How To Make a Splash Instead of Ending Up in the Dumpster

Written by Drew Marshall | Hydrate.eth

Standards are needed in the ever evolving arena of social media. Attention spans are at an all time low. Greed, anger, mental illness & impulsivity are at an all time high. This article serves as a reminder to myself and others how to be considerate on this wild ride. I’ve broken every rule in this guide, in fact, that’s why I’m making it.

If you just joined an online community on X, you definitely need to read this article.

If you’re OG, congrats. You probably still need to read this article. Wouldn’t hurt.

If you’re blocked or stuck in the “grease trap,” a term coined by Mooks to represent someone acting greasy who is not in good standing, you should read and reread this article. Let it flow through you. Sleep on it.

Topics:

• Blocking
• Shilling vs Sharing
• Raiding
• Spaces 101 — listening, requesting to speak, waiting to speak, speaking.
• Hosting 101

BLOCKING

Blocking has been on the rise in the past few years. I personally don’t rush to block unless it’s a scammer, and have found myself bewildered at a few blocks I’ve gotten over the years. Some people have zero tolerance for bullshit and will block you at the drop of a hat. Keep a few things in mind:

• Not everyone is going to like you.
• Time heals. Sometimes you need a break from friends, especially if one of you is burnt out.
• Lack of sleep makes us conflict prone. Be reserved about fanning the flames of fires people start when they’re tired.

Do you have a smaller account and you’re trying to grow engagement? Fade conflicts when possible. When in doubt, instead of blocking someone, try muting instead. If their content returns to quality, you’ll likely see friends interacting with it and eventually give them another chance. And the best part, they have no clue they’re muted.

Post-block etiquette:

• Especially if you’ve been blocked by someone you respect, or just a critical connection you don’t want to lose, don’t burn the bridge permanently by sounding off on the timeline and or rushing to the group chats to start talking shit. Not everyone may agree with you. Try to avoid forcing friends to pick a side.
• Don’t block back.
• Think about what feedback you’ve received. That can take time. Sleep on it, and then react. Were you wrong? If so, try to make amends through mutual friends. Apologize.

With feedback, don’t take it personal. Take the meat and leave the bones.

Unity is important. Disunity is a contagious disease. Controversy can destroy group chats, causing members to leave or be less likely to engage with each other’s content. Having principles is important, but pick your battles and don’t exhaust yourself fighting on too many fronts. If you see two people you care about going at it, kind words at a tense time go a long way. Rooting for unity openly may help materialize it.

YOUR REPUTATION & SHILLING VS SHARING

Imagine your reputation is an ERC-20 token. The supply is 1. The potential value is infinite. Every time you shill something, you swap a little bit of that reputation away. People don’t forget the junk you puked on the timeline, even if you delete it later. It stays with you, and if you’re honest, it can haunt you. Most people have made a few bad moves and have shilled a few risky things, and they joke about it from time to time. It’s humbling. It happens. We forgive you.

Just don’t keep embarrassing yourself.

So what is shilling vs sharing?

Sharing something thoughtful on YOUR OWN FEED, and even the occasional degeneracy, is within your right. People may even ask you from time to time, “what do you do?” or “what are you working on?” or even “what are you collecting?” You may even host or join a space dedicated to creators sharing their work. These are all great times to take the reigns and let the world know all about you, your creations, your passions.

Shilling, on the other hand, is spamming project after project, space after space, shitcoin after shitcoin into group chats, DMs, other people’s comments, or pinning on spaces, with little context. Showing up as a “community member” here and there just to say hi, make a point or two and then shill.

Don’t have an agenda everywhere you go.

It will be sniffed out. EASILY.

The best way to share your own personal work/projects, or encourage donations to charities or organizations you care about, is to show up every day, contribute genuinely to the communities you’re involved in, and keep the reminders to a minimum. Be a real person. People are more likely to get to know you and your work if you frequently create useful & original content. Show us who you are, do cool stuff, don’t ask for anything in return. Don’t feel entitled to exposure just because you helped a community.

