THE BEAT OF SOLROCKERS NFT

The Capital • April 27, 2022

Photo: Natalie J. Russel

Dear Brian, thanks for taking the time to join me in this interview to educate our community on SolRockers. First of all, can you give us a brief introduction to you? What is your story, dating back as far as you wish?

I am the Head of Product at SolRockers NFT and in my free time also the drummer for the multi platinum band Everclear. Some might think I live the life of a Rockstar but I’m just a conventional kind of guy. With a house in the suburbs, a white picket fence, a dog, 2.4 kids and to round it all out a wife that drives a minivan. LOL. Honestly I’m just a computer nerd who plays drums in a rock band.

I attended Berklee College of music in Boston Massachusetts back in 1989–1994. While living in Boston I spent a good 8 years playing with bands in the Boston music scene — 1990’s Boston scene turned out some great bands and I was lucky to be a part of it. I played with Tracy Bonham, went off to Chicago to tour with Fig Dish, and ended back in Boston to form American Hi-Fi with my best friend Stacy Jones in 1998. We recorded our record with Bob Rock in Maui, had a hit single on MTV, and toured extensively all around the world in the early 2000’s. Now I’m playing drums with the band Everclear. Somehow I manage to make a living doing what I love — playing drums.

The computer nerd part is where crypto and gaming comes in. I was hooked when my step dad bought me the Apple IIe back in 1983. A 1.023MHz processor, 64KB RAM, two 5 1/4" floppies, bulletin boards were no match for my 300 baud modem. It played games too, good games like Castle Wolfenstein, Boulder Dash, King’s quest and Decathlon. It put my Atari 2600 to shame. Then I had a short stint with consoles including ColecoVision, Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, but.. then Doom was born. John Carmack and John Romero messed me up good, so good that I built my first PC because of their creation — specifically to play Doom. That 4MB of ram was expensive too. I’ve been playing PC games ever since — Battlefield 1942, Call of Duty, Elder Scrolls games, WOW, the list goes on and on. Basically I came from the same generation as James Holiday, him and I would have been good friends. Now it’s time to develop the Oasis, or at least a very small part of it.

Why did you get involved in the cryptocurrency industry, and where do you think the industry will be in 5–10 years?

I heard about this thing called Bitcoin back in 2011. So you can use your video card to make money? Really? Sounds like fun. I took one of my computer rigs, outfitted it with an ATI 5970, overclocked the hell out of it, joined a pool and started mining. Then I had two rigs, then three, lots of fans, I’m talking oscillating fans, not those fancy LED case fans everyone has these days. I mined 23 Bitcoin and then decided it wasn’t worth pursuing, it was costing me more in electricity to run the rigs compared to the going Bitcoin market value. I held on to them for a year and ended up selling them on MT Gox for a whopping $27 a piece (doh!). In hindsight I think I should have held on to them, maybe… I painfully followed Bitcoin on the sidelines for years, dabbled in Ethereum mining and finally started seriously investing in crypto again in 2017.

Remember the dot com boom in the late 1990’s early 2000's? I just sat there and watched it all happen, I didn’t financially take advantage of the fastest growing industry phenomena known to man. The internet happened and all I did was use it to play Quake. I could have got involved but I didn’t. I had to go and focus on being a musician. An opportunity like that will never happen again in my lifetime.

Then comes Blockchain technology. Thank you Satoshi! Blockchain tech is the next boom, I have no doubt. It’s being adopted 2x faster than the internet, harvesting the brightest minds out there and is giving us all the opportunity to develop the technology of the future. And I mean the technology of everything. Smart contracts apply to so many different industries, including finance, data analysis, and the Internet of Things, let’s not forget about gaming. Who new smart contracts could be so useful?

I’m not going to sit back and miss out on a twice in a lifetime opportunity. So it either means I can redeem myself or go down in flames. I’ll either retire in Maui or greet people at the local Walmart here in Madison, I’m all in.

That’s amazing. Now can you give us an introduction to SolRockers and how it got started?

Back in 2012 I wasn’t just mining Bitcoin, I was learning how to develop video games using the Unreal Engine and Unity. I’ve always had a passion for game development but I’m not a coder by any means. These game engines gave me a way to translate my ideas into a functional game without being John Carmack. I’ve since developed third person shooters, twin stick shooters, first person shooters on a hobbyist level. I’d bring my games to friends’ LAN parties and play a round or two. It’s always fun to see friends enjoy your creation, bug free of course.

