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# 1️⃣ PHASE 1

<mark style="color:red;">**Concept and artwork**</mark> - Conceptualization of drippy dudes, creating layers, generating the collection and bringing the idea to reality. The artwork will consist if 89 handmade layers and 10 traits&#x20;

<mark style="color:red;">**Building the drip community**</mark> - Creating a discord from scratch explaining the whole project for new members and building a community on twitter.

<mark style="color:red;">**Launching Drippy Dudes**</mark> - Dudes phase 1 mint was launched on 11th December, 2023.

<mark style="color:red;">**UTILITY (1) - Token Gated Roles**</mark> - Holders will be able to verify themselves on our discord and get access to token gated roles which will get them the ability to have access to holder exclusive channels

<mark style="color:red;">**50% Sold**</mark> - As soon as 50% of the dudes are sold we will start by finalizing the 7 products and custom designs for dudes merch store.

<mark style="color:red;">**UTILITY (2) - Configuring merch store**</mark> - Holders will have the ability to choose both the product and the custom design for the dudes merch store, they will have the authority to vote upon configuration of all the products, read more [HERE](/the-drippy-dudes-whitepaper/drippy-utilities/1-phase-1-utilities.md)

<mark style="color:red;">**100% Sold - Merch store launch**</mark> - As soon as 100% of the dudes are sold we will launch the dudes merch store

<mark style="color:red;">**UTILITY (3) - Free merch to holders**</mark> - For the start we will be selecting 15 lucky holders through bounties and giveaways, these holders will be able to connect their wallets to the store and avail a 100% DISCOUNT on any 1 product of their choice, they just have to pay for the shipping, read more [HERE](/the-drippy-dudes-whitepaper/drippy-utilities/1-phase-1-utilities.md)