Taiyo Robotics

References: Taiyo Gen1- https://hyperspace.xyz/collection/taiyorobotics Taiyo Gen2- https://hyperspace.xyz/collection/taiyoinfants Oil - https://hyperspace.xyz/collection/taiyooil Staking rewards: https://solport.gitbook.io/graphite-whitepaper/token/staking-rewards Taiyo Robotics consists of three NFTs: Taiyo Robotics (Gen1), Taiyo Infants (Gen2), and Taiyo Oil (Airdrop).

Taiyo is sometimes misunderstood as having "too many collections." This write-up aims to clarify that this is not the case. Although Taiyo has several NFTs, they are not separate projects but are interconnected.

For example, Gen1 and Gen2 have the same utility. Whenever something is built for the Taiyo brand, Infants will be included. An Infant is 1/3 of a Gen1, so owning one Infant is equivalent to owning a fraction of a Gen1. And owning three Infants is equivalent to owning one Gen1 in terms of staking rewards. Hence, Infants and Gen1 are part of the same building process, so they are not separate projects.

Taiyo Oil was airdropped to all Gen1 and Gen2 holders last year. Its initial purpose was to act as a whitelist for the Taiyo expansion project called Pilots. After Pilots was launched, Oil became a deflationary asset that could be burned to increase the Graphite staking yield. It also acts as a whitelist for the future of the Taiyo ecosystem. Oil does not operate as a separate project and anything done with Oil involves Gen1 and Gen2. The vision for Taiyo NFTs is to create the ultimate hub for all NFT-related activities and provide our NFT holders access to new projects through our connections with Graphite. This access will be exclusively paid for using Graphite tokens, which can be earned by staking Taiyo NFTs. As a result, Graphite will become the sole form of payment needed to mint, access, or obtain whitelist positions from projects that utilize Graphite products and launchpad. Here's an example of one of the biggest value adds we see in holding/staking a Taiyo coming into the Graphite launch: The Taiyo Incubator:

Taiyo operates as a flexible roadmap without set bullet points. This is because we believe that setting in stone goals in a constantly changing NFT market is not a good idea. If a single goal is set and the market shifts, the desired value may not be achieved.

The goals of Taiyo NFTs include:

1. Developing products that drive adoption of the underlying Graphite Protocol smart contracts, leading to increased token burning and higher value propositions.

2. Ensuring that the Taiyo brand is not solely dependent on the price of the Graphite token. Taiyo is a business that generates external revenue and value through activities such as meetups, access to revenue opportunities, art, alpha/community, and family.

3. Rebranding Taiyo with new PFP art to establish our own unique identity and reflect the level we aspire to reach.

4. Providing holders with valuable and exciting products and experiences that make them feel proud to own a Taiyo NFT and participate in the ecosystem.

5. Attracting a steady stream of new projects to utilize our technology, allowing Taiyo NFT holders to access and mint the latest, most hyped projects and associate that hype with the Taiyo name.