We’re back at it to bring you more news about Paras. How’s May going out for you? We wish everyone a jolly month. We are looking forward to this month because, in the upcoming weeks, something is coming. Is it a collaboration or $Paras token? Please, stay tuned! We don’t want you to miss out on the next events. Last week, Riqi (Founder) had a chance to talk with the community with the help of the Berryclub Chinese Community. If you haven’t seen the interview, you can read the full transcript here.

Here’s the report of our weekly progress. Our GMV is way higher than our previous week. We record $10590 in sales volume. On a side note, 359 transactions happened last week which is half from last week. Our artists also minted 391 new cards for collectors to collect. We observe the surge in cards minted by our artists. More collections are available in Paras than ever. We believe that the upcoming weeks will bring more opportunities to the community. Thank you for your hard work.

In this week’s “Catching Up with Paras”, we will talk about 5 magnificent collections. Each collection brings different themes with them. From comedy, loneliness, and alienation are available in Paras. Unfortunately, we cannot list all the minted cards for this week, so we encourage you to discover others that are as good as this list.

If you have input and suggestions, we welcome it with open arms and we want you to hit us up on Twitter or our Discord channel.

Have you ever wondered how classic paintings look like in the eyes of a child? Anftimatter serves the guileless and childlike attitude by altering the classics. From the “Birth of (Bored)Venus” by Sandro Botticelli to “Flaming (Drooling) June” by Sir Frederik Leighton; no artist can escape getting emojified. Perhaps, the comedic value of these arts feels like a bit too much for other people, but what about a bit of fun? It’s the internet after all.

What is art but an extension of a mind and soul! Each stroke and each color could represent the best and worst part of the artist’s life. Fatihjagadraya captures this perfectly through his collection called “lonelyness”. The collection is a reenactment of his feeling regarding his love experience in the past. The ambivalence of loving your partner and having anxiety in every downturn is represented through “Fall in Love?”. The feeling of being left behind by your lover is captured through “Case Your F*cking Dream”. What about you? Do you feel like these two cards capture you?

Cryptoladygabi comes back to Paras by bringing updates on her “Artificial Engagement” collection. Each piece here is an artificially enhanced image. The enhancement works well to visualize the belle of the waterfall, the coldness of the iceberg, and the grotesque heat of the dry land. There are only 10 pieces of each card. Which of these landscapes resemble you the most? I, personally choose the waterfall.

What would happen if you encounter a new race and species that are completely alienated from yours? How do you classify and identify them? Limn introduces the brief history of JAI’Ori. A once proud and technologically advanced race, the JAI’ori numbered in the billions spread across distant galaxies. In a generally reclusive and private culture, representatives from several remaining noble classes agreed to have their portraits archived to preserve a record of their existence. Not only that but Limn also includes the naming system for JAI’Ori. You can read the full name classification of the race here.

Samtoshi_F_Baby brings new collaborative art to Paras. This time, he teams up with his mentor, Gary ODD Edmund. He is known for his creation like “The Bud” and “The Freedom Filled Flavorful Faithfully Fierce Fantastic Fear Facing Food Fighters”. Through this collaboration, they deliver a new collection called “Tales from the ODD”. This collection consists of 4 cards in different tiers and prices. The second “Tales from the ODD” is rumored to be coming soon. Live the tale by owning four cards from this collection!

That’s all for this week’s recap. How do you feel about these releases? I guess there will be a lot of cards to collect and collection that will put us on the edge of our seats. If you manage to grab them, don’t forget to mention them to the artist. Remember, there are more collections to come. There will be more artists to look out for. Cheers!

Paras Weekly Recap for the 9th of May 2021.

Catching Up with Paras #13

Hello everyone! How are you doing on this fine weekend? Last night Riqi, the Founder of Paras joined in a live AMA session hosted by Berryclub Chinese Community. Peter Feng, the moderator asked several questions regarding the development of Paras, upcoming events and partnerships, and $PARAS token usage.

