aura farming is cringe
*smiling mysteriously*
a complete guide to aura farming onchain
for those who long to be both respected and feared
the most valuable asset in crypto isn’t bitcoin, or alpha, or even vc backing, it’s aura. not charisma. not competence. aura. the ineffable energy field that determines whether people treat your 14-like shitpost as prophetic gospel, or block you for war crimes against syntax.
aura is not earned. it is summoned. conjured from vibes, semiotic tension, and the strategic withholding of context. it is a performance art of the highest order: unpaid, unscheduled, and always online.
and yes, like everything else in this industry, it can be farmed.
step 1: establish the lore
start with your bio. be vague, powerful, and spiritually inaccessible. it must suggest depth, danger, and perhaps a mild flirtation with fraud.
✅“Building something weird.” ; “thermodynamics enjoyer” ; "american inventor" "psyops" "aspiring person" "tippy tappyist"
❌“DeFi degenerate 🤪🚀” ; Alpha caller ; Web3 generalist ; Experimental storyteller ; Investor & advisor
your pfp should evoke either cultural capital (punk, squiggle) or existential threat (remilia assets or derivative), as a last resort, the ai girl with glitch eyes will pass. real photos are for normies and tax filers. if you insist on a selfie, at least make sure you’re hot in a way that suggests you ghost with integrity.
step 2: speak in riddles
aura is not saying smart things. it is seeming like someone who could, but refuses to. It’s about being unverifiably adjacent to truth.
-don’t say “I’m bullish.” Say “The reflexivity is setting in.”
-don’t explain. Just allude. “Been watching this one quietly for months.”
-bonus points for citing research papers with more footnotes than followers.
-the goal is to sound like you sit at the intersection of several invisible forces.
step 3: master the strategic disappearance
-when the market is euphoric: post a grayscale image of an overpass in warsaw.
-when the market crashes: go silent and return with a quote from Kierkegaard.
aura is inversely correlated with availability. the most powerful people are either asleep, in berlin, or just sent one cryptic message to a group chat and vanished.
step 4: cloutfarming your oomfies and moots
aura is a network effect.
if a low-aura account posts “market looks good here,” no one cares. if someone with aura posts “🩸” … it’s a macro signal. get quote-tweeted by someone with cultural liquidity, and your aura score triples overnight. but beware: reply too fast, and you’ll look thirsty.
aura is earned through scarcity, not enthusiasm. observe the sacred law: you must never want it more than they do.
step 5: play the meta, then transcend It
the final form of aura farming is pretending you’re above it.
-say aura farming is cringe
-then aura farm perfectly
-smile mysteriously
this is the highest level of influence: being post-clout while still harvesting it aggressively in the background. true aura is self-aware, self-effacing, and quietly bloodthirsty.
advanced moves
-mention group chats you’re not supposed to mention
-call something “inevitable” without elaboration
-say “real ones know” to imply a secret
-use technical jargon to flirt
-have a public opinion about something no one has heard of
-admit you were wrong once, softly, to appear grounded
-if you ever tweet the word “aura,” it’s gone. That’s it. It flees the moment you acknowledge it.
you’ll know you’ve made it when:
-your quote tweets change market sentiment
-your DMs are 80% VCs and 20% incels asking to “jam” or “pick your brain”
-people thank you in spaces for “holding it down” even though you said nothing
but remember: the game is unwinnable.
aura is a performance with no intermission. a slow-drip hallucination. a consensual delusion between you and your followers. forever.
hope this helps. good luck out there.
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