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2 years ago Community AMA #7 / February 21st
Wit: Hello everyone, shall we have a little chat? 😊
wrydais: Hello 👋
Roman: Hi Family, short update from my side.
Lots of stuff happened in the past 2 weeks. We have successfully launched the V2 on minted.vodka with complete feature parity. The only exception are the cocktails: The cocktail system will be improved any way, so it did not make sense porting the old system as long as we do not need it. There are quite a few improvements to be tackled, especially on the UI side. For example, sorting of search results. Those tasks will be done gradually over the next weeks as we progress. They are perfect for new devs, so I am keeping them exactly for that purpose.
Apart of the migration, we have streamlined the network onboarding process and added two additional chains: Callisto and Telos. Right now we are in talks to coordinate mutual marketing efforts and cooperation events. We are in contact with promising NFT projects on those chains to discuss collaborations. From technical side we now know that, indeed, adding new network to MintedVodka will take less than a day. While we could theoretically add dozens of additional networks in a very short time, we prefer doing it gradually in order to give enough thought and attention to marketing and collaborations with the newly added networks.
Over the past couple of days, I was streamlining our DevOps processes to make onboarding of new developers much easier. This week a new dev will join the effort to continue the work on MV Auctions. We will scale our efforts gradually over the next few months.
Meanwhile, I am working full-steam on minting right now. Not much to say, yet. March is still the target month to go live with minting. Preferably, ASAP!
I think that is all from my side for now!
Any question, shoot! 👍
Adam X: why the newly-added l2 chain not famous?
Roman: For testing of integration and the onboarding processes it made sense trying with smaller partners. They are also more eager to collaborate. We are in talks with bigger partners, however. But the processes are slower on their side, naturally
Adam X: ok
Roman: But the onboarded networks are very promising. Take callisto: it is about 30.000 cheaper than BSC
With blocks of 1 second. I am not sure if that is very scalable after a while, but right now it is blazing fast
Adam X: According my several years’ blockchain experience, transaction fees is not so important
Roman: We had game concepts in the past that we discarded because of high gas fees (even for BSC). Callisto could be a go-to network for such more complex game concepts in the future
Adam X: just like so many eth killer
because the network effect is the most important things
Roman: Oh well, it depends. If you have a game where you have to do hundreds of TXs a day and each costs you 2$, you will quickly notice the difference.
Wit: Oh, but they are important — especially in pure on-chain gaming (and other types of high-intensity apps). You cannot build more complex applications on high fees.
Adam X: yeah
Roman: Network effect play less of a role on a multi-chain environment. Everything moves in the direction of multi-chain. There will be node network to rule them all. Even BSC is working towards side-chains. It is the only way to scale
Adam X: actually I do not know these two new chains a lot. But when you talk about fully on-chain
Roman: To have dedicated chains for specific purposes
Adam X: I think nowadays jpg nft is bubble, I bet a on-chain nft future
when we talk about fully on-chain, what do you guys think about dfinity and arweave?
Wit: Ecosystems/EVM-chains fight for creators right now. Like in the early days of smartphones: the platform that has the most apps wins. It is similar in blockchain/web3 right now. The ecosystems that attract the most creators/developers win. We see Minted Vodka as a “DApp and NFT Magnet” for ecosystems — because of unique minting, trading & collaboration features. It makes sense for a chain to have such tools like MV to attract more creators, that is why we try to partner with several of them 😊👍🏼
We think that NFTs will go through several innovation cycles in the near future. We have already invented “software-NFTs” (see GameAce games). The market grows exponentially ($250MM 2020, $41B 2021, …) there is plenty of room for innovative services and features (like the ones offered on MV) to enter and grow with the market.
We are in very early stages of “digital assets” — this is just a beginning. And we are here to help shaping the future 🚀
Adam X: Does the team have enough usd to support all the expense for more than 3 years ? (I mean usd because in bear market, coins would devalue very quickly)
Wit: W are financed for this year and at least a part of the next year. So we keep building no matter what. Furthermore, we are currently in early talks with institutional investors to have a fundraising round — to secure additional funds for a longer runway and also to invest in growth (especially more developers and upgrading the business side — mostly marketing).