The AMA brings together 1000 people in 3 live groups. On the other 18 broadcast groups, we record over 5000 people tuning into the AMA. If you are not part of those groups, do not worry! We bring you the full transcript of the interview!

Do not miss out and stay tuned to what’s coming next!

Peter Feng: Hi, Guys, thanks for your attention to our AMA, it's going to start right away. This is Peterfeng from Berryclub Chinese Community, I will represent our community to moderate today’s AMA.

Good Evening, welcome to our AMA conducted by Paras and Berryclub Chinese Community.

In the beginning, I will have a brief introduction to "Paras" and Berryclub Chinese Community.

Paras is an NFT marketplace that focuses on digital card collectibles. We thrive upon bringing conventional collectibles to crypto space.

The Berryclub Chinese community focuses on attracting more people to participate in the NEAR ecosystem and earn more $NEAR.

This AMA combines two parts, in the first part, our guest will answer the pre-collected questions, and in the second part is free questioning, the audience can ask their questions. Please be a good listener in the first part and actively participate in the second part.

The AMA lasts about one hour and will be presented in texts. Throughout the AMA process, please do not publish content unrelated to AMA. Thank you for your cooperation.

In today's AMA, our guest is Riqi, Co-Founder of Paras.

Hi Riqi, can you say hello to our community before we start the questions?

Riqi | Paras: Hey everyone, glad to be here!

Peter Feng: Thanks and welcome~ Okay, let's start the questions~

Can you give a brief introduction about Paras? What it does, and what its vision and mission are?

Riqi | Paras: Paras is an NFT marketplace that focuses on card collectibles. We run on top of NEAR, a scalable blockchain, Paras offers cheap and fast transactions for users. Unlike other marketplaces, we are putting collections forward instead of single art releases.

We believe that by collecting collectibles, we can attract mainstream users. With the current artists we have, we are confident that we can capture the essence and excitement of owning card collections. We also look to increase the card's value via gamification by including background stories, lore, or games.

Peter Feng: Can you tell us the background and story of your team? How did you guys get together to found up this project?

Riqi | Paras: So I'm Riqi, founder and CEO of Paras. The team is based in Indonesia and we started by join hackathons and bounties in the web 3.0 space. Later on, we're thinking about building our own product and that's how Paras was born. Right now, we're a team of 5 people. We have 3 engineers, including me. Afiq, my-co founder he's in charge of content, artist relation, and project partnership and our latest member is Andini, she's managing our social media & community.

Riqi | Paras: “NFT drops” is an awesome feature we just released. Think of it as Initial NFT Offering, where projects and artists can bootstrap their community and fund from the public. There are already many cool projects lined up for the drops, each with its own unique use cases, we have NFT-DAO, Token airdrop, or legendary in-game item, it could be anything. It is the "Kickstarter" in web 3.0, project launchpad. Instead of IDO, projects can do INO with Paras.

Peter Feng: Amazing, Paras’ NFT Drops are something more interesting than blind boxes. Trendy artists can even use NFT Drops to issue and sell limited edition figures and use INO instead of IDO. It should be Paras’ pioneering application in the NFT field.

Can you give us more details about your unique competitive advantages and positioning? What makes Paras special from other NFT projects？

Riqi | Paras: As we witness the rise of traditional cards through conventional methods, we believe that building original and crypto-native IP is possible in Paras. By utilizing this approach, the development of collections in Paras is immense and massive. We want our artists to start small, but keep developing their IP to a bigger medium.

Everyone focuses on becoming the place for premium digital art, but not us. We focus on games, novels, comics, toys, anything pop culture. If you take a look at our website you'll see this stuff already there. Instead of selling at a premium price, we encourage artists to make their cards cheap but more in quantity.

Peter Feng: What are Paras as a governance token Economic model? What are the utilities of its token?

Riqi | Paras: $PARAS is utility/governance token. 100,000,000 $PARAS tokens will ever be minted. Most will go to the community through marketplace mining and liquidity mining. Here some use cases for $PARAS tokens.

