01 / Gathering the flock
The website, Discord and social channels brought the first Duckz together. A community built around hand-drawn art, good company and a shared purpose.
THE BEGINNING
Explore the original map. Hover or tap a number to discover its story. On mobile, swipe across the islands.

The website, Discord and social channels brought the first Duckz together. A community built around hand-drawn art, good company and a shared purpose.
THE BEGINNINGThe first sale introduced the Genesis collection: 2,000 Rubber Duckz, each drawn individually by hand. Every Duck an original.
JANUARY 16, 2022The original plan reserved 50 Duckz for early supporters and the team, plus 50 for community giveaways. Raffles, games and rewards were part of gathering the flock.
ORIGINAL ALLOCATIONThe team announced a $50,000 donation to Boston Children’s Hospital on February 15, 2022. The hospital’s thank-you letter recognizes the community’s support in Alice’s memory.
IN ALICE’S MEMORYA place for the flock to gather beyond the collection. The original plan imagined a virtual hangout, a game and a museum for the community’s art. The original roadmap marked virtual land as complete, while the broader metaverse experience remained work in progress.
ORIGINAL VISIONHoodies, caps, T-shirts and the complete Genesis combo took the Duckz into everyday life. Produced and distributed by Arenoso Clothes, the original drop is sold out.
SOLD OUTThe flock reached the billboards of Times Square during NFT.NYC. Photographs and video in this community gallery preserve the flock’s New York moment.
NFT.NYC · JUNE 2022The illustrated map pictured a 2022 Quacky Game. It belonged to the project’s broader idea for games and a metaverse hangout, described as work in progress in the original website.
ORIGINAL VISIONThe map’s Roadmap building pointed toward another chapter for the flock. The project left room for its plans to grow with the community.
A NEXT CHAPTERThe map imagined a second collection and creative collaborations. BYORD made the collector part of the creative process: Build Your Own Rubber Duck. Its maximum on-chain supply is 5,000; holders hatched 569 custom Duckz from nine categories of illustrated traits.
BYORD · JUNE 2022Five years later, as the noise faded and empty promises fell away, we returned when no one expected us. We came back to rebuild our castle, our project and our community — with the same heart and a renewed purpose.
THE RETURNThe map pictured a Christie’s auction house, expressing an ambition to take the Duckz into the wider art world. This illustration represents that original aspiration.
ORIGINAL VISIONHistorical milestones are preserved here as described by the original website and recovered project archive. They are not new promises, active claims or a new mint schedule.
The original art. The city lights. A new way to create. Chapters that brought the flock together.
On January 16, 2022, all 2,000 Rubber Duckz sold out in the public mint in just 12 minutes. Each token minted for 0.09 ETH, approximately US$300 at the time. Individually drawn by hand. Every Duck, a one-of-one.
Explore the originals ↗The team announced a $50,000 donation to Boston Children’s Hospital, carrying forward Alice’s spirit of helping children and their families.
The collection’s floor price reached 1 ETH — approximately $3,061 at the exchange rate at that time. A moment celebrated by the flock.
Rubber Duckz appeared on the Times Square and Broadway billboards during NFT.NYC.
BYORD launched as a free claim for Rubber Duckz holders, inviting the community to create their own Duck with original illustrated traits.
Meet ByORD ↗Quiet pond. Familiar quack. Something is stirring.