Ask yourself, “what % of my posts are an ad?”

If your X feed and replies look like a shitty billboard, NGMI. Use a burner to repost giveaways if you’re into that type of thing.

RAIDING

Raiding is organized engagement around specific posts. You may see people in Telegram or other group chats posting links to raid. Some tips:

• Having more followers than following seems to help engagement in general.
• Having a verified account helps engagement too, and can help the reach of your raids, but X by default will slow down engagement when you use new cashtags or tag a new project account constantly. Be aware that raiding constantly can cause your account to be shadowbanned or suspended. Consider building up an alt account to use interchangeably.
• Some people create raid posts to improve their own engagement. Be selective about who’s posts you raid. Does it have 752 following, 3 followers and a cartoon pfp? Is every single post an ad? That account will not raid as effectively.
• If your feed is constant raids, imagine how that looks to friends and acquaintances. Try making some original content to use with your raids, versus just spamming old memes and cashtags. Be thoughtful.

SPACES 101

If you’re planning to jump up and speak in spaces, go over this checklist first:

• Is your connection solid? Be safe, avoid joining big spaces while on the road or if you know your connection is unreliable.
• If your phone has been on a while, sometimes restarting it first will help avoid glitches and bugs with X.
• Do you have a location around you with low background noise? If so, make sure you can move to that spot when it’s your turn to speak.

Having a clean connection on the first try will give everyone else a good first impression. It lets them know you respect their time.

LISTENING

• Don’t troll with out of place emojis or smash too many emojis unless the host asks for the audience to hype it up. On the flip side, it helps the host if you can show some signs of life and smash a few hearts or 100s here and there.
• When you can, do the host the courtesy of sharing the space with a quote tweet. Engage a few of the pinned messages as well.

REQUESTING TO SPEAK

• It’s typically easier to get a speaker spot if you request early in the spaces vs later. Joining a space promptly when it opens helps.
• Especially in larger spaces dedicated to a specific community or ecosystem, it’s bad form to join from a project or business account and many hosts won’t even accept your request to speak.
• If you get accepted, give things a moment to load, it can take X 15–30 seconds to add you into the space and restore the audio. If you think something is wrong, exit immediately, reboot your phone and rejoin. If you’re just plain rugging, don’t make a career out of fixing it, just join next time.
• Remember: If you’re high or drunk, most everyone will know it.

WAITING IN QUEUE ON STAGE

• KEEP YOUR MIC MUTED AT ALL TIMES UNLESS SPEAKING.
• Unless someone familiar to you is hosting or co-hosting, it’s good etiquette to raise your hand when you want to speak.
• What’s the vibe of the space, and is it informal or formal? Typically a scheduled space has a plan to the flow, and a small time window for audience Q & A. In these cases, especially amongst new acquaintances, don’t raise your hand until closer to the time the Q & A is set to begin.
• If you sense your chance to speak is coming, you can tap the unmute/mute button quickly once or twice to signal you are planning to jump in. This can help others know you’re about to talk.
• Don’t speak over others. It doesn’t hurt to ask “Can I jump in?” during a small break in the action if it’s not 100% clear it’s your turn.

SPEAKING IN HIGH PROFILE SPACES:

Chill spaces with friends don’t need guidelines. Do whatever you want. These guidelines are for when you’re on the spot in front of hundreds, if not thousands of people. These aren’t your average chill spaces, and you need to have a pretty strong rapport with the hosts and speakers to be balls out and act crazy unless you sound good from the jump. A few tips:

• Skip the “hi, how are you”
• It doesn’t hurt to ask “Can everyone hear me?” if you’re unsure.
• If it’s Q & A, don’t take too long to tee up your question.
• Don’t be overly complimentary. Dick riding when the job’s not finished can annoy some people. You can also come off as a LARP.
• If you need tech support, contact a community member directly. Don’t ask in spaces.

