Quarterly Report: Q4 2018

Blockchain is the library of the future, and we want this library used—by billions.

Ilija Rolović
Enjin
9 min readJan 14, 2019

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“A library serves no purpose unless someone is using it.”

— Mr. Atoz (Star Trek: The Original Series)

Think about blockchain for a moment.

It’s like a library filled not with books crafted with ink, paper, and leather—but an immortal, transparent repository filled with digital books forged in the fires of decentralization. It’s as if these books exist in a constant state of quantum superposition — in more than one place at the same time.

Blockchain is the library of the future.

At Enjin, we’re creating digital pens used to write new books for this library.

Building lanterns that can be used to light pathways for those that explore it.

Assembling digital vaults used for safely storing digital books that are yours.

Fabricating modifications and upgrades to the entire structure of the library itself.

Why?

We want this library to be used — by billions.

Enjin Timeline

Take a look at the progress we’ve made from day one:

Ecosystem Development

EnjinX

After more than a year of development, we launched EnjinX — an Ethereum explorer designed with a pivotal mission in mind: to speed up mainstream adoption of blockchain technology by making its data easily accessible to everyone.

We created EnjinX to support Ethereum’s mission to together build a more globally accessible, more free, and more trustworthy Internet.

Built to advance the growing Ethereum ecosystem, EnjinX is ultra-modern, minimal, usable, fast, and ad-free — making the understanding and use of Ethereum as simple, streamlined, and enjoyable as possible.

Enjin Beam

We created Enjin Beam, a first-of-its-kind technology that enables you to distribute valuable blockchain-based items via any visually accessible medium.

Enjin Beam makes receiving blockchain assets easy—all it takes is 3 simple steps:

  1. Install the Enjin Wallet on your Android or iOS device.
  2. Scan the Enjin Beam QR code.
  3. Claim your ENJ-backed ERC-1155 token and receive it safely in your wallet.

By completing this process, users receive a next-generation ERC-1155 collectible straight to their Enjin Wallet.

Enjin Wallet

The third Enjin Wallet update brought advanced blockchain gaming features, new supported games, and the results of an extensive security audit.

The world’s most secure game collectible wallet now supports sending and melting of ERC-1155 blockchain gaming assets, as well as two new games: Blockchain Cuties and Axie Infinity.

An extensive Enjin Wallet security audit and penetration test was also completed by the ORU security team, which found no issues that could be used to compromise the wallet or the cryptographic keys stored in the system.

Enjin Mintshop

In our everlasting quest to push mass adoption of blockchain technology past the tipping point of ubiquity, we opened the gates of token creation to everyone.

Now, anyone can create their own custom-branded ERC-1155 tokens by simply placing an order via the Enjin Mintshop.

Events

Our team attended, sponsored, and spoke at events and conferences all across the globe, from LA to Manila and Vancouver to Seoul.

October

  • GameFest 2018
    October 24–25 / Manila, Philippines
    Speaker: Marc Coupal

November

  • G-STAR 2018
    November 16–18 / Busan, South Korea
    Speaker: Danbee Lee

December

Adoption

Titan Flight Studios

In early December, Titan Flight Studios announced adoption of the Enjin Platform to integrate blockchain technology into their new arcade game ReBounce, an upcoming esports title, and future retail gamification projects.

HEX World

Developed by Ruined Canvas, HEX World is a competitive free-to-play multiplayer strategy game featuring blockchain-based worlds. With its initial public release showcasing “homeworlds” where players will be able to gather items and battle each other, HEX World will also soon feature user-generated blockchain-powered items.

In the game’s upcoming Beta release, players will be able to move through multiple worlds and galaxies—all of which will be ERC-1155 tokens backed by ENJ.

AlterVerse

Mid-December, AlterVerse, a gaming and world-building universe where users can play and create an infinite number of interconnected games and worlds, joined our Early Adopter Program and the Enjin Multiverse with plans to integrate blockchain into 17 gaming worlds.

