The BlueMan Field Guide.
Own it. Understand it. Keep it safe.

Start here · 3 min read

What is BlueMan?

BlueMan is the character at the heart of SuccessPictures, the illustration project that has been sharing hand-drawn ideas and “aha” moments with a community of hundreds of thousands of people since 2018.

The BlueMan NFT Collection turns that character into something a single person can own: 111,111 unique artworks, each one drawn by hand. No AI, no generator mixing random layers. They are released a few pieces every day over 11 years, as a free gift to the people who followed the journey from the start.

So what is the point?

Most NFT projects ask “what can I do with my NFT?”. BlueMan asks a different question: “What can I build with my BlueMan?” Your BlueMan can become the face of a clothing line, a children’s book, a café, a podcast, a sports club or your online identity. It is a character you own and build with, not a lottery ticket.

Read the full story on the main page →

Start here · 2 min read

What do you actually own?

An NFT is not a picture file sitting on your phone. It is a line in a public record that says: “BlueMan #29 belongs to wallet 0x7a…”. Everybody in the world can read that line, and nobody can change it except the owner of that wallet.

• The token is the proof of ownership. It lives on the Ethereum blockchain.
• The artwork is stored permanently on Arweave, a network built to keep files forever. Your token points to it.
• The rights: the BlueMan project gives the holder the right to build with their character, commercially too.

Blockchain basics · 3 min read

How a blockchain works

Picture a notebook that records who owns what. Now picture thousands of identical copies of that notebook, kept by computers all over the world. Every few seconds a new page (a “block”) is added, and every copy checks it before writing it down. Each page is sealed to the page before it, which is why it is called a chain.

What this means for you

• Nobody can fake your ownership. Not a website, not a scammer, not even the BlueMan team.
• There is no undo button. A transfer, once confirmed, cannot be reversed. There is no bank to call.
• Everything is public. Anyone can see which wallet owns which BlueMan. That is fine: seeing is not the same as touching.

Blockchain basics · 4 min read

Wallets, addresses and the Secret Recovery Phrase

A wallet such as MetaMask does not “contain” your BlueMan. Your BlueMan lives on the blockchain. The wallet holds the key that proves you are allowed to move it.

How to store your recovery phrase

• Write it on paper (or stamp it in metal) and keep it somewhere safe at home.
• Never as a photo, a screenshot, a note on your phone, an email or a cloud file.
• Never type it into a website, a form or a chat. MetaMask itself only asks for it when you restore a wallet.
• Never read it out on a call or show it during screen sharing.

Blockchain basics · 3 min read

Gas fees: what costs money and what doesn’t

Gas is a small fee paid in ETH to the network for writing something new into the shared record. Reading the record is free. Signing a message is free. Only actions that change ownership or permissions cost gas.

Blockchain basics · 2 min read

How to check your BlueMan yourself

You never have to trust a screenshot or a stranger. You can look up the truth in under a minute:

1. Open OpenSea by typing opensea.io yourself and open the official BlueMan collection.
2. Search your token number, for example 29. The page shows the current owner’s address.
3. Compare it with the address in your MetaMask (top of the app, starts with 0x). Same address: it is yours.

Want the raw record? This is the one and only official BlueMan contract on Ethereum:

A BlueMan from any other contract address is not a real BlueMan, however good it looks.

Security · 3 min read

The golden rules

Almost every stolen NFT is lost the same way: someone is rushed into clicking or signing something. These rules stop nearly all of it.

1. Your recovery phrase stays on paper. Nobody legitimate ever asks for it.
2. Type addresses yourself. Reach OpenSea and this site by typing opensea.io and blueman.io or using your own bookmark, never through a link in a DM, email or ad.
3. The team never DMs first. Real announcements are posted publicly on our official channels.
4. Read before you sign. If you do not understand what MetaMask is asking, press Reject. Rejecting is always safe.
5. Urgency is the scam. “Only 10 minutes left”, “your wallet will be frozen”, “claim now” are designed to stop you thinking.
6. Free money is never free. Unknown NFTs or tokens that appear in your wallet are bait. Do not try to sell or “claim” them.
7. Sell only on the marketplace. Never send your BlueMan first and wait for payment.
8. Nobody needs your screen. Never share your screen or install remote-support apps for “help”.

