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Whether you're a collector, fan, or contributor (or all three!), anyone can be a CyberBrokers community member, otherwise known as a “broker”. Head to Get Involved to learn more.
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CyberBrokers, a flagship project under Paradigm Lost media, is a digital collectibles ecosystem founded by acclaimed crypto artist Josie Bellini. Today, the CyberBrokers NFT collection stands proud at the intersection of art and technology as the most robust artwork stored on Ethereum. Building on this, we've expanded into diverse realms of Web3-enabled experiences, pushing the boundaries of interactive storytelling, captivating art, and immersive experiences.
Learn more about our entire ecosystem and what we’re building on the Paradigm Lost website.
CyberBrokers is driven by the Paradigm Lost team, a group of creators, engineers, and entrepreneurs who are passionate about building the future of digital entertainment. Learn more about our growing, globally distributed team on the Paradigm Lost website.
Josie, the creator of CyberBrokers and CEO of Paradigm Lost, is an acclaimed multidisciplinary digital artist and one of crypto art’s leading pioneers. With her signature style and impassioned approach, she has become a respected titan in the NFT space and has exhibited her artworks at conferences and galleries around the world and the metaverse. Bellini’s played a considerable role in helping NFTs and digital art break into the mainstream.
CyberBrokers will continue to expand along with other projects, worlds, and initiatives of Paradigm Lost. 3D Mechs and the Paradigm Found game are just the tip of the iceberg. Head on over to the Paradigm Lost roadmap to see what’s around the corner for CyberBrokers.
CyberBrokers is a collection of 10,001 SVG on-chain NFT collectibles, created by acclaimed cryptoartist Josie Bellini. The colorful artwork depicts characters the digital, futuristic world of The Paradigm Lost, where the CyberBrokers were the first humans to upload their consciousness into the metaverse.
Each CyberBroker has an identity and backstory that interweaves with ongoing, interactive Lore, and our community has access to experiences such as community Quests and related collectible drops.
For more information about what it mean that CyberBrokers are "fully on-chain" head here.
Here at CyberBrokers, we divide our projects into segments, called Versions. With each Version we plan to introduce new storylines, collections, and/or experiences, all related to the Version's overarching motif. There may be short hiatuses between each Version as the team takes a breather and prepares for all the cool stuff coming in the next Version.
CyberBrokers were originally minted from our website on March 2022, so they are now only available to purchase on secondary marketplaces such as OpenSea.
In The Paradigm, mechs are giant robots that provide the best and safest way to navigate TPL’s more dangerous regions. Secured in a mech’s cockpit, CyberBrokers and Drifters alike can travel in comfort and style.
Mechs aslo provide enhanced abilities in the Paradigm Found game.
Individual mech parts have already been rewarded for Quests completed over the course of Version Alpha. Those parts will soon be used to assemble full mechs over a two-step process. First, there will be a “burn to reveal”, where individual unrevealed mech parts can be burned to unveil beautiful 3D parts in a variety of models and styles! After a few weeks to trade and plan, we will launch the “Mech Assembly”, where you can assemble, customize, and then mint a fully-rigged 3D mech.
You will need mech parts to assemble your mech. 7 total parts are required to Assemble a Mech. 1 Engine, 1 Head, 1 Body, 1 Legs, 2 Arms, and 1 Afterglow. The Engine must be the same Model as at least 2 other parts and determines the Model of the Assembled mech. The remaining parts can be of any Model. Check out the Mechs 101 video for full details and then head to TPL Mecha Parts and TPL Mech Afterglow on OpenSea to start collecting.
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In reaction to imminent ecological disaster, the seven Corporate States attempted to forestall the inevitable, and in the process only made things that much worse. Instead of a world overcome by rising oceans and withering heat, Earth was plunged into an ice age which has lasted for over 200 years so far.
With the collapse of society, the remnants of humanity survive in isolated, self-sufficient enclaves with little else to do but fully immerse themselves in the digital world known as The Paradigm Lost. Here they can not only experience what life used to be like before the collapse, but can explore countless worlds beyond, chase every dream, enjoy every fantasy. Compared to cold, harsh reality, The Paradigm is the perfect escape.
A vast and diverse universe like The Paradigm is only made possible with the creativity of many individuals working together. This is why all CyberBrokers Lore is a collaborative effort between the CyberBrokers team and our community.
