NFT and digital art

Oskar

25 Jul 2021
NFT and digital art

Before NFT tokens, it was a big problem for artists to verify the originality of a work. NFTs are now an increasingly prominent theme in digital art. The non-exchangeable tokens create a number of new opportunities for both artists and investors. But basically why NFT and digital art are a great combination?

How NTF is helping the digital arts

An NTF is a token, which is a unit of data stored in a digital ledger, called a blockchain, that certifies that a digital asset is unique and unforgeable. This allows such a token to function as a kind of collector's item. NFT is a class of unique tokens that are created to be non-exchangeable, unlike tokens like Bitcoin or Ether - in their case, each token represents an identical value.

NTF allows artists a new way to monetize their work. For example, painters can tokenize their paintings and poets can tokenize their poems. Of course, tokenization is not always necessary to monetize digital art, but it will undoubtedly create innovative opportunities in this regard. First of all, NFT will bring new standards of certification of originality and uniqueness to the art industry. Moreover, it will significantly facilitate the trading of digital works while enhancing the security of transactions. In addition, some platforms dedicated to NFT art trading provide an opportunity for artists to earn from the resale of their work by a collector.

Before NFT tokens, a big problem for artists was certifying the originality of their digital work and protecting themselves from plagiarism. The blockchain-based digital record is resistant to copying, making it a certification of the originality of digital art.

When the world became interested in tokenizing digital art?

Unlike NFT, digital art has been with us for a long time - if only in the form of computer graphics that we interact with every day.  In recent times, blockchain has enabled its monetization in a new way - through tokenization. The world media took notice of the artistic NFT phenomenon when Christie's auction house sold a digital collage by Beeple titled "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" for $69 million. In addition, an Instagram poet sold one of her poems on Nifty Gateway, earning about $75,000.

Everydays: The First 5,000 Days

Traditional media have yet to capture the full potential of NTF and digital art, but an event like the sale of "Everydays: The First 5,000 Days" has rekindled public interest in tokenizing art.

Growth of NTF

The development of the NTF market is gaining momentum. More creators are interested in this way of monetizing their work. In addition, NFT as a new type of collectible goods also arouses growing interest among investors. 

The most popular NFT token standard is ERC-721, introduced back in 2018. However, it was in 2021 that the rise in popularity of non-exchangeable tokens took on new momentum. This coincided with the shift of many life experiences, including cultural ones, to the online space due to the COVID pandemic. Perhaps it is this trend that will drive the growth of the digital art tokenization market. Moreover, the young generation that is just entering adulthood is increasingly interested in innovative digital products. If one has dreamed of owning a digital artwork, it has now become much easier.

NFT development platforms

Creating simple NFTs, such as graphics, collectible cards or GIFs, is a relatively uncomplicated process, even for people without much knowledge of blockchain technology.Currently, the vast majority of NFTs are created on the Ethereum blockchain. More and more platforms dedicated to this purpose are appearing on the market:

  • OpenSea
  • Rarible
  • SuperRare
  • Foundation
  • Myth Market

Read more about creating NFT on our blog - Creating NFTs - everything you need to know

NFT and art - summary

The distribution of NFT tokens is not only another channel for monetizing one's work, but above all, it is a significant step towards the spread of digital art. In the last decade, art (including music) has changed dramatically thanks to computers and digitization. It is blockchain technology that is likely to bring the next revolution in this field.

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Aethir Tokenomics – Case Study

Kajetan Olas

22 Nov 2024
Aethir Tokenomics – Case Study

Authors of the contents are not affiliated to the reviewed project in any way and none of the information presented should be taken as financial advice.

In this article we analyze tokenomics of Aethir - a project providing on-demand cloud compute resources for the AI, Gaming, and virtualized compute sectors.
Aethir aims to aggregate enterprise-grade GPUs from multiple providers into a DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network). Its competitive edge comes from utlizing the GPUs for very specific use-cases, such as low-latency rendering for online games.
Due to decentralized nature of its infrastructure Aethir can meet the demands of online-gaming in any region. This is especially important for some gamer-abundant regions in Asia with underdeveloped cloud infrastructure that causes high latency ("lags").
We will analyze Aethir's tokenomics, give our opinion on what was done well, and provide specific recommendations on how to improve it.

Evaluation Summary

Aethir Tokenomics Structure

The total supply of ATH tokens is capped at 42 billion ATH. This fixed cap provides a predictable supply environment, and the complete emissions schedule is listed here. As of November 2024 there are approximately 5.2 Billion ATH in circulation. In a year from now (November 2025), the circulating supply will almost triple, and will amount to approximately 15 Billion ATH. By November 2028, today's circulating supply will be diluted by around 86%.