Security · 4 min read

Signatures vs. transactions: read before you click

MetaMask can ask you for two very different things:

Exactly what BlueMan will ask you to sign

First-time registration on the Radar needs no wallet connection and no signature at all. Only when a BlueMan is already registered and you want to take over its spot, we ask for one signature. It always looks like this:

• It shows your own wallet address and your token number.
• It is plain text and contains no price, no token amounts and no gas fee.
• If anything claiming to be BlueMan asks you to approve, pay, or sign something you cannot read, it is not us.

“No gas” does not automatically mean “safe”

Some signatures are free but still give away your NFTs, for example a hidden marketplace listing at a price of zero. Stop and press Reject if a signature request on a site you did not open yourself shows any of these:

• setApprovalForAll or “Allow access to all your NFTs”
• Permit, Permit2 or “spending cap”
• Seaport, “offer” and “consideration” lists (that is a sale order)
• Long unreadable code starting with 0x…
• Any amount, price or token list you did not expect
• “Switch to smart account”, “Upgrade account” or “Delegate” on a site you did not open for that (why this is so dangerous)

Security · 3 min read · New

“Upgrade your account”: the newest trick

Since an Ethereum update in 2025, a normal wallet can be turned into a “smart account”. Wallets use this for useful features, and MetaMask may offer it to you itself. Scammers use the same feature: with one signature you hand control of your whole wallet to their code. Not one NFT, not one token, everything, including whatever you receive later.

It usually looks harmless: a pop-up that says “Switch to smart account”, “Upgrade account”, “Enable batch transactions” or “Delegate”, often with no gas fee.

• Only accept an account upgrade inside the MetaMask app itself (Settings), never because a website asked for it.
• A website that only wants to verify you, give you a reward or show you a collection never needs to upgrade your account.
• If you already signed one on a strange site: treat the wallet as lost. Follow If something already went wrong and move everything to a new wallet.

Security · 5 min read

The most common scams, and how they look

Security · 3 min read · New

Someone sent me a free NFT. What now?

Sooner or later an NFT or token you never asked for shows up in your wallet. Often it looks like a voucher: “You won 2 ETH, claim at…”, “BlueMan holder reward” or “Trade this NFT for a rare one”.

Where the danger starts

The NFT is bait. Its picture or description sends you to a website. That website then asks you to connect your wallet and sign something to “claim”, “trade” or “verify”. That signature is what gives away the contents of your wallet: an approval for all your NFTs, a hidden sale, or an account upgrade that hands over everything.

What to do

• Ignore it. In MetaMask and on OpenSea you can hide it, so it stops bothering you.
• Don’t visit the link or scan the QR code in the picture.
• Don’t try to sell, send or “burn” it. Doing so can also ask you to approve something.
• Don’t believe a “BlueMan” logo on it. Anyone can make an NFT that looks like ours. A real BlueMan comes only from our contract address.

Security · 2 min read · New

Fake wallets and search ads

Many beginners search “MetaMask” on Google and click the first result. Scammers pay for exactly that spot. Their ad leads to a perfect copy of the MetaMask website, or to a fake app or browser extension that sends your recovery phrase straight to them the moment you type it in.

• Download MetaMask only from metamask.io, typed by hand, or from the official App Store / Google Play page whose developer is Consensys.
• Skip the ads at the top of search results when you look for any wallet, exchange or NFT site.
• A wallet app that asks you to import your existing recovery phrase right after installing deserves a second look: was it really the official app?
• Never install a “wallet update” or “security plugin” that someone sends you.

Security · 4 min read · New

Risks inside our own community

BlueMan is built around trust, and most people you meet here are exactly who they seem. That trust is also what makes a community attractive to scammers. The most convincing scam does not come from a stranger. It comes from someone who is “one of us”, or looks like it.

