Interview with DEMIURG! the Telegram and YouTube crypto influencer, crypto investor since 2017, founder of the Crypto Demiurg Community, Lazy Soccer project, NFT collections: Lazy Alpha, Rektville, Dust City.

FireFly

Alex, hello. Before I ask you questions about crypto and NFT, I want our audience to know you better. Can you tell us where you are from, about your hobbies, mainly about traveling) How long ago did you come to crypto, and how did you succeed in this direction?

Demiurg

I was born in Kyiv, lived there and in the surrounding capital area for 30 years. In 2018, moved to Slovenia and began to adapt, learn the language. Now I am 35 y.o.

I think, it is necessary to say: "I am fond of crypto and NFT", - if someone talks about his expertise and professionalism in crypto, then this is a "red flag" for me. I believe that there is not a single person who is a crypto expert. Of course, some people somehow understand the market, but still, for all of us, it's just a hobby.

Firstly, I will answer the question about coming to crypto and what I succeeded in. "Succeeded" is ambiguous because everyone has many mistakes and failures happen. And, of course, I am no exception. I also had a bunch of failures. I came to the crypto at the end of the summer of 2017. I bought Altcoins for the first time, which grew very strongly.

As soon as it turned out to be a plus, I gradually sold it. Bitcoin managed to jump to 10,000 for the first time in its history, but at the same time, Altcoins all fell. In the winter of 2017 - it was just an explosion. Every day I woke up and saw how the deposit doubled, tripled.

The result was quite a good profit.

And yes, travel. It's very inspiring, I've been almost everywhere in Europe! I like the European way of life! I avoid the seas in every possible way, especially in the summer, when there are crowds of people) But I love mountains! both summer and winter! Slovenia is ideally located in this regard. The nearest mountain is about 15-20 km from me, Well, Italy and Austria are also nearby! hour drive. And, of course, Switzerland! I haven't got to Norway and Iceland yet, but it's in the plans, but I think it will be very cool there!

FireFly

What are the main postulates and rules that crypto has taught you? Immediately help with advice to those who have recently been here. And when did you first learn about the NFT? What was the first purchase from the NFT?

Demiurg

Firstly, be more relaxed about money and drawdowns, be mentally strong. If you are afraid of losing, then it is better not to go into crypto at all. Secondly, in no case should you fall in love with projects, and nor should you invest more than you can lose. And lastly, I just concluded that this is primarily a history of the formation of the community!

As for the first NFT? I don't remember what it was at all. Probably 99% of that was the NBA TOPSHOT in March 21. Back then, it was still challenging to get into TOPSHOT; there were long queues for pack drops. What then awaited us on the Coinlist. And, of course, TOPSHOT quickly rolled away as quickly as it flew up)))) but I spent, in my opinion, only $50 or $100 on it, so these pictures remain on the account, and, of course, no one needs them and never will.

FireFly

The most exciting thing is that I started my activity in crypto much later than you. I started just when you bought your first NBA TOPSHOT NFT! Right now, I remember the amount I invested - $697, which, by the end of February, had already turned into $20 000 -30 000.

What utility or app, in your opinion, is missing a lot for young and more experienced crypto users? Is there any product in crypto that you would definitely make if you had an unlimited budget and a professional team of programmers?

Demiurg

I would not say that, from my point of view, something is missing. It seems to me that the market is developing quite systematically and has everything that is needed for a normal state. I don't have any unique ideas of what the crypto world lacks right now! I don't know, maybe if I had an unlimited budget and an experienced team of programmers, would come up with something.

FireFly

What is the essential thing in an NFT project? What are the goals of severe NFT projects? What is the most non-standard utility you have seen?

Demiurg

It seems to me that the most crucial thing in NFT is still building a community. Having a community, you can already move forward in any projects and do what financial possibilities and the level of support of your community allow you to do.

If intelligent networking is also connected here, then all this together will work even better. I created my first networking chat. For people like you and me, who will get to know each other, come up with something and move on together.

And about non-standard utilities. Well, here is a top-rated utility right now - sharing income from some kind of business in the real sector. But I don't think it's interesting. If you do it legally, it greatly complicates the process. I don't know of any other interesting and unique utilities that are in demand, except for the community, probably not!

