History of The Chillaz 🧊 Buckle up, this is going to be a long one! We are going to take a dive into the past and reflect on everything we have achieved to this point 👀 So let's jump in... 🧐 But first, we must thank everyone who has supported us so far. Holder or not, it has enabled us to be where we are now, so thank you 🩷 How it all started👇 For those who do not know, my name is Corey AKA @fuzeetrade 👋 I have a Law degree and years of experience in Web3 prior to the creation of The Chillaz, so I knew this was an environment I wanted to pursue my career in🤟 Having built up great knowledge from previous roles in NFT projects, I knew creating my own was going to be the next step in achieving my goals. Mid 2021 - ChainChillaz was born!🥳 I assembled my team of extremely skilled personnel featuring @HazRyder @webblauk @Nosta_PH A huge goal was to ensure we could make a real-life impact with what we created. Enabling people on the outside to see the immense effect Web3 can have on everyday life. We pride ourselves on creating everything in-house. We took a huge risk in creating our minting system, which was not something projects were even considering back then. Boy did we smash that💪 We also created our automatic role bot🔧 Again, this may not sound huge but at the time, most were using 3rd party services (which is fine, we just wanted to demonstrate our ability to the community) ChainChillaz mint - 12/12/21 We had been hard at work building an awesome community through running various events and not over-promising anything - we simply wanted to bring something fun to the space... which you will see, evolved massively. Our mint was not an easy ride, but we were never going anywhere, we had our goals and we were going to achieve them. 🫡 After a 9-month grind, 12/09/22, we SOLD OUT 🤯 But how did we keep our community engaged for so long and the belief in us? 👇 - Throughout the mint we hosted many mint parties where holders could win various NFTs from other projects. - Perks through minting particular traits such as our X-Ray Key & Golden Ticket traits. Each unlocked a different reward for the lucky minter😎 - Charity work, One of our biggest goals starting this project was to support endangered animals. We officially partnered with @wildtomorrow and donated over 8000 ADA! 🦏 We helped various animals with this funding, and importantly, supported the rangers out there every day! - Various collaborations under our CC policy including, @OddBoyz_ @PaperBoxEra @CardtoonsNFT @Deanstudio1 @CCardanos jpg.store/collection/chainch… - Exclusive Chillaz artwork panels that holders could flex and use as their banners 🤟 We stuck at it every single day. No burn, no rug, just pure passion for what we do. But did it stop there?... 🧐 Of course it didn't. We had lined up a huge FREE airdrop for holders of the X-Ray trait. 263 NFTs , 5 themes, a wide spread of traits, and a fresh perspective of our ChainChillaz 😆 jpg.store/collection/chainch… But we kept going... Next up, we created our very own staking platform, which to this day is still valued as one of the best in the space 🚀 utility.chainchillaz.io/stak… We implemented both a custodial & non-custodial system. Also offering the chance for higher rewards based on longer lockup periods. Weekly trait bonuses, all things not seen in the space before. This platform has now evolved massively! Today I can proudly say we have over 12k assets being staked with us right now. Not just our own, but 40 different policy IDs from various projects😱 We then extended the platform to have a shop and a raffle system where holders could spend their $CHILLAZ 🪙 This is still functioning today. We have given our over 7000 ADA worth of raffles across 28 draws 🎟️ I would like to point out that staking was never in our roadmap, but it was a strong holder demand. So, we did it. We did all of this with just a 37ADA mint on a 5555 supply. Levels. 🤌 Which leads us to where we are today 📅 BlockChillaz - Our latest mint which is still live with only 250 or so assets remaining! 🚨 Mint yours here -> utility.chainchillaz.io/mint I won't dive into our plans for this since it can all be read here -> chainchillaz.gitbook.io/the-… But just know, our goals remain the same. We may have to adapt slightly due to funding, but that does not mean we are going anywhere. As a project, you must be prepared to make changes when things do not go according to plan A. This does not make us a "failure", if anything, it shows strength, passion & belief in what we have created here👊 We are currently working on changing some elements of the next phase, but not straying too far from what was originally set out. The plan will be revealed very soon once we hit our 1600 mint target (OG supply target was 3.6k) 🔥 Little alpha, we will be sticking with the customisation route as we believe this will be the next wave for NFT functionality. We want to bring the fun element back, and not focus on the word "utility" too much. Appreciate this is very long, but we wanted to send a message out to those who may not know what we have done over the last 2 years. Keeping up with discord can be a chore at times😅 Let's keep going Chillaz! 💥

My first ever bought NFT was on Cardano: Chainchillaz: december 2021 @The_Chillaz @fuzeetrade @Enamon Still existing.. discord.gg/snvg2Bdb #CNFT #Chillaz

For those not aware of latest announcement RE staking please head over to discord.gg/CNuRZRkbPr For asset retrieval please fill out this form or reach out on discord for further assistance screenshot of staked page on utility site is fine. forms.gle/iH7dT3Q6FvkYAXh5A

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To celebrate our #cardanogirls I Wanted to share a few of my favorite female #NFTs! Women rule the world! We are just living in it. Don’t sleep on these Cardano Girls!