Some deals and events can only be accessed by $PARAS holders. Established influencers, artists, creators, and projects can issue limited edition NFTs with Paras.

Rarity Point (RP) can be used to increase the card level. The card's visual will be changed based on its level, e.g gold border, glitter effect, etc. RP can be received by staking $PARAS or burning $PARAS

$PARAS holders can take part to govern the ecosystem, from artist whitelisting, feature updates, parameter changes to community grants. DAO Governance will happen approx 12 weeks after the TGE.

Peter Feng: Do you think the NFT infrastructure is ready now? What else is needed or what is needed to be solved in the future?

Riqi | Paras: Totally, we're running on scalable NEAR blockchain for 6-months and we're very happy with that. NFT is ready for the mass. Our approach is to grab more attention from the mainstream users, this is why our focus is on comics, novels, games, toys. These 4 are something that many people enjoyed, they can read some story, play some games and later on transform into NFT collectors.

Peter Feng: When will the product launch, and what is Paras roadmap?

Riqi | Paras: In the next 3 months our focus is on building the comic & novel ecosystem and also partner with game projects and toy designers. We have lots of amazing projects for NFT drops, every 10 days there will be new projects launched on top of Paras. Stay tuned and follow our social media, don't miss a single drop!

Peter Feng: Thanks, Riqi，for your wonderful answers in part1, really impressive. Our first part is now finished, and we are moving on to our second part “Free Questioning”, guys you can now ask our guest your questions about Paras~

Community: Riqi, can you name some artists or IP that you are partnering with?

Riqi | Paras: Yeah we have many amazing artists and projects, we have Krypterra, NEAR punk, Metamon, Immortal Flame Series, FictionSpawn, and many more. We also partner with established projects like GalaxyOnline.io, OutPlay.games, and hashrush.com

Community: Which platform do Paras choose for IDO?

Riqi | Paras: It is still in internal discussion, we can do it on ETH or wait for one on NEAR (skyward.finance) or we can just list the token on ref.finance.

Community: Will the Paras have a buyback and burn mechanism?

Riqi | Paras: Yes we do, 80% of the transaction fee will be managed by the core team and later by the community. This will be used mostly for the buyback. As for the burn mechanism, we have one that will generate Rarity Point (RP) if you burn the token.

Community: Can you share with me details about What is the distribution method of $Paras to the community?

Riqi | Paras: 50% is reserved for the community via marketplace mining and liquidity mining, we also have 10% allocation for the ecosystem, like marketing, grants, etc. And 3% for community airdrop. $PARAS is not launched yet, so stay tuned

Community: What is the card level? What is the NFT card level related to?

Riqi | Paras: Card level is a general way to value the card, different levels will have different visual effects on the card.

Peter Feng: Thank you guys for your great questions and I reckon Riqi provided perfect answers. I think our AMA is near to the end, we are going to wrap it up.

Riqi | Paras: I'm having a good time here, thank you, everyone!

Peter Feng: Riqi, Paras Community members hope that paras can stake NFTs, preferably related to the card level.

Riqi | Paras: oh nice suggestions! If you have more suggestions, do not hesitate to join our discord and telegram group and share your thoughts

Peter Feng: If anyone wants to dig more on Paras and follow the updates, you can check out the following links:

Riqi | Paras: yes thank @等风来Peter Feng and BerryClub Community for hosting this AMA

We publish the interview transcript from our session with Peter Feng from Berryclub Chinese Community. Enjoy!

What's up: PARAS x Berryclub Chinese Community

How’s the weekend everyone? We hope the weekend gives full service to recharge your spirit for days ahead of you. It has been two weeks since the launch of Pillars of Paras. May we remind your users that we are working on launching the Paras token as soon as possible. You can read the introduction of Paras Token in our publication.

Not only that, but we are also working on projects that broaden our scope regarding NFTs. We suggest you get ready for this as well.

