Amidst all the XRPL tribal wars happening on the timeline, I felt the need to personally thank all the project leaders, builders, owners, and artists with whom
@VirtualOrigins_ collaborates and partners. ✊
Truth be told, tribalism can be a very powerful tool for enriching a few.
The pattern is familiar.
You create a conflict, recruit your soldiers, let them fight on the battlefield, and occasionally show up to give them more ammunition.
In Web3, the ammunition comes in the form of conflicts, claims, accusations, FUD, and narratives.
Communities mobilize.
The bigger the communities, the bigger the reach.
And then:
Visibility increases.
More eyes land on both projects.
People increase their positions.
Market caps and NFT floors rise.
And while the majority is focused on the battle, a smaller group can realize actual value - taking profits, reducing meme positions, or selling NFTs they accumulated earlier at much lower prices.
Eventually, the money is extracted.
The fighting stops.
No more raging tweets.
No more FUD.
No more tribal wars.
Charts and NFT floors start changing, and often declining, as people move their assets toward the next shiny thing on the Ledger.
Meanwhile, the same capital of the few can be redeployed into new positions.
And when the conditions are right, the cycle begins again.
That’s how extraction can happen.
I don’t want VOC to be part of that game.
Instead, I want to personally thank the people who have helped us build something different.
Thank you
@CollectionRude for creating the art and starting the Rude culture on the Ledger. I can’t wait to start decorating my house with actual prints from your collections.
Thank you
@HollowmanG for impacting art on the Ledger in so many ways. Thank you for being a friend and for creating the first utility NFT collection on the Ledger that airdrops Flare to its holders.
Thank you
@Web3SlashPlace for being the voice of the Ledger. Thank you for being a friend and a huge supporter of VOC. You gave us the voice and visibility we needed.
Thank you
@DigitalPalm @CamelToeDP @CoreBitCamels @NftWhizzer for being our first strategic partner and for providing the validator we use on the TX blockchain. Thank you for the emotional support during difficult times, for the brainstorming, and for helping us whenever we needed it.
Thank you
@XRPDeals for building the marketplace and the bots we use in our Discord to keep our community updated with new listings and sales. When we had almost nothing, your platform’s features helped us operate and keep moving forward.
Thank you
@_DigitalDynamix for finding the time in your busy schedule when we first met. Thank you for teaching us about the Flare blockchain, its mechanics, and how the ecosystem works. Thank you for being our second strategic partner and for providing the validator we use on the Flare blockchain.
Thank you for showing us the way.
And finally, thank you to the VOC community.
Without all of you, I would probably still be another person fighting someone else’s tribal war without realizing that, while I was fighting, someone else was winning the game.
I choose a different path.
Build. Collaborate. Support. Create.
Stay safe. ✊
VOC is the way.