Freely Distributed BANANO-themed NFTs: cryptomonKeys Update #26

Aug 19, 2021 • 8 min read

BANANO is a DAG-based cryptocurrency with easy-to-use apps, distributed entirely for free through airdrops, faucets, and games. All happening in a fun, community-driven, meme-rich, and educational atmosphere. The BANANO community project cryptomonKeys just started few months ago with free distribution of BANANO-themed NFTs/digital trading cards and is getting lots of positive vibes from a rapidly growing community. Here’s another update from the project:

cryptomonKeys is a freely distributed, community-driven, meme-rich digital trading card series based on NFT technology, here to disrupt the meme economy. Yes, cryptomonKeys are entirely distributed for free, through NFT giveaways and events running regularly on social media, especially on the cryptomonKeys Discord server!

Newly joining users often wonder how they can get cryptomonKeys for free. So here’s an updated overview, and a recap of the latest rounds of monKeymining (Earn cryptomonKeys by Playing Alien Worlds) and monKeymiles (Earn cryptomonKeys by Playing Upland).

How to Get Free cryptomonKeys NFTs

There are various events and giveaways running without prior or widespread announcement in the cryptomonKeys social media channels. Most are running and announced on the cryptomonKeys discord server.

Join and follow cryptomonKeys here:

Other ways how to get free cryptomonKeys NFTs:

Introduce yourself at the cryptomonKeys discord, read the pinned posts in the channel #👋intro-and-feedback before doing this. You can only do this once.
Create memes or fan art, or contribute by helping others. We love rewarding contributors. You might get tips from @The Green Wizard (our Discord NFT Tipbot).
monKeymining — Earn cryptomonKeys by playing Alien Worlds! Details & help getting started at http://aw.cryptomonkeys.cc/ and further below.
monKeymiles — Earn cryptomonKeys by playing Upland: Details and help getting started can be found here and further below.
Each cryptomonKeys NFT includes a graphical hint on the next card. Guess the name of the next cryptomonKey card in the discord channel #❓monkeyguessing (read pinned post there) and get free cryptomonKeys as rewards if you guess it right!
Hold any cryptomonKeys NFT in your wallet to have a chance on monKeyfarm drops (details: https://cryptomonkeys.cc/monkeyfarm)
Follow our social media (links in #👉important-links) and keep an eye on #announcements & #🎁giveaways for giveaways and events (both NFTs and $BANANO giveaways/airdrops!)
cryptomonKeys is about reaching new users and getting them started (and educated) about NFTs. If you have any ideas or proposals how to help with this, contact us! We love engaged community members!

Lastly, you can of course still buy (or sell) cryptomonKeys on secondary markets, e.g. here at AtomicHub.

More details and updates about monKeymining and monKeymiles in particular further below.

monKeyslots — Earn BANANO by Owning cryptomonKeys NFTs

You’re wondering what you could do with your cryptomonKeys NFTs in addition to ‘just’ collecting/trading them and earn & farm even more? Play monKeyslots, a slot machine-style BANANO faucet connecting BANANO and cryptomonKeys NFTs! In brief: The more cryptomonKeys you own, the better your chances to get BANANO from this faucet! More details here. Keep in mind it’s still in beta and constantly being improved.

monKeymiles: Earn cryptomonKeys NFTs by playing Upland

cryptomonKeys is about making free NFT distribution fun, as a community and by connecting with other NFT/blockchain projects. Already several weeks ago, we started to reward Upland players with cryptomonKeys NFTs for visiting specific properties, similar to monKeymining. This has been in a beta stage in collaboration with the MetaForce comics project, initiated by Recourier. After positive feedback we’re now rebranding this to monKeymiles and will regularly drop cryptomonKeys NFTs to players who visit cryptomonKeys Upland properties.

Getting Started

If you are new to this, sign up for Upland here
Since Upland is not on the WAX blockchain, it is essential that you fill out this form once so we know where to send your rewards
Make sure to join our Discord (channel #monkeymiles) for discussion with other players and support, and to not miss updates!
Now, simply visit one of the properties listed on this website in the game with your explorer. The more often you visit any of those, the higher your chance on cryptomonKeys NFT drops, which will be sent out roughly once a week.

monKeymiles Rewards update

We now regularly send out cryptomonKeys NFTs as monKeymiles rewards. This happens roughly every 1–2 weeks, depending on availability.
You can find up-to-date details and a history of sent rewards always at https://cryptomonkeys.cc/monkeymiles

monKeymining: Earn cryptomonKeys NFTs by playing Alien Worlds

In January 2021, we announced monKeymining: Earn cryptomonKeys NFTs by playing the game AlienWorlds! This has led to lots of ongoing attention and excitement and loads of new users joining the community and we meanwhile sent over 32k cryptomonKeys NFTs to miners and stakers! Here’s an update including cycle 16+17 mining and staking rewards that were sent out today!

