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VOL. 01ISSUE 001
“Paper peels. Ink doesn’t.”
OnceInked,Foreverproven.
Contract Address
No CA YetPump.fun launch incoming
The soulbound attestation protocol on Solana. Non-transferable cNFTs for the degens who refuse to wash off.
Chair 01 / Ink
Your wallet collects tattoos now. Show up, pick a flash, let the needle decide what stays.
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Tattoos Inked0
$INKD Holders0
Seconds to Permanent0xsigned once, settled forever
Merkle Trees Live016,384 souls per tree
THE OP-ED / Column IPg. 012 · Inkd Monthly
Feature / Problem Statement
FakePaperpeels.
Every “proof” in your wallet can be sold. Every paper diploma can be faked. The ink you can afford is the ink you can lose.
Crypto has a credential problem. NFTs promised digital identity but shipped a flea market: KYC badges trade for stables, DAO roles get hawked on secondary, and your “proof of participation” is one wallet drain away from belonging to a bot in Lagos.
Most soulbound experiments went the other way: gas so painful you could buy a mid-range laptop instead of attesting a cohort. The result? A half-decade of wallet identity theater on rails nobody could afford to ride.
Sidebar / The Receipts
- 01SPL NFT mint: ~$2 per cred — dead on arrival for DAOs
- 02 Transferable badges: bought, sold, borrowed, stolen
- 03 PDF diplomas: photoshop is cheaper than tuition
- 04 Web2 passports: centralised, rugged, forgotten
The fix isn’t another abstract identity layer. It’s a line of ink that goes in and refuses to come back out. A cNFT so cheap you can attest a whole city, so sticky it can’t be traded, so permanent it reads like a tattoo under UV light.
Continued on pg. 014 →Author: Ink (the artist, not the verb)
Chapter II / The Cure
Ink,notPaste.
A sticker peels. Paste dries. Paper flies away with the wind. Ink seeps under the skin and stays there — and that’s the whole idea behind INKD’s on-chain attestations.
Every credential we issue is a compressed Soulbound NFT with non-transferable rails enforced at the mint level. Not a promise. A constraint.
Bubblegum V2Token-2022Merkle ProofHelius DASIPFS Metadata
Fact 01 / Non-Transferable
Soulbound bydesign.
Token-2022 non-transferable mint + Bubblegum V2 freeze delegate. Your credential can’t be sent, sold, or drained. Period.
Fact 02 / Compressed
$0.0005per tattoo.
A single Merkle tree holds 16,384 credentials. Issuers can attest an entire DAO for less than a latte at a Brooklyn cafe.
Fact 03 / Verifiable
Proof readslike skin.
Helius DAS API returns a Merkle-verified record by wallet in under 200ms. Any frontend, any DAO tool, any human can confirm it.
Wall II / The Flash Sheet
Pick yourflash.
Six cuts. Six reasons your wallet will hurt for a week. The artwork isn’t decoration — it’s the protocol in flashbulb form.
01Core
Soulbound
Token-2022 non-transferable mint. Your credential can’t be sent.
priced$0.0005
02Permanence
Forever
Merkle-rooted cNFTs survive tree compaction. No expiry, ever.
priced$0.001
03Read Path
Verify
Helius DAS API returns proof of skin in under 200ms.
priced$0.0015
04Token
Ink Tax
Every mint burns $INKD. Volume goes in, supply goes out.
priced$0.002
051st Hook
Parlor
Public mint demo. Pick a flash. Watch the needle. Walk out different.
priced$0.0025
062nd Hook
Dao Inker
Issuer Portal: any DAO or protocol can design its own flash and attest.
priced$0.003
Wall II · Spread of six · No refundsask the artist for custom work
Dog-eared Guide / For The Degens In Back
How to ape$INKD
Four steps. No dashboards, no sign-ups, no forms. Pick a lane, size your bag, come back and ink.
No CA YetPump.fun launch incoming
02
Load up on SOL
Move SOL in from your exchange, or swap USDC for SOL on Jupiter. A few dollars is plenty for the ticket.
Jupiter Swap Keep ~0.05 SOL for gas. Always.
03
Ape $INKD
Copy the CA from the top of this page. Paste into Jupiter or your favourite aggregator. Decide how deep you want the ink to sit.
