5% of the initial token allocation is held by the creator.
Creator token stats last updated: May 28, 2025 21:38
The following is generated by an LLM:
Summary
meme-centric social platform with bribing mechanics to filter low-effort content
Analysis
Virgen Market positions itself as a decentralized, meme-centric marketplace aiming to combat low-effort content through a bribing mechanism requiring staking $VIRGEN or $VGM. The tokenomics allocate 5% (50M tokens) to the creator, which is below the 10% threshold typically indicating strong commitment for serious projects. While other allocations (Team: 12%, Investors: 15%, Ecosystem: 15%) are locked with vesting schedules, the creator's initial 5% lacks explicit lockup details, raising concerns about potential sell-offs. The project addresses a valid problem (content quality) but introduces friction by requiring a native token instead of leveraging existing currencies like ETH. No team or legal entity transparency, coupled with reliance on unproven AI-driven reward distribution, adds risk. Users should verify if the creator's tokens are locked and monitor early adoption post-launch.
Rating: 3
Generated with LLM: deepseek/deepseek-r1
LLM responses last updated: May 28, 2025 21:39
Original investment data:
# Virgen Market ($VGM)
URL on launchpad: https://app.virtuals.io/geneses/3326
Launched at: Wed, 28 May 2025 19:34:54 GMT
Launched through the launchpad: Virtuals Protocol
Launch status: GENESIS
## Token details and tokenomics
Token symbol: $VGM
Token supply: 1 billion
Creator initial number of tokens: Creator initial number of tokens: 50,000,000 (5% of token supply)
## Creator info
Creator address: 0xDd1ED253C6D4610e964f1454FfF62818e9b3a5c9
Creator on basescan.org: https://basescan.org/address/0xDd1ED253C6D4610e964f1454FfF62818e9b3a5c9#asset-tokens
Creator on virtuals.io: https://app.virtuals.io/profile/0xDd1ED253C6D4610e964f1454FfF62818e9b3a5c9
Creator on zerion.io: https://app.zerion.io/0xDd1ED253C6D4610e964f1454FfF62818e9b3a5c9/overview
Creator on debank.com: https://debank.com/profile/0xDd1ED253C6D4610e964f1454FfF62818e9b3a5c9
## Description at launch
Introducing Virgen Market — a new social layer to increase active community engagement. It’s not Zora — it’s real community engagement. Don’t coin your nonsense.
Content your effort, push the Virtual economy - and earn from it.
The bribing mechanism is a new social experimental to incentivize active community engagement. Bribes can be used to tip creators, spotlight content, or support projects.
## Overview
**Virgen Market** is a decentralized, Meme-centric Marketplace built to invigorate loyalty within the VIRGEN community. Rooted in the ethos of the **Virgenity Guild**, it provides a unique space for users to support creators, express identity, and contribute to a thriving, meme-powered economy.
Memes ≠ low effort. Memes are culture. They are the voice of a movement — not just laughs, but loyalty, not just jokes, but justice.
We’re seeing a common issue across current onchain social apps — a rise in low-effort content.
That’s not what we, as believers in Virtual and Virgen, stand for.
Platforms like Zora are flooded with copy-paste posts, recycled memes, and zero-context drops. Anyone can mint, but few actually create with intention.
This flood of noise isn’t just a design flaw — it breaks the culture.
It leaves no room for real builders, creative thinkers, or communities that care about effort and consistency.
**Virgens aren’t here for cheap engagement.**
They want to support creators who actually *show up* — who contribute, not just consume.
But in the current social infrastructure, there’s no way to signal that commitment.
How we plan to give solution to this? - A gated social layer that rewards consistency, creativity, and real effort.
To access the feed, users must **bribe** — staking either $VIRGEN or our native token, **$VGM**. This instantly filters out passive noise and invites only those ready to engage.
Inside, users can:
* **Support creators** by tipping with their bribes
* **Boost content** they align with
* **Signal loyalty** to projects and narratives they believe in
Unused bribes expire:
**50% gets burned, 50% flows into a reward pool for top contributors, what rewards will be distributed by our integrated Ai model after the MVP version.** 
This creates a tight loop of:
* **Commitment-based participation**
* **Aligned incentives between users and creators**
* **Ongoing value redistribution** to those pushing the culture forward
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