FireFly

You know, for the most part, I agree with you, but let's talk then about what is the ideal community for you then? It happens that many people in the community have completely different life views, views on the crypto, diverse cultures and languages of communication!

Demiurg

Everyone has their own values and their own story! Yes, indeed, some communities invest a lot. If a random person with a small deposit ends up there, then it will be an extra boost and an extra motivation to develop along with the community, start earning more!

For me, the community is primarily people with one common idea, goal, aspirations, or some common interest, to which they go together. And, of course, in the NFT, many communities have a common goal - to make money, but people often become one family in the process.

FireFly

My next question is how do you like Magic Eden? Many have noticed that this marketplace's functionality and UI are incredibly cool! Is there anything else you would like to see in the functionality of the marketplace?

Demiurg

As for Magic Eden, I have certain thoughts; the satisfaction from working with this platform is maximum! I think they remain the undisputed leaders. This is an indication that they are heading in the right direction. And if we compare, for example, Magic Eden with Open Sea, then for two, the score will be 9:1, in favor of the Magic Eden on a ten-point scale.

The only one feature, that is missing, is the ability to scatter all bets, and not those that set within your budget. Plus, there is a strong lack of mass listing of their NFTs in more than 50 pieces. Everything else, I think, is just fine, and let's be realistic, they gradually implemented everything. And if you compare Magic Eden in the form in which it appeared a year ago and now, then it's just - heaven and earth.

FireFly

Yes, I agree with you 100%!!! Please tell us about your community! How did it form, and what is it like now? Tell us about Lazy.

Demiurg

The community, I would say, is the most valuable thing any influencer has. It is one thing for a smart and friendly audience that understands how to sort out projects, what and when to buy, consults with each other and helps! However, it is a completely different matter when just new market participants - hamsters - are being brought into some closed channel. Of course, we also had a couple of failures in the community, and in which, among other things, I was guilty. Everyone has such situations, but in our community, there are few of them, and I will never allow myself to risk my name and deceive people for a one-time monetary gain.

I'll tell you about Lazy Soccer specifically - this is a football manager, which is absolutely not fantasy football. Very often, these two concepts are confused. A football manager is a story about the development of a team, building an economic model, which, as a result, will give certain advantages in the game. The purpose of this game is to play with other similar players, grow your team, trade new football players on the transfer market and, in fact, derive economic benefits from this.

That is, there will be championships, there will be different divisions, just like in real life. It will be possible to fly to a lower division, or vice versa - to rise from a lower one to a higher one. The main thing is the competitive effect! I'm a big fan of these games myself! That is why I have always wanted to create my own game.

Many years ago I went to potential investors to raise money to create such a game on social networks, but they told me that this game is not for a broad audience, so no one would invest in it. But now, when the time of crypto has come, it has become clear to me that this could be just a fascinating story. And this may be my contribution to the mass adoption through the play-to-earn.

The game will consist of many components; it will contain TOKENS, which will also be the balance of the team, and it will include the NFT itself. The NFT is the so-called STAFF team. These people are engaged in improving the team's work: coach, accountant, advertiser, medic, and scout! There will be five of them.

NFTs will be pumpable! All characters will initially be of the common level, but they can also be upgraded using the token to the next rarity levels! To get in the end, sooner or later again, legendaries.

The WhitePaper was planned to be launched in September, preferably on the 1st. Again, one of the conditions was the presence of a live market, both NFT and the Crypto market in general, we are waiting for their revival! At least if NFT on SOLANA is now alive, then the crypto market is dead, and it is not known when it will return!!! but we're not in a hurry!

The first NFT collection of our project is the Lazy Alpha collection, which will be super-utilitarian in the game! Only owners of Lazy Alpha will be able to mint (create) new game characters, having two NFTs of Lazy Alpha. Game staff will be deflationary. In order to get a higher rarity of a staff, it will be necessary to burn two ordinary ones.

Alpha involves breeding, that is, crossing characters once every three days. Depending on the rarity of the Alpha, there will be a different rarity of the game characters themselves. The key characters will be NFTs, but the players will not be NFTs! That is, there will be an open transfer market where you can buy a virtual football player from another player.

