GET November’ 23–5 Million
Welcome everyone to the November edition of GET Protocol’s update blog.
This month we’re diving into an ‘Events meet Tech’ edition of the blog with a primary focus on all the events occurring over the last month to take us over the major milestone of 5 Million NFT Tickets and doesn’t it just feel great to say that!
We’ll also hear from our co-founder and product wizard Frans on the behind the scenes process of wallets and what that means for the future of our on-chain vision..
First though lets take it over to the event activity that lead up to that magic 5 million moment!
King and Queen of the Ziggo — Suzan en Freek
Suzan en Freek brought their catchy pop tracks & infectious stage energy to the Ziggo Dome over four events in November. Each one filled to the brim with 14,000+ screaming fans that certainly matched the energy of the duo on stage.
Our team had the chance to help with scan management during the event which is always a big motivator to see so many fans handling the system and more importantly getting through the doors as swift as possible!
Our scanning system handled the 16 door and scanner setup flawlessly which ultimately led to a 98,5%~ entrance rate 10 minutes before the event even began! For context that’s a very rare occasion to have such a high check-in rate before the acts begin & cis a testament to how fast our system can get people through the door and also gives a good hint at the excitement and loyalty of Suzan en Freek’s fanbase — not a minute to waste!
Son Mieux at Afas Live
Across the street from the Suzan en Freek action, Son Mieux packed the Afas Live with soulful rhythm across two evenings.
Hier Festival at Rotterdam Ahoy
Hopping over to Rotterdam, Hier Festival graced the Ahoy with big acts such as Di-Rect, BLØF, Racoon and a plethora of other talents.
Hier’s catchy event banner design is also the source of this month’s memory — check that out further down the blog to get your hands on a free collectible!
AnyID — Heroes Den Bosch Season Tickets
The Heroes Den Bosch season is now in full swing having 7+ games now under their belts. We’ve been working with the Heroes organisation and their fan engagement app partner AnyID to provide direct access to season tickets from within their app.
In the future it will also become the hub for interacting with Heroes collectibles, which given Basketball’s flair for amazing moments, plus the energy Heroes brings to the atmosphere they build at events, we’re certain this will be a way for getting a large number of attendees looking forward to collecting across the season.
Check-In — Check Mate
Not only was this month the moment for the 5,000,000th ticket, but it was also the highest number of check-ins we’ve ever processed in a singular month in the entire history of both GUTS and GET Protocol.
The previous record was smashed by twice the amount, resulting in 113,000 check-ins in November — phew!
5,000,000
Naturally it’s impossible to not mention this momentus occasion in the monthly blog! After seven years, many amazing partners, exciting events around the world and the cause of bringing fans and organisers together, safely and accessibly — the 5 million mark tastes truly sweet.
Of course with all of the parties we can thank and celebrate, the community — you are a major part of the journey and this moment simply couldn’t have occured without the support, passion and perseverance of the members that make our community great.
Take a walk through time with us here:
We truly thank you & cannot wait for the next 5 million to be just as exciting (if not more!) together.
Business Development
This month our VP of Business Development, Simon visited London for Sporting Crypto a business networking event held by Pet Berisha. Pet’s ability to report on the adoption & learnings of the wider sports industry has led to him developing a sizeable & quality network with forward thinking organisations. Simon’s attendance and continued networking with the SC community is a great opportunity to foster awareness of our solution with organisations that align with the benefits of our tooling.
Later in the month, Simon and Colby took to Sports Pro Madrid to bump shoulders with top associations in the sport, content and consultancy worlds. Even though Simon unfortunately broke his foot just a day before flying out, he troopered through the pain & we met a lot of exciting people that we’re eager to follow up with.
These sports conferences are ideal for refining our ICP and seeing the Digital Twin in a new light through the eyes of all the parties that make up the sports vertical.
Wallets for Everyone
A look behind the scenes of our Wallets, with co-founder & product wizard Frans:
Last month we launched wallets for everyone, served together with a dApp to beautifully browse all your event-collectibles and access additional (post) event utility. If you haven’t checked out the new event collectible Wallet app, check it out now or read more about it on our previous blogs here and here.
Although a lot was written about the “Wallet UI”, and it is already accessible for everyone (that ever bought a ticket through GET Protocol), there is much more to it then simply being a massive upgrade of “The Fridge” (RIP Fridge). Let’s dive deeper and learn what the magic of wallets will mean for the future of GET Protocol.
The past
Up until now tickets/collectibles (in the form of NFTs) where minted on the event-contract wallet if the ticket-buyer didn’t connect a wallet they owned in the purchase flow or their profile. These NFTs could be “claimed” in retrospect, but this obviously wasn’t an ideal flow. More importantly: it also limited further development of the protocol.
We want to onboard everyone onto Web3, even if you don’t know you even want to yet! Let’s take the chicken-egg debate out of the way and give everyone an egg to hatch a chicken.
The now
In short: for every user (account) in our integrators’ system (including white-labels), a wallet is created and linked. Any tickets purchased results in the corresponding NFT being minted on this user-wallet directly. And of course we are doing this on scale from the start: Over 60.000 wallets have already been created over the last couple of weeks!
Important to note: On the protocol level wallet owners are registered completely anonymous and users can still opt-in to connect their own wallet, obviously!
This is a massive step towards adaptation since there is no additional process to opt-in, no retroactive claiming needed, and we have laid the groundwork to build additional utility — not only for those web3 savvy people — for any of the millions that already bought a ticket through one of the systems that use GET Protocol. Which brings us to the next topic…
The near future (aka next steps already in development)
Using your wallet. Not just looking at its content, but actively use it. To connect to OpenSea and put your collectible up for sale, to access external token-gated content, to unlock membership status of your favourite football club, the list goes on…
All of the above examples are already accessible for people that have connected a wallet upfront, but… We are going to bring it to every ticket-owner out there. An SDK which gives users control of their wallets — straight from the web/mobile platform of the integrator/whitelabel they have used to purchase their tickets — is currently in development.
With everything web3 & wallets abstracted away we can offer frictionless UX as a simple drop-in to integrators, in an environment people are already familiar with, without major development overhead.
The vision
We dream of a world where ticket-holders sign a transaction to check (themselves) in at an event, preferably permissionless without central services in-between. Where tickets can be resold fully decentral, worldwide and using crypto or fiat of your choice. Where only the rules programmed on the smart-ticket are the limits. Not just those who understand the complex technological world that is Web3 (currently) — but for everyone. Wallets brings us a lot closer to that goal and we cannot wait to work on the endless possibilities they bring.
Streamlining the Scanner App
Our TAAS ‘Ticketing as a Service’ team also launched changes to the scanner app at the beginning of the month after feedback from event organisers — the app now intuitively nudges and shows the scanner when they’ve checked-in a user / privilege:
Bittrex Global — Wind Down
This month Bittrex also informed users that they are winding down operation of the platform. Whilst there is currently no date for the end of withdrawals — we encourage any GET token holders to withdraw their tokens from the platform to ensure the safety and security of their token ownership.
You can read more on the exchange’s homepage: https://bittrexglobal.com/
Memories — Hier Festival
We’re excited to launch the second memory for the community which is a Hier Festival replica collectible! With Hier being such a key moment in the autumn-winter months, we thought it would be the ideal way to cherish November’s hustle and bustle.
As always you can claim your memory by heading to the staking site and the claim will be open until the end of December!
https://token.get-protocol.io/memories
That’s it for November! As always you can stay up to date via the GET Protocol twitter & we’ll see you back here for next month’s blog — adios!
