# CryptoCrystals are Public Domain.

Hello CryptoCrystal collectors! After careful deliberation, the CryptoCystal founding team has decided to make the CryptoCrystal collection public domain ("No rights reserved") under [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).


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## Rich and Developed IP

We believe that CryptoCrystal's intellectual property is richer and more developed than other early NFT projects. The CryptoCrystal IP was originally developed by a team of 20+ artists at Quan Inc., a creative company in Japan that has successfully developed over 300 character IPs used by companies around the world.

Our team, along with community members, are planning initiatives ranging from jewelry and accessories for avatars, to a Play to Earn (P2E) game, to a manga series, to physical merchandise like masks, keychains, and eventually real jewelry.

The possibilities are boundless.


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## Why Public Domain

To fully realize the potential of our CryptoCrystal IP we need to build the largest possible community of artists, designers, creators, writers developers, marketers, and product professionals possible.

To that end, starting today, anyone is free to use the original CryptoCrystal collection for any reason and without restriction, personally or commercially. This includes any selection of pieces, components, or characters within the CryptoCrystal collection, or the collection as a whole.

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# Moving forward

## The DAO

While the CryptoCrystal IP will belong to the public domain, our team wants to provide resources that will help turn CryptoCrystals into a memetic force across the metaverse.

To that end, CryptoCrystals is establishing a DAO to govern the direction of our IP, provide resources to community members who want to help develop and distribute our IP, and directly fund operational support to strategic CryptoCrystal initiatives.

The CryptoCrystal DAO will be open to all CryptoCrystal holders. Over time, the community may vote to expand membership to others who provide meaningful and sustained support to the CryptoCrystal community.

DAO members will receive governance shares and earn additional governance shares through contributions to the CryptoCrystal community.

### In short
The DAO will...
- Maintain and control the community treasury in a secure and transparent manner
- Vote to shape and direct funds to strategic initiatives
- Serve as a counterparty to future partners

### Share breakdown
- 80% reserved for community (Crystal holders, community bounties)
- 10% reserved for devs
- 5% reserved for marketing, artistic, and product contributors
- 5% reserved creators and artists @ Quan Inc

We will release more details on how to become a member and claim governance shares shortly.

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### Next steps

After creating the DAO, our first action will be to raise ~10 ETH from selling CryptoCrystal bundles to fund the creation of a CryptoCrystal style guide.

You can review an example of a Quan Inc. style guide [here](https://www.dropbox.com/s/mqobe0t7pua5hmi/2021_usagyuun_styleguide_ol_0709.pdf?dl=0).

Then we will advance several strategic initiatives:
- Partnerships with metaverse platforms
- Partnerships with PFP projects
- Partnerships with Web3 native merchandise platforms (i.e. https://metafactory.ai)
- Creating a manga lore connecting CryptoCrystal initiatives across the metaverse

Over time, the DAO will also fund other artistic and engineering resources for the community.

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The CryptoCrystal team is excited to welcome the community into the CryptoCrystal DAO, and collectively make CryptoCrystal IP ubiquitous across the metaverse.