Centuries Weekly: Edition 5
March 7th, 2022

This is a new weekly format keeping you up to date with all things Tokens, Protocols, Culture, and more.

The first week of March was shaped by general uncertainty around markets, volatility, and the state of the conflict in Ukraine. The gradual rise of Web3 in 2022 seems steady nevertheless, with new Web2 partnerships and integrations being announced almost daily. We are seeing token gating and access tokens bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3 in everything from collaboration to eCommerce. And amidst geopolitical uncertainties, the crypto community came together and managed to raise more funds than the United Nations.

Shopify x Manifold

Manifold enabling token gated Shopify stores
Manifold enabling token gated Shopify stores

“Today we’re making yet another free tool for creators available to everyone: Manifold Merch Bridge. The tool can be used to easily set up and configure a token gated experience for any Ethereum NFT (ERC721 or ERC1155). We’ve launched with Shopify integration via our official Manifold x Shopify App enabling the ability for creators to specify products that can only be purchased or claimed by verified hodlers of an NFT. We’ve also built support enabling the ability to token gate custom forms for the flexibility and creativity of collecting any data imaginable.” (Manifold Substack)

A number of prominent artists, brands, and independent creators have already built unique experiences for collectors and communities with Merch Bridge. Steve Aoki launched a custom claim page inviting all hodlers of the Nyan Aoki token to claim a free custom Nyan Aoki Letterman Jacket. The team at 1/n have been building experiences directly inside of Shopify, creating branded claim flows for their dead drippers and series 69 projects with custom merch to raise money for awesome causes.
Interested buidlers can get started immediately by creating a free Manifold Developer Portal account and installing the official Manifold x Shopify Application. Full documentation for widget installation and campaign configuration can be found in our Manifold for Developers documentation.

eBay reveals plans for targeting Crypto

eBay which aims to be the marketplace for Gen-Z and millennials, is studying the possibility of adding cryptocurrencies as possible means of payment. The firm could make an announcement on March 10 during its day dedicated to investors, its CEO Jamie Iannone told TheStreet.

With sneakers, "we're appealing to the younger generation, where they're coming in selling their sneakers, becoming a collectible collector on the platform, and they're building new marketing capabilities," Iannone argued.
"We're not accepting crypto currently," Iannone replied. But "on March 10, we're going to go deeper on all of these things, payments, advertising, our focus categories."

He added that he observed that transactions related to non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were taking place on eBay while the company had not made any particular announcement.

"We did change our policies last year so that you could trade NFT on the platform and essentially, you know, eBay is a place where people have something to sell and people have something by show up."

IPFS Submarine

Submarining is a new feature in the Pinata app that allows users to make an IPFS file they upload private from the public IPFS network. This capability allows people to attach data to an NFT and control who can view it based on ownership of the NFT.

IPFS Submarine allows for 'private' metadata
IPFS Submarine allows for 'private' metadata

For developers, submarining provides the security to store files for apps and marketplaces, without the risk of their data being exposed. Similarly, creators who use NFTs to monetize their creative work can now share content with their customers without leaving their data on public IPFS, which reduces the risk of stolen content and NFT media. While these are just two examples of users who will benefit from Pinata’s submarining feature, there are bound to be more as new users join the NFT space daily and need this kind of protection.

RMRK Singular 2.0

We are pleased to announce a relaunch of Singular on http://Singular.app as an RMRK2-compatible marketplace, available immediately with:

  • royalties
  • Dutch auctions for select launches
  • multi-resource NFTs
  • tainted NFTs (soon)
Create your RMRK 2.0 NFTs now
Create your RMRK 2.0 NFTs now
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