Our network has grown dramatically since the incubation — we are also in talks with many potential partners. Binance Labs constantly connects us with other projects and companies — we are getting huge support there.
Adam X: what is the plan to outperform opensea?
for two parts: 1. Why would not eth monopoly the market? 2. If the future is multi-chain, how MV outperform opensea
Wit: Look, OpenSea is the elephant in the room. They reach $5 billion monthly trading volume — there is certainly a long road to catch up. However, we do have features that will remain unmatched. Our team is small, but we are very flexible as is our technology.
1. we can onboard new chains much more quickly than others — we can cater niche chains, for example. 2. we have more innovative tools for trading, minting and collaborations. Just to name a few on the current immediate roadmap:
a) user NFT “shops” and user-launched “mystery boxes” b) game minting (+ hackathons, give access to NFT market to millions of indie game devs) c) layered minting (easy create auto-gen collections, like crypto punks, based on rarity tables) d) claimable NFTs e) user-launched farms (coins & NFTs) f) …
Roman:
f) user launched cocktails
Wit: we will start with niches (“smaller” chains, specific creators like game devs, etc.), targeted partnerships, and build the platform traffic. Through networking effect it will attract a broader audience.
Also, as I said, we are partnering with institutions that will help us to push the marketing & collaborations. So the idea is to attract creators and expand the exposure step-by-step
Finally, everything minted on MV is automatically multi-chain (on current and all future supported chains!). So as a a creator you do not have the risk of getting trapped with your NFT collection on a chain that is too expansive or may become irrelevant in the future.
NFTs minted on MV are multi-chain — they exist beyond the bounds of a single chain
Adam X:
okay
wrydais: At present, most users of NFTs are monopolized by the head market. Now some new NFT markets also attract traffic by airdropping their users. How can we attract these creators and users come to our platfom? Moreover, many current NFT games don’t have cross-chain requirements (maybe there is no such tool), but after we make it, do new projects and old projects have great demand for cross-chain? BTW, how safe is the cross-chain technology we use? Is the cross-chain cost attractive enough?
Roman: Well, cross-chain NFTs certainly open other possibilities, including in the GameFi space. There was no demand because there was noch technology that effectively could provided such a flexible bridge. As @witwit7 said above, our primary use-case right now is to give this flexibility and security so that creators are not tied to a certain chain.
The cross-chain technology is as safe as it can be. Everythin was, is and will be audited as we progress.
Regarding costs: they are set to cover the gas fees of the target network. They depend on where you want to bridge your NFTs to. To bridge to callisto, for example, you would pay about 0.001 GAT. Ethereum, on the other hand, is considerable more expensive.
Wit: Regarding the attraction of creators — we do have a set of tools and approaches that we want to use. a) as I said we are partnering with institutions that will help us approach creators b) specific events for niche-creators, like hackathons for indie game devs c) we will have unbeatable features for creators (we will be the only place where you can mint games or layered auto-generated NFTs) — not available anywhere else d) engagement rewards on MV (we will put a system in place to gamify and reward the use of MV) e) other events like Shopping Sprees (we will use some of our budget to collect NFTs as a company) — we want to support & promote rising stars f) we are setting up a more direct social engagement process to reach smaller artists directly on social media …
just to name a few things
Sandbox Nguyen: As marketing play a biggest role in this market. Does the team have any priority plans ahead about approaching new customers using our platform besides developing plans? Can you share more about it😊
Marketing is a topic we explore every day. We are aware of the importance but it’s very difficult. And it’s not even just a question of money since we are ready to invest in an efficient marketing. But we have tried different approaches in the last months and neither professional marketing agencies nor banner or shillers have been successful. We have to invest our funds responsibly and therefore make sure that money spent on marketing pays out. We met founders of other projects in the last months and can exchanged our experiences. Most founders we spoke to have made the same experiences as we did and also struggle to have a more efficient marketing.