• That being said, charisma wins the day. Be enthusiastic and positive when you can. Charge things up. X spaces can create big momentum.
• Don’t ask a question that can be answered by the average joe, and don’t ask the same question everyone else has asked in a different way. This isn’t the White House Press Briefing room.
• Don’t reference other projects or what you’re working on unless prompted. Your tiny community might think its amazing but everyone else just lost respect for you.
• Don’t tell your life story or why you’re so damn great. Your mom knows it, you know it, but let us get to know you over time. We will find out you’re great. Right?
• Unsolicited advice can come off as big ego talk. Don’t tell the host to read a certain book, just summarize 1 key point that changed the game for you if its relevant. Don’t tell the host how to run the project, 99% of the time you don’t know what you’re talking about.
• Don’t pin any posts without permission unless you’re cool with the hosts and speakers. When in doubt, ask. Sometimes people don’t like pinning.

HOSTING 101

The most important part about hosting is a steady connection. Don’t host if you’re on the road. X will rug the entire space if the host’s connection is poor, even if they aren’t participating. If your space is scheduled in advance and it’s important to you, join early and do a sound check.

If you record the space, some degenerates may be less likely to participate or be themselves.

Reset the room every 30 minutes at least. Tell people who you are, and spend a minute explaining what’s going on as if the listener has never attended a space covering this topic before.

If you’re hosting a space with hashtags for a large community that typically gets much more engagement than you:

• Avoid too much cross-pollinating. People are exhausted from the shills, so keep your space ad free as much as possible.
• If one of the main community hosts or founders starts a space, and your space has the same theme, post that space at the top of yours and wind things down. Encourage everyone else to join the new space and give them time to swap over.

If a founder or popular host from one of these communities jumps up to speak, keep in mind:

• They probably don’t have time to co-host.
• Even if they aren’t co-hosting, they may assume you will moderate the space similar to how they might moderate. Be open to suggestions on who to keep and remove. Remember, them being there is helping your engagement. Flexibility is key.

Music

• It’s good to play music here and there, especially when the space is opening up and closing down. Spaces is like a radio show. If you can get a speaker or co-host who can play 2–4 songs per hour, you get time to rest your voice, eat, go to the bathroom, take care of things at home, etc. Spaces can be exhausting, and music can make it more sustainable for everyone.

Speakers

• It’s good to hear from your audience. Don’t be too long winded.
• Give people 30–45 seconds after adding them before checking if they can hear you. It can take time.
• If you put people on the spot who haven’t spoken in a few minutes, sometimes they aren’t ready to answer. Give them a heads up if you can.
• Remember, you are the host. Feel free to shape the conversation. Some speakers can be a bit long winded. Don’t hesitate to interject and change the flow of the conversation. Sometimes even a good speaker doesn’t take a breath and starts to sound like shit. Give them props and move on to the next speaker.
• If someone’s not muting their mic, their connection is consistently bad, or they keep disrupting your flow, just remove them.
• If you get a disruptive person or a troll, remove them, apologize to the audience briefly and keep it moving. Don’t let them set the tone. Forget it.
• If people bring good content into your space, show love! Encourage the audience to follow them.

Ending Your Space

• If the momentum is slowing down, and you’ve been in spaces a while, wrap it up.
• If people are present who you appreciate, this is a good time to show them love and give props to the people who joined.
• Plug the next space where you’ll appear.

CONCLUSION

Since social media is full of remote interactions and not in-person, we often forget some of the courtesies and considerations we afford others in person. Relax, and when in doubt, follow your instincts. Less is more, don’t overdo it and burn yourself out. Never yield to trolls and button pushers who want you to malfunction.

Do your best. Be you. You belong here.

A researcher blazes a trail for professional photographers to preserve their work on the Ethereum blockchain.

In the winter of 2022, I participated in a forum about NFTs hosted by The Photography Society with Justin Aversano & Kris Graves from Quantum. Members of TPS are seasoned National Geographic photographers, and they were exploring the use of NFTs as a medium to distribute their work.

We discussed the pros and cons of launching an NFT collection, storage methods, and the relevance of blockchain as a medium for delivering content. I had shared my photography NFT guide, a public good available to anyone which was used to successfully launch two of Michael_Yamashita’s photography collections in late 2021.

