Chris: Hi there! Please introduce yourself.
OneNFTX: Hi this is OneNFTX. Thanks for having me here at NFTCalendar. I'm the Founder, Pixel Artist and Lead Developer of this project. I"m an Electrical Engineer by profession working in a Fortune 50 company as Product Manager. My passion for crypto started in 2016 when I started day trading, mining and investing into high potential alt coins projects. My NFT journey started in July, 2021 and since then I'm rediscovering my life through NFT space and fascinated by Metaverse in general.
Chris: CryptoPunks Hybrid is a crossbreed of the Punks and Apes collection launched earlier. What is the idea behind the development of Cryptopunks?
OneNFTX: Well it all started with an idea and a little bit of humour factor involved into this concept. In the NFT community we hear daily debates of people comparing Cryptopunks with bored ape yacht club, so I had this idea of a crossbreed between apes and punks to create a single derivative collection of highest quality honouring the outcome in punk form to give respect to Cryptopunks original collection.
Thats how it all started and we are thrilled to see the end results. These are by far the best looking punks out there in the Metaverse.
Chris: Furthermore, Cryptopunks Hybrid look like pixel artwork NFTs. What are the different traits of the tokens which set them apart from each other?
OneNFTX: Yes, the art is pixel art which is highly inspired by original Cryptopunks collection. We deconstructed the original traits, added a few more and recompiled in more refined fashion as compared with original Cryptopunks. One example is that in original Cryptopunks the "EYE" trait is usually a top layer covering the "HEAD" trait which gives you an output not so accurate. If the punk has a hat and eye gear will override some portion of it in original Cryptopunks. Whereas, we corrected this and added "HEAD" trait on top of "EYE" trait thus giving it a cleaner look. An Example would be a Cryptopunk Hybrid wearing glasses and hoodie coming on top giving it a much cleaner and aesthetic look.
We are proud of the outcome of each and every NFT we created. All NFTs are completely unique and made from 130+ traits.
Chris: Additionally, what is the minting date for Cryptopunks Hybrid NFT? Do you also have a presale coming up?
OneNFTX: Currently we are running a whitelist campaign, There will only be 1500 WL spots available. Once we fill these whitelist spots then we will give mint opportunity to these whitelisted members first before public mint. The mint is expected within few weeks or may be sooner. There will be no pre sales.
Chris: So, what will be the minting cost of one Cryptopunks Hybrid NFT? How much will be charged as gas?
OneNFTX: The mint cost is 0.038 ETH per mint. There is no limit on the max mint cap but it will be limited to 20 mints per TXN. The smart contract is extremely GAS efficient and will save everyone 60% GAS fees as compared with any other project out there. The beauty of GAS optimization comes with more mints i.e. the more NFTs you mint per TXN will save you more GAS. This is revolutionary and kudos to devs.
Also, our erc-721 smart contract and opensea collection is live. It is advised to check our official links in discord. There are 30 NFTs already minted before whitelist and public user sales. These are allocated for giveaways and team.
Chris: Do investors get rare tokens by chance or is there a way of picking out the rare tokens? Are rare tokens priced at a premium?
OneNFTX: All the NFTs are totally random and everyone will have equal chance to get a Rare one. Also our dev team will ensure that during mint nobody will be able to fetch metadata from IPFS to snipe the Rare ones or to make a fake collection. The investors are completely safe and are able to mint the Rare ones as per their luck. There is no premium for Rare tokens.
Also I would take this opportunity to leak alpha, that we have 6 (1 of 1) too somewhere in the collection which some lucky investors will be able to mint. The team doesn't have any access to those.
Chris: Moreover, what are the benefits of signing up for Cryptopunks Hybrid NFTs? What can the investor do with their token?
OneNFTX: There will be many benefits along the way for holding Cryptopunks Hybrid NFTS. We have a strong roadmap where we will have partnerships with other well established NFT brands in future, our main focus will be giving back to the community in any manner possible. Also this creates endless new opportunities for the community in general.
We will have a DAO setup for our community to run the project in a decentralized governance model. There will be drops, IRL events and other metaverse related opportunities for our holders. The aim is to become the best punk community out there. There are some alphas which I can't share at this early stage but rest assure we are all in for a ride.
Chris: How is the team organized for Cryptopunks Hybrid NFT? How does each member contribute towards the development of the tokens?
OneNFTX: Currently, the major portion of the work distribution is in my hands. From pixel art to leading the dev part. We have a team member Nick who looks for any bugs in the dev side of work. We will be expanding our team and will be adding marketing staff soon. In later phases of the project we will add more Devs for DAO and staking in Q2, 2022. You can join our Discord and follow our official website and Twitter for latest updates.
Chris: Finally, what is your roadmap for the future of Cryptopunks Hybrid? What are some of the key milestones that the team plans to achieve in 2022?
OneNFTX: We have an exciting roadmap ahead. some of the key milestones that we will be touching in Y2022 are as below :
1) Organizing virtual and IRL events for the holders. (Will start immediately)
2) Securing partnerships with other NFT brands and media. (Will start immediately but target is mainly Q2, 2022)
3) Cryptopunks Hybrid DAO launch. (Q3, 2022)
4) Moving forward with community driven approach for endless more
unexplored opportunities. (Q4, 2022)