Of course, we receive marketing offers every day from “influencers” and youtubers. But to judge their service one must take a closer look. Many Youtube and Telegram channels have no real audience. This is easy to recognize for TG channels. But also when you take a closer look at some YT channels you can see that the followers are fake or not active anymore. Even the number of views can be faked nowadays. Basically, there is 2 types of channels: Fake channels who try to scam projects or legit influencers. The fake channels are a waste of money and the channels are very hard to reach or don’t answer requests.
What has proven to be the best way so far is cross marketing and partnerships. An important area we are working on — but this takes time.
In case someone can suggest legit channels or influencers please let us know — ideally together with a way to contact them. We will surely talk to them and try to find a cooperation.
Apart from that we keep building our network to explore efficient ways for marketing.
Sandbox Nguyen: Thanks for sharing
Abdurrahman: I’m late
Johalex: I came quite late today, hello👋
Wit: Hi @Johnalxg and @aurkan27
Abdurrahman: MV2 migration complete Congratulations
Will you head to the alchemy arena now?
White-label alchemy arenas are on the roadmap. 🙂 There are more important steps before that though, like minting. Which is what is keeping me busy at this moment
Abdurrahman:
hmm As I recall, we made project proposals for you. It was a Google poll
Were there any projects that you interviewed through those surveys?
I guess it’s time to come to alchemy toys and arena
Wit: not sure what you mean to be honest
Abdurrahman: You asked us for project proposals to partner with
I remember filling out a Google form
do you understand now https://forms.gle/YynkG1YyUhmVFDCL7
Wit: Oh yes, it was about trusted collections on MV that we can mark as trusted 😊 @Pete4GAT manages those 😊
Pete: We used this information to add trusted projects to MV — we requested details of the project too in case we needed to reach out, or to make additional decisions if it was not clear whether it should be a trusted NFT
Abdurrahman: I get it now
Johalex: what is there outside of the current roadmap that they want to implement in the future?
We are working on things to be implemented in Q3 and beyond, however it depends much on how we proceed with current features and partnerships. In general: we want to continue offering unbeatable features for all sorts of NFT creators 😉
Johalex: understood 👌
Abdurrahman: As a surprise, are there things other than the roadmap you want to explain to us?
The crypto market is bad right now and project investors need morale
Wit: things change, we use market downturns to build
Johalex: It’s time to make sure the boat is strong. when the current turbulence passes there will be better times
and sure the GATE holders will be very happy
Abdurrahman: Opensea was hacked recently
Is there a security team for mintedvodka, or someone interested in it
Wit: our developers have decades of experience in web development under the belt — I think we can manage the security quite well 😉 Of course, we do audit all smart contracts. + there are not so many “moving parts” to exploit
Roman: OpenSea was a phishing hack with signatures. Nothing that concerns us directly or could be directly applied in our case.