During that same session, we learned of a tragic development from within the archives of National Geographic itself. Some of the metadata in their archives belonging to some of their photographers had gone missing, leaving them only with the images and nothing more. NFTs offer decentralized file sharing options, but none of those options are truly on-chain.

With the popularity of on-chain NFTs, I thought to myself: Is it possible to store photography on the Ethereum blockchain itself?

The answer I got from other collectors was a consistent, resounding no.

“It would be too expensive.”

Then, along came Ethscriptions

What are Ethscriptions?

Ethscriptions store images directly on the Ethereum blockchain. They are not NFTs. They’re not a “smart contract” so they do not use as much gwei, or gas, as an NFT. For more, read their docs on the Ethscriptions website and see the original Medium article by their founder, former Genius CEO Tom Lehman. (also known as middlemarch.eth or dumbnamenumbers)

Since they are stored on-chain, Ethscriptions do not require storage, like IPFS, Arweave, or other decentralized storage systems used to preserve NFT images and metadata.

Why Photography?

Ethscriptions provide photographers a way to permanently store their data and images with a reasonable cost. As long as the Ethereum blockchain is archived and accessible, the images will exist as an encoded message on the chain.

The cost of each of my Ethscriptions so far has ranged from $20-$40. Users pay a 1 time fee in Ethereum to inscribe the image, and the cost varies depending on the size of the image and the gas cost at the time. I wrote an article in 2021 about optimizing gas costs which still is relevant today. When you ethscribe a photo, the image is coded and broadcast to the blockchain as a pending transaction, so you can technically set the gas relatively low and wait for it to go through.

The images are also censor proof, to a degree. It is up to the “indexers” to choose to broadcast the images or not, but anyone can spin up an indexer.

Hydrate Photo On-Chain Photography

As a researcher, I have to be hands on. As a writer, I have to truly know my subject matter in order for my writing to be relevant. As I began to write about photography as a collector and consultant, I felt the need to do more to grasp the field. Curate exhibitions, take & edit photographs, etc.

Starting in June 2023, I minted 5 of my best photographs as Ethscriptions. I wanted to test it, document the experience, and see if the technology would be viable.

Prior to the Ethscriptions marketplace, I minted and wrapped some early Ethscription photographs with Emblem Vault, a service which transfers your Ethscription to its own wallet, and then trades that wallet as a single NFT. To unvault Ethscriptions, follow the link here.

See the gallery below, guide, and ideas on forming a new standard for photography & photography metadata on-chain.

Her & Him on Broadway

My latest ethscribed photograph of the mysterious Oona on June 18, 2022.

The shot faces downtown into Times Square and includes the iconic H & M tower.

Ethscription 3818082 — minted June 22, 2023 — Link on Ethscriptions

Minted for 0.022Ξ @ 11 Gwei

Originally 196kb, reduced to 93.5kb

Listed on the Memescribe Marketplace for for 0.42Ξ

My infatuation with Oona grew slowly, as I encountered her at nearly every NFT related event I went to. New York, Miami, she was everywhere.

In spring 2022, she developed a bubble wrap dress and bubble wand calling out the NFT bubble. Check out her latest work, Look Touch Own.

Footsteps on Baker Beach

My genesis photography piece on-chain.

Ethscription 176884 — minted June 22, 2023 — Link on Ethscriptions

Originally 209.6kb, reduced to 90.7kb

Wrapped and listed on Emblem Vault via Opensea for 1.9412Ξ

Ashkowna

Ethscription 4008183 — Minted January 1, 2024.

Listed on the Memescribe Marketplace for .195Ξ

The Russian river, known as Ashowkawna by the native Pomo people, welled around Penny Island, failing to empty into the ocean. In the middle of the channel, logs and debris were strewn about, and a log dome had been constructed. I climbed in the door and took this shot of the ocean.

This photograph was taken on a trip with John Winter Murphy, a friend and longtime moderator of Reddit’s r/cryptocurrency. See our show with Tom Lehman of Facet at noon EST on 1/8. Link to be provided at the top of the subreddit.

