What is CARV ID & .Play Name Service, and How to Mint Yours

CARV
5 min readDec 6, 2023

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Today, we are excited to announce the release of CARV ID and the .Play Name Service, which will serve as your personalized key to the Data-to-Earn (D2E) Era. ‘D2E’ Era, a groundbreaking paradigm shift introduced to the digital economy aiming to revolutionize the relationship between personal data, users, and platforms.

As for the data owner, the interaction is very intent-centric. the ID NFT & Account Abstraction wallet simply serve as a social handle associated with an account where you can manage and control aggregated data, identities, and asset-related resources. There are two ways to monetize your personal data: passive and active. When you share your preferences, ownership, social relations, and past experiences directly with brands, you receive passive income and personalized service based on historical data. By authorizing and linking more accounts and actively engaging in brand-user interactions, like completing surveys or participating in events, you can significantly boost their income potential.

Let’s dive into CARV ID & .Play Name Service, are and how you can get them.

What is CARV ID?

CARV ID is a new ID system compatible with both on-chain and off-chain identities. CARV ID consists of the following components:

  • ID Aggregator NFT (ERC-7231) / CARV ID

A non-tradable ID Aggregator NFT, using CARV-initiated industry-leading ERC-7231 protocol, records the user’s multi-identity into a single NFT and achieves encrypted aggregation of multi-domain identity data.

  • Smart Wallet (ERC-4337) / CARV Account

An account abstraction wallet significantly lowers the interaction barrier for traditional internet users, enabling effortless cross-chain payments and other wallet operations.

  • Signer Account (EOA)

A decentralized signing account that jointly safeguards a portion of the private key of the Contract Account.

After minting CARV ID you can access the CARV Protocol to manage your data and earn based on shared data.

What is the benefit of CARV ID?

  • Own Your All-in-One, Privacy-Preserving Identity

Aggregate, remove, and accumulate on-chain wallets and off-chain accounts, & identities in one place. The ERC7231, initiated by CARV, is an extension of ERC721.

  • Access to Data to Earn (D2E) Campaign

Manage, port, and monetize the value from the utilization of personal data in a privacy-preserving manner.

What is .Play Name Service?

.Play Name Service is your permanent and personalized human-readable alias for various blockchain addresses.

What is the benefit of .Play Name Service?

  • Gamer Profile, Lifetime Name Service

Forge your gamer life, no worries on annual renewal. Pointer to your gamer profile page, with gaming achievements, role-play, ownership, and social-relation showcase.

  • Access to CARV Airdrop Upon TGE

Holding the .Play name service will be eligible for airdrop when CARV launches token.

  • Power Up $SOUL Drop Campaign

Power up daily claim of $SOUL, eligibility token convertible to CARV governance token, in $SOUL Drop campaign starting Dec.12, 2023.

How to Mint CARV ID

Step1: Login with your wallet or social accounts to deploy your Smart Wallet

1. Click ‘Login

2. Choose a wallet or a social account to connect, follow the steps to deploy your smart wallet

Step2: Transfer $BNB to your Smart Wallet via opBNB Chain to mint your CARV ID

1. Click ‘Mint’ to start

2. Click ‘Top up BNB’ to transfer $BNB to your Smart Wallet

3. Transfer $BNB to your Smart Wallet via opBNB Chain (suggesting at least $3). If you encounter any issues during the process, you can click on ‘how to transfer assets to opBNB’

How to Transfer $BNB via opBNB?

Option 1: Binance — Withdraw BNB From Binance Exchange

Option 2: MetaMask — BNBChain Bridge: https://opbnb-bridge.bnbchain.org/deposit

4. After having enough BNB, Click ‘Mint’ to mint your CARV ID

5. Congratulations! You have your CARV ID now, time to own, control, and monetize your data!

How to Mint .Play Name Services

Step1: Search for your favourite name!

1. Click ‘Enter a handle’ to input the name you like

2. Enter the name you wanted to check if it is availability

Step2: Purchase the name you like with $BNB in your smart wallet

1. Check the price for the name you choose. The longer the characters, the higher the value

2. Transfer $BNB to your Smart Wallet via opBNB Chain (suggesting at least $3). If you encounter any issues during the process, you can click on ‘how to transfer assets to opBNB’

3. After having enough BNB, Click ‘Mint’ to mint you .Play Name Service. You can mint multiple .play Name Sercices.

4. Congratulations! You have your permanent and personalized alias for your smart wallet address with its pointer to your gamer profile now!

Forge Your Profile and Join Data to Earn Campaigns

1. Bind Your Accounts

Bind more accounts & wallets (coming soon) to showcase your proud gamer life. The more complete the profile, the more earning potential in Data-to-Earn (D2E) Era.

2. Enter Data-to-Earn Era (Coming on Dec.12, 2023)

Earn Passive income from historical data. Authorize & bind more accounts, and actively engage in brand-user relations to earn more.

All CARVers, welcome to the Data-to-Earn (D2E) Era starting on December 12th. Make noise!

About CARV

CARV’s mission is to empower users with data self-sovereignty and to share value captured from the utility of data in a consent-based, privacy-preserving mechanism.

CARV Protocol

https://protocol.carv.io/

An intent-centric, composable self-sovereign identity (SSI) oracle and incentivized data-sharing platform.

CARV Play

https://carv.io/

An AI-powered super app, starting with social, credentialing, and publishing in gaming.

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