From an investor standpoint the rational decision would be to stake their tokens and hope for rewards that will balance the inflation. Currently the estimated APR for 3-year staking is 195% and for 4-year staking APR is 261%. The rewards are paid out weekly. Furthermore, stakers can expect to get additional rewards from partnered AI projects.

Staking Incentives

Rewards are calculated based on the staking duration and staked amount. These factors are equally important and they linearly influence weekly rewards. This means that someone who stakes 100 ATH for 2 weeks will have the same weekly rewards as someone who stakes 200 ATH for 1 week. This mechanism greatly emphasizes long-term holding. That's because holding a token makes sense only if you go for long-term staking. E.g. a whale staking $200k with 1 week lockup. will have the same weekly rewards as person staking $1k with 4 year lockup. Furthermore the ATH staking rewards are fixed and divided among stakers. Therefore Increase of user base is likely to come with decrease in rewards.
We believe the main weak-point of Aethirs staking is the lack of equivalency between rewards paid out to the users and value generated for the protocol as a result of staking.

Token Distribution

The token distribution of $ATH is well designed and comes with long vesting time-frames. 18-month cliff and 36-moths subsequent linear vesting is applied to team's allocation. This is higher than industry standard and is a sign of long-term commitment.

  • Checkers and Compute Providers: 50%
  • Ecosystem: 15%
  • Team: 12.5%
  • Investors: 11.5%
  • Airdrop: 6%
  • Advisors: 5%

Aethir's airdrop is divided into 3 phases to ensure that only loyal users get rewarded. This mechanism is very-well thought and we rate it highly. It fosters high community engagement within the first months of the project and sets the ground for potentially giving more-control to the DAO.

Governance and Community-Led Development

Aethir’s governance model promotes community-led decision-making in a very practical way. Instead of rushing with creation of a DAO for PR and marketing purposes Aethir is trying to make it the right way. They support projects building on their infrastructure and regularly share updates with their community in the most professional manner.

We believe Aethir would benefit from implementing reputation boosted voting. An example of such system is described here. The core assumption is to abandon the simplistic: 1 token = 1 vote and go towards: Votes = tokens * reputation_based_multiplication_factor.

In the attached example, reputation_based_multiplication_factor rises exponentially with the number of standard deviations above norm, with regard to user's rating. For compute compute providers at Aethir, user's rating could be replaced by provider's uptime.

Perspectives for the future

While it's important to analyze aspects such as supply-side tokenomics, or governance, we must keep in mind that 95% of project's success depends on demand-side. In this regard the outlook for Aethir may be very bright. The project declares $36M annual reccuring revenue. Revenue like this is very rare in the web3 space. Many projects are not able to generate any revenue after succesfull ICO event, due to lack fo product-market-fit.

If you're looking to create a robust tokenomics model and go through institutional-grade testing please reach out to contact@nextrope.com. Our team is ready to help you with the token engineering process and ensure your project’s resilience in the long term.

Nextrope Partners with Hacken to Enhance Blockchain Security

Miłosz

21 Nov 2024
Nextrope Partners with Hacken to Enhance Blockchain Security

Nextrope announces a strategic partnership with Hacken, a renowned blockchain security auditor. It marks a significant step in delivering reliable decentralized solutions. After several successful collaborations resulting in flawless smart contract audits, the alliance solidifies the synergy between Nextrope's innovative blockchain development and Hacken's top-tier security auditing services. Together, we aim to set new benchmarks, ensuring that security is an integral part of blockchain technology.

Strengthening Blockchain Security

The partnership aims to fortify the security protocols within blockchain ecosystems. By integrating Hacken's comprehensive security audits with Nextrope's cutting-edge blockchain solutions, we are poised to offer unparalleled security features in our projects.

"Blockchain security should never be an afterthought"

"Our partnership with Hacken underscores our dedication to embedding security at the core of our blockchain solutions. Together, we're building a safer future for the industry."

said Mateusz Mach, CEO of Nextrope

About Nextrope

Nextrope is a forward-thinking blockchain development house specializing in creating innovative solutions for businesses worldwide. With a team of experienced developers and blockchain experts, Nextrope delivers high-quality, scalable, and secure blockchain applications tailored to meet the unique needs of each client.

About Hacken

Hacken is a leading blockchain security auditor known for its rigorous smart contract audits and security assessments. With a mission to make the industry safer, Hacken provides complex security services that help companies identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in their applications.

Looking Ahead

As a joint mission, both Nextrope and Hacken are committed to continuous innovation. We look forward to the exciting opportunities this partnership will bring and are eager to implement a more secure blockchain environment for all.

For more information, please contact:

Nextrope

Hacken

Join us on our journey to deliver top-notch blockchain tech and a safer future for the industry!