Downtown San Francisco

Ethscription 384125 — Minted July 4, 2023. Link on Ethscriptions

Originally 209.6kb, reduced to 92.4kb

Wrapped on Emblem Vault, sold to DiscipleDAO on 11/30/2023 for .2579Ξ

Love Shack

Ethscription 461549 — Minted July 15, 2023 — Link on Ethscriptions

Originally 207kb, reduced to 92kb

Wrapped on Emblem Vault, sold to DiscipleDAO on 11/30/2023 for 0.214Ξ

Ozomatli

Ethscription 4004764— Minted January 1, 2024.

Listed on the Ethscriptions Marketplace for .44Ξ

Two Ozomatli, or monkeys in the Aztec’s Nauhautl language. Deep in their slumber on a fall morning, the light kissed their golden skin as I raised the curtains and captured this moment before their waking.

My fascination with Native Americans and archaeology has grown as I’ve gotten older. I began to visit known archaeological sites, search for artifacts along streambeds and in farmer’s fields, and read books, articles and anything I could get my hands on.

I joined the Archeological Society of Delaware as a lifetime member in 2021, and have participated in several archaeological digs, to the point that I can now perform phase 2 and 3 excavations myself under supervision.

Recently, I gained a new understanding of my yearning to connect with the ancient people of the Americas. From my mother’s side, we have a Peruvian ancestor.

Tilted Trek

Ethscription 1220813 — Minted September 22, 2023

Listed on Ordex for .2579Ξ

Creating Photography Ethscriptions

Stripping Metadata:

In order to optimize file size, I used FlooredApe’s “lossy” ethscription tool to strip all of the metadata so only the image remained. The UI also allows you to mint the ethscription there if you choose to. This reduces the file size by 40–60% depending on the photograph.

If cost is not a factor, you can size down the image until the result after stripping was just under 96kb.

Metadata:

In summer of 2021, I helped world renowned photographer Michael Yamashita construct the metadata for his Four Seasons of Jiuzhaigou collection. To help viewers better understand the specific camera settings behind his work, we concentrated on settings like camera, lens, exposure, angle, focal length, etc.

Metadata on Ethscriptions currently are not ported directly from the file, and rely on marketplaces to customize them using a json file and add them to the front end.

For Ethscriptions, I focused on basic info about the photograph, and then the technical details of the on-chain file itself, since my camera used automatic settings. Professional photographers are definitely urged to include some of the technical details if they used manual settings.

Data fields used: Year, Month, City, Location, Horizontal, Vertical, Ethscribed File Size, Raw File Size, Mint Cost, Gwei Cost

The Horizontal/Vertical detail the dimensions of the image. Raw file size is the original photo size prior to reducing

Links to my GitHub with the .json files: Ethscriptions Marketplace

Michael Yamashita Signing Photography Prints

Ethscription 1262503 — Minted September 29, 2023.

Listed on the Ethscriptions Marketplace for .388Ξ

Link to Metadata on Github: Yamashita On-Chain

My 5th on-chain photograph had the metadata stripped and re-added to the actual on-chain file with the assistance of 3757.eth.

I visited Yamashita’s studio in the fall of 2021, prior to his photoshoot at Hamilton Park in NYC. Meeting him and traveling together had a tremendous impact on my personal development, inspiring me to more carefully document the interesting moments in my web3 journey.

I wrote articles about all of Yamashita’s major NFT releases here on medium. To preserve the memory of this alliance between photographer and collector, I plan to mint the key moments with descriptions showing the context of the picture and why it is impactful.

On-chain description imbedded in the photo:

A visit to Michael Yamashita’s studio. He spent 40 years as a full time photographer at National Geographic, and was a pioneer for people of color at the magazine. In this action shot, he signs prints capturing the Pamir mountains of Afghanistan, and Jiuzhaigou National Park in China. These images were tokenized in 2021 by Jason Kingdon and Jack O’Neill from 1Kin Labs with Drew Marshall’s help. Together, they made the first photography collection on Ethereum with technical photography information in the metadata, coding each line manually on the NFT minting platform Cargo. The Jiuzhaigou print shown here on the bottom was purchased by Drew’s friend DJ Mossey, and the Afghanistan print was purchased for the Marshall family collection.

