Ather Labs 6-Month Recap

Jul 22, 2022

ATHER LABS 6-MONTH RECAP

Greetings Sipherians! Would you look at that, we’re already halfway through 2022! The past 6-months were incredibly momentous, our community had grown in enormous proportion and so has our team here at Sipher. And who might’ve guessed that more manpower means the ability to host MORE ACTIVITIES for our community!

So, on this annual milestone, let’s recount all the fun activities and festivities in the past 6-months together.

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Contents

TLDR:

We’ve hosted a total of 11 community events and giveaways.
12 AMAs across a wide spectrum of projects and communities.
We were featured in various established media & publications
More strong and sustainable collaborative partnerships have joined Sipheria.
And more!

EVENTS AND GIVEAWAYS

1. “Lunar New Year: Lucky Money” Giveaway

What’s better to kick off the New Year with a great giveaway? So we did! We’ve released 2 giveaways on our socials in celebration of the Lunar New Year with rewards upwards of 2400+ $SIPHER Tokens!

2. A Poem of Love Event

Valentine is a time for us to lavish in love, here’s why we hosted the “Poem of Love” event, where Sipherians could flex their writing aptitude by making poems and earning Tokens!

3. Sipher Legends

Last March, recognizing the dedication of early supporters and active Sipherians who reached legendary status, we introduced the role of “Sipher Legends” on our Discord, who will have access to exclusive sneak peeks and giveaways.

4. #SIPHERWomensDay

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we understood the assignment and amplified the meaningful event through special prizes for anyone who wanted to help us spread the celebratory message.

5. Sipher Symposium Episode 1 with Jindo

As April came swinging, so did we! Our World Architect — Tin Nguyen sat down with one of his first mentors in the blockchain space and shared TONS of insight in our first episode of the Sipher Symposium.

6. Sipher Easter Egg Hunt

Who doesn’t love a good riddle and some prizes? So 3 days, 3 riddles, and 3 winners later, we’ve successfully hosted our exciting and exhilarating Sipher Easter Egg Hunt!

7. Launch of Sipherian Lounge

Sipherian Lounge is a weekly stream, giving you the latest and greatest SIPHER news from Sipher in thanks to our host @0xGuru_ and @thebuffessor. You can catch it on Twitch!

8. #SiphergoesGLOBAL Mask Design Competition

At the beginning of May, we decided to go GLOBAL with our Mask Design Competition, where participants could earn upwards of $500 SIPHER tokens just by designing a Sipher-inspired mask.

9. Sipher TikTok Dance Challenge

In continuation of our Mask Design Competition, is the Sipher TikTok Dance Challenge! Sipherians could mask up and get their Footloose on with Neko to earn $500 SIPHER token.

10. #MySipherSpaceship Contest

After the fun and festivity of the Loot Box claiming & Spaceship crafting, it’s time to FLEX! $SIPHER Tokens were up for grabs for bold and bombastic spaceship designs in our My Sipher Spaceship Contest!

11. Coinbase Wallet Integration

Last but not least, we have successfully integrated Coinbase Wallet into our website and dashboard. Exposing us to a community of 89 MILLION users in 85 countries!

AMAs

In addition to building a narrative-driven world and a player-centric game, we also take pride in fostering an engaging and diverse community. Aside from actively interacting with our community of 350,000+, we’d also spend time engaging with neighboring communities within the blockchain eco-sphere through AMAs. Here are the incredible communities that we were very fortunate to engage with:

We have also been featured on:

PARTNERSHIPS

If you’ve been around the “block” for a while, you must know how integral partnerships are for the growth of any blockchain project, nay! ANY project as a matter of fact. Partnerships allow us to approach challenging aspects of game design, project amplification, or even other business endeavors. Here are some of our valuable partners over the past 6 months:

SIPHERIAN TALES COMICS SERIES

The Sipherian Tales Comic series is an exclusive spinoff from our game through the utilization of our deep and dense backlog of lore content and world-building assets. The series is captivating, exhilarating, and visually stunning. But don’t take our words for it, look at what our community has to say:

Over the course of 6 months, we’ve already published 3 parts of the Sipherian Tales Comic Series. And of course, there’s more to come & this series is exclusive only to our NFT holders. 😉

SIPHER TECHNICAL PRE-ALPHA GAMEPLAY TESTING

We feel like there are only so many social updates and gameplay articles one could read before one starts to imagine what gameplay could be. So enough waiting, it’s time to start playing! In recent months, we’ve officially released Sipher’s Technical Pre-Alpha Gameplay Test which you could view below:

And our communities are STOKED!

SIPHER SPACESHIP LAUNCH

Like Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon, every daring adventurer needs a kick-ass ship to follow suit, it’s a part of their identity if we dare say. That’s why we’ve introduced Spaceships and a whole host of interactions you can do to make a spaceship uniquely you, such as build, dismantle, and scrap ship parts.

And so far, our community has had a WHALE of a time enjoying the new feature:

Not only does it look pretty, but ships also possess a wide variety of in-game utilities such as:

To delve deeper into spaceships and all of their aspects, we recommend you check out our series of articles specifically about Spaceships (you better sit down because it’s a LONG read).

LAUNCHED ATHERLABS.COM AND ATHER LABS DASHBOARD

Like the Death Star to the Empire (without that gosh darn Thermal Exhaust Port), Ather Labs and its Dashboard is our ultimate ecosystem to build compelling gaming and entertainment experiences, and Sipher is our first step!

So what’s new? For the brand new Ather Dashboard, we’ve revamped how you keep track of your SIPHER-related assets (NFTs and tokens) through your Ather Labs account. You could complete quests (coming soon), redeem rewards, claim airdrops and merchandise, and manage, or claim your spaceship all in one place.

Check out our new Dashboard!

SIPHER MERCH & SCULPTURE ARE READY TO CLAIM

So after months of painstakingly individually molding and painting sculptures as well as spending the time to produce quality merch, we’ve finally done it. Merch & Sculptures Claim was finally live!

Now let’s take a look at this dope highlight we’ve made for this special launch:

And last but not least, let’s hear what our community has to say:

Yes, Guru! We can’t wait for you to try on the bomber either!

$SIPHER RETROACTIVE AIRDROP

For the uninitiated, a Retroactive Airdrop is essentially a fair and just system in place to reward holders tokens respective to how long they hold our NFTs for. Essentially, the longer you hold, the more you have. The $SIPHER token rewards were locked up for a 3 month period and linearly vested for 6 months following the schedule below:

1st Unlock: March 1, 2022

2nd Unlock: March 29, 2022

3rd Unlock: April 26, 2022

4th Unlock: May 24, 2022

5th Unlock: June 21, 2022

6th Unlock: July 19, 2022

As you can see the 6th and last unlock is now upon us. That will be the last of the 5,000,000 $SIPHER Tokens released to the community so check your eligibility HERE.

To learn more about our Retroactive Airdrop, you could also read our article about it HERE.

THAT’S IT, AND MORE TO COME!

If you’ve spent the time to read this far, have a cookie 🍪. In all seriousness, this hefty article wouldn’t exist without the support of you, our community. Only through your participation, we could host exciting events, meet new partners, and make meaningful and impactful relationships with a variety of communities. Us here at Sipher thank you for sticking with us through thick and thin, and for continuously engaging with us.

To not leave you empty-handed, we’ll let you into what is currently in the works 👀

15,000,000 $SIPHER Community Rewards
Alpha Playtesting
Game Launcher
Official SIPHER Merchandise
Marketplace
New sipher.xyz Website
Dashboard V2
and MORE!