Open Jupiter Slippage 1–3%. No team cliff. 50% of the fee burns.
04
Walk into the parlor
Holding $INKD unlocks the chair: limited-edition flash, priority drops, and the back-room gallery nobody else sees.
The Parlor Once the needle hums, you're in the room.
No rug. Just ink.Aped? Prove it. Forever.
The Parlor AnnouncesHandbill No. 003
$INKDink currency
Total Supply
1,000,000,000
one billion drops, no more, no less.
50% BurnPump.Fun LaunchNo Team Cliff
Why $INKD, in 3 lines
- Deflation: every mint burns the float.
- Daily volume: DAOs must buy to attest.
- Degen culture tax: the chair runs on $INKD.
Distribution
$INKD1Btotal supply
- Pump.fun LP · 55%Bonding curve float
- Ink Tax Reserve · 15%Buyback + burn
- Airdrop · 12%Early walkers
- Ecosystem · 10%Issuer incentives
- Treasury · 5%4 year vest
- Ops · 3%Infra + RPC
Five Uses / One Currency
What the inkbuys you.
- I
Ink Tax
Burn50% burnedEvery cNFT mint pays a small fee in $INKD. 50% auto buyback + burn, 30% tree hosting, 20% dev treasury.
- II
Flash Boosts
Up to 20% refReferrals get paid in $INKD. Bring a friend to the chair, get a cut of their ink tax for a full year.
- III
Parlor Priority
VIPHolder-gatedHolders get first access to limited-season flash drops. First dibs before the walk-ins even see the sheet.
- IV
Sigil Staking
No cooldownStake $INKD to unlock Signature Ink: custom tattoo borders, holographic rim, in-app badges, priority gallery surface.
- V
Issuer License
Gate10k+ to applyDAOs and protocols must hold $INKD to register as issuers. Anti-spam gate; tiers scale with holdings.
Print it. Tape it to your fridge.$INKD · Solana Mainnet
Last Call / Pg. 023
Whybuy now?
Because the needle only hums once, and every tree closes.
First tree closes in
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00hrs
00min
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Supply drops every 30 days. Current tree cap: 16,384 souls. Then it’s a new Merkle, new scarcity.
Deflation
0% of every ink tax
gets burned.
Bubblegum mints pay fees in $INKD. Half goes straight to the bonfire, weekly, on-chain.
Volume
DAOs batch-attest
0+ members
Each cohort needs $INKD. One guild = one bid. Issuers can't skip the currency.
Scarcity
0
souls per tree
Merkle depth 14. When it fills, we plant another. Holders get the first leaves.
Culture
Your wallet’s
first real tattoo.
The only NFT you can't sell — on purpose. If you're here, you're already inked.
Tax
Every mint
buys pressure.
Ink tax flows into buyback + burn. More guilds ship ink, more $INKD leaves the float.
Priority
Holders walk in
before anyone.
Season flash. Limited artist runs. Back-room galleries. The queue starts at the CA.
Ser, you need ink.
Copy the CA. Open Jupiter.Leave different.
No CA YetPump.fun launch incoming
Editor’s Note · From The Chair
Dearreader,
If you made it this far, congrats — you’re the kind of person who reads the whole zine before asking what band is on the cover.
INKD is our answer to a tired truth: most of the identity you own on-chain can be bought, sold, or drained. We’re betting the next primitive looks less like a profile picture and more like a line of ink that refuses to come out.
— Ink, the artist, not the verb.
signatureUpcoming Issues
The Schedule,if the ink holds.
- D-0Live
The Parlor Opens
Landing goes live. $INKD launches on Pump.fun. Four flash credentials available to walk-ins.
- D+7Live
Gallery Floods
Helius DAS indexing active. Public gallery surfaces every ink ever dropped by session.
- D+14On Deck
Issuer Teaser
Marketing push for the Attestation SDK. Partner DAOs invited to design their own flash.
- D+21On Deck
Issuer Portal
Second hook: DAOs and protocols can upload custom credentials and run batch mints.
- D+60Future
Sigil Staking
Holders stake $INKD to unlock signature ink: borders, rim lights, wall-of-fame badges.