Alex the Cobbler

Ethscription 4030856 — Minted January 1, 2024.

Listed on the Ethscriptions Marketplace for .25Ξ

Link to Metadata on Github: Alex On-Chain

During my last evening in New York during my April 2023 visit, my belt broke.

My pants sagged as I walked back to the subway on the Upper West Side, I passed this shop and saw this hobbled old cobbler working in this quaint little shop on 9th avenue. How cute. I stopped for a quick photo.

I hit the button right when he looked up.

Alex was confident and inviting. “I can fix that belt! How about $100? You can photograph the process, come here.”

The rustic old shop was fascinating. Alex had been at this same location for a lifetime. There are over 130 pictures of Alex and his shop on Yelp, and I believe “The moment Alex noticed me” I have the best shot.

Conclusion

Ethscriptions are rising in popularity, but the usage of them as a historical preservation tool is still relatively low. Elon Musk recently lamented the state of NFTs, citing that they’re not on-chain and are merely tokens that point to JPEGs. As collectors become more selective, they will begin to prefer on-chain preservation over other storage types. Photographers will turn to the blockchain to preserve their very best images, memories and stories, even if they have no plans to sell them, since other storage methods require upkeep and are less reliable. Ethscriptions will become this preservation tool, rivaling other decentralized storage platforms like IPFS and Arweave, and onboard a new wave of content creators to Ethereum.

All of the Summer Updates From the Web3 Domain Space Including Exciting New ENS Integrations, Unstoppable Domains Development Activity, and Interviews With Khori Whitakker & Brad Kam

Web3 Domains — The Best NFT for Newcomers

If you are new to NFTs and reading this article for the first time, an ENS or Unstoppable Domain is a solid choice to start learning about blockchain and Web3. Securing your brand name, full name, or preferred digit is a great step to begin customizing your on-chain footprint. Tasks such as setting your avatar, pointing your domain to your wallet address, and updating your contact info within your domain are all great ways to interact with the Ethereum blockchain in a risk free, low cost and educational way.

Secure your domain on the Unstoppable Domains website today!

Unstoppable Updates

New ENS Marketplace on Unstoppable

Earlier this summer, Unstoppable Domains announced a new website to purchase ENS domains from ENS Labs. Users can pay using Paypal, Google Pay, credit card, crypto.com, and various crypto chains including Ethereum, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Dogecoin, Polygon and Litecoin. Users can also pay Unstoppable to custody their domains for $10 per domain per year, or purchase a $99 bulk plan for unlimited domain custody.

Since 70% of their sales come in the form of fiat currency, this rollout has the potential to further increase utilization of ENS. The new auto renewal feature makes managing ENS domains even easier. These innovations make it clear that Unstoppable seeks to make web3 domains adoption more accessible.

Unstoppable recently announced updated support for Web2 and Web3 registrars, enabling them to integrate Unstoppable Domains and make them available directly through their sites to earn revenue and expand options for their customers.

Unstoppable & ENS Interoperability

Unstoppable made an announcement this week that ALL of their integrations now apply to .eth, becoming the 18th TLD to become available on Unstoppable’s Resolution Service.

Websites, services and dapps that haven’t adopted ENS can still choose to integrate directly through the ENS Enabling page on the ENS Documentation website. On September 7th, Unstoppable Domains announced support for .eth domains in their messaging app.

Unstoppable Development Updates

Unstoppable recently integrated XMTP to allow interoperability for p2p messaging across a number of platforms such as Coinbase Wallet, Lenster or Converse Messenger. In addition, Unstoppable has partnered with Push protocol, who recently announced integration for business-to-user messaging.

Unstoppable is also working to integrate the Fireblocks Non-Custodial wallet, which will help with onboarding ordinal transactions, as well as making interacting with wallets easier for first time users.