The emergence of the Play-to-Earn economy really grabbed my attention. I started playing games like Lost Relics, Alien Worlds, R-planet to name a few. I had conversations with my brother Mike, also a crypto investor, about all the P2E opportunities and he said “Why don’t you create your own game? You know how to develop games”. So that got me thinking and researching. I decided to combine the 2 things I’m most passionate about: gaming and music. I decided to combine the Rhythm game genre and the lifestyle of a touring musician to create a unique gaming experience. I’ve had some incredible times over the past 25 years; being part of great bands and touring all over the world, I want to re-create that experience for everyone who joins SolRockers. NFT gaming and being in a successful band are all about creating a community, it all made sense to me.

Early on, did you see an opportunity to fill a void in the market?

The market is one huge void, it’s an open slate. That’s one of the reasons why I’m so excited about this project and blockchain games in general. Just like every new technology, it gets

adopted by hobbyists and independents. This is the period in blockchain gaming when independent developer ideas can shine and make an impact on the industry. I believe we at SolRockers are doing just that.

When deciding on the direction of the artwork, we didn’t want to create a derivative of an ape and a pixel art SolRocker was out of the question. We wanted it to be original and life-like featuring detailed instruments and clothing, but with a light hearted cartoonish feel. The great rock bands of the 80’s and 90’s were over the top in their creative expression. The hair, makeup, tattoos and clothing gave us so many options and we spent months creating and revising. We had so many great ideas. The SolRocker name is a combination of the Solana blockchain and Rockstar lifestyle with a slight play on words. I think you get the idea.

A key point about our project that is important to relay is that SolRockers Battle of the Bands is a game that features player owned NFTs, not an NFT project that promises a utility game. The game itself is our main focus and the integration of the NFT is a key feature. The artwork will grab their attention but the game is the ultimate pay off. Literally.

We also noticed that you have your own token called $IROC, that will be used for your unique rhythm game. Could you tell us more about how this works?

$IROC tokens are the lifeblood of the SolRockers ecosystem and keeping the token economy balanced is our main priority. $IROC tokens are awarded to players/stakers and are used to purchase items in our NFT minting and merchandise marketplace. We have a number of ways our token is used in our game. Also, we feel it’s important to “burn” tokens as users create assets in our game ecosystem. We never want to dilute the overall value so a deflationary element will be incorporated into the $IROC token usage.

What have been the biggest challenges for you and SolRockers since you started the project?

It’s uncharted territory so it’s all challenges. I spent a lot of time researching all the aspects and moving parts that make up an NFT project, not to mention the game. The art work, NFT generation, rarity, minting process, discord server, website, token minting, front end game dev, back end game dev, media creation, NFT marketplace listing… and that’s just my job. My brother’s got more. Who knew a blockchain game project could be so time consuming? So finding the time to do normal family activity has been a challenge.

I think the biggest challenge for the project is breaking through and getting noticed. The NFT market is growing at breakneck speeds and has become a bit saturated. Ethereum based NFTs are a prime example. The Opensea NFT marketplace sure lives up to its name. Although the bulk of the NFT market is on that blockchain we felt it wasn’t a good fit for our project, or blockchain gaming in general. Solana was.

We chose Solana not just because of its efficiency but we saw it as the next blockchain to be adopted by NFT creators, investors and game developers. But with new technology comes serious hurdles. Solana NFTs and game development is still in its beginning stages so there are a few unanswered questions with creative development needed to complete a project like SolRockers. Thankfully we have blockchain backend engineers that can innovate and pull it off, I see them as the Rockstars.

Who do you think would be the ideal target audience for SolRockers?

At first glance it’s NFT collectors and gamers but it’s also music lovers, instrument collectors and artists. Individuals who enjoy being part of a music and gaming community, who love to express themselves through music and NFT creation. We want this open to everyone.

I think there are several types of “gamers” in the P2E environment. I love playing games, I can sit there and grind all day long if needed. Then you have someone like my brother who is more interested in the defi element. I think he doesn’t spend more than 20 minutes in any one game, but he “plays” several. It’s important to create a game that’s appealing to everyone.


Understood. Now what has been your greatest achievement thus far, and what has been the biggest failure or setback personally or in the history of the company?

