018. Bitclout offramp: all systems go.
Today’s edition intro design was provided courtesy of @thedesignpear
G’day mates,
@BitsTODAY turns 018 today. That’s right, we’re off to the local rocket fuel station for some lotto scratchers. Later, maybe we’ll follow @connormitchell’s lead and get a BitClout tattoo (without asking for @ASG’s permission). While that’ll all be grand, transparently, we’re a little bummed that y’all didn’t throw us a surprise party… We might not hold it against you, tbd. While we mull that over, here’s a fresh edition of our daily digests anyways 👇👇👇.
Guest cover design by @thedesignpear
Bits on the menu today:
BuzzClout: Exclusive look at today’s numbers presented by @bitcloutsignal
Ubiquitous UX Drops: SWAP MEET!
LET’S DO IT LIVE: Dropping bars in the livestream 🔥
Over and out: Clouttrack calls it quits.
General Absurdity Pt. II: Re-visiting our value proposition, round two
Diamondhands’ drops 💎
#1 BuzzClout
First things first. In partnership with @bitcloutsignal, here’s an exclusive look at today’s numbers:
#2 Ubiquitous UX drops
On the 4th Day of Mae-mas 🤶🏼
Lost in the hullabaloo surrounding the release of video last night was another hot @Maebeam drop, namely more detailed documentation surrounding how identity works on BitClout:
This will make it much easier for devs to launch projects *securely* on BitClout. Rugboys™️ everywhere, rejoice!
Swap Meet
While somewhat delayed from the originally professed target live date of 4/20, it looks like clouters got swappin’ today, with @BitSwap noting that an eye-watering $90,000 transfer between @jakeudell and @0xrodney took place in the 2nd ever transfer leveraging their tech.
Who can claim to have been the first @BitSwap swapper? That honor appears to be reserved for @NFTsupply (*vigorous clapping*).
Seems like that should be its own NFT, right @NFTsupply? And @Miyazaki, you getting all this?
#3 LET’S DO IT LIVE! &@$# IT!
No sooner did video go live last night than we saw savvy clout-izens whip up the first livestream on the platform.
Hosted on @DOZ’s feed and run in parallel with a jumpin’ Clubhouse room, we were blessed by hot clout-ciphers in an impromptu bit-beatbox session, along with plenty of equally humorous and thoughtful conversation about BitClout, too.
Here’s what @DOZ had to say during the livestream about getting the room up:
“As soon as I recognized it was YouTube video enabled, I’ve streamed to YouTube before, so I was like… then it’s just the same dang link! And that just clicked, yo…”
You can listen to last night’s stream retroactively here.
#4 Over and out
@Clouttrack announced today that they’re closing up shop. @clouttrack was a project created by @bitchama and was most known for their hourly BitClout updates. Their feed provided quick stats, but was merely the appetizer to their discord and membership benefits which included custom DM alerts, price trackers and more.
They appeared to carve out their slice of the numbers pie and then this announcement came out of nowhere with investors left holding the bag. @Clouttrade claims they are going to “redistribute” the liquidated BitClout to some applicable holders, but we have yet to confirm if any investors have seen any. Will this BitClout end up back with the investors, or listed on Bitswap? only time will tell. (Read their discontinuation policy here.)
#5 General Absurdity Pt. II
Investors Get Hammered
(photo courtesy of @nigeleccles)
The latest mystery game on BitClout today hit a bit differently than the rest. The day started with three multi-colored hammers (e.g. @redhammer, @greenhammer) hitting people over the head (figuratively, in their DMs). According to @FreeMrktCptlst, our lead sleuth on the case, there were also nails and even a carpenter.
By mid-day however, these accounts had already hammered their investors with a vicious rug. This precipitated lots of drama and name calling across the platform; we won’t repeat it all here as we haven’t properly sorted through the accusations. But like honestly can we be done with the stupid games now that just about everyone has won their own stupid prize?
BitCheeks
Perhaps we’ve covered this enough at this point, but with video available as of last night, we were pulled deeper into the @connormitchell ass-tattoo saga. Along with rick-rolls, (*NSFW*) videos of how @BitCloutPulse was immortalized in @connormitchell’s flesh made the rounds prominently last night. What a way to welcome in video functionality to the platform.
*Not* Beating Around the Bush
(Editor’s note: strap in, it’s about to get weird.)
Butt tattoo not enough for you? In one of the more … unorthodox investor incentives we’ve seen, @barbiegraveyard has promised to shave their nether regions if the coin’s price hits $5k. It appears there are a considerable number of clouters with vested interest in this movement; @barbiegraveyard’s creator coin price has more than tripled in recent days. I know @diamondhands is super smart, but what are the chances he considered pube deforestation as a potential use case when building this thing? (data courtesy of @bitcloutsignal.)
Of course, like all good things on BitClout, the community has really run with this one, spawning offshoots the likes of @BarbieGraveyardsRazor and lots of other derivative content. Unlike that bush, we’ll let this topic be here for now.
Sooo… has that surprise 18th bday party been organized yet? Still no?? Ok, we’re signing off now. Guess y’all must be up to some more important clouting. We’ll see you back here tomorrow if we’re not too crestfallen still then 😔😔.
Adios,
The @BitsTODAY team