Pak x NFT Studios: creating an unusual airdrop for the Merge project
We partnered with legendary artist Pak to create the new Merge airdrop with a gamified experience built into the smart contract.
Over the past weeks, we’ve been working with NFT artist Pak to build the technology behind the recent Matter airdrop in the Merge project.
Leveraging Web3 technology, we developed a gamified experience built into the smart contract of the Matter token, the NFT airdropped to Merge holders.
In this article, we’ll explain how the tech of the drop works. But don’t worry! We will make sure not to spoil any hidden mechanics!
You can check out details for Merge here and the list of winners who are receiving the mysterious Matter token here 👇
What is Merge
Merge, as Pak defines it, is a single artwork distributed across many tokens. The project was launched in December 2021 with a collectively created supply of ~29,000 NFTs, consisting of ~312728 total “mass”.
The collection features a dynamic NFT called “mass” that has a built-in scarcity mechanism that makes the token supply decrease over time.
Every time a collector acquires an additional mass token to their wallet, all mass NFTs merge into a single NFT with the total amount of mass in the collector’s wallet.
The project was a huge success, selling the entire NFT collection for a whopping 91,8 million dollars.
Merge collectors can now embark on a new scavenger hunt that starts with the airdrop of the mysterious Matter token.
Matter Drop
Matter is the first collection of NFTs earned by Merge collectors through the unusual treasure hunt game mass.black.
The collectors who are receiving these unique assets are the winners of the different mass.black tiers, which is a total of ~1500 tokens listed in this snapshot.
Matter Token
Each Matter token is unique and generated based on the winning mass token. Every Matter NFT has its special type, rarity, and visual characteristics. The tokens also have multiple states of existence, which can be revealed using on-chain mechanisms.
We developed a custom smart contract that allows users to receive one or more Matter tokens based on their positions on the mass.black game leaderboards.
Pak’s idea for this project was to provide Matter holders with a whole gamified experience, proving that with the help of technology, NFTs can become a unique scavenger hunt-like experience for the collectors.
Among the different features we built, there’s a special function that determines how the token changes its state based on the collector’s actions and assets.
This feature was made in a separate contract for the metadata. But don’t worry! We won’t spoil the mechanics here. You’ll have to figure them out yourself.
We will reveal more information about the technology we built as users progress on the project.
Locked tokens & The Move Mechanism
Matter tokens are in a locked state initially. Users won’t be able to sell, trade, or transfer them. The NFT must be unlocked by The Creator (Pak) to have an activated secondary market.
During the lock period, the Matter tokens will have the Move mechanism enabled, which allows The Creator to move any token from its current wallet to any other wallet.
Read more about the Move mechanic here 👇
The Move function on the smart contract works as follows:
function move(uint256 _tokenId, address _to)
external
onlyOwnerOrCollaborator
{
require(
isTransferLocked,
"This method can not be called if the transfers are unlocked"
);
_transfer(ownerOf(_tokenId), _to, _tokenId);
}All in for NFT Art
Working with Pak is a huge opportunity to show the crypto community that we are 100% committed to empowering the creation of innovative NFT art through the power of Web3 technology.
Working with a legendary artist like Pak in such a fantastic project like Merge is a massive step towards our goal of putting NFT Studios’ technology expertise at the service of art creation.
We have already worked in developing and launching innovative NFT projects with renowned artists like Hackatao and Tom Sachs. We see this as a new step towards fulfilling our vision of supporting art and artists across the globe.
Buildtree coming soon
Our goal is to keep empowering creators by pushing the limits of Web3 technology.
We are currently building a whole ecosystem of interoperable web3 tools that will allow artists to create, launch, and showcase their #NFT projects 100% on their own, without any technical knowledge or external development assistance.
BuildTree will allow you to mint an NFT collection using your own custom smart contract and create a web3-ready website to showcase your project.
If you want to be among the first NFT artists/creators to test BuildTree, fill up this form and join the early access:
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