JED TALK🎙️ | The IMPACT of UNVAULT with Co-Founder Aaron Haber

Host: Jed (@jed_131) with co-hosts Lyss (@Lysss302) and Tim (@tim_8093) · Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 · Duration: 2:08:39 · ~12 active speakers

TL;DR

• Aaron Haber (@AaronHaber) walked the room through Unvault, an omnichain NFT platform that lets a single collection live on eight blockchains at once — no burning, no wrapping, no migrating — plus its royalty-enforcing marketplace and the Divot rewards mechanism.
• The headline mechanics: unvaulting a token between chains costs 69 cents, collections pay 1,000 USDC to onboard pre-launch (1 ETH after), and the platform fully enforces royalties, which fund the Divot pool that pays holders.
• Genesis Bugs got its own deep dive: a free (0.0 ETH) mint, art by Molly / Red Goat Queen, ERC-6551 "shell" wallets, and a mint supply of 5,000 (collection actually 6,250, with 1,250 seeding the AMM). Bug holders mint first on participating launches and are eligible for minter's bonuses.
• Mint timing: pending final audit sign-off from OX Quit — Aaron targeted end of this week to early/mid next week, with Bugs minting ~24–48 hours after Unvault opens.
• A long, warm closing stretch turned into regens/DeStefano's Steakhouse talk, running steak jokes, and Tim's origin story as a first-time co-host.

Highlights

[11:40] The new "layer." Lyss framed the night as the next chapter for the regens, teasing the day's regions announcement and the Unvault reveal. Tim (@tim_8093), stunned to be handed co-host, admitted "that's a lot of power for one guy" [11:40] and kicked off his questions.

[14:37] Why Unvault exists. Aaron traced NFT royalties from Beeple's Clubhouse story ($6M resale, $660K royalty) through the marketplace royalty wars, landing on his thesis: "getting 95% of a hundred thousand dollar sale" beats 100% of a hundred-dollar one. He argued royalties belong back in the space and that collections matter more than the chains they mint on.

[22:25] "No NFTs are harmed in the unvaulting." Prompted by Jed relaying a live worry that tokens get burned, Aaron explained the mechanic: eight independent NFTs exist across chains, and moving one simply vaults the origin token in escrow and releases its counterpart elsewhere — same art, same token ID, just a different chain badge in the corner.

[40:22] The free mint reveal. Aaron confirmed Genesis Bugs mints at 0.0 ETH — "I hate free mints," he added, before explaining a rewards program legally can't charge — and delivered the line the room latched onto: "We're not in a bull market anymore… we're in a stock market."

[41:19] Tim's mint plan. Riffing on the "stock market" bit, Tim deadpanned that he was "about to floor my board ape so I could make sure I could mint and sweep" — the running joke of the night being Tim floor-buying to fund every new thing.

[52:18] Slick Ric on the separation factor. SLICK RIC (@richj530) asked what truly separates Unvault from copycats. Aaron's answer: "the best damn international patent attorneys in the world" — the Divot, Unvault, minter's bonus and unified collection view are all internationally patent-pending.

[1:02:44] Genesis Bugs, Molly, and the 6551 shells. Aaron praised artist Molly (Red Goat Queen), noting she over-delivered on traits ("Molly, we have like 75,000 traits now, can you please stop?"), and explained the ERC-6551 "shells" — wallets that hold whitelisted assets like minter's bonuses, RWAs, or wearables.

[1:15:55] "When did you become the host?" Jed busted Tim's chops for spending his co-host powers answering his own Bugs questions. Tim's reply: "That's exactly what I told you I'd do if you made me a co-host."

[1:16:22] Jroc3D on the little guys. Jroc3D (@JusCrypto88), 10 minutes late to work to be there, asked what Unvault means for four-year grinders "screaming into the void." Aaron: "I am you… it's time to stop working for nothing." Jed added the practical angle — collections can steer their Divot toward whichever chain has volume (Robinhood, Solana, BNB) instead of sitting sidelined.