A massive list of AlterVerse’s features are already completed, including: VR compatibility, in-game voice chat, customizable avatars, robust combat systems, ranks & stats systems, multiple weapons types, affiliate program, hunting & fishing, rideable mounts, alliance/team system, interactive & talking NPCs, decentralized server architecture, and more.

Partnerships

Ubisoft

In early October, we joined forces with Ubisoft and created the Blockchain Game Alliance, a coalition of gaming and blockchain companies committed to advocating for the democratization of blockchain within the gaming industry.

Convinced that blockchain technology brings numerous new benefits to the entire ecosystem, from developers to players, the alliance provides an open forum for all stakeholders to share knowledge and collaborate on research that fosters new ways to create and play games. Our ultimate goal is to help spread the integration of blockchain by developing common standards and best practices.

Binance

Through the recently launched Gold Label initiative, Enjin joined Binance in their efforts to provide users with the most accurate, transparent, and trusted information on cryptocurrency projects.

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Bidali

Bidali, a world-class payment gateway provider and online gift card retailer, added Enjin Coin as a payment method across their ecosystem, making it easier than ever for any online business to allow payments with ENJ.

Bidali’s innovative payment platform even allows businesses that accept ENJ to be paid out in local Fiat currencies. With all conversions and taxes automatically calculated, Bidali’s payment gateway is the most comprehensive out-of-the-box cryptocurrency payment tool on the market.

Holders of Enjin Coin can now also use their ENJ to buy gift cards on Bidali’s online gift card store, where they can purchase from a wide variety of major brands such as Xbox, PlayStation, iTunes, Google Play, and more than 100 other household names.

Korea Mobile Game Association & Korea Blockchain Contents Association

It’s no secret that Enjin loves Korea. From our Korean Team to our presence at key industry events in South Korea — such as Unite Seoul, BIC Festival, and the Global Blockchain Policy Conference — we remain committed to advancing adoption of blockchain technology in Korea and across the world.

In November, we took another step toward achieving this goal by partnering with the Korea Mobile Game Association and Korea Blockchain Contents Association.

What’s Next?

Think about what the printing press did for the advancement of our global civilization.

Books were no longer reserved only for the tiny few that were wealthy enough to afford painfully, manually written records of knowledge and art. The printing press turned once luxury items into something that could be produced and distributed affordably, quickly, and en masse.

We’d like to do the same for the digital “books” stored on the decentralized ledger—to enable anyone and everyone to easily create, manage, store, explore, trade, distribute, and integrate blockchain-based assets.

That’s what the Enjin Ecosystem is all about — enabling billions to have access to this world-changing technology.

For Q1 and Q2 2019, we have an ETA on the following items. These are estimated time frames, and we cannot promise any specific release dates:

  • Enjin Platform: Blockchain Unity Engine SDK
  • Enjin Platform: Godot Engine SDK
  • Enjin Platform: Enjin Cloud
  • Enjin Platform: Platform API
  • Enjin Platform: Wallet Daemon
  • Enjin Platform: Enjin Developer Portal
  • Enjin Platform: Multiple hidden Features
  • EnjinX: Developer Chain API (Scaling & Infrastructure)
  • EnjinX: Universal Explorer ERC-1155 & ERC-721 Support
  • EnjinX: Universal Explorer Bitcoin, Litecoin, Doge Support
  • EnjinX: Multiple hidden Features
  • Enjin Wallet: Native Coin & Token Exchange System
  • Enjin Wallet: Notification System
  • Enjin Wallet: Developer Wallet Mode
  • Enjin Wallet: DApps Browser
  • Enjin Wallet: Price History & Graphs
  • Enjin Wallet: Multiple hidden Features

…and much more to be announced.

What we’re trying to do is no small feat of engineering at all; our project is essentially a usable, scalable, secure blockchain ecosystem, both for developers and end-users.

It’ll be a fun, heroic journey into the legendary unknown — if you’d like to join us, hop over to our Telegram channel and say hi.

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Ilija Rolović
Enjin

Science enthusiast. Coffee addict. Die-hard trekkie. CEO at holoframe.io