How Did StarShip Optimus Fare? The Verdict.
Oftentimes, we’ve seen meme coin projects come and go, serving no real purpose and the first glance at StarShip Optimus might give you the impression that it is just another meme coin project.
The beautiful thing about The Crypto Hague and its sessions lies in the fact that projects are examined to their very core and Starship Optimus is a perfect example of the saying “Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover”.
THE AMA RECAP
Flik’s Introduction: Hey everyone, our project Starship Optimus (starshipoptimus.com) is V2 of the famous Spacegrime project that launched last year in May. At the ATH our V1 was 60,000% up and was tweeted by Shiba Inu as being the only other project they invested in. V1 was 28,000 members strong, and V2 is relatively new, only a few weeks old. The project is heavily focused on GameFI, a fully integrated metaverse including retail, as well as a Space Simulation and Ecosphere program that we started working on early last year with all our partners. Let me give you a quick glimpse of our upcoming roadmap as well.
The Crypto Hague’s Question: Would it be wrong to describe your project as a meme project?
Flik’s Response: Chief, not at all. In fact in Year one that is exactly what it launched as, a platform built entirely on memes, including the NFT marketplace that we launched last year. However, with our partnerships, our robotics, and Gamefi work, we have transformed more into a GameFI project that still uses Memes as currency.
The Crypto Hague’s Question: So why did you create this project? You noted above you already have a project invested in by Shiba Inu. Why not just have a V2 of the same project?
Flick’s Response: Great question. Spacegrime although immensely successful was believed by many to be named after the infamous Elon Musk and Grimes relationship. The project however really didn’t have much to do with that except working closely with many of the SpaceTech teams that SpaceX does work with, and with the split between Elon Musk and Grimes, it also seemed to bring us a weird sense of negative branding publicity. So we wanted to distance ourselves from that. Also in Year 2, especially in a lot of our Gamefi and ecosphere work, we began integrating robotics super closely and are attempting to do an SLA with the Optimus Robot team along with the space work we are doing. Therefore it made sense to rebrand to Starship Optimus, the two teams/products we are working most closely with, and to distance ourselves from the whole Elon Musk and GRIMEX fiasco. So technically this is V2 of the same project, just rebranded.
The Crypto Hague’s Question: Interesting reason for a rebrand. How have your supporters taken this change? You don’t seem to command the same support you previously had.
Flick’s Response: The most loyal supporters have fully understood our direction with this, and have had a few AMAs with them where we have reiterated our strategy here further. Change though is hard for everyone in crypto especially over the past year with all the ups and downs in the space. The migration of our old holders to the new is still in progress, and I am confident after that, and as we march forward with our launches and continued marketing, our holders will see why the rebranding makes sense, especially from the partnerships announcements perspective. Having worked at SpaceX, Microsoft, and other companies where we have had to rebrand generally popular products, it is very usual IMO to see a decline in enthusiasm right after a rebrand and then to see it stabilize after big announcements.
The Crypto Hague’s Question: What would you be referencing when you say “big announcements”? Can we get a sneak peek into your plans?
Flick’s Response: With some of the major announcements, we cannot provide a sneak peek primarily because of the exclusivity agreements as these state that the majority of participants in this case these companies have to put out their press release first, after which we have to put out ours and then share and talk about it. However, I can share that the ones coming up soonest are 1) with a credit card company that will allow you to buy all of our tokens with cc, use the cc to pay for everyday purchases using our tokens, and allow certain brand retail purchases with it 2) the robotics company announcement that we are teaming up with it to continue our ecosphere build in Nevada 3) The metaverse partners that we will be launching with (does include some more famous meme tokens that are doing well).
The Crypto Hague’s Question: These sound very ambitious. Aiming high and for the moon is good, but we’ve seen countless projects make big plans, talk big, but never walk the talk. After raising huge amounts, they just go flat out. What proof do we have that you’re actually building all you’ve proposed? Is there a demo somewhere we can look at?
Flick’s Response: Another good question Chief, however unlike the many other projects that have come and gone or have gone Flat, we haven’t. We have stayed on, continued to update our holders, actually launched what we promised in 2021 (our NFT marketplace that is going through the metaverse integration now), and have stayed on track. Many of our holders have been with us since our launch in May of last year. The other thing that distinguishes us from other projects is that at its core, the blockchain tech part isn’t where we come from, meaning we aren’t newcomers to this space. Because of our prior profiles at Microsoft, Tesla, and such companies we bring a lot of connections and influences which is what we are leveraging for our partnerships and our work. In addition, the project itself has several financial backers that have invested in other early-stage crypto projects that have gone on to become major crypto platforms now. The demo for the metaverse gaming platform actually launches mid-June as well, so that will also be accessible to everyone. Most other coins that launched at the time we did last year have long gone. We’re still here, and never rug pulled or did anything of that sort on our holders. 1 year was completed a few days ago (which can be a long time in the meme token market IMO).
The Crypto Hague’s Question: You’ve name-dropped huge corporations throughout this session. Names like tesla, Microsoft, etc. But you aren’t doxxed. How do we know you have the profiles you’ve claimed and the experience and connections as well?
