The OG LBAC Story and the rug that brought this community of investors together to start JungleBay is just too long to fit here. In a nutshell, The project was rugged by the creator, the scammer, and Opensea. The full story is available on our medium.

The rug left everyone wondering. "What are we going to do? could this be true?" Then a few people, notably Ghost, Drew and Chase stepped up and pulled us out of our funk. "We own the community," they declared! The artwork is the asset but the community has the power. Quick thinking minds and very calculated moves followed.

We created a voting system, we wrote a contract for an official DAO to control the decisions and movements of the community. Our displeasure with OpenSea fueled the desire to create our own marketplace. One with a true vetting process, maximum up time, customer service, and other attributes unheard of from the others.

A seed investment was requested of any member able to do so and a Tier 1 community was created. Each of those community members were granted a JungleBay Gold Card. The Gold Card represents ownership and royalties from the planned marketplace. From the name came a logo. Then, an internal roadmap for a genesis minting with new artwork.

We had a clear vision on what we wanted to do. Small problem… We had no idea how to do it. An unbelievable amount of discussion and chat was had over several weeks. We identified members of our community who had skill sets and talent that could help attain our next goal, Version 2! A new name, what character should we use? Baby Apes again? Tigers? Lions? Every animal in the Kingdom was suggested. A few DAO votes on the type of image to be used were had and it was decided that we would rise again as baby apes. The JungleBay Ape Club or JBAC.

The plans were made. The art was done. Now, Minting

• 5555 Unique JBAC NFTs
• 1LBAC = 1JBAC
• Tiered OG Mint Phase
• Day 1 - 1 LBAC owners
• Day 11 - 11+ LBAC owners

Whitelisted addresses only minting came next. .05 eth and 5 max per wallet and ran for 1 day.

Once we went to public mint(.05 eth, same as whitelist), we watched the numbers climb, 2000 to go, 1000 left, only 500 more! At 01:02 PM January 29, 2022, the JungleBay Ape Club minted out. There was a collective sigh of relief but we knew very well the hard work we had to do moving forward.

Purchasing a plot of virtual land in a strategic location and developing JungleBay’s presence in the metaverse is a priority in order for us to remain competitive, innovative and protect this community's collective investment.

UDPATE: JUNGLEBAY ACQUIRES SANDBOX LAND (14, -69)! With this purchase the JungleBay Community will benefit massively with ownership of digital land in the leading metaverse! Check the Tweet

The votes are in and merch has been decided. Collaborating for the official branding of our project and launch a limited series merch drop are underway!

UPDATE: The quality tests are done! Now onto finalizing the OG merch drop and launching the merch site! check the Tweet

Tokenomics & Staking or Jungle Juice Serum? Not one or the other. But, what comes first! They will define what should be prioritized for the community so that we can collaborate and build with optimal synergy on each respective path.

UPDATE: Tokenomics & staking is just about done with development with a bit more testing to do. It will be launched in the coming weeks.

Whether you minted or purchased your JungleBay Ape, if you are still holding, each one has been earning daily a native token to the community… Working just as hard for you as you are for them... While there are many more details to be hashed out, we first need to know: What do we call it?

UPDATE: $JBAC it is! The earnings are racking up!

As our team is building and bandwidth requirements to fulfill the will of the community continue to grow, we believe now is the appropriate time to introduce a compensation structure that will effectively incentivize the team to further scaling efforts at the pace and same lever of passion they have been.

UPDATE: The results are in and the community has stood with the team for 40% of the 7% royalty fee to be allocated to the team.

A place for the community to really see the growth and rewards of their hard work and commitment. The JungleBay marketplace will continue to be developed with plans to release later this year. A community driven marketplace. For the people, by the people.

That's right! JungleBay Ape Club Comics!!! We have a story developed from an OG Community member Taekwoncrypto. Our artists Xai, Bubbles, and Arenas will be the artists for the comic and the story will continue to develop with the community for ideas and writing! Talk about choose your own adventure!