Regarding our tokens: the private round will get its NFTs. More precisely, he will receive tokens in the form of vesting for staking his NFTs. And the same goes for the community round! There will also be ambassadorial rewards for participating in our program. They will be in the form of NFTs and will contain a certain number of tokens that can be gradually STAKE and UNLOCK.

And I must also say separately about Lazy Alpha! While the football game is being done, Lazy Alpha holders received from us, as a bonus for waiting, a pass to our closed Alpha chat! And they are all there, and I think they are very pleased with our Alpha Community and its opportunities!

About Rektville and Dust City we have all the information in Twitter and Discord.

https://twitter.com/DustCityNFT

https://discord.com/invite/dustcity

FireFly

here for our readers, I will briefly explain) First there were Lazy Alpha collection (now 30 Sol floor price). This NFTs will be very important in lazy soccer game when you release it. It's especially cool if you have two Lazy Alpha NFTs and they can pair up to create a new staff in the game. But there is still time before the release of the game, you made a bonus for Lazy NFT holders in the form of access to your closed Alpha, where people, thanks to your alpha hunters, receive important information and get WL's in other projects. Then appeared the Rektville collection, now renamed to Dust City Wl Parts and its utilities at the moment, what is that for owning 3 nfts, you get a guaranteed NFT mint for 0.5 Sol from the DUST CITY collection, and this collection will be the main alpha collection of your community, and fully transferred from telegram to discord and in English! A collection with amazing cyberpunk lore, a super community (I saw it myself), alpha hunters, collaborations with other projects and networking.

FireFly

You spoke about your community! Can you tell us about your favorite third-party NFT projects and why you love them? What cool features and utilities are in the top collections on solan?

Demiurg

I wouldn't say that I actually have them. Why? Because first of all, I believe that the NFT is a community, and I have my own community and have absolutely no interest in others. I can, let's say, participate in them or try to join them for some networking, influential acquaintances, chat about trends to bring something new for myself and my community.

FireFly

How do you feel when NFT is just art? A nice young artist making own collection and just trying to sell it! No expensive marketing, no utility - just art! Not a generative collection; each work is unique; from the artist's marketing tools, it's just their Twitter and that's it)

Demiurg

Okay, how do I feel about art. Well, in fact, in principle, I'm not a fan of art, let's say, but I always have a positive attitude towards art. Any labor costs that are done primarily not for making money but because the soul lies in it are worth attention.

If an artist's goal is to make money, and they do anything to make it, then... I don't really like this story. But now, if the artist's goal is to show something in his collection, to convey to people, and to imagine the future somehow, then I have nothing against selling such stories and buying them, respectively.

FireFly

What do you think about real decentralization in WEB-3? DAO was originally conceived as a system built on smart contracts! Now we see a massive influx of "discord DAO", I call them that!) In fact, very often, the last word remains with the creators of the DAO! They don't always listen to their community!

Demiurg

I do not believe in decentralization in any form at all! Blockchain is a great opportunity to centralize absolutely everything, to track every step of every transaction. Ah, and to streamline this whole story with finances.

Moreover, to streamline it not for the end user but for state structures; therefore, in my understanding, the crypto is not decentralization. This, on the contrary, is a stunning centralized action with the proper history, which will only worsen for users in this sense over time.

I think so, WEB-3 does not change anything. Nothing will prevent the relevant structures from adopting a legislative framework so that custodial wallets must be verified, registered, KYC somewhere, and so on. And this token is a KYC token, just like Binance did!

FireFly

I understand your point of view! Of course, we all understand that, as a result, regulation is needed, and in this case, it will even help and most likely not harm! However, according to "true DAO", I have a more romantic point of view) however, your thoughts are understandable, and they are closer to reality than mine)

I think we got a fascinating interview. You can invite new cool guys to your Dust City community at the end! I'm sure many will want to join!

Demiurg

I invite new cool guys to our Dust City community! 🙂

And be sure to follow Lazy Soccer. I am sure we will make an exciting game !

FireFly

Alex! Thank you very much for the interview! It was exciting! Good luck to you, and achieve all your goals in your projects!

Demiurg

Thank you very much Andrey!