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This is the part where I tell you that Spice DAO is a crypto hustle (there were shenanigans going on with the auction itself that you can read more about on Buzzfeed), using preservation of the book as a lovely excuse for selling $SPICE tokens to people whose only return—aside from the speculative-driven “value” of the token itself—will be a chance to vote on what actually happens with the book.

Which won’t be much, because they can’t sell everyone on making it public, because it already is. The book was scanned and photographed in 2021, and is available for everyone to read and enjoy right now, without the need to spend millions at auction or contribute to a crypto scam (UPDATE: I’ve since been told this existing upload doesn’t include every single page, so maybe there’s some small good that can come of this). And the “original animated series” pitch is even dumber, because if it’s too close to Herbert’s story and/or Jodorowsky’s vision, they’ll be shut down by lawyers. They only bought a copy of a book, not the rights to the project, and if it’s only loosely based on it then why did they need to buy the book?

Leaving the team with...a copy of the book. Good luck voting on who gets to keep it at their house on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, guys.