“Only for BlueMan holders” is not a safety label

Holders are free to build things with their BlueMan, and we love that. It also means anyone can start a “BlueMan” club, group, game, investment circle or token, and use our artwork while doing it. A project being exclusive to holders tells you nothing about whether it is honest. It can even be the hook: scammers know holders own something valuable.

Warning signs, even from people you know

• You must send your BlueMan (or ETH) to a person’s wallet to “stake”, “lock”, “register” or “join the pool”.
• “Verify you are a holder” asks for more than a plain-text signature, or asks for gas.
• A guaranteed return, a doubling, or “early members earn the most”.
• Pressure: limited spots, a deadline tonight, “don’t tell the others yet”.
• A well-known member suddenly DMs you with an opportunity. Accounts get hacked and copied, with the same name and picture.
• Nobody behind it is willing to be named, or questions in the group get deleted.

Before you join anything

1. Check if it is official. Official BlueMan projects are announced on our official channels. If it is not there, it is a community project, which can be great, but it is not ours.
2. Ask in public. Post the question in the open group, not in DMs. Honest projects welcome questions; scams avoid daylight.
3. Keep your BlueMan in your own wallet. Holder perks can be checked from your public address, exactly like our Radar does. Nothing legitimate needs your NFT in someone else’s wallet.
4. Use a separate wallet for trying new community sites (see vault wallet).

Security · Practice

Practice: safe or scam?

Read each situation, decide, then tap to see the answer.

Security · 3 min read

If something already went wrong

Act fast, but stay calm. Do these in order:

1. Stop interacting. Close the site. Do not sign or approve anything else.
2. Remove permissions you gave. Check your wallet on revoke.cash or the Etherscan Token Approval Checker and revoke anything you do not recognise. Revoking costs a little gas.
3. If you typed or showed your recovery phrase anywhere: that wallet is lost for good. Create a brand-new wallet with a new phrase and move everything that is left right away.
4. Tell the community through the official channels, so others are warned about the same trick.
5. Report it to the police and keep the scammer’s address, links and messages as evidence.

Security · 2 min read

Level up: hardware wallet and a vault wallet

Once you feel comfortable, two habits make you much harder to rob:

• A hardware wallet (for example Ledger or Trezor) keeps your key on a small device. Nothing moves without pressing a physical button, so a hacked computer alone is not enough.
• Two wallets: a vault that holds your BlueMan and never connects to new sites, and an everyday wallet for trying things out. If the everyday wallet gets tricked, your BlueMan is not in it.

Selling · 3 min read

How selling works on OpenSea

1. Type opensea.io yourself and connect MetaMask. Check the address bar.
2. Open your profile, choose your BlueMan and press List for sale.
3. Set your price and duration. OpenSea shows the fees and exactly what you will receive before you confirm.
4. First time only: MetaMask asks to approve the BlueMan collection for OpenSea. This is a one-time transaction with gas, and it is normal only on opensea.io.
5. Sign the listing. Free. Check the price in MetaMask matches what you typed.

When someone buys, the BlueMan and the payment swap in a single step. You do not need to do anything else.

Selling · 2 min read

Accepting offers safely

• Check offers only inside OpenSea, never through an email or DM link.
• Offers are usually in WETH (wrapped ETH, worth the same as ETH). That is normal.
• Before you confirm, read the amount in MetaMask. It should match the offer, minus the fees OpenSea showed.
• Accepting an offer is a transaction, so it costs gas.
• Be careful with offers far below what you expect. One wrong click and the sale is final.

Selling · 2 min read

Never sell outside the marketplace

The marketplace protects both sides because the NFT and the money swap at the same moment. Outside it, someone has to go first, and that someone always loses.

• “Send it first, I will pay by bank transfer / PayPal / crypto.”
• “Use my escrow service.” (It is their own website.)
• “Pay a small verification fee and then I can release the money.”
• “My payment is stuck, please sign this to unlock it.”

A serious buyer can simply make an offer on OpenSea.

Selling · 1 min read

After the sale

• Your pin on the Global Map is marked Owner changed. The new owner can place their own pin through Verification.
• The artwork and the right to build with that BlueMan now belong to the buyer.
• Selling for profit may be taxable where you live. Keep a note of the date and price, and check your local rules.