Thought that i'd do a little something different this time with AI Music.

It's no secret that i'm a fan of anime and I thought i'd start working on an album of originals in partnership with AI that are inspired by my favorite animes.

Listen to the below song 冒険 x 友情 and let me know which anime you think this is inspired by and who is your favorite character from it.

I'll drop a diamond for each non-repetitive correct answer. First come first serve ❤️

Here's a hint:

"The Vari4t1ons" Season One, #005 Cybernetic Tengu

"The Vari4t1ons" (Variations) is a series of 41 custom made 1/1 profile pictures made by WhaleDShark with AI and other design tools based off of his avatar, CloneX #4941.
CloneX #4941 is one of the rarest Clones in the collaborative avatar series developed by RTFKT, Nike and Takashi Murakami. As the owner of the commercial rights of Clone #4941, WhaleDShark has utilized a variety of AI tools to reimagine, redesign and reinvigorate this derivative 1/1 profile picture.

All 41 Vari4t1ons are completely unique in both character and background while retaining the essence of the original avatar.

An unlockable file of the Vari4t1on is attached which provides the NFT owner with access to a background-less PNG file for further creation.

Vari4t1ons are not for sale by the Creator, but given to $WHALEDSHARK holders who have staked more than 50 $WHALEDSHARK for one year. Vari4t1ons will be developed and issued on a bi-weekly basis.

Eligible $WHALEDSHARK holders are only entitled to one NFT from each season and recipients will be selected via lucky draw mechanics during each issuance period.

Vari4t1ons NFT holders will also receive a share of 5% of $DESO staking rewards from
@NFTz that are dropped on the daily.

Transfers of Vari4t1ons NFTs to a third-party without open market bidding will result in a forfeiture of the above rewards.

Vari4t1on NFT holders will enjoy full commercial rights of the design AS IS and tolerance will be provided as long as extrapolation/ iterations on the design of the NFT does not infract on the original Clone #4941 design.

nftz.me/nft/b16da6033b060f66567e1783bbc96d9c76848a4afcb000faad6073aabd126fd4

Here are a list of things that would "save" $FOCUS as a token in the upcoming 21 months:

1, Easy and no-brainer: Immense increase in Focus DAU and participants that are required to purchase $FOCUS to participate on the platform for Creator Coins.

2, Stake $FOCUS. This would be a doubled-edged sword as while it might reduce short-term sell pressure on the asset, it would increase future outflows of the token via staking reward sales. It would also put $FOCUS at competitive odds with Creator Coins stifle the growth of the CC economy.

3, $FOCUS buy-back via treasury. Stupid short term idea and anyone who is propagating this is only interested in their short term liquid position. It is a one-off capital injection that will just make core team exit liquidity.

4, Additional utility. Increase the utility of the $FOCUS token by including community governance on the development roadmap or other areas of the platform. People pay for power and retaining power in this instance would require purchasing $FOCUS. I would however ensure that this is balanced by not only liquid $FOCUS tokens, but also ensuring that $FOCUS locked in Creator Coins also applies.

There is a 5th option that involves placing a sun-set period on and then re-assigning the current $FOCUS bounties to encourage Creator Coin growth, liquidity and participation but i'm still wrapping my head around what a mechanism like that would look like.

At the end of the day, here are the facts...

1, $DESO gives you 20% APY staked.

2, You have to buy $DESO to buy $FOCUS. The dUSDC pair is too weak for any meaningful liquidity. It's currently just a market for scalpers.

3, If a platform decides to roll out DESO as it's core L1 blockchain engine, it is highly unlikely they will use $FOCUS as their platform currency. It would be preferred by all of us holding locked tokens, but doesn't make any vanilla business sense.

4, Speculatively, there are still large animal wallets with beast $FOCUS balances waiting for profitable price levels above floor.

5, There is another 100% of liquid $FOCUS from what you've seen already waiting for an exit in two years.

Buy $FOCUS for utility and not for capital gains.

It doesn't matter that it is at floor bid, there is too much potential sell pressure and not enough purchase motivation.

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Floor bid is only floor bid for now.

Wait two years.

As much as I enjoy using the platform, without an increase in meaningful DAU, there is a chance that this gets ugly AF.

Everything with my Creator Coin will take time and consistency.

I have no idea what the weekly Focus revenue is going to look like, but so far but we average ~ $1,000 per week on tips, trading fees and other shenanigans.

At the current price levels, it will take about one month to solidify one price "level" @ $5,000 liquidity per level.

6 months later and I think we will be building into the $20's if $FOCUS price remains as is.

If I see a nice entry point for $FOCUS I might expedite with fresh capital but I wouldn't be surprised to see further bloodshed in two years and it would be a total utter waste of money.

I've been getting questions about how I post this "much" ever since I re-started posting on Focus...

1, I don't have a plan for content. I have thoughts and I see things throughout the day. If I think that it's something that could be helpful or interesting for my community or future generations, I post it.

2, I say a "good morning" when I wake up and then post if I feel like it. If I don't have much to say or I don't feel like it, I post less like yesterday. I don't feel obliged or pressured to say anything.

3, My daily interactions in IRL are highly limited. I'm extremely anti-social and i'd rather post here than have an IRL conversation or even a chat on discord. This could be the difference between you and me.

4, There are housekeeping items that I do need to post about on the daily for the growth of the community. Even on days when I do not have anything original to say, there is always "work" that needs to be cone.

5, When developing something, writing things down is often more effective than trying to work it out in your head. Sometimes you'll see my stream-of-consciousness... although probably a little more structured than most people, bleed into my posts as i'm working through thoughts and plans. It's part of my work-flow.

And no, none of my posts on Bitclout, Diamond or Focus have ever been written by an AI or a team.

It's all me.

Itching to buy more $DESO.

Would love to see more animal paper cubic zirconium hands dump for value 😆