Led by our Creative Producer and written by our amazing, on-staff writer, CyberBrokers Lore is continually driven and influenced by our holders and fans through our Writer’s Room, Quests, Broker Auditions, polls, interactive activations, and events.
We have multiple ways for you to delve into the CyberBrokers universe and explore its characters and stories.
Start out by reading our full-length chapters and stories to be transported into The Paradigm Lost.
Don’t have enough time to read our Lore in full? No problem. Check out our TL;DR Lore to read short summaries of all the CyberBrokers chapters and stories and get completely up-to-date.
If audiobooks are more your style, check out our podcast to listen to all our Lore, narrated by SuperMassive.
You can also check out the #lore channel in our Discord server for weekly events, or to ask questions about and discuss the lore with our team and members of the Writer’s Room.
Our Writer's Room, part of our Alpha Command program, is just one of the many ways our community helps craft the CyberBrokers Lore. The Writer's Room is a group of CyberBrokers holders working every day to help bring the CyberBrokers universe to life.
With our Creative Producer and Lore Architect, as well as our Lore Chronicler, the Writer’s Room helps brainstorm ideas for Missions and Stories - and future projects in TPL!
Through our Discord channel and bi-weekly brainstorm sessions, writer's help us craft the plot of our stories, assist with Quest content, write for the in-universe newspaper called The Era Novum Ledger, build out TPL locations, figure out the laws of The Paradigm and anything else that is needed for Lore in the world of CyberBrokers!
We’re always looking for passionate storytellers to add to our Writer's Room, one of the branches of our Alpha Command program. A prospective member of the Writer’s Room is someone who loves to be creative, is itching to write, and who isn’t afraid to get into the nitty-gritty of plot and world-building.
If you want to have some fun and join us, send us a submission here.
Putting CyberBrokers fully on-chain was not easy, but despite the challenges and huge resource requirements, the on-chainness of CyberBrokers has been a mission-critical value since the beginning. We wanted to build something permanent, allowing owners to truly own it.
CyberBrokers are stored entirely on the Ethereum network. Most NFTs only store partial data on-chain: the token ID and a URL that points to the token's metadata. Some NFTs may store additional information on-chain, such as metadata and traits metadata, all the way to storing the art entirely on-chain. Only a few projects currently store the full art and metadata on-chain, including Avastars, Aavegotchi, and Loot.
We developed the compression and storage algorithms from scratch, allowing us to store art with exceptionally high fidelity at 1/4th of the storage space and costs. All CyberBrokers can be reconstructed from data on-chain using both on-chain and off-chain decompressors, and will exist permanently within the Ethereum ecosystem, forever.
CyberBrokers art is composed of SVGs, a human-readable, text-based file format that allows for specifying the positions, colors, and shapes to be drawn. These SVG files are broken down into components, compressed, and stored as individual layers on Ethereum. The CyberBrokers art can then be reconstructed directly from the assets using an on-chain transcoder. CyberBrokers metadata will also be stored on-chain, and a cached image of the compiled CyberBrokers will be stored via IPFS for seamless integration into existing marketplaces.
A Cyberbroker is an ERC721 NFT. Each Cyberbroker has a unique token ID and has unique attributes.
Unrevealed Mech parts are ERC1155 NFTs. Each type of part has a unique token ID.
A Revealed Mech Part is an ERC721 NFT. Each token has a unique token ID.
The Mech Reveal process takes TPL Mecha Parts and converts them into Revealed Mech Parts. Revealed Mech Parts will be of the same Model as the TPL Mech Part they were revealed from, but with a random Style along with some other surprises. TPL Mech Parts cannot be used in Assembly, only Revealed Mech Parts can. Note: Afterglow parts don’t need to be revealed. More details on Mech Part Reveal.
The Mech Assembly is an upcoming process that will be hosted on a CyberBrokers microsite that will allow you to construct custom Mechs using your Revealed Mech Parts. These Mechs are fully rigged, complete with 3D files.
7 total parts are required to Assemble a Mech. 1 Engine, 1 Head, 1 Body, 1 Legs, 2 Arms, and 1 Afterglow. The Engine must be the same Model as at least 2 other parts, and determines the Model of the Assembled mech. The remaining parts can be of any Model.
No. For the Mech Reveal and Assembly process, there is no difference between either of these parts. Both are considered Arm parts.
Yes. Feel confident building your Mech knowing you can disassemble it for Parts and reassemble it whenever you’d like. Upgrade your Mech with higher Model Parts, swap out your Afterglow for something more your style or change your custom colors, all with our disassemble feature - coming soon.
