TL;DR

Value is a shared illusion. Communities make it real. The Tea Community Sale is your chance to join as a co-owner of the open source economy for the AI era. We’re selling 4% of the network at a discounted FDV, below institutional rounds, to reward early believers. Registration, rankings, testnets, and adoption all prove the community is ready. KYC will be required, the sale will move quickly—this is your moment to be early.

Value Is a Shared Illusion

All value is a shared illusion.

The dollar, gold, stocks, Bitcoin—none of them have intrinsic worth beyond what communities agree to believe. Economies are built on collective belief. Shared vision. Shared trust.

The same is true for crypto. And as trillions of cryptographic assets emerge, only those with real communities behind them will endure.

That’s why we’re launching the Tea Community Sale.

This is not just another token event. It’s the chance for our community—the builders, the believers, the traders, the developers who have tested our systems—to become co-owners of the open source economy for the AI era.

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Why Tea, Why Now?

We’ve spent years building. We launched the Assam testnet and then Sepolia testnet, both of which were among the most active Ethereum L2 testnets Alchemy has ever measured.

We saw:

• 16,000+ packages registered during testnet.
  
  
• Hundreds of top OSS packages achieving a teaRank that will matter at mainnet launch.
  
  
• 610,000 GitHub accounts connected to the platform.
  
  
• PKGX gaining traction with AI leaders like Hugging Face.
  
  

And we’re backed by a proven track record. The creator of Homebrew. Multi-time founders who have raised and built across Web2, Web3, and AI. A community that has shown up to test, push, and build.

Now it’s time to move from test to reality.

The community sale is your chance to stand alongside us as co-owners of the next great cryptographic utility—at a price meaningfully discounted to what our institutional investors paid.

What the Sale Means

The Tea Community Sale is about more than fundraising. It’s about proving belief.

• Discounted entry: 4% of the network is being sold to the community at a deeply discounted FDV, significantly below private investor rounds.
  
  
• Bottom-up distribution: This is not a whale-only game. It’s designed for developers, traders, and early believers who’ve stood with us. Larger participants will have to come directly to us at whales@tea.xyz.
  
  
• Signal to the market: This sale sends a clear message across Web3: our strength comes from the bottom up, from builders and believers, not just capital.
  
  

It’s the same story that powered Bitcoin, Ethereum, and every great crypto network: early communities define the future.

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Shared Belief, Shared Future

When I first entered this space, I made mistakes.

In 2010, I played with Bitcoin, ran nodes, but didn’t secure my keys. I thought I was late when I bought just under $100. I once had a massive buy order for Ethereum at $0.52 and refused to raise it to $0.56. With Solana, I bought under $3 but dismissed the CoinList sale.

There are always missed opportunities. Some of them worked out for me, but the lesson is the same: the assets that matter are the ones with real communities, real infrastructure, and real belief.

Tea is that next opportunity. The next great cryptographic utility for Web3 and beyond.

Because here’s the truth: open source powers everything. And as AI accelerates, the demand for transparent, auditable, and fairly rewarded software will only grow. The black-box model won’t survive in an era where engineers “vibe code” and AI stacks unknown dependencies.

Tea is the infrastructure to fix this. To fund open source. To verify software down to the commit. To build the Universal App Store for the AI era.

And belief in that future starts here—with this community sale.

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We Always Show Up

Every step of the way, the Tea community has delivered.

• Testnets: Assam, Sepolia, and Base all among the highest-transaction L2s Alchemy has measured.
  
  
• Registrations: Over 16,000 packages submitted.
  
  
• Ranking: Hundreds of critical open source packages now ranked in teaRank.
  
  
• Developers: More than 610,000 GitHub accounts connected.
  
  
• Adoption: PKGX starting to find real traction in AI workflows.
  
  

Every time we asked, you showed up. Every time we tested, you delivered.

This sale is the reward for that belief. And it’s the beginning of the next phase—moving from testing systems to co-owning the economy that will sustain open source for the AI era.

The Urgency of the Sale

This is the only time our community will have access at these pre-sale levels.

The community sale is priced meaningfully below what institutional investors paid in earlier rounds. It’s designed to reward early believers, not latecomers.

And it’s not just about price. It’s about timing. The announcement from our pre-sale partner is coming shortly. Once it’s live, you will need to act quickly.

We expect this sale to move fast.

Be Ready

Here’s what you need to do:

• KYC: Be prepared to complete a simple KYC process. The sale will be available in most jurisdictions where our community operates.
  
  
• Community members: This is your reward for standing with us. Don’t miss it. Have your address that you used during the KYC attestation process ready to plug into the buying form, this will be key to securing a slot during the sale.
  
  
• Whales: If you want a role at scale, contact whales@tea.xyz.
  
  
• Everyone: Follow us on X, watch your email, and be ready to move.
  
  

This is not just another token sale. This is the beginning of the open source economy for the AI era. The chance to be early, to hold, to build, to believe.

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🔥 The Tea Community Sale is your moment. Don’t look back wishing you had taken it. Be ready.

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