Questions from the pod

Big Belugas is a collection of 100 one-of-one beluga NFTs by Raffi (@NftRaffi). Every beluga has its own name and its own little story.

It started in November 2025, when I got rugged in the trenches and my wallet said .012 SOL. 😭 Instead of logging off, I kept building. Belugas live in pods and survive the cold by sticking close, so that's the whole idea: surviving, and swimming together. Nobody swims alone.

100 total, #000 to #099, and every single one is a 1/1. No editions, no rarity tiers. You pick the one you love.

Where they go: 30 Founder Invites, 10 BB Invites and 60 Public Mint. Gifts like #000, and my own #013, come out of the Founder Invites. It's all in the Transparency box. Belugas move in silence.

• Generative neon line art. Most of the pod: one beluga, a big pile of accessories and glowing ocean worlds, remixed into one-of-ones by a generator I vibe-coded. 12 backgrounds, 11 neon palettes.
• Two hand-curated pieces: #000 “CZ The Builder” and #013 “The Condado Bad Boy”.
• A cute cartoon edition. Same belugas, softer water. The cartoon art is still in progress; you can see the drafts on the home page.

Browse all 100 in the gallery. Every beluga has its own page too, like #042.

Not decided yet. Current answer: [CHAIN]. The options:

• Solana: where I came from and where most of my people still are. Cheap mints, mature marketplaces.
• Robinhood Chain: a newer EVM chain (live since this summer) that OpenSea supports.
• Zcash: fits the free-internet, privacy-first ideals I care about most. To be straight with you: native private (shielded) NFTs aren't available on Zcash today. Zcash's NU7 upgrade doesn't add new transaction formats, so it doesn't bring them either. Zcash NFTs right now are Zerdinals inscriptions, with limited wallet and marketplace support. So any Zcash part would be inscriptions or a later side quest, not “shielded belugas”.
• A combo: mint on one chain, with something extra on another.

The chain reveal is on The Swim. More context in the Trenches Report.

• Mint date: [DATE]
• Public price: [PRICE]
• Invite price: [INVITE PRICE]
• Where: BigBelugas.com only.

Anything still in brackets isn't locked in yet. It gets filled in here the moment it is. Gifts and #013 aren't for sale.

DM @NftRaffi on X. Tell me which beluga you'd want, and why. A sentence is fine. A rugged story gets sympathy points. 😭

• 30 Founder Invites + 10 BB Invites. Real ones only: no bots, no farm accounts. I will check.
• Founder Invites are hand-picked: builders, artists, voices and the day-ones. Gifts come from here.
• BB Invites are for the pod. A few go out through the daily beluga guessing game and Spaces.
• Invite holders pick their beluga from the gallery before the public mint, first come, first served. Invite price: [INVITE PRICE]. Unclaimed invites roll into the public mint.

Gifts come out of the Founder Invites: 1/1s for builders, artists and voices who kept this space worth building in. Each one is themed for the person and revealed publicly.

• No unsolicited airdrops. I post the reveal and reply once: it's yours if you want it, no strings.
• If someone says no, or nothing happens in 30 days, that beluga goes back into the invite pool for someone else.
• Recipients aren't asked to post anything. It's “gifted to”, never “partnered with”. A gift doesn't mean anyone endorses Big Belugas.
• #000 “CZ The Builder” is a 1/1 gift for CZ. No endorsement by CZ or Binance is implied.

Honestly? A 1/1 beluga with its own name and story, and a spot in the pod. On top of that:

• First look at the next collection. Another one is already taking shape, and holders see it first. 👀
• Holder raffles after mint.

No promised returns, floor or “utility”. This is art. Not financial advice. Unsold pieces stay listed at the same price, no panic price cuts.

Yes: 35%, the BELUGA BITCH TAX. If you sell, we'll remember. HODL with honor. Swim with the pod.

Royalty enforcement depends on the marketplace. Some cap creator royalties lower or make them optional.

• The only official links are BigBelugas.com and @NftRaffi on X. The mint link lives on BigBelugas.com and nowhere else.
• I will never DM you first with a mint link, and I will never ask for your seed phrase or private key. Nobody legit will. If anyone DMs you asking for it, it's a scam. Block. 😭
• Watch for lookalike accounts (a “Raffi” with 3 extra letters) and lookalike domains.
• Gifts are never airdropped unsolicited, so a surprise “Big Belugas” airdrop or claim link isn't from me. Don't click it.

Just me, Raffi. Aspiring line artist and vibe-coder. I was a mod and collab manager around pump.fun and fomo before I got rugged. No team, no investors, about 110 followers, zero shortcuts. I built this site myself too.

I also make $350 brand kits for builders (DMs open), post on YouTube as @nftraffi (piano covers at @halfgufa), and post on TikTok as @nftraffi.

No. #013 “The Condado Bad Boy” is my own beluga: red gloves, gold chain, shades, shadowboxing the surf at Condado Beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He comes out of the Founder Invites and stays with me as my reminder that I didn't quit. 🥊