Unstoppable also recently secured the .sats TLD, resolving an issue with naming collisions. You can soon purchase ordinal .sats names directly on the UD website.

If you purchased .zil Domains, they are now useable on Polygon and be can converted using this guide from Unstoppable Domains.

Brad Kam Interview

I recently sat down with the co-founder of Unstoppable Domains, Brad Kam, to discuss a variety of topics including the Web 3 Domain Alliance, patents, UD’s new marketplace which supports ENS, and his vision for the future of domains in Web3. I came away from the conversation with one solid conclusion — Unstoppable Domains will be a formidable force in the web3 domain industry for years to come.

“There will be hundreds, if not thousands, of web3 TLDs” — Brad Kam

In our multiple conversations 1 on 1 and in Twitter spaces, I found Brad to be knowledgeable, well-spoken, engaged, realistic and likeable. The importance of founders themselves interfacing with the community is paramount in the crypto industry, and I believe Unstoppable has an edge over ENS in this area.

Web 3 Domain Alliance & Patent Debate

The Web 3 Domain Alliance’s stated purpose is “dedicated to the technological advancement of blockchain domain registries, as well as consumer protection by ensuring the interoperability of blockchain domain registries.” Unstoppable Domains has secured the patents for the system and method of managing domain names on a decentralized network, specifically, US Patent No. US 11558344 B1. The patent is a source of contention, since the technology covered under it was first utilized by ENS Labs, but the Web 3 Domain Alliance recently extended the patent’s permissions to .eth domains.

During our interview, Brad emphasized the importance of domain startups applying for patents to avoid the potential for web2 domain companies to swoop in, front-run patents, and stifle innovation. During a recent Twitter space with myself and the Unstoppable community, Brad Kam issued an open challenge to ENS Labs and the community to debate him regarding these issues.

Will the debate happen?

It seems unlikely, with the ENS Labs team & community staying in their lane and not paying much attention to Unstoppable Domains over the past 5 years.

With the level of community engagement, marketing and connections that the Unstoppable team has made, especially in the last year, it seems unlikely that they will fade away, but rather, I predict they will become a stronger and stronger competitor to ENS Labs in the future. Anyone cynical about these statements is simply not paying enough unbiased attention.

ENS Updates

GnosisPay Integration with ENS

Gnosis recently released GnosisPay, a Visa card that allows you to pay with self-custodied cryptocurrency. In their official announcement, Gnosis touts this new system as “the world’s first Decentralized Payment Network.” Prior crypto debit cards were launched by major exchanges like Coinbase, and required users to custody their funds on the exchange. Launching first in Europe, they plan to expand to the US and Hong Kong.

Khori Whittaker Interview Follow Up

I checked in with Khori.eth this past week to follow up on our previous interview back in February.

The big takeaway: Real world integration is happening.

Following the Gnosis ENS integration, Khori is excited about more companies looking to integrate ENS & crypto payments. Another big win for integration: the contracts for gasless DNS implementation underwent some final tweaks after recent audits, and have been deployed to Sepolia. The technology “will make it possible for anyone with a DNS name to ENS-enable it by setting DNS TXT records, with no onchain gas fees whatsoever.” They are also working on the ability for gasless resolution of record content from DNS, allowing DNS owners to fully configure a DNS name for ENS integration with no gas fees whatsoever.

One big ask which has been fulfilled; wen merch? The ENS merchandise website boasts customizable t-shirts, hats, mugs and hoodies. Also, all gas fees paid by ENS DAO participants have been fully refunded.

Khori recommended keeping an eye on the new ENS roadmap site and bi-weekly newsletter to see past, present and future milestones by ENS Labs. All prior newsletters are archived on the ENS DAO page.

ENS Labs has recently emphasized the importance of the DAO taking over critical functions, allowing them to fade into the background and let the DAO run the show.

Normalization

One completed item on the roadmap page is normalization, a long anticipated update to the ENS protocol denoting which names are considered valid and which are not. There is currently a vote on the ENS DAO to refund any registrations of non-normalized ENS names, so keep track of the proposal and vote!

