This is a follow-up to my post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/zk2thz/reddit_gifted_a_small_insider_group_the_most/

TLDR - 4935 free avatars were dropped in an exclusive collection to the WSB community in December. The first 24 avatars were cherry-picked with exclusive attributes not found in the rest of the collection and air-dropped to a select few including WSB Mod OPINION_IS_UNPOPULAR. He received the #1 drop with unquestionably the best attributes. Everyone else from WSB that was not in the first 24, received an avatar with random attributes and random #### from whenever they claimed their drop.

Introducing Golden Hedge Snoo #1, airdropped right into the hands of OPINION_IS_UNPOPULAR

https://preview.redd.it/f27thr3fheia1.png?552&format=png&auto=webp&s=962d6125ee228e15fb793a0680607199c1ad157b

Why does /u/OPINION_IS_UNPOPULAR want to hide how much he sold his NFT for?

Two months ago, he transferred his NFT to /u/mvea, a Reddit Avatar Whale. This confused me, why not just sell it on OpenSea? You can see that he has a username with the site as shown in the image? Why doesn’t he want us to know?

A changing of hands

Reading from the bottom up: Opinion cancels #1 listing for 69.420 ETH. MVEA sends OPINION Golden Hedge Snoo #22 for free. Opinion sends Gold Hedge Snoo #1 to MVEA, also for free. Why?

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OPINION Sells Golden Hedge Snoo #22 on OpenSea a few days later

Here is what really happened

What happens on chain, stays on chain

1. Dec 19th - MVEA sent Opinion 9.98 ETH via ETH Mainnet using different a wallet address from OpenSea (https://etherscan.io/address/0x918ea96bcdb552ad1e1efef9953b080477638823)
2. Dec 19th - MVEA sent Opinion Golden Snoo #22 for free on Polygon Mainnet (https://polygonscan.com/tx/0xb494dc0b39eb034ff1181073c60c47bbd575634188ebdd9857446e2803630ba0)
3. Dec 19th - Opinion sent MVEA Golden Hedge Snoo #1 via Polygon Mainnet shortly thereafter (https://polygonscan.com/tx/0x88b5cde16066cf90de79ad4db5a0a6eb34310aac4460103283d2cd903076de88)
4. Dec 19th - Opinion sends 9.98 ETH to CB
5. Dec 29th - Opinion sells Golden Snoo #22 a few days later (https://polygonscan.com/tx/0xebb6b35c42711d140ac2ec12caadf44e038dbd6baa6c098e1e916ae7c9ab9657)
6. Dec 29th - Opinion uses HOP Protocol to bridge from Polygon Mainnet back to ETH Mainnet (https://polygonscan.com/tx/0x7cb0269c14653e54275f86be377efc6691de5a84b6ca8918173315c6bfb378d7)
7. Dec 29th - Opinion transfers ETH to CB and presumably cashes out.

Why did I do all this research? Because I am fundamentally opposed to the way Reddit rolled out the WSB drop. A few elites got the best drops in that community in a way I don't agree with. It's also a reminder than you can try to hide, but what happens on chain stays on chain.

WSB Collection on OpenSea: https://opensea.io/collection/memetic-traders-x-reddit-collectible-avatars

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EDIT/UPDATE - Both u/OPINION_IS_UNPOPULAR and u/mvea have commented on this post. I highly encourage reading the comments not only for discussion of this post including well-thought-out arguments against my stance but other side convos related to this sub and avatars. Am I wrong? I'd say I'm unquestionably an a**hole for posting this and conceding about 50%. The other 50% is related to the drop and distribution of WSB avatars, which I stand against.