Thank you to those who tried Canto Identity Protocol (CIP) on testnet during the Settlers of Identity event. This article recaps some of the highlights from the event, including participation, learnings, and improvements made to CIP.

Event Overview

The Settlers of Identity testnet event introduced the Canto community to CIP, a permissionless protocol empowering individuals to self-custody their on-chain self-expression. 

By utilizing CIP’s Open Aggregating Registration System (OARS), an innovative primitive for aggregating protocols, participants could explore three identity subprotocols: Namespace, PFP, and Bio. To become a Settler of Identity, users had to create and add these subprotocols to their Canto Identity (CID) NFT and provide feedback on their experience.

Key Learnings

Participation in the Settlers of Identity event allowed for testing of how the CIP registration system and interface would work seamlessly together to create a CID, a new form of on-chain identity. Overall the event saw strong participation, with 7,252 unique settlers minting a CID during the 24-hour event. 

Settlers who created a CID described the experience as fast and smooth. Users appreciated the straightforward UX and UI, making creating and customizing a CID easy to do and understand. What stood out to one user was “the experience of creating a whole profile, not just a name like ENS.”

Some users could not mint a Bio NFT during the Settlers event. The cause of the error was a bug in the interface. The smart contract was hard-coded to a 200-character limit, while the front end stated the limit was 500 characters. Users who exceeded the 200-character smart contract limit were unable to mint a Bio NFT. The team updated the interface to reflect the correct character limit and resolved the issue.

Settlers gave additional feedback, including:

• Minted Bio, Name, and PFP traits not rendering in the preview

• Modal pop-up buttons working incorrectly

• Unresponsive front-end after completing a transaction

Fixes to these issues were pushed during the Settlers event, improving the experience for users.

Additional Settlers of Identity Feedback

Users who did not previously have a testnet Canto Name NFT were required to mint one on Canto Namespace Protocol. During the Identity event, when users minted new tile trays to create a Canto Name, they could not see the tile traits to create a name successfully. The team identified the error causing the tile trays not to appear and deployed the testnet solution.

Canto Identity Mainnet Launch

We are grateful to the Canto community for participating in this testnet event. Your participation allowed us to thoroughly test Canto Identity Protocol, identify issues, and implement solutions, making for a smoother mainnet launch.

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