It’s all about building the community - and getting in early. On Discord, participants are encouraged to invite as many others as they can to earn a spot on the “whitelist,” a sort of VIP list, and take part in a Twitter meme challenge to help Pocket Friends get followers. People can’t get the NFTs yet, but if and when they are able, they’re promised access to a “variety of benefits,” including a writers room - presumably for those many books - voting (it’s not clear on what), and “special access to events and celebrities.” For now, they can hang out with the Pocket Friends team, including Colton, on Discord.
Each character is supposed to appear in a book, and with 13,000 characters planned, that sounds like a lot of books. The friends, each of which is supposed to represent a “childhood struggle,” will live on the ethereum blockchain. In January, the athlete-turned-reality-star-turned-influencer launched a project called Pocket Friends, a collection of NFT cartoon character animals, such as Sonya the duck and Betty the hamster. Colton Underwood has worn many hats during his media career - Bachelorette contestant, Bachelor in Paradise contestant, first virgin Bachelor lead, first gay Bachelor lead, Netflix reality show person, and now … NFT guy.
