experience Algorand's excellence atop your dome
At the beginning of Algorand's transition to Governance, an Algonaut on Reddit decided to order a nifty top hat and put the Algorand logo on it to celebrate. Decked out like a proper Governor, an idea was sparked. What if, instead of hogging all the fun, he sent the Hat around to other interested Algonauts? What if we documented the Hat's travels across the world through NFTs? Even better, what if we gave those NFT proceeds to charity. From this idea, the Governor's Hat was born
The Governor's Hat is passed around from Algonaut to Algonaut. Each Hat Keeper takes photos with the Hat. They post their photos of the Hat's journey along with a little backstory on the photos they took. One or two of those photos are turned into NFTs. That Hat Keeper gets to keep one copy of the NFT for their efforts. The other copy is then auctioned off. All sale proceeds go to St. Judes. That Hat Keeper then seeks out and selects a new Algonaut to take over as the next Hat Keeper and then ships the Hat to them.
I do not personally control the Hat's travels. Each Hat Keeper is responsible for soliciting, selecting, and shipping the Hat to their replacement. However, I maintain this site to help existing Hat Keepers a replacement if they are unable to do so on their own.
If you are interested in becoming a Hat Keeper, you can follow @GovernorHat and the current Hat Keeper (listed below) on social media for posts about when the current Hat Keeper is looking for a replacement. In the alternative, you can sign up below. If the current Hat Keeper has trouble finding a replacement directly, I will help them find a new one based on the list of people who have signed up.
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?. W. Sean Ford
So far, the Governor's Hat has traveled about 39, 000Miles ( ~63,000 KM). It has visited 4 different continents, 6 different countries, and 6 different states in the U.S.
Through its travels the Governor's Hat has donated 875 Algo to St. Jude.
Auctions are infrequent, and happen only when a new Hat Keeper submits their photos. They are announced on Twitter and Reddit and, currently, will be done via auction on ALGOxNFT.
Past auctions that do not sell out are put into a shuffle on ALGOxNFT.
Please reach me at the.governors.hat@gmail.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Yes. I created it then shipped it off half the world away for shits and giggles. Somehow, it is still going. I've missed my baby ever since. Stop making me get emotional.
I don't want your email. Feel free to put in nonsense for that. The web-building/hosting provider I used has it as a required field that cannot be un-toggled. Even if you provide a valid email, I won't use it other than to send a confirmation that your message was received.
I created the site to allow people to sign up to be a potential Hat Keeper. When an existing Hat Keeper is in search of a new Hat Keeper, they can reach out to me on Reddit, Twitter, or by email. I will share the Reddit/Twitter handles of interested parties with them. They can then reach out to you personally though DMs and pick who they want to be the next Hat Keeper. I have no control over who gets picked. I'm just trying to make it easier on folks by providing a single point for facilitating connections between current and future Hat Keepers.
I ask for an approximate location so that the current Hat Keeper has an idea of shipping expenses before reaching out to anybody. An approximation based on Country and, to the extent you live in a big country, the state/province/territory should suffice. Don't give me your address. I neither want it nor need it.
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