Here’s the report of our weekly progress. Our GMV is lower than our previous week. We record $4632 in sales volume. On a side note, 752 transactions happened last week. Our artists also minted 267 new cards for collectors to collect. We believe that the upcoming weeks will bring more opportunities to the community. Thank you for your hard work.

In this week’s “Catching Up with Paras”, we will talk about 5 magnificent collections. Each collection is different from one another. We welcome diversity in aesthetics and encourage our artists to work with their strengths. Unfortunately, we cannot list all the minted cards for this week, so we encourage you to discover others that are as good as this list.

Inprecisewords brings a new collection called “Childhood and Locked Energies”; a set of two cards to represent the artist’s opinion regarding repressed masculinity in a child. The artist also creates a reading material regarding the story that leads to the creation of the collection. Served with a strong point of view about the coming of age of the boy, the collection might be worth thinking, reading, and collecting.

How well-versed are you regarding Greek mythology? Bourignon introduces a tale of “Paris and the bear”. Created as a collection, “Paris and the Bear “consists of 13 NFTs made with acrylic on paper mache. Each card gives a snippet about Paris’ childhood. The adventure they had, the key moments they experienced, and their early encounter are portrayed well in this collection. If you are intrigued, go get yourself cards from the “Paris and the Bear” collection!

Please note, the very first buyer who collects all 13 cards of this collection first can receive the physical art pieces with the courier (if in an eligible country for delivery). ~Bourignon

Monztre visits the platform once again to introduce us to NEAR punk. NEAR punk is a part of the “One of a kind” collection that the artist created. Each card of NEAR punk only has one supply. The collection starts on the 22nd of April 2021, and now Monztre releases the second batch of NEAR punk. Each character is unique, and it surprisingly caters to all sorts type of people. The first batch sold out in only three days, so you should get your avatar now before somebody takes yours. Collect NEAR punk now!

NEARPunk is a representation of people from all walks of life that can use NEAR. These are unique avatars made in colorful NEARpixel-Punk-art style!

What does a scout, a crossbowman, and a halberdier have in common? They are a part of the “Picard-Fantasy Series” by Arang. Picard is a pixel-based 52 card deck collectibles, there will be several series for the card and the number of copies depends on the rarity. It seems like the released ones are still common in rarity. The collection is following the shape and format of playing cards. Since these characters are from the heart kingdom, I guess there will be a diamond, spade, and clover kingdom (I hope so). Go get your soldiers now!

Thespaceshipproject shows the result of her observation through “Invisibilia”. Invisibilia is a collection of messages from the Cosmos, they will inspire your hidden knowledge and contribute to manifesting your will. Invisibilia creates wonders, enriches your inner wisdom. The artist is heavily influenced by nature, astrology, and sacred geometry. There are 5 different patterns that you can collect in this collection. Each card is filled with a statement that could lead you to transcendence. It is a perfect collection by the artist who states:

I observe the human paradigm and bring the language of the Cosmos to Earth. Geometry is the alphabet of the Universe, Nature is the book.

Paras Weekly Recap for the 2nd of May 2021.

Catching Up with Paras #12

Paras Easter might have ended, but we are back to bring the festivities by announcing the top collectors and artists of the event.

During two weeks of the event, we witnessed 100+ participants get their hands on Paras Easter collections. 50 cards were created by our artists who participated in the event. Thank you very much for your participation and support for Paras Easter. We believe that the event is a good stepping stone for more events to come.

As we have promised, we would like to give back to people who have made the event possible. We select multiple winners based on the data that we have collected. We also have some lucky winners of the event. We bestow different amounts of $NEAR to the collectors. Not only that, with the help of SWAGGER DAO, winners also get exclusive merch from the event.

The merch will be distributed by SWAGGER DAO once it is ready. Winners, please check your email for further details.

Give it all to the winners of Paras Easter event! It’s time to hatch the eggs!

The top-selling card of the event is “Dragon Boy'' by Roid Mukhtar. His card will be printed as an exclusive merch by SWAGGER DAO. The merch will be distributed to all the winners of the event. Congratulations to Roidmukhtar.near!

