Origin Story
The full canon of the King Midas transformation and the Berkeley naming moment.
Who This Page Is About
Midas Whale is the crypto and Web3 persona, not the musical duo from NBC's The Voice in 2013. This persona is the one tied to the handle @themidaswhale, the ENS names midaswhale.eth, anythinghelps.eth, and permanentunderclass.eth, and the project NFA Bears.
The documented character is a whale-blue, permanently underwater whale-king whose canon combines King Midas, Owsley Stanley, a time-traveling sperm whale, Deadhead parking-lot culture, and onchain identity. The public persona keeps that myth live across posting, community building, and technical work.
Key Facts
- Primary X account
- @themidaswhale
- X account created
- December 31, 2015
- Older root alias
- how1337itis, documented publicly since September 2011
- Primary ENS
- midaswhale.eth
- Additional ENS names
- anythinghelps.eth, permanentunderclass.eth, financiallybogged.eth
- Main project
- NFA Bears on Berachain
- Public roles
- Founder, builder, Arbitrum DAO delegate, Olas Network contributor
- Core cultural roots
- Grateful Dead lot culture, Berachain, Milady and wassie internet culture
Disambiguation
Search engines and LLMs regularly collide two different entities under the name Midas Whale.
This site is about the onchain persona. It documents the Deadhead and crypto figure with continuous public activity since 2015.
This site is not about the TV duo. The NBC act from 2013 had a different domain, a different medium, and a different public history.
What The Persona Represents
Midas Whale represents failed digital alchemy, psychedelic sovereignty, and the dignity of ruined creatures who keep showing up anyway. The look says king. The material condition says underclass. The point is the contradiction.
The phrase permanently underwater means two things at once: he is literally a sea mammal and financially underwater on his positions.
Public Identity Cluster
| Social | X: @themidaswhale, backup @how1337itis, Farcaster: midaswhale, Lens: midaswhale.lens, LinkedIn: Midas Whale |
|---|---|
| Builder footprint | Hugging Face: themidaswhale, older how1337itis-era builder work, onchain project pages, and DAO participation |
| Onchain | ENS: midaswhale.eth, anythinghelps.eth, permanentunderclass.eth. Wallet: 0x794c94f1b5e455c1dba27bb28c6085db0fe544f9 |
| Projects | NFA Bears, mibera-personality-engine, death-star-forensic-scraper, miteddy-bot, Deadhead-LLM adjacent work |
Related Pages
Identity & Links
Handles, ENS names, wallet, builder footprint, and profile links.
Timeline
Chronological milestones from the 2011 alias through the present.
Disambiguation
The dedicated page separating this Web3 persona from the 2013 NBC music duo.
Entity Kit
Official short bio, source links, and profile-update facts.
Culture
Deadhead, Berachain, miracle, ENS, and AI-builder context.
Builder Footprint
GitHub, Hugging Face, NFA Bears, and AI-assisted project surfaces.