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SHYPTO: Crypto for community and climate

06/11/2022

This post was originally published on my short-lived Substack, This Is Not A Grift, a newsletter which provided 100% legitimate and trustworthy investment1, health, and life advice guaranteed to make you feel richer, livelier, and smarter. We left Substack for reasons detailed here.

As we all know, the world is in peril. Climate change is ravaging our planet, our economic systems are collapsing and communities are crumbling. We stand poised at a moment where we can harness the power of emerging technologies like cryptocurrencies and other web3 innovations to fund and build modern infrastructure (both physical and community) where it is needed the most all the while capturing carbon and sequestering our future.

In our first edition of This is Not a Grift we analyse your latest Investment Opportunity2 SHYPTO, an innovative way of combining crypto, carbon capture, and community. It’s a simple idea that makes so much sense and we here at This is Not a Grift expect it will really take off (on an ocean near you).

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What is SHYPTO?

The Shypto facility.
Artists impression of SHYPTO. Subject to change.

SHYPTO is the world’s first Seastead-based climate change combating crypto project.

Wave, wind and solar energy is harnessed to power crypto mining and other web3 services.

Waste heat and sun grow algae for food production and carbon sequestration.

SHYPTO provides housing, jobs, and community for workers creating a new economic model that is good for the planet.

The business model

  1. Provide mining, hosting and other web3 blockchain services from inside a competitive legal jurisdiction (AKA International Waters)
    • Sequester carbon in algae to create carbon credits on international markets
    • Sell as a nutritious and environmentally friendly food source
  2. Create housing infrastructure for immediate sale and ongoing rental income
  3. Reinvest profits to build more SHYPTO complexes across the seven seas
A flow diagram clearly explaining why you will become a squidillionaire.
A simplified version of how SHYPTO works.

The Market

Expected SHYPTO growth is exponential. Tell your friends now!

The underlying magic of SHYPTO

Crypto has been perceived as an environmentally hazardous joke – this business model turns it on its head creating communities and combating climate change.

SHYPTO is a paradigm shift for web3, climate change, and society.

There are currently no direct competitors to SHYPTO.

Other Seastead projects focus on libertarian ideals of ‘freedom’ or act as tax havens – they have not seen the potential in truly challenging climate change and the collapse of communities.

SHYPTO Alpha

Concept designs for Shypto Alpha
SHYPTO Alpha: our first facility is expected to be habitable and operational in the Pacific by 2029.

Planning is already underway for SHYPTO Alpha.

Initial designs for our first facility are already well progressed.

Partnerships with research facilities and construction companies are being explored.

Download the pitch deck now

SHYPTO’s roadmap shows how proprietary algae will be used to sequester carbon and create a sustainable food source.

The ask

Due to the poor management of the “metaverse” we have a lot of mis”coin”ceptions about web3 and crypto to overcome. Reimagining our environmental future will require a significant spend on brand and storytelling.

We are raising $USD2.5m in seed funding. 

This will be used to

  • Validate the business concept
  • Algae procurement
  • Secure construction contracts for SHYPTO Alpha
  • Phase one marketing and awareness campaign

The SHYPTO Team has more than 30 years experience and Bird Hat Grift Club – the world’s most comprehensive NFT project – is our official partner.

Bales of algae just chillin at the bottom of the ocean.
SHYPTO’s responsibly sunk bales of algae will lock carbon away for millenia.

Summary

SHYPTO is undoubtably an Investment Opportunity that, in the spirit of This is Not a Grift, will make you feel richer, livelier, and smarter. We’ll be bringing you more 100% legitimate and trustworthy investment, health, and life advice3 soon.

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