My greatest achievements thus far would be the fact that I’m still able to support my family doing what I love — playing, and expressing myself through music. The greatest achievements related to SolRockers are still ahead of us. We just started in November of 2021 so there’s not much history to talk of. Talk to me two years from now and I will have a list. We have little setbacks every week but it’s nothing we can’t overcome.

What is the next step for SolRockers in the next 1–2 years?

Develop and release a fun and engaging gaming experience where users get to roleplay that Rockstar lifestyle, create a band, practice in a studio, go on tour and play at different venues — with backstage debauchery included of course.

A challenging Rhythm game is not complete without a great selection of songs. Artist collaborations will play a big part in this. Thankfully I know a few. But outside of the mainstream music industry are a lot of amazing bands and artists that deserve attention. We have plans to give everyone a way to participate and get involved. Our plans include giving the player and artist a way to create and enhance our game. SolRockers Battle of the Bands will feature the ability to add new songs and create new song patterns. And we want our community to be rewarded for their creative efforts. It being a blockchain game gives us the means to do so. The community will always come first.

Where can people support your business? Other than that, thank you for your time, Brian — any final words?

Support our business by visiting our socials like twitter, facebook , joining our discord community, and of course check out our website.

Website: https://www.solrockers.io/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SolRockersNFT

Discord: https://dsc.gg/SolRockers

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SolRockers-104379062257709

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcq8s8kElrxwKXJtYjkP7rw

Brian’s Twitter BrianNolan (@BamBamBNolan) / Twitter

And if you find yourself at an Everclear show in the near future, stop by the merch ten and say hello.

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BlinkBot Just Solved Crypto's Biggest UX Problem: Trade, Tip, and Predict Markets in a Single Click on X

By Press Release • December 12, 2025
BlinkBot is a new AI-powered trading and transaction assistant on X.com. It removes the friction from on-chain crypto actions, allowing users to manage their portfolios, trade, swap tokens, tip creators and place prediction market bets simply by typing commands directly into a reply or DM.  Actions that once required complex, multi-step processes like opening wallets, switching apps, copying addresses are now compressed into a single, intuitive interaction layer within X. For example: Set up a wallet: Type @blinkbotai Balance Trade: Type @blinkbotai buy $100 worth of ETH Token Generation Event & Airdrop Details The $BLINK token is coming on December 16th. The $BLINK token is launching with a pioneering Salutory governance model, designed to deliver unprecedented value and control. This new structure emphasizes Control , establishing a legally enforceable path for the company's acquisition solely through the token . This unique mechanism protects token holders by embedding direct ownership and transparency into the token itself, making the $BLINK token the definitive path to corporate control." We are committed to rewarding real users, not bots. The size of your airdrop allocation will be tied to your Proof of Usage , measuring actual engagement with the BlinkBot ecosystem. How to qualify: Engage with the platform by setting up a wallet, executing a trade, tipping a creator, and more. Key Capabilities: Built for Social, Designed for Usage BlinkBot is built for the everyday crypto user who is already tracking markets and narratives on X. Instead of redirecting users externally, BlinkBot brings the market to the conversation. Live Features Include: Multichain Token Trading: Trade supported tokens across major networks including Solana, Ethereum, Base, and BNB Chain directly from posts or private messages. Creator Tipping: Send value to creators instantly without complex wallet flows or browser redirects. Polymarket Integration: Place prediction market bets directly through BlinkBot, enabling fast access to real-world event markets without leaving X. Flexible Trading Modes: Execute trades transparently in public threads or privately via DMs. Wallet & Portfolio Dashboard: View balances and track multi-chain portfolios through the dedicated web interface. BlinkBot is designed for speed, allowing users to execute a trade or open a position the moment an opportunity is perceived, eliminating the lag between intent and execution. Trading via Contract Addresses (Live) & Ticker Trading (Upcoming) At present, BlinkBot supports trading only through Contract Address (CA) input. This ensures accuracy and helps users avoid mistakes that can occur when multiple tokens share the same ticker symbol. To protect users from potential fund loss caused by duplicate or misleading tickers, direct ticker-based trading will be introduced through a controlled whitelist system. Only verified projects will be enabled for ticker trading. This approach balances ease of use with user safety while gradually expanding ticker-based functionality. Multichain Execution BlinkBot is built as a chain-agnostic execution layer. This design allows users to interact across multiple ecosystems ( Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, and Base ) through a single command flow, moving between chains without the need to switch wallets or platforms. Polymarket Access Through Social Interaction BlinkBot’s integration with Polymarket allows users to interact with prediction markets exactly where information spreads fastest. Users can browse active markets, place positions directly from X, and react to real-time events with immediate execution. By embedding prediction markets inside social feeds, BlinkBot bridges the gap between news, sentiment, and on-chain action. Wallet Manager & Control The dedicated Wallet Manager and Portfolio Tracker provide a central hub to view and manage assets. Through the Wallet Manager, users can: View all connected wallets. Track balances across supported chains. Monitor portfolio activity. Manage execution access centrally. Access the Wallet Manager here: https://login.useblink.bot/ Availability and Next Steps BlinkBot is currently live with core trading, tipping, wallet management, multichain support, and Polymarket prediction market features. The team is actively developing additional functionality, including ticker-based buys, smart contract deployment, and a browser extension. The goal is to establish BlinkBot as the single unified execution layer across the most active on-chain ecosystems. Join the Waitlist & Ecosystem Today: Follow @teamblinkbot on X to stay updated. Initialize Your Wallet: Reply to any post (or send a DM) with the command: @blinkbotai balance (This automatically generates your secure BlinkBot wallet address.) Verify: Join our Discord for updates and verification: https://discord.gg/jVw5gNfdV6

