Biggest mint of the year and
#Solana
is cruising along at ~3-4k TPS. Major congrats to the core devs for addressing the network congestion issues we've seen with past drops.
#SolanaNFTs
are one of the fastest growing markets in history. This week, we passed $3 billion in total GMV facilitated by the 12.5 million NFTs minted with
@metaplex
. Well done fam 📈
1/ Something I'd love to see come out of
#Solana
Ignition hackathon is a lottery system for NFT drops. It could give anyone the ability to participate regardless of time zones or commitments and would mitigate the impact of front-running and bots.
Solana Labs is hiring its first in-house designer! Join our growing team and play a key role in showing the world what happens when world-class UX meets sub-second finality 🔥
Key insights.. 1/ the community is ready. The future NFT economy will include multiple asset classes, some of which hard enforce royalties at the protocol level.
To the more than 600 brains who joined our spaces tonight THANK YOU for such an insightful convo and WE’RE SORRY the plug got pulled mid comment! Guess there is a limit on hour 6 😏
Closing thoughts from
@meta_hess
momentarily 🤝
The collabs and cross-community support between NFT projects on
#Solana
has been amazing to see. WAGMI. Apes, athletes, llamas, photographers, kaijus, monkeys, pixel dudes, badgers and all.
Any visual artists out there interested in freelancing on
#Solana
NFT projects? Would love to connect. We’re getting an insane amount of inbound from
#NFT
projects that are looking for creative support.
I am Tensorian⚡️🦾
Big congrats
@_ilmoi
@0xrwu
@KRTrades_
and the entire
@tensor_hq
team. From cNFTs to royalties to lighting up Core in a land speed record, you can always count on Tensor to double down on Solana NFTs when it matters most. Higher.
@Bitdealer_
- More Rust and Solana devs
- Open source
@unity3d
and
@UnrealEngine
libraries
- More stake pools w/ DeFi for pool tokens
- Mobile apps/wallets
- More DAOs
- Apps gated by NFTs
- No/low code analytics tools
- Token management programs
- Enterprise services for NFTs and tokens
.
@metaplex
is..
the base layer for
#SolanaNFTs
a decentralized commerce protocol
building the physics of the metaverse
but more importantly, we exist to empower independent creators and developers. That's our heartbeat and always will be.
@EricG1247
Funny watching Republicans learn what free markets are all about in real-time .. and how none of them seem to understand the 1st amendment either.
Working at
@solana
, I've started to see "decentralizing big tech" as part of the mission. Could we build a mega corp with tons of hierarchy? Sure but why? More interesting to design how independent teams can be empowered and connected to capital, customers and market incentives.
@tofushit888
@MetaplexFndn
@y00tsNFT
@0xPolygon
Obviously bummed to see the news but will never blame or FUD a creator for doing what they think is right for their project.
@frankdegods
and
@kevindegods
will always be Solana NFT OGs imo and genuinely hope the collections continue to grow and thrive on w/e path they take them.
Sincere thanks to everyone who reached out and engaged with us on this over the last couple days. We won't get everything right the first time but committed to iterating until we do.
1/ We appreciate the community’s feedback around the Token Metadata immutability plan and have a few updates:
- No fees on Update, Verify, Freeze & Thaw (fee will only be on Create)
- Fees will be adjusted if SOL dramatically increases
More thoughts on community feedback 👇🧵
The craziest part of this is the TAM. At least $2 trillion for USD alone. The winning network(s) will have low fees, high throughput, great on/off ramps, mature DeFi applications, airtight censorship resistance and repeatable playbooks for new providers.
@beeple
Hi Mike, I want to sincerely apologize here. This was the result of a miscommunication between the orgs involved, but these were my words in the keynote, so I should have confirmed the consent, directly with you, of what was announced. (1/3)
Solana isn't going to continue its breakout velocity by convincing a bunch of maxis to switch over. It'll do it by breaking fully out of the crypto bubble and CT.
The first "democratized" marketplace. FOH. Closed source, anon founders, NFTs are escrowed and rips off creators by not paying royalties. If you're going to be shady, at least don't insult the community by trying to pretend this is some sort of moral stand.
Grateful for the builders. Less than a year ago, we could fit the entire ecosystem in a single graphic. Now we're headed to outer orbit and there's no slowing down.
🚀🪐
(6/7) Moving forward, we will be re-focusing our efforts on a few key initiatives: Royalty Enforcement, Creator Studio, Fusion, Compression and continued improvement of dev tools and SDKs.
(5/7) These former team members are truly exceptional, which made this decision even more challenging. If you see “Metaplex Studios” on a resume, I highly encourage you to give this person your consideration.
2/ You buy a ticket, which effectively locks up your funds. At the drop time, the winners get selected randomly and sent an NFT. Everyone else gets refunded and/or sent some type of participation NFT.
@tofushit888
@MetaplexFndn
@y00tsNFT
@0xPolygon
👋 we partnered with y00ts to roll out Candy Machine v3. We thought it was a great way to showcase the candy gaurd system bc you need an NFT (t00b) to mint which is pretty unique. We don’t typically charge projects when we’re collabing on rolling out new products together.
A gm gratitude for
@Austin_Federa
. We've had more than a few fires this last year, and Austin is the best operator I've ever seen in a crisis. Few I'd rather see across the Zoom when the heat is on. Appreciate you 👑
(7/7) Through the ups and downs, we are committed to advancing our mission of empowering creators and grateful every day for the opportunity to continue serving the Solana community as we move ahead.
Yesterday we announced Core, the digital asset standard of the future. We can't wait for developers, creators and collectors to start enjoying its benefits.
They're still NFTs. But what makes them different? Let's dive in 👇
1/ Welcome to the future of digital asset ownership!
Metaplex is proud to present Core, the next-generation standard for NFTs on Solana.
Core is now LIVE on Devnet 🦾
Let's dive in 👇
Rug pulls on successful NFT drops are perplexing because the community you created (and now destroyed) was 10x more valuable than the NFTs you sold. And working with a community you care about is 100x more fun than scamming people.
@earlyishadopter
@metaplex
@SolanaFndn
Can say confidently we’re not going anywhere. TM immutability is moving along quickly as well and will completely decentralize the standard so it can never be censored or disrupted.
(4/7) We are deeply grateful for the contributions of everyone impacted by this change, and it will be my top priority to help these former team members quickly find new roles in the ecosystem, while pushing ahead on critical path work.
(3/7) While our treasury wasn’t directly impacted by the collapse of FTX and our fundamentals remain strong, the indirect impact on the market is significant and requires that we take a more conservative approach moving forward.
The new
@metaplex
Digital Asset Standard gives creators the ability to hard enforce the collection of royalties. TBH I didn’t think this would be needed so soon but bear markets bring out the worst in people it seems and we’ll never stop fighting for creators and the ecosystem.
The value of
#NFTs
has proven itself in art & collectibles, but their potential beyond that is limitless. To unlock their abilities across other industries, we’re issuing a request for comment on a spec that sets the vision for a new Digital Asset Standard
(2/7) Since Metaplex is the base layer of the Solana NFT ecosystem, it’s our core responsibility to ensure the long term sustainability of the protocol for the benefit of the community.
@beeple
You're an incredible artist and human and single handedly pushed the digital art space lightyears forward. I’m sorry for the confusion I caused here for you, your fans, and community. (2/3)