Flick’s Response: In an upcoming press release, namely the one going out on June 12th, you will have Linkedin profiles of all the partners on the projects (including myself). This will of course be widely shared on all of our social media pages as well. That would be a good time for everyone to be able to see the connections, the background, and the experience.
The Crypto Hague’s Question: You have a space program planned out, but you’re not the first to propose such a program. Do you really think it is achievable? And in what time frame can the crypto community expect to see visible progress?
Flick’s Response: That is correct we do. However, unlike many of the other ones we actually have the background to do it. It is definitely achievable and actually a lot cheaper from integration with an existing space company perspective than most think. In fact, the reason we are integrating with an existing space company and using their payloads rather than establishing one from scratch is what makes the whole thing possible, and substantially quicker to work through. The holders can expect to see the announcements and first payload being sent out this year, with human usage to begin in 2 years. However, once the payloads from our end begin going up, you will see the massive progress in the work being done in our ecosphere (growing food on Mars) and the initiatives the other space programs have. We are the only company doing an ecosphere program of this size in all of Europe and the US.
The Crypto Hague’s Question: How would you rate your Spacegrimes NFT marketplace? Would you call it a success?
Flick’s Response: You bet. It is hard to wade through the faff from reality in the crypto world, so I am personally super excited to be able to share our progress. I think it did what it was initially supposed to do, that is put the core platform out there, but it is nowhere close to perfect because the second phase and the most important phase of the marketplace which is the metaverse and GameFI integration is in progress this year, after which we plan to do the main launch. It is still in very much a BETA mode, and we paused our ad on Coinzilla and other platforms to actually take off once the second phase of integration and the bridge between the blockchains is completed.
The Crypto Hague’s Question: Did you get actual users of the platform? I mean, what was the rate of adoption?
Flick’s Response: Since it was BETA only, we only released it to our own holders via Telegram and such. And yes, they used it, bought and sold NFTs, as well as tested out the platform inside out, and made an extensive list of recommendations as we finish the 2nd phase of integration. From a testing phase purpose, the adoption by our holders has been good, however, it isn’t an official release yet, so I anticipate the actual numbers to be 100 times higher when it does, especially because the NFTs minted there will also be fully usable as currency in our GameFI Metaverse.
The Crypto Hague’s Question: Tell us a bit more about your Gamefi. Are we getting the regular pixelated games or are we talking RPG and serious graphic displays?
Flick’s Response: Great question. There are 2 parts to the gaming ecosystem. There is one for the lovers of the pixelated games which also use space-related characters, space debris, and tons of other asteroid-like collateral that they can purchase and use in the metaverse, as well as other games that are talking serious graphic displays and also pivotable storylines depending on your selections (think Black Mirror).
The Crypto Hague’s Question: So, what can you tell us about the metaverse. What plans exist to bridge the virtual world with real assets on ground?
Flick’s Response: Another great question. So the metaverse is multi-fold: This would include a multi-chain SWAP, an integrated NFT marketplace with tradeable collateral, a retail ecosystem, as well as direct food purchase from our ecosphere, all in one spot. This will also have traditional metaverse material like land on the metaverse and homes etc as well, but you would use our NFTs to build those plots and sell them at a premium so you’re not just selling a piece of land and a cooker cutter home in the metaverse but one built with scarce NFTs minted by you. In addition, we are tapping into the actual real estate market as well, so our holders will actually be able to sell their own homes or shares of it as NFTs on our platform, hence getting much more massive pricing than the regular real estate market.
The Crypto Hague’s Question: Is there a DAO planned?
Flick’s Response: Great question and yes it is part of our plans, however, that will be a plan for 2023 since we have our hands full this year and a stable pegging will make the most sense when the valuation is best backed by real assets.
The Crypto Hague’s Question: Has any of your NFTs sold for an eye-catching value?
Flick’s Response: Not yet. Since it is in BETA and primarily for testing purposes, not yet. One of the ones that has been listed and had several offers on in terms of our NFTs was one that was airdropped by us to our holders in the early stages before our platform was even built, and that was on a different NFT site (Treasureland). Once the real estate and GameFI NFTs are launched though, I expect them to sell at a premium because they will be the first NFTs with an actual real-world use case.
The Crypto Hague’s Question: Your token looks pretty flat. Are there plans to make it come alive?
Flick’s Response: Yes, absolutely. Currently from a token-only perspective, we are focussed on several promotions (some of which have been slower to launch as we are trying to time it with a slight market recovery as that would make the most sense. No point spending a fortune on marketing when the market is like this). It is still literally one of the only coins though in this heavy bear market (along with our other coin X2) that has gone up over 17 percent twice in the past week. In addition, we are working on getting the token up on Coinmarketcap and Coingecko, which we anticipate from past experience with spacegrime and X2 to get massive exposure. Spacegrime was on the CMC Top gainers at 400- 600% 11 times in the last year. So we expect nothing less from Starship Optimus. In addition, our holders get quarterly dividends no matter how the market does.
THE VERDICT
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