Whitelist Logic for the Next ETH Mint

Background

We've alternated between mints in ICE and mints in ETH and expect to continue to do so. We've also experimented with a few different whitelist logics for each (including minting without a whitelist).

The last ETH mint, done without a whitelist at 1.5 ETH while the OpenSea floor was ~2 ETH, sold out in under 1 minute. Today, the OpenSea floor remains ~2 ETH.

Proposal

For the next ETH mint, whitelist addresses that qualify for premium guild tools (hold at least 1,000 xDG per wearable). This would be a check at time of mint (no "snapshot"). If the items don't sell out during the whitelist period, the items would open for sale to everyone.

Rationale

For ETH mints we will target pricing at 70 - 80% of the OpenSea floor. Likely 1.5 ETH again. Given our experience on the last mint, it doesn't make sense to offer a greater discount, and there's significant NFT liquidity on OpenSea for anyone to enter at any time with > 10K items in the collection.

ICE mints will be one avenue to assist players on their journey of upward-mobility to assist the transition from delegated player to player owner. ETH mints are a way to raise revenue for the DAO, and there have been a few recent proposals around how these funds should be used. As we price at a discount to the secondary market floor on ETH mints, the question should be: To whom are we returning that value? It's sensible to make that value first available to those invested in the ecosystem by holding at least one wearable and the requisite xDG to qualify for premium guild tools.