Okay guys, I think I will get getting back to work
thanks for stopping by and having this chat! 😄
Wit: Have a great week, and let us please continue the conversation very soon! 😊👍🏼
社区 AMA #7 / 2 月 21 日
Wit： 大家好，我们聊聊好吗？
wrydais: 你好
Roman： 嗨，家人，我这边的简短更新。
过去两周发生了很多事情。 我们已经在 minted.vodka 上成功推出了 V2，具有完整的功能。 唯一的例外是鸡尾酒：鸡尾酒系统将以任何方式改进，因此只要我们不需要旧系统，移植旧系统就没有意义。 有很多改进需要解决，尤其是在 UI 方面。 例如，搜索结果的排序。 随着我们的进展，这些任务将在接下来的几周内逐步完成。 它们非常适合新开发者，所以我保留它们正是为了这个目的。
除了迁移之外，我们还简化了网络入职流程并添加了两个额外的链：Callisto 和 Telos。 目前，我们正在就协调相互营销工作和合作活动进行谈判。 我们正在与这些链上有前途的 NFT 项目联系，以讨论合作。 从技术方面我们现在知道，确实，为 MintedVodka 添加新网络将需要不到一天的时间。 虽然理论上我们可以在很短的时间内添加数十个额外的网络，但我们更喜欢逐步进行，以便对营销和与新添加的网络的合作给予足够的思考和关注。
在过去的几天里，我正在简化我们的 DevOps 流程，以使新开发人员的入职更加容易。 本周，一位新的开发者将加入继续 MV Auctions 的工作。 在接下来的几个月里，我们将逐步扩大我们的努力。
与此同时，我现在正在全力以赴地进行铸币。 话不多说，还是。 3 月仍然是铸币的目标月份。 最好尽快！
我想这就是我现在的全部！
有什么问题，拍！
Adam X： 为什么新加入的l2链不出名？
Roman： 对于集成和入职流程的测试，与较小的合作伙伴一起尝试是有意义的。 他们也更渴望合作。 然而，我们正在与更大的合作伙伴进行谈判。 但是自然而然，这些过程在他们这边比较慢
亚当 X： 好的
Roman： 但是板载网络非常有前途。 以 callisto 为例：它比 BSC 便宜约 30.000
以 1 秒为单位。 我不确定一段时间后这是否非常可扩展，但现在它正在飞速发展
Adam X： 根据我几年的区块链经验，交易费用并不是那么重要
Roman： 我们过去有一些游戏概念，因为高昂的汽油费（即使是 BSC）而被我们抛弃。 Callisto 可能成为未来此类更复杂游戏概念的首选网络
亚当 X： 就像许多 eth 杀手一样
因为网络效应是最重要的
罗曼： 哦，好吧，这取决于。 如果您有一款游戏，您每天必须进行数百次 TX，每次花费 2 美元，您会很快注意到差异。
Wit： 哦，但它们很重要——尤其是在纯链上游戏（和其他类型的高强度应用程序）中。 您无法在高额费用上构建更复杂的应用程序。
亚当 X： 是的
Roman： 网络效应在多链环境中发挥的作用较小。 一切都朝着多链的方向发展。 将有节点网络来统治它们。 甚至 BSC 也在努力开发侧链。 这是扩展的唯一方法
Adam X： 其实我不太了解这两条新链。 但是当你谈论完全链上
Roman： 拥有用于特定目的的专用链
Adam X： 我认为现在 jpg nft 是泡沫，我赌的是链上 nft 的未来
当我们谈论完全上链时，你们如何看待 dfinity 和 arweave？
机智： 生态系统/EVM 链现在为创造者而战。 就像智能手机的早期一样：拥有最多应用程序的平台获胜。 现在在 blockchain/web3 中也是如此。 吸引最多创作者/开发者的生态系统获胜。 我们将 Minted Vodka 视为生态系统的“DApp 和 NFT 磁铁”——因为其独特的铸币、交易和协作功能。 对于一个连锁店来说，拥有像 MV 这样的工具来吸引更多的创作者是有意义的，这就是为什么我们尝试与其中几个合作的原因
👍🏼
我们认为 NFT 在不久的将来会经历几个创新周期。 我们已经发明了“软件-NFT”（参见 GameAce 游戏）。 市场呈指数级增长（2020 年 250 万美元，2021 年 41 亿美元，……）有足够的空间让创新服务和功能（如 MV 上提供的服务和功能）进入市场并随市场增长。
我们正处于“数字资产”的早期阶段——这只是一个开始。 我们在这里帮助塑造未来
Adam X： 团队有足够的美元来支持超过 3 年的所有费用吗？ （我的意思是美元，因为在熊市中，硬币会很快贬值）
机智： W 的资金用于今年和明年的至少一部分。 所以我们无论如何都要继续建设。 此外，我们目前正在与机构投资者进行早期谈判，以进行一轮融资——为更长的跑道获得额外资金，并投资于增长（尤其是更多的开发商和升级业务方面——主要是营销）。
自孵化以来，我们的网络急剧增长——我们也在与许多潜在的合作伙伴进行谈判。 Binance Labs 不断将我们与其他项目和公司联系起来——我们在那里得到了巨大的支持。
Adam X： 超越 opensea 的计划是什么？
分两部分： 1. 为什么不垄断市场？ 2.如果未来是多链，MV如何跑赢opensea
Wit： 看，OpenSea 是房间里的大象。 他们达到了每月 50 亿美元的交易量——当然要赶上它还有很长的路要走。 但是，我们确实拥有无与伦比的功能。 我们的团队很小，但我们非常灵活，我们的技术也是如此。
1. 我们可以比其他人更快地加入新的连锁店——例如，我们可以迎合小众连锁店。 2. 我们有更多创新的交易、铸造和合作工具。 在当前的直接路线图上仅举几例：
a) 用户 NFT “商店”和用户推出的“神秘盒子” b) 游戏铸造（+ 黑客马拉松，让数百万独立游戏开发者可以进入 NFT 市场） c) 分层铸造（轻松创建自动生成集合，如加密朋克，基于稀有表） d）可索取的 NFT e）用户启动的农场（硬币和 NFT） f）......