Wiener App Launches on iOS Bringing Real-Time “Signals, Not Noise” to Solana Traders

By Press Release • December 10, 2025
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REKT Announces Launch of the First Meme Token That Rewards Losing Trades

By Press Release • December 8, 2025
REKT, a meme token built on Solana, officially started its presale event. The project has passed three SolidProof audits and one Coinsult audit, proving that its staking and claim logic is sound. The team introduces a verified Loss Claim function, allowing traders to convert on-chain losses into $REKT. The Loss Claim Function REKT was created by a trader who lost everything, repeatedly. Instead of quitting, he built a system that turns pain into purpose. $REKT rewards what most cryptocurrencies ignore: real loss, verified on-chain. The Loss Claim feature is the main new thing about the project. The idea is to let wallets receive funds as a partial compensation for real trading losses in approved tokens. Looking at this process with a little more detail, each wallet can make one claim per month. However, such an amount can't be more than 50,000 $REKT. Also, the exact computation of the claim will depend on a so-called "portfolio multiplier". This number can grow with a) wallet age and b) staking activity, rewarding loyal holders. Strict anti-bot filters, cooldowns, and spoof protection ensure every claim is real. The Rage Claim Feature Presale tokens are auto-staked at purchase and vest linearly over six months. Early unlocks are allowed under the Rage Claim mechanism, which burns a portion of tokens based on timing: 20% in week one 15% in weeks two to three 10% in weeks four to six 5% after week six Burned amounts are redistributed: 50% to staking, 25% to treasury, and 25% to the burn wallet. Tokenomics The total supply of $REKT is fixed at 1 billion tokens. There will always be 1 billion tokens of $REKT. Fifty percent of that supply goes to the community presale, which is based on clear milestones instead of insider rounds. Another 15% is set aside for liquidity to keep the DEX stable. Also, 10% goes to the staking pool, while twenty percent goes to the treasury for growth and development. Finally, the remaining five percent goes to community projects, contests, and collaborations. There is a 1% tax on every transaction. This tax is automatically split up: 50% goes to staking rewards, 25% goes to the treasury, and 25% goes to the burn wallet. After burning 200 million $REKT, the supply reduction halts, and the tax splits evenly between staking and treasury. Roadmap The development of REKT follows a clear three-phase plan. The first stage is all about the launch and the base. Smart contracts will be put on Solana and the staking dashboard will go live. Also, SolidProof audits will check all of the systems. The second phase turns on the core logic of REKT. This includes the DEX tax system, tracking of the leaderboard, and the release of Loss Claim v2. This upgrade will come with better wallet multipliers and on-chain filters. The third phase centers on scaling and community growth. At this point, the team will launch NFT-based staking and will work for CEX outreach. Also, the official roadmap mentions more audit rounds that will complete the cycle. This milestone will mark REKT’s full transition from meme to movement. About REKT REKT is a meme token built on Solana that rewards verified losses through a whole new feature. With multiple audits, transparent vesting, and verifiable claim logic, REKT transforms trading failure into blockchain history. REKT's smart contracts have passed three full SolidProof audits and one Coinsult audit, validating both contract safety and claim logic. The upcoming presale will allow anyone to join this upcoming project with its new features. As a major highlight, REKT has recently joined a live AMA event on Binance, sharing key updates and insights with the community. The social media pages and the project’s website are a way to keep in touch with this team and with REKT's upcoming milestones: X (Twitter) | Telegram.

