If you work in my industry, it’s well worn advice to not work with a first time client because my firm will do everything it can to under promise and overdeliver for the client, often at your expense. Yet it’s this phenomenon that clients adore. And they pay a lot of money for it.

Utility NFTs trade on these same expectations.

“Maybe if I buy this Heinous Honeybadger today, the team will surprise us with a fully functional metaverse next week.”

“Machiavellian Macaques are definitely definitely throwing a banger party at NFT NYC 2023, headlined by the Rolling Stones and Taylor Swift. I’m in.”

Or, more simply and honestly: “I like it when number goes up.”

Anyway - this narrative is profoundly exhausting. It’s (obviously) not realistic and inflates expectations. Even more “grounded” takes can be beyond the pail.

The Dude waited a long, long time for a project to come around that just said: “no expectations.”

Now fairly infamously amongst Proof, I found Goblintown whilst at VeeCon when it was minting and resonated with “No roadmap. No Discord. No utility.”

Finally! Freedom! Hilarious and irreverent, Goblintown is simply everything that is the “goblin” meme minus expectations. I mean, circa May 22, 2022, it doesn’t get much better than this:

These folks were troll kings, and it paid off.

The shared myth that became Goblintown was catchy, but hard to perpetuate. There wasn’t a coherent story beyond a bunch of grunting on Twitter Spaces. So given its fleeting nature, I decided to exit the project at what was effectively (and very luckily) the top.

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If you’ve read Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, then you know the role stories play in society. I feel a project that removes expectations while placing shared story at its core combines some critical ingredients. Then, of course, you need a trustworthy pilot at the helm to bring it all together.

I have a gut feeling that Cockpunch is that project.

There are no expectations. No Discord. No babysitting my NFT through airdrops and claims.

Just a fictional podcast to enjoy.

I’ve heard some friends complain about the art. Opinions are our own, whatever - it’s a subjective matter. That said, I’ve always loved the phrase in NFTs: “if you don’t like it at 0.3 ETH, you’ll love it at 10.” We all find our own excuses.

Tim said it would be ridiculous! He said it would be stylized! If you’ve paid attention or followed Tim for any amount of time you would know this is, in an ironic way, exactly what one should expect him to produce.

I’m guessing Cockpunch will initially trade on very heavy speculation. But when people realize it’s “just a story” and “just a podcast,” we’ll probably see capitulation. Don’t bank on 1-on-1 dinner with TimTim.

Lastly, 100% of the primary sales are going toward the Saisei Foundation. The foundation focuses on ambitious scientific research and clinical treatments of “intractable” conditions, such as treatment-resistant depression, opioid addiction, anorexia nervosa, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with a slant toward psychedelic therapies.

If you’re like me and are/were initially skeptical, I’d highly recommend you read How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan. Far from a rah-rah endorsement of psychedelics, Pollan takes a highly reticent approach in his writing and experiences which delivers more gravitas to his central message: why aren’t these being studied?

I served in military special operations for most of my career, and from first-hand experience with battle buddies can tell you these are worth studying. In short, your proceeds here are not going to a cockamamie group of drug-riddled goons - this is important stuff to, at a minimum, learn more about.

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The Dude is not endorsing this project. I’m not here to pump it. I just think it’s the most interesting project I’ve seen in a very very long time.

I plan on minting and picking up off the secondary if it’s not a war zone of momentum trading.

This is what NFTs are supposed to be about.

This is fun for me.

Can’t wait to punch my cock tomorrow!

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