King's Intern

Community is everything. In crypto, community is the X-factor. There are a few components of a community that I think are crucial towards putting any project in a position to succeed. These aspects are: Culture, Interconnectedness and Loyalty. On Culture: While finance and money are an inherent part of the happenings of crypto, a community’s strength is measured by the wealth of personality, creativity, and talent. Anyone, regardless of their current wealth or level of CT fame, can have a massive impact on a community by being creative and thoughtful. And creativity itself takes many forms - from art and design, to writing, to coding, to just being weird and memorable. RayJ constructed deep lore. Lydicius became a notorious spammer. Purpleman became a plushie philanthropist. Happy wrote his candid thoughts. Skilly turned the discord purple. Hanriver created a distinctive style in Microsoft Paint. On Interconnectedness: The relationships between community members are the basis of a healthy and powerfully-positioned ecosystem. These relationships are more important than the relationships between a community member with any one team member. This creates a bottom-up approach that is more organic and sustainable for the long term. On Loyalty: The loyalty that one has to a community may be the defining characteristic of someone being a community member at all. These are people who are not only attached to the vision, but actively contribute towards advancing the project towards that end goal. These people will be there on good days and bad. These individuals are the heart and soul of your community. Monad is fortunate to have a large group of people who are cultured, interconnected and loyal. These are the “Nads” as they call themselves. As I reflect during the holiday season, I want to center in on one of these components that means the most to me: loyalty. Loyalty is everything. While the Nads are loyal to Monad, I think it’s equally important that the team is loyal towards the community. Let me take this opportunity to tell the Nads just how loyal I am to you. I work every single day for you. I fly around the world to meet as many of you as possible. I try to talk to as many of you online as I can. I wear the hats, I sing the karaoke, I eat the onions. I do all of this because I deeply appreciate each and every one of you. I have seen many of you grow tremendously, and I am so proud of what this community has evolved into. I am even more excited to see what is to come. I will do everything in my power to make monad a success, but none of it matters without the Nads. Monad is nothing without YOU! To express my loyalty, gratitude and appreciation for the Monad community, I want to list some of the Nads who make a real difference in the monad mission day in and day out... (Let me apologize in advance as I will undoubtedly miss many loyal members.)