– by William M. Peaster
Metaversal is a Bankless publication for weekly level-ups on NFTs, digital worlds, & extra!
Pricey Bankless Nation,
Now that Sam Bankman-Fried was simply discovered responsible on 7 totally different counts, I’ve been performing some reflecting on the FTX saga.
One factor I preserve coming again to is the shuttering of the FTX NFT platform, which relied on a non-public server so now all its NFTs have damaged metadata. Yikes.
After all, the episode’s so instructive as a result of it’s a current high-profile instance of how non-public servers are the worst approach to underpin NFTs so far as longevity is anxious.
But to make sure not all the things needs to be absolutely onchain. Subsequent week I’ll be doing a write-up on the fundamentals of bespoke storage networks like IPFS, Arweave, and Filecoin, so preserve a watch out for that.
Within the meantime have an amazing weekend everybody and thanks for studying. Now right here’s your newest weekly NFT roundup! 
-WMP
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Did you catch my write-up on cross-chain NFTs earlier this week? Then you definately keep in mind Holograph, which is understood for its “holographic asset” hNFTs. For those who’re thinking about cross-chain NFTs however have by no means minted one earlier than, you would possibly think about the present free drop on Holograph, Neglect About Time by Clara Luzian a.okay.a. Renderfruit.
On the time of publishing there’s nonetheless just below a day left to mint, and because it’s an hNFT you may gather on Ethereum, Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum, Zora Community, Mantle, BNB Chain, or Avalanche. Your choose!
1. Alchemy on ERC-6900
2. Clara on collector motivations
3. ilemi on Solana NFTs
4. S4mmy.eth on digital stamps
5. WASD on Drawtech
Wish to verify if a selected NFT assortment shops its NFT artwork and metadata onchain?
There aren’t any complete assets towards this finish, however there are a handful of superior repositories — some actively rising, some not maintained — that do present nice foundations for cross-checking. Preserve these databases in your radar going ahead accordingly:
️ 0xchain.artwork
fullyonchain.artwork
️ onchainchecker.xyz
️ jpg.area/canons/onchain
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