A creator platform live in eight weeks.
- 8 weeks to launch, across two iterations of three and five weeks
- $1 editions: a creator can sell a thousand collectibles at a dollar each
- Minutes to onboard a creator, with invite codes and Twitter sign-up
What is Flur and what did Bushido build?
Flur is a Patreon-style platform where content creators turn posts into collectible NFT editions and sell them at very low unit cost, for example 1,000 editions at one dollar each. Bushido designed and built the web application, the smart contracts and the backend across two iterations of three and five weeks, with two developers and a delivery manager. Stack: TypeScript, Solidity, Next.js, Node.js, Prisma, Postgres, Moralis, Alchemy and AWS.
Lean MVP in weeks rather than months.
Creator economy, NFTs, Web3
Iteration 1 - 3 weeks
Iteration 2 - 5 weeks
2023
2 developers, 1 delivery manager
Web application;
Smart contract with backend system
Typescript, Solidity, Next.js, Node.js, Prisma, Moralis, Postgres, Alchemy, AWS
The starting point
Content creators struggle to build and monetise their communities, and there is no simple way to track and reward early supporters, who rarely get the credit they deserve.
A long-term partner, who had already launched several products with us, brought the idea for Flur: let creators turn content into collectible moments and sell editions at low unit cost, such as 1,000 NFTs at $1 each. We went into it as a joint venture, with one rule: build and launch fast, in iterations of no more than a few weeks.
What we built
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Iteration 1 in three weeks: claims through a retweet.
Web2 users claimed collectibles through Twitter’s retweet mechanism, with no wallet, no gas fees and no crypto concepts. The NFT was minted behind the scenes, tied to their Twitter account, and could move to a wallet whenever they chose.
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A collection of their own for every creator.
The Collection Factory contract deploys a new ERC-1155 collection on Polygon whenever a creator joins, with its own name, image and description, so collectibles trade on any NFT marketplace, OpenSea and Rarible included.
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Iteration 2 in five weeks: donations instead of retweets.
Feedback after launch showed anyone could claim, fan or not, and Twitter’s API pricing change made retweeting unsustainable. Claims now take a crypto donation: one NFT for every dollar donated, sent straight to the supporter’s wallet.
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Payments on two chains.
ETH on Ethereum, and DUST, wETH, MATIC and USDC on Polygon, so supporters pay in what they already hold.
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Onboarding in minutes.
Creators join by invitation code and sign in with Twitter, then launch a collectible by setting its image, name and description and sharing a claim link on any channel they like.
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A business model for both sides.
Each collectible stays open for 24 hours with unlimited supply, and a configurable platform fee, set at 10%, is taken on each donation.
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Supporters are not tied to one platform.
Collected NFTs show in the supporter’s Flur account and on any NFT marketplace, which decouples supporters from the platforms where creators publish their content.
Before and after
| Iteration 1 | Iteration 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Who could claim | Anyone who retweeted, fan or not | Supporters who donate to the creator |
| How a claim worked | Retweet a claim link; an NFT is minted to their Twitter account | Connect a wallet and donate; one NFT per dollar, straight to the wallet |
| Reliance on Twitter | Launch and claim both ran on retweets | Sign-in only; creators share the claim link anywhere |
| Business model | None for the creator or the platform | A configurable 10% platform fee on each donation |
Both MVPs, the backend and upgradeable smart contracts were built and launched within eight weeks by two developers and a delivery manager.
What made you happiestworking with us?
"I've worked with a lot of people who can follow a scope of work but not improvise. Bushido is different. Bushido has so much collective knowledge that they can anticipate challenges I can't see, integrate them from before any code is written, and ultimately save time and money."
Jacob. S.
CEO of Flur.xyz
Questions people ask about Flur.
How quickly did Flur ship?
Two iterations: three weeks for the first and five weeks for the second, with two developers and one delivery manager.
How do creators get onboarded?
In minutes. Bushido built custom invitation codes and a sign-up flow integrated with the Twitter API, so a creator can go from invite to publishing without a manual setup call.
Why put creator support on-chain at all?
Because it decouples the supporter relationship from the platform the creator publishes on. The collectible is held by the supporter rather than recorded in one company's database, and crypto donations become a first-class way to back a creator.
Yours is next.
Same team, sharper tools. Tell us where you are and we will tell you what it takes — scope, shape and a timeline we would actually hold ourselves to — on a 30-minute call with an engineer.