You can earn cryptomonKeys NFTs by playing the play-to-earn NFT-based game Alien Worlds. You currently can earn cryptomonKeys NFTs by mining or by staking, just by playing the game, on top of the regular in-game rewards!

Get cryptomonKeys bonus rewards on top of regular in-game rewards by mining on any of the lands specified below, or by staking TLM to Planet Neri. Rewards will be sent out regularly, roughly every 2 weeks (this was delayed somewhat more this time due to vacation). Summary graphic below, details and help getting started (and lots of helpful links) at aw.cryptomonkeys.cc.

Note: Effective from cycle 19 (starting on August 22 2021), guaranteed rewards will be discontinued. This simply means that there will be no guaranteed cryptomonKeys rewards anymore (currently guaranteed for the Top 423 miners and Top 199 stakers). Of course there will be still rewards, however high ranks will rather lead to a respective high chance on receiving cryptomonKey rewards, but will not be guaranteed anymore. We will make sure rewards will be distributed as fair as possible further on. This change gives us more flexibility on ensuring this and adjust rewards to user numbers and available cryptomonKeys allocated for distribution through monKeymining over time.
If you have any questions, find all details here, and join our discord and ask in the channel #monkeymining for help. Lots of users are discussing there all the time.

Updates and current status can always be found at aw.cryptomonkeys.cc

Reward Summary monKeymining cycles #16+17

monKeymining Reward summary cycle 16:

Rewards were sent out for all mining events happening on specified cryptomonKeys lands from July 11, 2021 (19:19 UTC) to July 25, 2021 (19:19 UTC). A total of 13704 different users mined a total of 111k TLM during this timeframe. Top 423 ranked miners had a 100% chance on a cryptomonKey, all other miners had a chance on bonus cryptomonKeys as well, while higher rankings had higher chances, respectively. Rewards sent:

5 Rare cryptomonKeys
50 Uncommon cryptomonKeys
400 Common cryptomonKeys

monKeystaking rewards summary cycle 16:

For this cycle, the snapshot of TLM stakers to Neri (=NER holders) was taken on July 27, 2021 (14:05 UTC). We sent out guaranteed cryptomonKeys NFTs rewards to all users ranked within the Top 199 (current staking rankings can always be found here). Everyone in the Top 500 had chances on bonus cryptomonKeys NFTs. Rewards sent:

5 Rare cryptomonKeys
50 Uncommon cryptomonKeys
180 Common cryptomonKeys

monKeymining Reward summary cycle 17:

Rewards were sent out for all mining events happening on specified cryptomonKeys lands from July 25, 2021 (19:19 UTC) to Aug 08, 2021 (19:19 UTC). A total of 13919 different users mined a total of 121k TLM during this timeframe. Top 423 ranked miners had a 100% chance on a cryptomonKey, all other miners had a chance on bonus cryptomonKeys as well, while higher rankings had higher chances, respectively. Rewards sent:

5 Rare cryptomonKeys
50 Uncommon cryptomonKeys
400 Common cryptomonKeys

monKeystaking rewards summary cycle 17:

For this cycle, the snapshot of TLM stakers to Neri (=NER holders) was taken on Aug 18, 2021 (11:37 UTC). We sent out guaranteed cryptomonKeys NFTs rewards to all users ranked within the Top 199 (current staking rankings can always be found here). Everyone in the Top 500 had chances on bonus cryptomonKeys NFTs. Rewards sent:

5 Rare cryptomonKeys
50 Uncommon cryptomonKeys
180 Common cryptomonKeys

If you want to look up exact rankings, e.g. to check your position, you’ll find a link within the Rewards summaries section here. Make sure you have joined our discord server to access that data.

Cycle Summary

crytptomonKeys sent out for mining: 455 (each for cycle 16 and 17)
cryptomonKeys sent out for staking: 235 (each for cycle 16 and 17)
TOTAL sent for cycle 16+17: 1380 cryptomonKeys

Note: Rewards generally while be reduced over time, the reason simply being the rapid increase of participating users competing for relatively rare cryptomonKeys assets and increasing difficulty to identify bots and exploits. We simply can’t distribute the majority of cryptomonKeys through Alien Worlds. We instead aim to reward specifically loyal miners and stakers with exclusive NFTs in the future. All data from cycle 1 on will be taken into account for those.

Since we started in January, a total of 32264 cryptomonKeys were sent out for monKeymining and staking:

All updated details, help getting started and lots of info and links always at aw.cryptomonkeys.cc

Disclaimer

Any mention of a third party platform, product, service or website in this article does not imply an endorsement by the BANANO core team. All information is provided to the author’s best knowledge at the time of writing, will likely not be updated and thus might be outdated when this article is read in the future. CryptomonKeys is a community project created by two BANANO core team members, SoggyApplePie and bantano. CryptomonKeys is building on the BANANO MonKey concept (visual account representatives) created and developed by Yekta and bbedward from the BANANO core team. This article was written by bantano with lots of help from SoggyApplePie and Vyryn.