THE FIRST CRYPTOPUNK DERIVATIVE
Pride Punks
Created with 🌈 in 2018.
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What are PridePunks?
PridePunks were launched Jun 23, 2018 as a celebration of CryptoPunks, Pride month and a statement on the lack of inclusivity of Web3.
They were created at a time when LarvaLabs Punks traded for mere dollars and were intended to be a collaborative project to make Punks more exciting.
Now they are back, using the original MetaPunk smart contract from 2018, and ready to spread rainbow love in 2022.
It's NFT History at it's finest!
(PridePunks are not affiliated with LarvaLabs)
Historical Timeline
The history of PridePunks
Announcement
The original smart contract was launched in June 23, 2018. It originally required that you wrap your punk in the contract to mint a PridePunk.
Proof on LarvaLabs discord
June 2018
Deployment of original contract
Code Review
At the time Dennison was a pretty crap solidity developer, so after building the contracts and dropping the first two PridePunks, he realized the code was a mess and it would be ridiculous to ask folks to use it in public. Disappointed, he went back to learning solidity. Time passed, and so it seemed, PridePunks with it...
July 2018
Mothball of project
Mint Reopens
After digging up the contracts, verifying them on etherscan, and building a secure wrapper that no longer requires you to lock up your punk- PridePunks are finally ready to securely launch!
March 2022
Rediscovery and Mint
Specifications
All your questions about this historical 2018 NFT project, answered!
THE First Punk Derivative
Created in 2018 before Punks became NFT superstars as a way to make Punks feel more fun.
An Early Crypto NFT Experiment
Predating CryptoSkulls by a year, PridePunks are a wild experiment in remixing Art
Are you affiliated with LarvaLabs?
No. PridePunks is an entirely separate, unrelated, derivative art project.
Verified Smart Contracts
Smart contracts available on Etherscan for open review.
PridePunk FAQ
PridePunks
2018 - 2022 Pride Punks.
🚨 NOT AFFILIATED WITH LARVA LABS OR YUGA LABS 🚨