We are happy to announce 3 new partners to our platform🚀 @HouseOfTitans_ @DiamondHoovesio @CardanoCarnival (s1&2) Don't forget to enter the raffle 👀 Who should we add next?

Taking part in our latest raffle? You don't wanna be missing this one! 2x @HouseOfTitans_ up for grabs, who doesn't like passive rewards? Grab your tickets via the "shop" - $chillaz earned through staking Chillaz / partner NFTs! GOOOOOOOD LUCK! ⚡️

@netanelchn @REVRS_NFTs 🤣🤣 I’m dying dude. I love these. #CardanoNFT #CardanoCommunity

Not the weekend but following up with some thoughts. This is not to be read into too much.. NFT Collectibles, did we take them too far? This could have been interpreted in many ways, here is how I took it: On the one hand I think we can definitely look and consider the fact, this shit went too far. Initially, there was fun and hype around being apart of a cool tight knit community and collecting some awesome NFTs that you can flex however you want at the same time. People were proud to own certain NFTs, just like they are to own physical collectibles in Web2. But this took a turn. As the numbers went up, so did the greed - as with anything. However, you still had people who were passionate about projects and the art they were producing - they didn’t care about the money, for them it was their “forever NFT”. As well fell into 2023 we hit a point of max saturation in the market, there were collections everywhere and a LOT of rugs. But why should a project need to rug if we are just here to gather some collectibles? This is where things took a turn. To adapt and stand out, projects went above and beyond to give extra back to their holders. Some promising insane roadmaps with impossible returns. This started the “utility” cycle. NFTs as solo collectibles were no more, there was now a demand for MORE. This demand, led to a lot of projects fulfilling these desires and not having such a positive impact on the floor, leaving the project in a lot of people’s mind “dead”. So let’s now loop back to the original question, did we go too far with NFT Collectibles? I think it’s clear to see that the evolution of NFT collectibles happened because it had to, but at the same time it impacted the entire space moving forward since unrealistic expectations were put upon projects / community. Collectibles in Web2 still exists today massively, and if you look at most the desired ones, they kept it simple and to collecting. Maybe because it was always about money and people never really cared? Maybe utility was always destined for NFT collectibles? This is why we love crypto, the future is unknown. Enjoy my 10 cents and these are simply my opinions and not gospel to anything.

GM everyone❤️ Let’s discuss: Did we take NFT Collectibles too far? Interpret this as you will, I refer to strictly the collectible side of NFTs, so PFPs and other collectible elements. Not NFT use case as a whole. I’ll follow up my thoughts to this over the weekend. Have a good one ✅

Latest raffle is now LIVE ⚡️ 3 awesome NFTs up for grabs! Head on on over the our Utility Site to get started! (link in bio) Find access to our staking platform with over 30 compatible projects 👀

We may not be all in your face right now, and things may not be easy. But that’s the grind. That’s the cycle of small businesses and startups. It’s not a straight upwards trajectory (I wish it was). We have a tough path ahead to navigate, but I’m confident we can do it. I know Chillaz will be a name of Cardano, but good things don’t come quick or easy. The foundations are there. We have one of the best platforms on Cardano for countless projects to utilise. We just need to keep building upon this. Chillaz way 🔥

Chillaz x @HouseOfTitans_ 🔥 Ready to take your chillaz somewhere they’ve never been? At the Stronghold, there's a building called the "Dungeon" exclusively for staking 3rd Party NFTs. Your NFTs will earn Crypto mining rewards, Whiskey Investment rewards, and Royalty rewards👀

TIME TO GET HOT🔥 Chillaz, you ready? 👇

📢Attention Cardano! 📢 We just DROPPED the Strongholds White paper🎉 👉house-of-titans.gitbook.io/w… The White Paper 3.0 aims to provide in-depth details on Strongholds, including how they operate and their connection to Season 1 PFPs. The two NFTs are designed to work in perfect synergy, complementing each other and further enhancing their respective utilities. Are you ready to put your NFTs to work? ⛏️😎

One year ago, exactly on this day @Enamon gifted me this Chilla 💪🤝😎 Love my @The_Chillaz fam 🫂 #JoinTheHerd

GM and Happy Friday Cardano🔥 New alpha? Soon⏳

Nobody cared when we were bringing attention for women 🤷🏽‍♂️