I lost ~$100 000 with Inscripedia
Maybe for some of you, this is nothing, but for me, it is a lot
All the money we made, we were paying bunch of devs to improve the website and create protocoles on ordinals
We gave $40 000 to
@ordinalsorg when nobody even cared about giving back to Casey, Raph and the others, but we did
The company is based in Canada and we had a lot of taxes to pay, we do not have the resources to have an off shore company snd we do not know all the legal loopholes to make it happen
Inscripedia was my life for almost 2 years. 8 months before anyone had even heard of it and then for another year +
All self funded before Season 0 and when Season 0 happened, 35% went to taxes + 25% went to
@ordinalsorg. We only had 40% left as runway.
I didn't even pay myself for the big majority of the company and when I did, it was with the minimum legal salary in Canada
Then, reality hit. Ordinals crashed, nobody cared anymore. People wanted to flip, not collect. Everybody became mad because it wasn't free money anymore, but we still continued and persevered.
To this day,
@Geckoking9 and me are working on an improved inscripedia that is closer to the ideal we have in mind.
I don't know when it will get out, but it will.
I have not given up on artists and never will, but this has just shown me that this was not what the public wanted, so I need to create something new.
I am recreating myself after a few months of break, hopefully my community will slowly come back
I have missed you all, life is hard for everyone, please be kind 🫡❤️
Seeing people attack pushers and builders like
@LeonidasNFT,
@TO, and others (myself included) who have been relentlessly pushing Ordinals since 2023 is truly baffling.
We’ve poured massive amounts of capital and countless hours into dedicating ourselves to growing this ecosystem. Yet, the moment anyone looks for ways to make ends meet outside of Ordinals, the pitchforks come out.
Let's be real for a second. We are human beings with bills to pay, families to feed, and real-world responsibilities.
Nobody wants to leave this space. We love it. If builders are pivoting or taking outside jobs, it’s strictly out of necessity, not a lack of passion. Most of us are still quietly pushing the tech forward every single day, even if we’re tweeting less.
It’s easy to judge from the sidelines. But try putting yourself in the shoes of the people who dedicated 3 years to building this space, hosting weekly spaces, and making Ordinals events what they are.
Cut people some slack and show some support. Ironically, the people being attacked are often the exact same ones who helped you make money during the Ordinals cycle. 🙏