The Working Dead is a fantasy NFT collection residing on the Cardano blockchain, designed to integrate with a learning platform and also offers staking capabilities, enabling users to earn the project's utility tokens.
An anonymous team spearheads the project's development, boasting significant experience in both the tech and art realms. In the near future, they aim to introduce a comprehensive ecosystem that operates on a "learn and earn" principle. The centerpiece will be a learning platform that provides individuals or communities the opportunity to monetize their own educational content. Users will be able to participate in courses and undertake varied tasks, earning WORK tokens on a daily basis.
Initially, only NFT holders will gain access to the platform and its fundamental features, but following updates, it will become accessible to all. Users will have the capability to create and sell instructional content under a variety of pricing models: one-time payment, incremental payments, or completely free of charge. Each course will be subject to rigorous scrutiny by a team of experts prior to its publication.
The Working Dead NFT
The collection features 6666 distinct NFTs resembling skeletons, crafted by amalgamating over 250 manually-drawn elements. The developers employed a novel image generator to create random variations. In contrast to rudimentary models that successively impose details onto the main structure, this tool offers a more adaptable artistic process: it operates with color palettes, hues, shadows, and other drawing subtleties to minimize the incidence of poor-quality combinations.
The Working Dead Collection. Source: The Working Dead official website.
Primarily, the NFTs are up for sale on the jpg.store marketplace, averaging a price of 60 ADA. They come with two significant yet randomly assigned attributes: place of work and role. In total, there exist six companies, several roles, and customized badges that can be obtained separately. These offer early access to the minting yards, the future platform, and much more.
Staking
Users are afforded the opportunity to stake their NFTs in exchange for WORK token rewards. The developers intend to sustain long-term user engagement with the project, hence opting for a technical solution that guarantees the safety of assets: they are locked, but never leave the user's wallet. Additionally, a multiplier is in place to boost income based on role and other elements of rarity. Interestingly, even though higher roles generate more tokens, lower roles can also enhance income over a prolonged staking period.
Ethereum Collection
An additional collection on Ethereum comprises 10,000 unique NFTs rendered in a futuristic style. It includes 5,000 robots and 5,000 skeletons. The open minting process started on June 15, carrying a price tag of 0.01 ETH. It's currently uncertain when this will conclude and what the average price on the secondary market will settle at. The narrative idea rests on a rivalry among participants. Technically, each NFT is assigned a random rank, which influences the multiplier for an upcoming airdrop intended for owners of this collection. Upon purchase, owners are to join the official Discord channel and link a Cardano wallet to receive tokens.
The Working Dead Collection (ETH). Source: The Working Dead official website.
WORK Token
The project's native token, WORK, is another integral part of The Working Dead ecosystem. It's set to be incorporated across all products, particularly as a means for payment and revenue from educational courses. Initially, the bulk of the tokens will be dedicated to rewarding content creators, active users, and event organizers over the first year, with the intent of broadening the token's user base. In subsequent years, the developers plan to decrease staking rewards and discontinue airdrops, aiming to have established a robust and sustainable ecosystem by then.