The Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) launched the Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) NFTs after much anticipation. It’s an understatement to say that the fall destroyed crypto Twitter!
As soon as the ape mutation was made public on Twitter, members of the BAYC community flooded the social media platform with photos of their newly minted mutant apes.
Let’s discover what the Mutant Ape Yacht Club is all about.
The Mutant Ape Yacht Club is made up of 20,000 Mutant Apes who were born after a Bored Ape was exposed to a vial of Mutant Serum. MAYC is a Yuga Labs project.
The MAYC is a strategy for rewarding Bored Ape owners with a brand new NFT, a “freak” version of their monkeys, while allowing newcomers to participate in the BAYC biological system with a lower level of engagement. The end of BAYC’s Roadmap 1.0 is marked by Freaks, the final step of participation. Moving forward, BAYC’s centre would provide value and “part’s merely benefits” to Bored Apes, followed by Mutants.
The build-up to the dramatic drop was shrouded in mystery; while everyone knew something big was coming, no one knew what it was. BAYC sent out a tweet early Friday morning. The optimal timing for a preview and the Mutant Serums airdrop were also considered. BAYC withheld information regarding MAYC and Mutant Serums, leaving the community puzzled but enthused.
What is Mutant Serum, and how does it work?
Every holder of a Bored Ape was randomly airdropped 10,000 Mutant Serums. Holders could then create freaks by exposing their Bored Apes to the Serum in exchange for the expense of gas.
The vials of Mutant Serum came in three sizes: M1, M2, and Mega Mutant (M3). When a Bored Ape is given an M1 or M2 Serum, the consequence is a Mutant Ape that looks like the first gorilla.
The M3 Serum generates something entirely new, perhaps with more unusual and hence more significant characteristics. For Bored Ape owners, the airdrop was a good deal because it allowed them to keep their unique NFT while printing a new piece.
Furthermore, a primate can only drink one type of Serum at a time. The Serum will be burned as soon as it is used. This means that a primate swallowing M1, M2, or M3 vials can cause three different abnormalities. In addition, the Bored Ape will not be damaged in any manner. In the meanwhile, BAYC holders could only use their Serum once the public sale was finished. There are currently no limits on the use of serums.
Surprisingly, the Serums were swapped for a charge not long after the airdrop. To emphasise, the Serum was given to each BAYC member for free!
What is Mutant Arcade, and how does it work?
Wait till you see what comes next! If you thought Mutant Apes and Mutant Serums were a lot to take in, wait until you see what comes next! The Mutant Ape Arcade game, which is only available for three days, was also released by BAYC.
The protagonist of the game, which is situated in a BAYC-inspired environment, is Curtis, the founder of BAYC. The game’s objective is to defeat The Mutant Ape and flee MAYC. You will be asked to provide your wallet address if you are the winner. BAYC will airdrop a POAP three days later to honour your victory over the Mutant.
What is Mutant Arcade, and how does it work?
Wait till you see what comes next! If you thought Mutant Apes and Mutant Serums were a lot to take in, wait until you see what comes next! The Mutant Ape Arcade game, which is only available for three days, was also released by BAYC.
The protagonist of the game, which is situated in a BAYC-inspired environment, is Curtis, the founder of BAYC. The game’s objective is to defeat The Mutant Ape and flee MAYC. You will be asked to provide your wallet address if you are the winner. BAYC will airdrop a POAP three days later to honour your victory over the Mutant.
MAYC’s reception in the community
The mutants were on their way, and everyone knew it. The NFT abominations had been built into the BAYC’s blueprint from the beginning.
There was a reason for the mystery surrounding the plunge. It was well-organized, with a lot of moving parts, and Twitter was searching for clues in the midst of the chaos.
You might be able to keep a secret, but you only have about ten seconds to enjoy the ride after the monkey is out of the bag. In less than an hour, the whole MAYC NFT collection was auctioned for $96 million. As paying members of this insane establishment, we are well aware that in the world of NFTs, the secondary market and the OpenSea are where the abstract price of these collections really hits us in the face. MAYC propelled the secondary market into the stratosphere.
The fact that BAYC kept the drop a secret speaks a lot about the community and how involved they are. Nothing like it has ever been seen on Twitter, which is no stranger to fervour. “The Bored Ape Yacht Club’s strength lies in its members and how endlessly inventive, helpful, aligned, and fucking funny our community is,” claims BAYC. “It’s how we went from zero to one of the world’s largest auction houses in less than four months.”
