About
In the futuristic cyberpunk city of Neo-Veridia, where neon lights reflected in puddles of acid rain and the air quivered with data, no one remembered what a real ladybug looked like. Those little red beetles had disappeared long ago, swallowed up by the ecological disasters and genetic modifications that had plowed through the planet. All that remained of them was a myth and… a symbol.
The ladybug symbol – a delicate six-dotted red background – has become paradoxically ubiquitous. Ironically, in a world dominated by technology, it is the icon of an extinct natural being that has begun to adorn implant chips. These small, ceramic implants, the size of a grain of rice, were placed in the Hegu LI4 point on the palm – a strategic location according to ancient acupuncture, now transformed into a neural interface.
The story of the “Ladybug” token begins in the dark alleys of the Shadow District, where a loner known as Glitch worked in a makeshift laboratory hidden behind the facade of an illegal VR arcade. Glitch was a digital nomad, hacker, and artist all in one, steeped in nostalgia for the nature he had never experienced.
Legend had it that Glitch had been raised in an enclave that had briefly resisted technological absorption—an ecological commune somewhere on the outskirts of Neo-Veridia. There, his grandfather, a wrinkled old man with eyes full of memories, had told him stories of ladybugs—“little flying jewels that brought happiness and protected gardens.” These tales, in the din and smog of the metropolis, sounded like a fairy tale, an echo from a lost paradise.
When Glitch lost his grandfather and the enclave was finally absorbed by the city-behemoth, he decided that the memory of ladybugs could not die. Inspired by the legends and fueled by a rebellion against the sterile, technological reality, Glitch began his project. He knew that in Neo-Veridia everything revolved around tokens and chips. The implants at Hegu LI4 were the gateway to the digital world - the key to communication, payments, access to information. It was there, at the point of connection between the body and the network, that he decided to implant the symbol of the ladybug. Glitch created the "Ladybug" token - a cryptocurrency with a limited circulation, designed not for corporate speculation, but for grassroots, human exchange. Its goal was not to get rich, but to restore values that had been forgotten: community, solidarity, and above all - the memory of nature.
The “Ladybug” token was linked to a chip implant. It was no ordinary identification chip. The “Ladybug” implant acted as a digital wallet, but also as a unique identifier in the P2P network created by Glitch – a network outside the supervision of corporations and the state. A network that was supposed to connect people who thought alike, valued freedom and remembered the lost world. The ladybug symbol on the chip was supposed to be a sign of recognition, a subtle manifesto. For most residents of Neo-Veridia, it was simply a fashionable design, a “retro-futuristic” gadget that fit the cyberpunk aesthetic. Corporations quickly caught on to the trend, mass-producing ladybug chips, seeing it as another way to monetize nostalgia. But for those in the know – for those initiated into the idea of Glitch – the ladybug on the hand was something more. It was a symbol of rebellion, a sign of belonging to a community of dreamers who remembered the green of trees, the birdsong, and the small red beetles that once ran across the leaves, bringing happiness. At Hegu LI4, the “Ladybug” chip pulsed beneath the skin, a quiet whisper in the noisy city, a reminder of what had been lost and what was worth saving – the delicate, forgotten ladybug and the hope that its symbol would once again herald rebirth.
Imagine the Ladybug implant as a tiny chip, no larger than a grain of rice. Its body is made primarily of gold, giving it a subtle, luxurious look. Delicate red wings are placed on the gold body, giving it the distinctive look of a ladybug. This miniature chip is designed to be placed in the HEGU Li4 point, located between the thumb and forefinger. The ladybug itself is the central chip of the implant. From it, thin, barely visible paths extend directly into the skin, integrating the implant with the body.
