Enhancing the NFT Experience: SkyHarbor’s New Initiative

SkyHarbor
3 min readMay 15, 2024

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In the dynamic world of NFTs, platforms that evolve to meet the demands of the community are those that thrive. SkyHarbor is embarking on an update to allow for more adaptability to its NFT platform, focusing on the Ergo community’s needs. The plan? To raise $8,000 for significant backend and smart contract enhancements, setting a new standard for user-friendly and versatile NFT marketplaces.

Investment Allocation Breakdown

$3,000 of the funds will be channeled into developing a state-of-the-art marketplace smart contract:

  • It introduces multiple artist royalties, ensuring that creators get their due share seamlessly enforced via smart contract.
  • It expands transaction capabilities to include any Ergo native token, such as CYPX or Blitz, broadening the accessibility of the platform.
  • What’s more, these contracts will be open source, contributing tools back to the community.

The remaining $5,000 will supercharge our backend:

  • This includes handling the new collections standard, multiple royalties and integrating additional metadata types, broadening the types of NFTs that can be managed.
  • Paves the way for audio NFTs, adding a new dimension to what SkyHarbor offers.
  • Perhaps most excitingly, this backend update allows for future updates to be made much more quickly.

Community Benefits: Open Source and Enhanced Engagement

As a token of gratitude for your support, we’re not just upgrading our technology but also our relationship with the community:

  • We will release our frontend code as open source, offering two versions to boost community engagement.
  • Primitive Version: This foundational version maximizes decentralization by interacting directly with smart contracts, operating entirely without a backend.
  • Production-Ready Version: This version uses GraphQL and our API for efficient data retrieval and transaction processing, ideal for those looking for a more robust platform.

Exciting Raffle Prizes

As part of our fundraising campaign, contributors can look forward to exclusive rewards:

  • We will airdrop an exclusive NFT emote to everyone who contributes 50 ERG or more.
  • We’ll pick 25 winners of people who contributed 100+ ERG or more to win an airdrop of a pixelated artwork NFT, used in the Cyberverse game.

Your contribution will empower SkyHarbor to deliver significant improvements, ensuring we offer the best possible experience to both collectors and creators in the NFT/FT space. Join us in setting a new standard for the NFT community on Ergo.

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