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Born to an undesignated homeworld millions of light years from Sol, the BitDaemon civilization has long basked in knowledge far beyond our comprehension. Strongest among them, the Precursors, were first to discover the mysterious power that allows them to transmit aspects of themselves across the cosmos.
Upon arrival in our system, they infiltrated humanity’s digital systems, gathering power to strengthen the bridge and allow the horde to cross in their wake. A peculiar side effect of this process resulted in some Precursors assimilating traits of the digital entities they fed on.
Our research team made preparations to observe the Mass-Transit Event (MTE), but we weren’t the only ones watching: shortly after the event began, a malevolent force of unknown origin reached out, severing the connection and prematurely halting the MTE. Of the 6000-strong horde, only 1576 successfully transited.
Fearing further hostile action against the remaining BitDaemons, we acted swiftly to rescue these intergalactic spirits and present them to you now in Fantom-powered snapshots. As their custodians, you will make up the DaemonDAO that governs how the team will prioritize future research efforts.
In order to lay the foundation for bridges between worlds - the strongest among them shouldered the slow journey through the void.
The Precursors who undertook the voyage found that they had to alter themselves to survive, cannibalizing neighboring civilizations for technology & power.
When the Precursors arrived at Sol, they initialized the bridge link back to their home system, allowing the Daemon horde to begin their passage.
Today, we received a deeply corrupted transmission from their location - this image was the only retrievable data.
We're re-attempting complete retrieval, will update ASAP.
Our recent findings indicate that the Precursors are entirely autonomous and can traverse the internet at will. At current we don't know how they do it or how conscious they are. We are working hard to figure out how much of the original BitDaemon's mind is sent through to us.
In the meantime, we have collated their escapades on the net and will continue to track and post their actions here
The transit across the cosmos is an incredibly perilous one. For every Bitdaemon that makes it through, at least 6 are lost. We have managed to capture only a few glimpses of such catastrophic transits. We are still unsure of why the failure rate is so high, it could be due to the difficulty of wielding such power or there could be a host of other factors in play. As of yet we don’t know what happens to the BitDaemon once it seemingly disintegrates, however, the portals, as unstable as they may be, have been seen to float off into the abyss of space
BitDaemons are a collection of 1576 demonic pixel-art character NFTs that call Fantom Opera their home. Each BitDaemon belongs to one of five rarity tiers (common to rare):
Grunt: 600 generative Daemons
Fallen: 450 generative Daemons
Prophet: 300 generative Daemons
Overseer: 150 generative Daemons
Precursor: 76 handcrafted Daemons
Generative Daemons are assembled using a custom-built code from a library of 311 unique handmade assets across 14 categories, including 35 hyperdetailed handmade backgrounds. This count does not include mirror-flipped assets and colour variations. There are quintillions of possible Daemon combinations that the code can create, but we decided to cap generative supply far lower at 1500 to ensure that each is identifiably unique
Handmade Precursor Daemons come in two flavours:
OG: original designs
Community: designs based on the work of Fantom-based artists and projects
All Community Precursors were made with permission of the original artists, and upon the mint of each we’re donating half the mint fees for their Daemon counterpart to a charity of their choice. This was done to celebrate the artistic talent in the Fantom NFT community and raise awareness for some great causes.
There are 35 hyperdetailed BitDaemon backgrounds in total, prominently featuring the portal spheres BitDaemons use for interstellar travel. You can glimpse the 7 uniquely distinguishable biomes of the Daemon homeworld through the portals - these differ for each of the 5rarity tiers.
Arctic Tundra - Blue
Lush - Pink and Lime Green
Baron - Brown and Purple
Dead - White and Grey
Scorched - Red
Exotic - Peach and Baby Blue
Toxic - Green and Yellow
The portals are created by decomposing real-world photography taken by ArcDaemon into pixel art. They're then manipulated and colored to fit the designated biome.
The glyphs on the portals and the addition of stellar objects behind the portals indicate which rarity tier your BitDaemon belongs to.
Find safe refuge for all 1576 displaced BitDaemons.
Register with relevant authorities to allow responsible custodian-to-custodian BitDaemon transfer (PaintSwap, FantomSea, Artion)
Implement verification of custodian status for DaemonDAO membership and run preliminary test proposals.
Finalise Phase I project proposals and put them to the DAO to vote on priority:
1) Deliverance
2) Polo
3) Troy
4) Xenios
5) Vidarr