# VIBES Phase 1

We started with [Distribution](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/updates/prologue): getting **VIBES** to people interested in the project and active in the Polygon NFT space via the [Founders](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/protocol/vibes-token#founders-airdrop-program) airdrop totaling more than 1.3 million **VIBES** across 100+ addresses. 

Currently 26 of the 30 million **VIBES** for the first [provenance mining grant program](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/protocol/vibes-token#provenance-mining-grant-program) with @bvalosek's art have been locked in 26 1/1 Screensaver World NFTs.

### 🚀 What's next?

There is no roadmap for **VIBES**, this will never be a linear path. VIBES is an [idea maze](https://cdixon.org/2013/08/04/the-idea-maze): we're here to make dope art and ship cool stuff while exploring on-chain tech and coordination.

But even without a roadmap, it's important to have a sense of where we're going. The next phase of VIBES will be foundational as core parts of the [protocol thesis](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/protocol/mining-vibes/provenance-mining) are tested and the initial paths of the idea maze are explored.

Proposals were passed to allocate another 30 million **VIBES** for provenance mining, and 3 million VIBES for community and builder stipends, and the site and [smart contract cluster](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/architecture) are in active development.

### 🔥 Keeping Up

If you're just getting caught up with what's going on on VIBES, the following steps are recommended:

* Poke around on [sick vibes dot xyz](https://sickvibes.xyz)
* Read these docs top to bottom, starting with [Welcome To VIBES](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/master)
* Read the [#🗣️-announcements channel](https://discord.gg/ruag8nsGpB) on Discord
* Watch the video from the [first community call](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/community-calls/2021-07-01-community-call) (or read the writeup)
* Ask questions on Discord
* Start [contributing](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/updates/broken-reference)

Y'all ready for Phase 1 of VIBES?

## The Maze

### 🎨 Artists

A [proposal](https://snapshot.org/#/sickvibes.eth/proposal/QmdwL7CMqaDjha3nJvm69HtHjUSH5Ma8ozhxm7YF4aYiRh) passed to allocate another 30 million **VIBES** to new artists in the form of [provenance mining](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/updates/broken-reference) grants.

* What happens when new [artists](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/updates/broken-reference) are responsible for distributing large portions of network equity from the [VIBES treasury](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/protocol/vibes-token#provenance-mining-grant-program) to their collectors? 
* How will artists use [VIBES Lab](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/updates/broken-reference) to (re)circulate **VIBES** inside of their NFTs in a fully permissionless way?
* Will collectors be incentivized to buy pieces injected with **VIBES**?
* Will artists approach the VIBES NFTs they make differently than their usual pieces?
* How will this round of artists explain VIBES to their collectors and followers?

### 💖 Community

A [proposal](https://snapshot.org/#/sickvibes.eth/proposal/QmdwL7CMqaDjha3nJvm69HtHjUSH5Ma8ozhxm7YF4aYiRh) passed to allocate 3 million **VIBES** for community programs to reward people who contribute to VIBES via stipends and bounty payouts.

* Will people be incentivized to [contribute](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/updates/broken-reference) in exchange for early network equity?
* Are [bounties](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/updates/broken-reference) a useful on-boarding mechanisms for new contributors?
* How will early VIBES NFT collectors use the **VIBES** mined inside of their NFTs?
* What type of emergent branding, memes, and culture can be bootstrapped via an early-phase cryptonetwork?
* How will YOU contribute to VIBES?

### ⚙️ Protocol

Several protocol additions are being developed right now to add to the on-chain [smart contract cluster](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/architecture) that is currently powering VIBES.

* Will [Governance Farming](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/updates/broken-reference) incentivize market liquidity? 
* When should VIBES deploy its [Liquidity Mining](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/updates/broken-reference) program?
* Should the rate and total-lifetime-value numbers used with [provenance mining](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/updates/broken-reference) be tweaked?
* How can we create open standards around NFT collections and artist-owned NFT contracts that allow for interoperable curation and discovery mechanics?
* What are the specific mechanics and actions that [VIBES Party](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/updates/broken-reference) will allow?