It’s all up to you! With the 3D files provided, you can create animations out of your Mech, or explore other metaverse worlds that already support them, such as MOCA, Hyperfy, Mona, oncyber, and Nifty Island
Mechs also provide enhanced abilities in the Paradigm Found game.
Yes. One of the new tech feats of Mech Assembly is that you can start using Delegate Cash-assigned addresses to perform actions on other assets you own. For more information on Delegate Cash, head here.
Watch our Mechs 101 video or read the Mechs 101 blog for the basis. Then see the blog for more information on Mech Part Reveal.
A community member is anyone who connects with CyberBrokers universe in some way, big or small. Whether it’s the art, Lore/storyline, Quests, or technology, there’s something for everyone here, and we welcome you all!
CyberBrokers primary community hub is in the Paradigm Lost Discord. Stop in, say hi, and introduce yourself. We have areas for each interest level and always someone around to answer questions or just chat. It’s also your hub to discuss Genesis Mechs, the Paradigm Found game, and all of our other endeavors under the Paradigm Lost umbrella.
Check out the CyberBrokers Events Page or browse our AddEvent for all upcoming events.
CyberBrokers Alpha Command is a program for community members that would like to engage at a higher level than just being a holder. If you have passion and drive for CyberBrokers, Alpha Command might be just for you! See the Alpha Command page for more information.
CyberBrokers does not typically do what are called whitelist (WL) collabs. This is primarily because we’d rather spend the time required for that on deliverables for holders instead. There is a community led, independent group of holders called The Broker List that focus on alpha activities.
Creating a universe as rich as CyberBrokers requires not just one internal team building, it takes an entire community - and luckily, we have the best one out there. CyberBrokers created the Community Fund to empower our community to build along in lock step with us. The fund started in May 2022 with $170,000 and has funded such projects as Lost Paradigms, Pixie Bolt AI, and language translations (Mandarin & Spanish to date). Read more about it on the Community Fund page.
A Creation is an idea that is born from the community and is submitted to the Community Fund for evaluation.
From time to time there will be priorities that CyberBrokers would like created externally. These will be specific tasks, with defined parameters including payment. These are called Bounties. Check the Community Fund page for any that are currently available.
Read all the details of the submission and evaluation process on the Community Fund page, then use the Submission Form to enter your idea.
Use the same process as for submitting Creations defined above.
We have granted collectors a full commercial license to create and monetize with the likeness of their own specific CyberBrokers. This type of license further strengthens the CyberBrokers I.P. overall, and it uplifts the entire community and universe we are building together. More details on our terms of use and licensing are available here.
A Non-Fungible Token (NFT) is a digital asset that exists on a blockchain with ownership of it being permanently tracked. It can be bought or sold through online marketplaces like OpenSea.
The metaverse is a new frontier of entertainment, social interaction, and more. It is a combination of several cutting edge technologies: the blockchain for digital ownership and experiential layers, like AR and VR. CyberBrokers is helping to develop the groundwork for that metaverse today, and there are so many exciting things to come.
Web3 is the next version of the Internet that moves from centralized sources of authentication (i.e. Google Login) and information (i.e. banks) to decentralized versions that are based on blockchain, token, and NFT technology.
CyberBrokers (or brokers for short) are the first and top level collection from CyberBrokers, the company. They consist of 10,001 NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain. The collection has one the largest varieties of artwork, style, and traits through 51 Talents, 6 Classes, and 1,500 individual SVG layers. Each is a full body piece of art and technological feat.
CyberBrokers are the strongest characters inside the Paradigm Found game and will provide you with enhanced abilities.
Mechs are the second collection released by CyberBrokers. Parts were distributed to CyberBrokers holders over a series of Quests in 2022. These parts are used to assemble unique Mech NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain. Mechs are beautiful art based on Model and Style combinations.
They also provide enhanced ability to characters in the Paradigm Found game.
If you have all the details of your idea planned out, you could always make a submission to the CyberBrokers Community Fund. If not, come into Discord and post your idea for discussion in the #creators channel.
Yes! Our Lore is available for all to enjoy, in a variety of formats. The majority of our community activities (Twitter Spaces, Discord Events, etc.) are also open to all. Follow us on Twitter and join our Discord to begin your journey with CyberBrokers. There are a number of channels where you can engage without owning a CyberBrokers asset.
We are happy to help! Visit us on our Discord and send us a message in Support.