What Is SuperRare (RARE)?​

Founded in 2018, SuperRare is the leading curated marketplace for onchain art with more than US$300M in total sales and US$180M earned by artists. As one of the earliest champions of perpetual artist royalties, SuperRare is working to improve discovery while decentralising the art market. Core to SuperRare is $RARE, a token offering utility as a currency on the marketplace, a staking based reputation system, and DAO governance rights.

SuperRare is governed by $RARE token holders through RareDAO and sits atop Rare Protocol, an ecosystem focused on unifying the currently fragmented NFT landscape to supercharge the industry’s ability to revolutionise the economics of human creativity through onchain innovation.

What Is SuperRare (RARE)?​

Founded in 2018, SuperRare is the leading curated marketplace for onchain art with more than US$300M in total sales and US$180M earned by artists. As one of the earliest champions of perpetual artist royalties, SuperRare is working to improve discovery while decentralising the art market. Core to SuperRare is $RARE, a token offering utility as a currency on the marketplace, a staking based reputation system, and DAO governance rights.

SuperRare is governed by $RARE token holders through RareDAO and sits atop Rare Protocol, an ecosystem focused on unifying the currently fragmented NFT landscape to supercharge the industry’s ability to revolutionise the economics of human creativity through onchain innovation.

Who Are the Founders of SuperRare?​

SuperRare is a DAO and has no executive leadership in the traditional sense. It has a seven-person governance council that controls the Community Treasury via 4-of-7 multi-sig wallet.

The genesis signers for the Governance Council are:

John Crain; CEO and Co-Founder of SuperRare Labs

Nick Tomaino; Founding Partner @ 1Confirmation

Derek Schloss; Partner @ CollabCurrency

Serena Tabacchi; Founder & Curator @ MoCDA

Simona Pop; Community Strategy @ Status

Pindar Van Arman; OG Artist @ SuperRare

Signers are merely executors for decisions passed through governance and do not have the ability to unilaterally allocate treasury funds. They oversee the safety and security of the underlying assets controlled by the DAO.

What Makes SuperRare Unique?​

SuperRare is a curated NFT marketplace governed by $RARE token holders via RareDAO. The marketplace is working to decentralize the art market and improve the discovery of onchain art. SuperRare sits atop Rare Protocol, an ecosystem powered by $RARE that is focused on the innovation of solutions to unify the NFT landscape.

How Many SuperRare (RARE) Coins Are There in Circulation?​

The total supply of RARE is 1 billion. The distribution is as follows:

• 150 million RARE as retroactive airdrop, distributed to the core community of artists and collectors who have bootstrapped SuperRare into the platform that it is today, claimable for 90 days.
• 400 million RARE as Community Treasury that will be owned and operated by its holders. 25% is available at launch, while the rest will vest linearly over 4 years.
• 255 million RARE to the core contributors at SuperRare Labs who have played a vital role in developing the SuperRare platform. Team tokens are subject to 3-year vesting with a 6-month cliff.
• 145 million RARE to investors who participated in SuperRare’s previous funding rounds. Investor tokens are subject to 3-year vesting with a 12-month cliff.
• 50 million RARE to strategic partners and future contributors to the SuperRare network. 6 months minimum vesting upon allocation.

How Is the SuperRare Network Secured?​

RARE is an ERC-20 token on Ethereum. The network is governed as DAO with a 4/7 multi-sig wallet.

ERC-20 is a token standard most new tokens follow when publishing on the Ethereum blockchain. Ethereum is one of the most popular blockchains for DAOs, such as SuperRare, and is secured by a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism that requires validators to stake 32 Ether. A set of decentralized nodes validates transactions and secures the Ethereum blockchain.

When Will SuperRare Trading Begin?​

SuperRare 2.0 launched on Aug. 17, 2021, on UniSwapV3.

Where Can You Buy SuperRare (RARE)?​

RARE is available on Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Gemini, UniSwapV3, LBank, Gate.io and more.

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