While the initial launch of Hash Valley Winery was intended to get the project in front of the world as quick as possible there has been a ton of feedback on the protocol mechanics and sale parameters which have been adjusted in anticipation of a Grand Re-Opening.

V2 of the protocol will be a complete relaunch of the contracts in order to bring -

1. More free vineyards and a much more competitive price for the remaining stock

2. Three new vineyard locations, which will be revealed as the mint progresses. These will be special locations with unique bottles only they can harvest. These vineyards will always be free to mint but will require burning a VIP Token (there will be a variety of ways to earn these - keep an eye on official channels!)

3. A new resource - $GRAPE. If you don’t want to wait until the end of the season to harvest you can harvest $GRAPEs early. The more experience points your vineyard has the more you’ll be able to harvest. Harvest too many however and you won’t be able to get a bottle at the end of the season.

4. A new Alchemy page with 3 spells you can use to wage mischief on other players or boost your own production. $VINEGAR and $GRAPE will be the fuel for these spells.

5. The last 500 vineyard mints will get a $GRAPE and $VINEGAR airdrop instantly.

In addition, every address that minted a V1 winery will receive an early supporter thank you card airdropped to their address along with one free VIP Token for every V1 winery they minted. V2 contributors and test net users will be on the list too.

All of the details can be found in the game docs.

Earning VIP Tokens

Since these will be the only way to acquire special location vineyards there naturally won’t be very many. At launch approximately 110 tokens will go out to team and early supporters.

An additional 250 will be minted to the deployer address. These will be distributed over time via giveaways, contests or other methods. There will be plenty of chances to earn a few so keep an eye out!

Retroactive Public Goods Funding

In order to align ourselves more with the foundational platform that Hash Valley runs on every mint from the Vineyard will increase the percent of sales that go directly to retropgf.eth to support public goods funding.

Future Plans

Admin account

With the introduction of V2 there are a lot more modular components in the Hash Valley stack. This is important for allowing the protocol to balance parameters as players interact with each other through the various mechanics.

At the beginning, adjusting these parameters, modules and components will be at the sole discretion of the admin account. This will be gradually handed over to the community as best practices became apparent.

Note: the admin account won’t be able to freeze, confiscate or otherwise affect ownership of tokens, the smart contracts only grant it the ability to upgrade the Council voting, Royalty Manager and Spell cost contracts. The reason for this is to allows upgradeability, handle new marketplaces and dynamically balance gameplay respectively.

Any upgrades or adjustments will be announced well ahead of time.

DAO

Once the community has settled in and some of the more experimental features have been tested and smoothed out a DAO will be deployed and the admin account will be migrated to the DAO contract. At this point the project will be fully owned by its users and players.

Conclusion

The Hash Valley Grand Re-Opening expands gameplay with new customization options and expanded features along with many more free mints to grow the community. We’re very excited to bring this much needed refresh to the Hash Valley project and look forward to seeing where you take it from here!