse with 3D mfers and upcoming tokenomics, there is mfers merch such as mfer hoodies and hats, there are mfer derivatives like mfers ahead (front facing), dead mfers (cool skull mfers), apemfers, collections of 1/1’s like mfers in paradise. there’s an mfers book. multiple mfers songs. twitter spaces. here are all the mfers images (uploaded by santana of westcoastnft) for anyone that wants to use them. (and keep in mind that mfer arms aren’t just reaching out to computers — it’s piano keys, paint brushes, beer cans, car steering wheels, spaceships, poker tables, and everything else mfers do.)
Mfers NFT roadmap
Mfers have become prevalent in the crypto-Twitter world. Some even predict that it will be the next blue-chip NFT. Sartoshi did not create the community through a whitelist. The project grew organically out of shared interest.
- “sartoshi you need an official discord” — no, we don’t; mfers built one for mfers
- “sartoshi you need to be in the discord as the leader” — no, i don’t…mfers are leading their own ways (but im happy to get the word out about many mfer creations and ideas)
- “sartoshi you need a roadmap” — no, mfers are paving their own roads
- “sartoshi you should do paid promos” — no, mfers move organically
- “sartoshi you need to send free mfers to this influencer or that celebrity” — no, those mfers are mfers just like us, mfer
- “sartoshi we need to get more people to change their pfp to mfers” — no, people will do it if they feel like it
- “sartoshi nobody should sell mfers below a certain price” — no, mfers do what they want…we all mfers and they still mfers
- “sartoshi what’s the utility?” — mfers are the utility mfer…it’s like a cryptopunk but you can build whatever you want with it
- “sartoshi will the floor go up?” — idk mfer
- “sartoshi my kid can draw that u suck i hate nfts i hate u too” — lol cheers mfer
in conclusion we all mfers love u mfers & gm mfers we just getting started
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