6529 FAQ

Getting started is simple:

1. Go to 6529.io.
2. Connect your wallet. (What is a wallet?)
3. Create your profile.
4. Start exploring.

From there, you can chat in Waves, vote, build reputation, and participate in the network.

Waves are the communication and decision-making channels inside the 6529 coordination layer. They are functionally similar to Channels on Discord.

Each Wave is a space for a specific topic, group, or initiative. In Waves, you can chat with others and vote on decisions related to that topic.

Some Waves, like "Maybe's Dive Bar", are casual conversations. Others, like "The Memes - Main Stage", directly influence what gets built or funded.

Your profile is your identity in the network: it shows your user name and your profile picture. Here you can explore the activity of a user and see the reputation and participation in the community.

Key components:

Total Days Held (TDH)

• Measures how long and how many Meme Cards you have held.
• Longer holding increases influence.
• TDH allows each user to assign REP and NIC credits.

Reputation (REP)

• Reflects your skills, contributions, and participation.
• Used to signal trust in the network.

Network Identity Credits (NIC)

• Represents your identity within and outside of 6529.
• Helps the network understand you.

6529 runs on a simple flywheel:

Memes → TDH → Reputation → Coordination

• The Memes create culture, fund public goods, and attract aligned participants.
• Holding The Memes NFTs (meme cards) builds TDH.
• TDH provides credibility to reputation and identity.
• Credible identity and reputation on-chain enables better coordination and effective decision-making.

As this loop grows, the network becomes more powerful.

New systems need new cultures. The Memes exist to spread ideas like:

• Economic freedom.
• Open systems.
• Digital rights.

The goal is not just funding public goods. The goal is cultural impact at scale.

The Memes are a community curated NFT collection focused on decentralization, digital rights, and open systems.

They are the starting point of the network. They serve three roles:

• Cultural expression.
• Coordination mechanism.
• Public goods funding.

New Meme Cards are released three times per week, forever, and selected through community TDH voting in "The Memes - Main Stage" wave.

Collecting The Memes lets you:

• Earn TDH over time and build influence in the network.
• Support public goods.
• Own culturally meaningful art.

Holding longer increases your influence and alignment with the network.

• Drops occur Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
• The community votes on which artwork is selected using TDH.
• Mint price is 0.06529 ETH per edition.
• You can mint during the drop or collect on secondary markets.

All the Meme Cards generate TDH which is central in the process of curating and deciding which artworks we select to mint among other governance tasks.

When you mint a Meme Card, you get the final product: an art-edited NFT. All The Memes are CC0 (public domain) and anyone can use the art freely but only those who hold the NFT generate TDH.

You don't need to collect anything to participate.

You can:

• Join conversations in Waves.
• Contribute ideas.
• Help curate content.
• Build tools or projects.
• Coordinate with others on non-TDH votes.

Over time, participation builds reputation and influence.

6529 aims for nation-scale impact. The goal is to build a global, decentralized economy the size of South Korea or NYC, where:

• Humans and AI coordinate global work together.
• Capital and talent are allocated through reputation.
• Public goods are funded at scale.

This is a new model for organizing society and economic activity globally.

• Memes create culture and fund the system.
• TDH measures alignment.
• REP and NIC build identity and trust.
• Waves enable coordination and decisions.
• Decisions trigger real-world and on-chain outcomes.

6529 is a new global coordination layer for the modern economy.

6529 Gradients is an NFT collection of 101 grayscale variations of the 6529 logo, released in October 2021. No additional NFTs will ever be added.

The collection has no direct relationship to The Memes. It predates The Memes and was created as a purely conceptual project.

Gradient holders receive a 2% TDH boost. They are also included in The Memes allowlists as early supporters of the decentralization mission, and we value having them participate in the network.

Secondary market for the collection can be found here: Gradients.

NextGen is an on-chain generative art NFT platform on Ethereum. It supports 6529's goals around art experimentation and decentralized social coordination.

NextGen uses a core smart contract (with supporting contracts) to host multiple artist collections. The generative script and seed are stored fully on-chain, and traits are randomized at mint.

There is no fixed drop schedule for new collections. Drops happen only when the work meets a high bar for quality and originality.

ReMemes are community-created derivatives of The Memes. Anyone can make a ReMeme. No approval is needed.

Submit and explore them on the ReMemes platform.

The Meme Lab is an experimental CC0 contract for artists who have already minted a Meme Card. It lets them create and mint NFTs in any way they choose.

There is no fixed drop schedule for new collections. Drops happen when ready and are announced on the 6529collections X account.

The economics of each drop are determined by the artist.