Hi everyone,
Although the markets are rough (to put it lightly), we hope this update catches you at a good time, and in good spirits.
It's been turbulent times for us all, and yet blessed with the gift of hindsight, we believe this is the perfect environment in which new projects like ours can thrive. Audits, AMA bookings, and developer services priced in crypto are at a discount;
We're entering a builder's market.
So, let's build, and build :)...
We recently updated our community via the Carib DAO Discord on our efforts, project growth, and key upcoming events. This post is a more detailed Hive-version of that update, with more recent data.
On Monday, May 30th we notified the community of the CARIB Token Presale Date. The core team and early community adopters agreed upon Monday, October 17th, 2022 as the perfect day to host the presale.
October 17th marks Heroes Day in Jamaica. On this day we celebrate our National Heroes and significant figures in our country's development. This gives us an opportunity to market the presale alongside other national events. It also provides enough time to execute on our summer marketing campaigns and the CARIB token airdrop (mentioned below).
More info: CaribDAO.com/presale
When done correctly, airdrops are a huge catalyst for tokenized communities. They provide a means to distribute ownership, decentralize liability and incentivize early supports to deploy the greatest marketing tactic ever: word of mouth.
Keeping in line with the Carib DAO Roadmap, we launched the CARIB Airdrop campaign on June 1st. Participants are asked to follow our social channels and refer friends to earn up to 100 CARIB.
There will be bonus giveaways to participants with the most referrals!
The airdrop ends on October 10th and distribution begins on October 24th, one week after the presale. A detailed blog post is in the works and will be released shortly. Kindly use the link below if you would like to participate now and get your referral count growing early.
More info/Start airdrop: airdrop.caribdao.com
After 5 consistent weeks, our weekly Twitter Space hosted by our core team members 
Each Wednesday night at 8pm we meet live to discuss blockchain technology in the Caribbean. What began as an open discussion to share projects, quickly became much more as the community can ask us just about anything on air.
This Wednesdays topic: #Web3 opportunities to earn in a bear market!
We’ll be discussing ways to earn crypto during a bear market and how to monetize your social content on Hive. Please set a reminder via the link below. Even if you can't make it; it helps to keep us at the top of Twitter Spaces. 🙂
At our most recent meeting, we decided to take a summer break from our monthly workshops. We believe taking a break every summer is both feasible and rejuvenating.
Our next blockchain workshop will be Saturday, September 10th. After which, we will resume monthly sessions.
We have already begun advertising on social media to raise awareness over the summer.
Here's an example of our early marketing efforts and how we execute high ROI ad campaigns on Facebook:
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Dragons of the Caribbean, our Splinterlands NFT Guild is recruiting. If you're an experienced player or if you're new to NFT and Play2Earn gaming and want to learn, hit us up in the 🐉-splinterlands channel on Discord.
Along with pro-gaming tips, we provide card delegations to help with EOS (End Of Season) rewards and we airdrop free cards to members. Here are some of the recent NFTs we've given away via promotions and/or gifted to our members:
and earning fast!
Our first sponsored Spinterlands Tournament Series is in the works. We have two goals: to promote CARIB and grow our NFT gaming guild. Tourneys will likely take place on Sundays, so be sure to follow us here and on SplinterTalk.io for timely info.
Patu is Jamaican patois for Patoo, a Jamaican owl.
We have registered Patu.io, the domain for our upcoming web3 platform and NFT Marketplace powered by the HIVE blockchain.
Here, we will build a space for Caribbean people to share knowledge, incubate ideas, and contribute to our web3 ecosystem. This space will include blogs, video (SPK Network), and a NFT Showroom.
Look-out for the Patu Logo Design Contest late summer!
If you're a Hive OG from the Steem-ages, imagine ReggaeSteem/ReggaeTube with NFTs. To be clear, we won't be re-inventing the wheel; all we plan to do is #PlugInHive and show many in the Caribbean how they can benefit from web3.
Each CARIB token holder is a member of the Carib DAO. By supporting our project and holding CARIB, you are ultimately supporting the Caribbean region as we embark on this new journey into Web3.
The Blockchain Institute of Negril is scheduled to break ground in 2023. In the meantime, we sponsor monthly blockchain workshops and seminars to educate locals and get CARIB into the wallets of those who need it most.
Currently, CARIB enables free access to our workshops, membership in our NFT Guild, speaker preference in our live discussions (ie Twitter Spaces), and express support from the community.
If you're a digital nomad or educator interested in educating in paradise, please read the Carib DAO Lite Paper and reach out to us.
Bless I
"All the while, the Rasta's were silently brewing new use-cases."
