CC0 summer 🌄

XCOPY & Moonbirds go CC0, Magic Eden eyes Eth, Webaverse drop week, & more!

Aug 5, 2022

Metaversal is a Bankless newsletter for weekly level-ups on NFTs, virtual worlds, & collectibles

Dear Bankless Nation,

Is CC0 Summer upon us?

Like Zeneca noted earlier this week, it’s certainly starting to feel that way as more and more NFT projects pivot into the public domain.

Zeneca_33 (🔮,🔥) @Zeneca_33

GM ☕️ It might not be the cc0 summer some thought it would be, but it sure seems like it's cc0 summer. XCOPY, Decagon, Grant Yun, Nouns, Goblins Barely scratching the surface there too Love to see it 🫡

Make no mistake, there are plenty of worthwhile debates to be had around CC0 NFTs. But me? I’m not surprised by this surge at all.

I’ve been embedded in the CC0 NFT scene for a year now and have tracked community projects like Blitmap, CrypToadz, Loot, Nouns since their beginnings. From the trenches, I can tell you that a movement is forming.

Behind this movement is the idea that new sorts of communities and collaborations can be unlocked when content is made to mirror the openness and permissionless nature of the NFT infra it lives upon.

magic @magicdhz

choosing CCO is basically turning your work into an open protocol Of course this is not suitable for all nft projects But it’s very very intriguing as it applies to games and cultural artifacts

All that said, expect to see many more CC0 NFT experiments in months and years ahead. For now, have a great weekend ⁠and thanks kindly for reading! ⌐◨-◨

-WMP

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🛒 General NFT News

Magic Eden, the popular Solana-based NFT marketplace, activated support for Ethereum NFTs.
NFTs.com resold for $15M USD.
OpenSea purchased the ENS domain opensea.eth for 99 ETH:

DANIEL (260.eth) @danielgothits

opensea.eth has just been acquired by @opensea for 99 ETH ($163,000 USD) congrats Opensea for moving quickly on this and securing this crucial ENS away from any scammers etc 🙏🙏

PROOF Collective hired NFTStatistics.eth as its Director of Research.

🏆 Collectibles

Bankless interviewed Nounders 4156, Seneca, and Vapeape + Nouners Jacob Horne, Noun 22, and Noun 40 this week.
Cool Cats introduced fast hatching for Cool Pets eggs.
CrypToadz is going on-chain.
PROOF entered Moonbirds and Moonbird Oddities into the public domain.

HyperLoot (Minting) @hyperloot_

From idea to life in 6 hours. Welcome to CC0 summer @moonbirds 🔥

NittyB @Nittyb_xyz

If someone wants to build a billion dollar brand around my bird, go for it.

Secret Project held its metadata reveal:

numo.eth @numo_0

Oh look at my crew ⚔😊👍 @secretproject

Tiffany & Co. unveiled NFTiff, a handcrafted pendant series exclusively for CryptoPunk holders.
Yuga Labs is rolling out BAYC-like licensing rights for Meebits holders this month.

🎨 Art

Ghosts in the Machine, an IRL SuperRare exhibition, opened this week.
Tyler Hobbs, the creator of the Fidenza series, announced the QQL generative art project.
XCOPY entered all his existing art into the public domain.
Grant Riven Yun also plans to designate his art CC0.
Stateful Works is teaming up with JPG and Sofia Garcia to curate a Merge-themed NFT exhibition and benefit sale for Ethereum core devs (Disclosure: I contribute to JPG!)

stateful.eth @StatefulWorks

1/ Announcing "New Home of the Heart" - an NFT benefit sale for the Ethereum core devs working on the Merge! ✨ Curated and organised by SW, @______jpg______ and @sofiagarcia_io More Info 🧵 stateful.mirror.xyz/_2_XjNGAJsN9BA…

stateful.mirror.xyzAnnouncing “New Home of the Heart:” a benefit NFT sale for the c…At this moment, preparations are being made to fork Goerli: the final Ethereum testnet before mainnet changes from PoW to PoS. The Merge is fast approaching. Since the 2014 white paper release, the community and broader ecosystem have been eagerly anticipating Proof of Stake. At last, the PoS Beacon…

🎮 NFT Gaming

Axie Infinity is hosting a summer-themed art contest.
AavegotchiDAO is one of the five most active DAOs right now.
Loopify published an excellent introduction to Treeverse, a “reimagined Runescape or WoW,” via this thread:

Loopify 🧙‍♂️ @Loopifyyy

1/ A reimagined Runescape or WoW, Whatever you want to call it. Let me introduce to you: @TheTreeverse Carry on reading 🧵🌱

💽 Music

Catalog introduced curation cycles.

🌐 Virtual Worlds

DecentralandDAO released a community grants dashboard.
Webaverse started its two-part Upstreet NFT drop:

Webaverse (🕳 🐇, Drop Week) @webaverse

Finally the launch week is here! 🥳 Check out the official drop site: metadrop.com/drops/webaverse This will be the schedule for the action packed week-

💎 DeFi x NFTs

Uniswap community members are considering the creation of a Uniswap Foundation.

Action steps

📺 Watch Degentraland talk valuing NFTs and Zeneca_33 + Premint's Brenden Mulligan talk NFT security on Overpriced JPEGs
🧐 Catch up on my other write-ups from this week:
- 🌐 Webaverse explained
- 🎂 Rise of the Nouns
- 🚴 How to earn yields on Velodrome

Author Bio

William M. Peaster is a professional writer and creator of Metaversal—a Bankless newsletter focused on the emergence of NFTs in the cryptoeconomy. He’s also recently been contributing content to Bankless, JPG, and beyond!

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