Nouns DAO

tl:dr: Honor three early pioneers of extension projects and nounish art with Nouns: Mr. Boney, Messhup and Sidenoun.

This prop seeks to gift three forked Nouns to three of the first artists/builders who utilized cc0 to proliferate Nouns via unique art and extensions: Mr. Boney, Messhup and Sidenoun.

As an important part of the virtuous cycle, the proliferation of Nouns cc0 art is key but often under recognized in its significance. These three artists in particular were very early builders in the nouns ecosystem, all were members of the first group of Nouncillors, and all have openly helped others in the ecosystem to help proliferate Nouns.

Prop Inspiration: Important note - this idea came from me not Mr. Boney, Messhup or Sidenoun. As I was reflecting on my own nounish journey, these three kept popping up in my story, sometimes in obvious ways, other times just in the background, but always there. There are so many others who have also made strong contributions and should be recognized as well but this seemed like a great place to start.

I reached out to all three and confirmed they would accept a Noun if given the opportunity and all agreed to hold it for a minimum of one year since we do not yet have a vesting contract in place. (Actually each one said they’d never sell when asked.)

As long time contributors to the ecosystem, I can think of no better future Nouners.

Mr. Boney

Launching just a couple months after Nouns on October 10, 2021, The Boneys combined Nouns and Cryptoadz to create a new spooky take on cc0 art. The collection has some well known holders, among them David Horvath (a Boney whale) and Luca Netz.

In addition to The Boneys, Mr. Boney also created The Boney Bats, UniToadz, $PepeToadz and has contributed advice and assistance on numerous other projects including the Yellow Collective.

The Boneys continues to captivate and provide a unique character in the Nouniverse, recognized all on its own as well as part of the Nouns ecosystem, even finding its way to the NFT mural in NYC, the first piece of nounish art to do so.

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Messhup

At the core of almost every iconic piece of nounish art is Messhup, including pieces such as the Meta Noun Square, the Rose Parade open edition, and the Nouniversary, and the incredible nounish sails for NFT.NYC. Whenever a banger art piece is needed, Messhup is tapped and always over-delivers.

Beyond these amazing individual pieces of nounish art, Messhup has launched multiple cc0 collections of his own including PeeperToadz, Meme Seizer, and Serial Collectors.

Also an original member of Nouncil, Messhup created the Nouncil logo and supports nounish builders with his art, even recently dropping a piece out of the blue to honor the Boneversary.

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Sidenoun

One of the first recipients of a small grant from Nouns, Sidenoun launched the SideNoun NFT project at the end of 2021 – an art project of cute nouns with their shifty eyes and the tagline: isometric nouns, looking highly suspicious. I personally came in through the SideNoun door, where I first encountered David Horvath in the discord and he set me straight on nouns traits. Not without its bumps and learnings, the Sidenoun project continues to shine as a small grants success story.

Beyond this project, Sidenoun was also part of the original Nouncil core team – Nouncillor #1! – and went on to develop BYN: Build Your Noun. In the early days, you could find him lending a helping hand in the Nouns discord. He also has been a contributor/advisor to many other nounish projects, including providing guidance, assistance and technical development for FloriNouns and Vessel Verse among others.

Sidenoun was also one of the projects highlighted by Bud Light leading up to the Nouns appearance in their Super Bowl commercial.

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Although there are many such deserving nounsfolk, I believe these three – Mr. Boney, Messhup, and Sidenoun – capture the essence of cc0 proliferation and have helped attract many to the Nouns ecosystem through their original artistic efforts.

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Summary of transactions:

Noun 326 to MrBoney.eth: 0x22D8D269A083EAD12E8D7F8fb9AdD8A38B5F4134

Noun 81 to Messhup.eth: 0x0C66d954d9cb1ebDF4E37a000262323C83655e70

Noun 826 to Sidenoun.eth 0xdB7f66F3D53A6A0EC43a49C7B6713e1bd3bd1383