The top 10 collectors are selected based on their participation during the event. Not only collecting cards, but the top 10 collectors also successfully qualified after filling the participation form. They will receive 30 $NEAR and exclusive merch by SWAGGER DAO. Hats off to the collectors!

The lucky collectors are selected randomly. They will receive exclusive merch by SWAGGER DAO and 10 $NEAR. Lady Fortuna surrounds you! Congratulations!

The top 5 artists are selected from their sale during the event. 20 artists participated in the event, but we only chose the top 5 artists as the winners. They will receive exclusive merch by SWAGGER DAO. Thank you for your hard work and congratulations!

We pick 5 lucky artists randomly. They will receive exclusive merch by SWAGGER DAO. Thank you for the lovely cards!

That is all for Paras Easter event. We hope you enjoy every moment that we have during the event. We congratulate all the winners. We wish that everyone will continue to watch for Paras’ upcoming projects. We also want you to follow the expanding space that is NFTs.

Don't forget to follow @SwaggerDao on Twitter and join the SWAGGER DAO telegram group for more fashionable clothing!

Thank you for the festivities and enjoy the eggs. Cheers!

Since Paras Easter event has ended, we announce the list of winners of the event. Thank you for the participation!

Paras Easter: Winner Announcement

It has been a week since the launch of Pillars of Paras. The event was planned to run for a week, but we did not expect the enthusiasm of the community.

At the beginning of Paras, we distributed “Key to Paras” to our early supporters. Pillars of Paras is our first official card collection sale since our launch. We released three cards; each has its own merit and story behind it. These three cards are also a representation of supports divided into three tiers. We congratulate all users who manage to get their hands on these cards before they sold out.

On the 12th of April, we opened up a form for users to fill in order to gain early access to Paras NFT Drops. We call it the “Form of Eligibility”. During a week of registration time, we record more than 900 people signing up to gain early access.

On the 18th of April, we sent emails to 450 eligible accounts informing them that they can start buying the cards on the 19th of April, 00.01 (UTC). Here’s the report:

“The Founders” card has sold out in under 10 minutes since we opened the market. Each card could be purchased for 45 $NEAR. There are 100 copies of “The Founders”.

“The First Men” and “The Firstborn” have sold out in a day.  “The First Men” could be purchased for 30 $NEAR while “The Firstborn” was listed for 15 $NEAR. There are 200 copies of “The First Men” and 300 copies of “The Firstborn”.

On the 21st of April, the owner of these cards can resell them to other collectors. They are still available in various prices.

We are truly delighted by the enthusiasm and support from the communities. We wish this NFT Drops can be the next gateway that opens up more opportunities for crypto-projects in the future.

Following the success of the event, we also announced the Paras token. Paras token is a utility token that will be utilized to maximize the functionality of features and future development of Paras. It will be distributed to users for using Paras marketplace.

The further details can be found on our Introduction to Paras Token.

Disclaimer: Paras token is not yet released. Please, wait a couple of weeks for the official release announcement.

The NFT Drops also creates the “drop” feature in Paras. The feature will be accessible for every creator who would like to launch their project with us. Games, novels, comics, and other projects can release their own NFT drops just like the “Pillars of Paras”. We believe that there are more use cases for NFTs. Currently, we are also working with several projects who would like to utilize the “drop” feature. On top of that, we are constantly working on how to support the communities and the platform. We can discover together how NFT becomes the bridge that supports content creation in crypto-space. Keep watching our next move! The best part has yet to come, cheers!

Artists who are interested in launching their NFT Drops can fill out this form. We invite you to start your project with us.

https://tripetto.app/run/QT42ZPXR79

Here's the report for our NFT Drops: Pillars of Paras! We discuss what the event means for what's coming up next to the platform. Cheers!

Editorial

Community

Catching Up with Paras #13

What's up: PARAS x Berryclub Chinese Community

Catching Up with Paras #12

Paras Easter: Winner Announcement

Pillars of Paras: Past, Present, and Future