We as a team wanted to issue a formal response to the information being shared, much of which requires further clarification.
OFF BLUE
Since its inception OFF BLUE has had six active team members and several more contributors. Each member played a distinct role in developing, marketing and designing the platform.
Blue Kirby was the face of the project; but everything from platform and solidity development to marketing, creative and decision making was done as a team.
The plan was to announce the core members in conjunction with the release of the valueless governance token.
The Art Sale
We came up with the idea of an art sale to raise funds and build OFF BLUE.
Funds were to be used as follows:
Purchase physical art: Meetings and negotiations with various art agents and galleries were and remain underway to acquire pieces from artists like Banksy, KAWS and Andy Warhol. We believe auctioning a masterpiece with a corresponding digital asset is the future. It’s how we merge the physical and digital worlds.
Auction house development: The OFF BLUE website is not a fork, clone or copy. Building from zero takes time and money, but is the right choice for a product that’s going to change the world.
Team salaries: The core team members have been working part-time on the project and would have had to commit full-time with the funding. This would have been required in order to complete Project Blue (8–13 month timeline) before moving to full decentralization.
Everything was done and agreed upon as a team. Kirby had doxxed to all of us from the beginning. If he scammed us and ran away with the ETH, we would have destroyed him worse than you guys have.
Lack of Clarity
We understand the OFF BLUE manifesto should have been more clear and the roadmap more defined. Everything should have been communicated better.
However this fault falls on all of us, not just Blue Kirby.
As sentiment turned negative, his initial reaction was to pull the project and refund everyone. We agreed and immediately worked to set-up a refund portal that you can find here.
However after much discussion amongst ourselves and the community, now more than ever we believe in the original mission.
The world needs a truly decentralized marketplace that merges digital and physical art.
Moving Forward
OFF BLUE is now seen.haus.
We’re building the world’s first TANGIBLE + DIGITAL MARKETPLACE.
The core team consists of:
@buddyart00 — Creative Lead
@cryptosamurai — Lead Developer
@EyeOfSauronSeen — Lead Solidity Developer
@jigglybuff69 — Frontend Designer
@Jigsaw — Comms/Operations
We’re excited to put the OFF BLUE chapter behind us and continue building a decentralized Sotheby’s with seen.haus.
Important: If you do not wish to support seen.haus, please claim your refund here:
You can exchange your NFTs for ETH. The claim window ends on 10/25 at 5:03pm UTC.
To support seen.haus, keep your NFTs.
Your funds will be moved into a multisig wallet and used to build the project.
Seen.haus Auction Roadmap
10/26–9AM EST: To The Moon Collector’s Card Auction launch (Tangible + Digital)
10/30 — 9AM EST: To The Moon — Lenticular Auction launch (Tangible + Digital)
11/5–9AM EST: Undisclosed Artist Auction launch
The Seen Token
Following these three auctions, we will release (not sell) a valueless governance token. This will empower the community supporting seen.haus to take a larger role in the platform.
Building this ecosystem will take time and a lot of development, and is still in the ideation phase.
Here is what we are considering:
- Retroactively rewarding OFF BLUE and select NFT holders with SEEN
- Establishing a governance run smart treasury funded by seen.haus auction fees (read more on that here)
- Creating a voting portal which allows the community to dictate future drops, collaborations, and auction styles
Important: If you do not wish to support seen.haus, please claim your refund here:
You can exchange your NFTs for ETH. The claim window ends on 10/25 at 5:03pm UTC.
To support seen.haus, keep your NFTs.
Your funds will be moved into a multisig wallet and used to build the project. Those who hold their NFT’s will be rewarded with SEEN in the future.
We look forward to sharing with you and the world what we’re working on.
The first auction will begin on 10/26 at 9AM EST.
Learn more about seen.haus multisig here:
https://seen-haus.medium.com/seen-haus-multsig-details-f39689be32ea
Please follow us on twitter and here on medium to stay updated.
- the seen team
