# VIBES Phase 1 We started with [Distribution](/resources/updates/prologue.md): getting **VIBES** to people interested in the project and active in the Polygon NFT space via the [Founders](/protocol/vibes-token.md#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](/protocol/vibes-token.md#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](/protocol/mining-vibes/provenance-mining.md) 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](/resources/architecture.md) 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](/master.md) * Read the [#🗣️-announcements channel](https://discord.gg/ruag8nsGpB) on Discord * Watch the video from the [first community call](/resources/community-calls/2021-07-01-community-call.md) (or read the writeup) * Ask questions on Discord * Start [contributing](broken://pages/-MdnwIXLVPqKQt7d9HXC) 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](broken://pages/-Mdnu7W99SfCuxjlTlOh) grants. * What happens when new [artists](broken://pages/-MdnvQ1Exxh0hFyYk2CK) are responsible for distributing large portions of network equity from the [VIBES treasury](/protocol/vibes-token.md#provenance-mining-grant-program) to their collectors? * How will artists use [VIBES Lab](broken://pages/-MeGDWQzJ3Awc4akGZYL) 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](broken://pages/-MdnwIXLVPqKQt7d9HXC) in exchange for early network equity? * Are [bounties](broken://pages/-MdnwYBod2KmOrR4lK40) 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](/resources/architecture.md) that is currently powering VIBES. * Will [Governance Farming](broken://pages/-Mdnv2qUlIN5mAK_Q4bZ) incentivize market liquidity? * When should VIBES deploy its [Liquidity Mining](broken://pages/-MeCd6lwpvxxysT7VfbS) program? * Should the rate and total-lifetime-value numbers used with [provenance mining](broken://pages/-Mdnu7W99SfCuxjlTlOh) 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](broken://pages/-MeGDLYMwL78aGjJweN8) will allow? --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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