罗马：
f) 用户推出的鸡尾酒
Wit： 我们将从利基（“较小”的连锁店、特定的创作者，如游戏开发者等）、有针对性的合作伙伴开始，并建立平台流量。 通过网络效应，它将吸引更广泛的受众。
此外，正如我所说，我们正在与有助于我们推动营销和合作的机构合作。 所以想法是吸引创作者，逐步扩大曝光
最后，在 MV 上铸造的所有东西都会自动成为多链（在当前和所有未来支持的链上！）。 因此，作为创作者，您不会有将您的 NFT 收藏夹在一条过于庞大或将来可能变得无关紧要的链上的风险。
在 MV 上铸造的 NFT 是多链的——它们存在于单链的范围之外
亚当 X：
好的
wrydais： 目前 NFT 的大部分用户都被头部市场所垄断。 现在一些新的 NFT 市场也通过空投用户来吸引流量。 我们如何才能吸引这些创作者和用户来到我们的平台？ 而且现在很多NFT游戏都没有跨链需求（可能没有这个工具），但是我们做了之后，新项目和老项目对跨链的需求大吗？ BTW，我们使用的跨链技术有多安全？ 跨链成本是否足够吸引人？
Roman： 嗯，跨链 NFT 无疑开辟了其他可能性，包括在 GameFi 领域。 没有需求，因为没有任何技术可以有效地提供如此灵活的桥梁。 正如上面 @witwit7 所说，我们现在的主要用例是提供这种灵活性和安全性，以便创建者不会被束缚在某个链上。
跨链技术尽可能安全。 随着我们的进步，一切过去、现在和将来都会被审计。
关于成本：它们将用于支付目标网络的 gas 费用。 它们取决于您要将 NFT 桥接到的位置。 例如，要连接到 callisto，您需要支付大约 0.001 GAT。 另一方面，以太坊要贵得多。
Wit： 关于创作者的吸引力——我们确实有一套我们想要使用的工具和方法。 a) 正如我所说，我们正在与帮助我们接触创作者的机构合作 b) 面向小众创作者的特定活动，例如独立游戏开发者的黑客马拉松 c) 我们将为创作者提供无与伦比的功能（我们将是唯一可以薄荷游戏或分层自动生成的 NFT）——在其他任何地方都没有 d) 对 MV 的参与奖励（我们将建立一个系统来游戏化和奖励使用 MV） e) 其他活动，如购物狂欢（我们将使用一些我们作为一家公司收集 NFT 的预算）——我们希望支持和推广新星 f) 我们正在建立一个更直接的社交参与流程，以直接在社交媒体上接触到较小的艺术家 ……
仅举几例
Sandbox Nguyen： 营销在这个市场中扮演着最大的角色。 除了制定计划外，团队是否有任何优先计划使用我们的平台接触新客户？ 你能分享更多关于它的信息吗
营销是我们每天都在探索的话题。 我们知道它的重要性，但这非常困难。 这甚至不仅仅是钱的问题，因为我们已经准备好投资于有效的营销。 但在过去的几个月里，我们尝试了不同的方法，无论是专业的营销机构，还是横幅或席位，都没有成功。 我们必须负责任地投资我们的资金，因此确保花在营销上的钱得到回报。 在过去的几个月里，我们遇到了其他项目的创始人，可以交流我们的经验。 与我们交谈过的大多数创始人都有与我们相同的经历，并且也在努力进行更有效的营销。