[1:35:00] Squiddy's fisting bit. SQUIDDY (@SquiddyNFT) delivered the room's biggest comic beat, working his "fister" NFT into a heartfelt-then-absurd riff — "a fisting is a sign of togetherness, respect" — after Jed put him on a mock "no-fly list" for the steakhouse.

[2:04:44] The steak that almost got away. Tim recounted nearly walking out of DeStefano's before eating, prompting Jed to chase him down the block: "You're having this goddamn steak." Money Miller (@ItsMoneyMiller) capped the restaurant love with a "six stars out of five."

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• "You know what's better than getting like a hundred percent of like a hundred dollar sale? Getting 95% of a hundred thousand dollar sale." — Aaron Haber [17:55]
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• "Is it like a fucking Star Trek teleporter? No, it is just that there are eight NFTs… no NFTs are harmed in the unvaulting." — Aaron Haber [24:02]
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• "We're not in a bull market anymore. We're not in a bear market anymore. We're in a stock market." — Aaron Haber [40:24]
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• "When did you become the host? I gave you a co-host chance and you used it to answer all your own questions." — Jed [1:15:55]
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• "A fisting is a sign of togetherness, respect. It opens each other up a little bit." — SQUIDDY [1:35:30]
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• "That was more nice things you said about me than 290 consecutive daily spaces and one rip." — Jed [1:47:40]
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Who said what

• Jed (@jed_131) — host. Framed Unvault as the evolution of NFTs (not a meta), vouched hard for Aaron and Ernest as day-one builders, and pointed listeners to the first-phase project list in the purple pill.
• Aaron Haber (@AaronHaber) — guest, Unvault co-founder. Carried the technical and philosophical load: royalties, the Divot, omnichain mechanics, Genesis Bugs, minter's bonuses, onboarding costs, and mint timing.
• Tim (@tim_8093) — first-time co-host. Ran point on Bugs questions (Molly, 6551, mint date), provided the night's running steak-and-sweep gags, and shared his regen origin story.
• Lyss (@Lysss302) — co-host. Kept the room oriented to the Unvault page, and closed with an extended message on Jed's vision, the regens' long-term build, and DeStefano's as the IRL hub.
• SLICK RIC (@richj530) — speaker. Asked the "separation factor" question and delivered a heartfelt closing on resilience and real relationships.
• Jroc3D (@JusCrypto88) — speaker. Spoke for the four-year "little guy" projects looking at Unvault as a lifeline.
• Money Miller (@ItsMoneyMiller) — speaker. Flagged a real compliance landmine — GDPR/CCPA hard-delete requests — as friendly advice for Unvault's roadmap.
• SQUIDDY (@SquiddyNFT) — speaker. Comic MVP with the fister bit and bookmark-baddie plug; also a genuine note on authenticity and building with people you know.
• MainNetThanos (@Maximill15) — speaker. Asked about onboarding an existing/mid-mint project and fee structures.
• ANTI (@AntiOnChain) — speaker. Asked whether inscription-style NFTs/ordinals are supported (not at launch, but possible later).
• Big Rugg (@ChiefNeckbone_) — speaker. Asked what a partnership and migration look like, and about already-royalty-enforced contracts.
• DaFameless (@DaFameless) & Chicken Wizard (@ChickenWizardX) — speakers. Both closed bullish; Chicken noted he bought a Skelly Friends just for a better Bugs mint shot.

Worth a full listen

• [14:37]–[25:02] — the core mechanics. Aaron's royalty history and the "eight NFTs, nothing burns" explanation are the clearest primer on what Unvault actually does; a summary can't match hearing him walk the escrow/unvault flow step by step.
• [1:16:22]–[1:24:44] — Jroc3D and the trenches. A genuinely moving exchange about what omnichain distribution and the Divot mean for small, long-running projects, with Jed layering on the "follow the volume" strategy.
• [2:04:09]–[2:07:00] — the steakhouse coda. The steak stories, Tim's near-walkout, and the roll call of cross-community connections (regens ↔ apes ↔ Quirkies ↔ Pudgy) capture the room's warmth better than any paraphrase.