Secure Legion Launches Public Beta of the First Metadata-Free Messaging Platform

By Press Release • December 4, 2025
Secure Legion has announced the public beta release of the world’s first messaging application designed to expose zero metadata . Built entirely without servers, directories, or intermediaries, the platform delivers fully peer-to-peer communication through Tor hidden services ensuring that no third party can observe who is communicating, when, or from where. Unlike conventional messengers, Secure Legion replaces personal identifiers with Solana wallet keypairs , eliminating the need for phone numbers, emails, or any form of personal data. A New Standard for Private Communication Modern encrypted messengers secure message content but still leak metadata social graphs, contact networks, connection timestamps, and communication patterns. Platforms such as Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram rely on servers that inherently retain traces of user behavior. Secure Legion removes this entire metadata surface through two core innovations: A completely serverless architecture that prevents any entity from storing, relaying, or analyzing message traffic. The Ping-Pong Wake protocol , a novel mechanism that delivers messages only when both parties are simultaneously online and authenticated. Because no server ever queues or registers communication attempts, observers cannot build relationship graphs or infer interaction frequency. Identity Through Solana Wallets Instead of traditional account systems, Secure Legion adopts a self-sovereign identity model : each user’s Solana keypair functions as their cryptographic identity across both messaging and blockchain-related interactions. This model reinforces privacy, reduces attack surfaces, and aligns with emerging ecosystem standards for decentralized identity. Engineered for High-Risk Environments Secure Legion is already being adopted by journalists, activists, and crypto communities operating in heavily restricted regions. The Android client integrates Tor bridges such as Snowflake , obfs4 , and meek , enabling reliable access in environments with deep packet inspection or aggressive censorship. Message delivery follows an authentication-before-delivery process, preventing message-waiting or mailbox-style analysis one of the key vulnerabilities of conventional encrypted messengers. As one Secure Legion engineer summarized: “Signal protects what you say. Secure Legion protects who you talk to.” With no servers, no timestamps, and no retained message queues, communication patterns become indistinguishable to observers. Open Source, Transparent, and Subpoena-Resistant Secure Legion is fully open source under the MIT license. All cryptographic components including XChaCha20-Poly1305 , Ed25519 , and X25519 ECDH are publicly documented and implemented without telemetry, analytics, or background data collection. The architecture is intentionally designed to be non-compliant with surveillance backdoors : “You can’t subpoena a server that doesn’t exist.” Key Features of the Public Beta Android client available at securelegion.org and on GitHub Fully peer-to-peer messaging via Tor hidden services StrongBox-backed encryption on supported devices Text and voice messaging Built-in Tor bridges for censorship resistance This beta release arrives amid growing global pressure on encrypted communications from the EU’s Chat Control proposal to the UK Online Safety Act and the US EARN IT Act. Secure Legion’s serverless architecture makes such mandates technically impossible to implement. Context in the Privacy Ecosystem Secure Legion responds to an issue long overlooked by mainstream encrypted platforms: metadata surveillance . Metadata exposes behavioral patterns, personal networks, movements, and relationships even when message content is encrypted. Compared to existing alternatives: - Session still relies on service nodes; Secure Legion removes intermediaries entirely. - Briar exposes certain network patterns; Secure Legion eliminates visible trails and peer graphs. - Signal reveals communication metadata to its servers; Secure Legion reveals nothing. The result is a platform that implements true metadata-free messaging by design a direction recently emphasized by leaders such as Vitalik Buterin in calls for permissionless accounts and privacy-preserving communication systems. About Secure Legion Secure Legion is a peer-to-peer, serverless messaging project developed by privacy engineers committed to eliminating metadata surveillance. The platform is non-commercial, open source, and designed around censorship resistance and cryptographic transparency. A formal security audit is underway. Upcoming roadmap items include group messaging, expanded privacy modes, and a desktop client. Follow the project and join the community: Official website | X (Twitter) | GitHub 
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