当然，我们每天都会收到来自“影响者”和 youtube 用户的营销优惠。 但要判断他们的服务，必须仔细观察。 许多 Youtube 和 Telegram 频道没有真正的观众。 这对于 TG 频道很容易识别。 但是，当您仔细查看一些 YT 频道时，您会发现追随者是假的或不再活跃。 如今，即使是观看次数也可以伪造。 基本上，有两种类型的渠道：试图欺骗项目或合法影响者的虚假渠道。 虚假渠道是浪费金钱，渠道很难到达或不回答请求。
迄今为止被证明是最好的方式是交叉营销和合作伙伴关系。 我们正在研究的一个重要领域——但这需要时间。
如果有人可以推荐合法渠道或有影响力的人，请告诉我们——最好是提供联系方式。 我们一定会与他们交谈并尝试寻找合作。
除此之外，我们不断建立我们的网络以探索有效的营销方式。
沙箱阮： 感谢分享
阿卜杜拉赫曼： 我迟到了
Johalex： 我今天来得很晚，你好
机智： 嗨@Johnalxg 和@aurkan27
Abdurrahman： MV2 迁移完成 恭喜
你现在会去炼金术竞技场吗？
白标炼金术竞技场在路线图上。
不过，在此之前还有更重要的步骤，比如铸币。 是什么让我现在很忙
阿卜杜拉赫曼：
嗯 ，我记得，我们为您提出了项目建议。 这是谷歌民意调查
您通过这些调查采访了哪些项目？
我想是时候来炼金玩具和竞技场了
Wit： 不知道你说实话是什么意思
Abdurrahman： 您要求我们提供合作项目提案
我记得填写了一张谷歌表格
你现在明白了吗 https://forms.gle/YynkG1YyUhmVFDCL7
Wit： 哦，是的，我们可以将其标记为受信任的 MV 上的受信任集合
@Pete4GAT 管理这些 
Pete： 我们使用这些信息将受信任的项目添加到 MV 中——我们也要求提供项目的详细信息，以防我们需要联系，或者如果不清楚它是否应该是受信任的 NFT，则需要做出额外的决定
Abdurrahman： 我现在明白了
Johalex： 他们希望在未来实施的当前路线图之外还有什么？
我们正在努力在第三季度及以后实施，但这在很大程度上取决于我们如何处理当前的功能和合作伙伴关系。 总的来说：我们希望继续为各种 NFT 创作者提供无与伦比的功能
Johalex： 了解
Abdurrahman： 令人惊讶的是，除了您想向我们解释的路线图之外，还有其他事情吗？
加密市场现在很糟糕，项目投资者需要士气
机智： 事情在变，我们利用市场低迷来建立
Johalex： 是时候确保这艘船很坚固了。 当当前的动荡过去时，将会有更好的时光
并且确保 GATE 持有者会非常高兴
Abdurrahman： Opensea 最近被黑了
是否有 mintedvodka 的安全团队，或对此感兴趣的人
Wit： 我们的开发人员在 Web 开发方面拥有数十年的经验——我认为我们可以很好地管理安全性
当然，我们会审核所有智能合约。 + 没有那么多“活动部件”可供利用
Roman： OpenSea 是一个带有签名的网络钓鱼黑客。 没有任何与我们直接相关或可以直接应用于我们的案例的内容。
好的，伙计们，我想我会回去工作的
感谢您来此聊天！
机智： 祝您度过愉快的一周，让我们尽快继续对话！
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