ENS @ ETHCC & ETHGLOBAL

The ENS team partnered with v3x at the 6th annual Ethereum Community Conference (ETHCC6) to distribute over 1500 POAP activated name cards, with 28% of attendees claiming the cards.

Both the ENS and Unstoppable teams will be present at EthGlobal in NYC from September 22–24. $500k USD in prizes are up for grabs for savvy hackers and developers.

Use UD & ENS for Email, Messaging and More!

Mailchain, the communication layer for web3 (both a web3 inbox and multi-chain protocol) supports UD to UD and .eth to .eth secure email/ asynchronous communication. Through Mailchain’s ENS integration, anyone can correspond with their .eth.

You can easily signup at http://app.mailchain.com and register the resolving as many wallet addresses/ identities as you want, to one secure inbox.

Mailchain empowers the wider Ethereum and Web3 communities of projects, creators, and DAOs to relay vital developments and news in one user-friendly platform. Builders and developers can use the open source SDK to integrate end-to-end encrypted communication into their dapps and projects.

All messages are end-to-end encrypted using unique keys known only to the recipient. This ensures forwards and backwards secrecy. Mailchain cannot see a user’s encrypted user profile or messages. This is all decrypted on the client side (in the browser).

Etherscan has now integrated direct messaging using ENS names via their Blockscan mobile app. Interface Social also recently integrated ENS, an app which features wallet tracking, social and other features. Skiff mail also recently integrated ENS.

Lastly, eth.xyz has some interesting new integrations including compatibility with Bluesky profiles.

ENS Subdomain Technology

In early September, Mailchain announced their latest tool, tryens.eth, a subdomain program allowing users to register a subdomain for 48 hours. This allows users to get a free ENS name to use for hackathons, testing and other experiments.

Namestone, founded by Alex Slobodnik, has recently released a gasless subdomain feature, “give brands and communities the power to issue ENS subdomains to users.” This technology, also used recently by Coinbase for their cb.id release, gives users the ability to claim subdomains gas-free, and also update their profile without any gas costs, including setting an image or NFT avatar. These domains also show on the ENS profile page, and resolve in Metamask.

Farcaster Integrates ENS

Farcaster (Warpcast) recently announced ENS Support on their Social Media App, allowing users to log in directly with their ENS names. Native Farcaster names are held in an Ethereum wallet, versus being held by a centralized company, and are naturally ENS compliant. An invite only social media app, it will soon be available to the public.

Jefflau.eth has an interesting decentralization thread which urges zero-cost usernames at start for ENS onboarding, and uses Farcaster’s technology as an example of how it could be done.

Show me the Money! ENS Registration & Revenue Stats

Has the bear market negatively impacted web3 domain services?

Apparently not — ENS revenue remains strong and continues to surpass pre-2021 bear market numbers by a wide margin. Income for 2022 totaled $28m USD, and income so far in 2023 is just over $21m USD. I cited many useful ENS stat pages in my ENS article in January, published on 137pm. I inquired with Unstoppable Domains about their revenue stats, but that info is not currently shared publicly.

August marked a continued uptrend for ENS registrations, though volume is down from the highs of 2022. The popularity of ENS clubs has waned in 2023, and with it, a reduction in speculative domain registration activity.

Summary & Conclusion

Unstoppable Domains has ramped up marketing, development work, and .eth integrations, further solidifying their place as a permanent and serious member of the web3 domain space.

After attending events with their Head of Business Development Sandy Carter, and a number of chats with their engineers and co-founder Brad Kam, my confidence and respect for Unstoppable Domain’s efforts has grown. New technology is improving interoperability between UD and ENS, as both services continue to improve support for utility such as messaging and email. As noted in previous articles, the ENS Labs team continues to operate a robust DAO, add numerous integrations, and their YTD income proves there’s no sign of them slowing down.

Despite a perceived lull in crypto enthusiasm worldwide, the future for both companies looks bright. Advancements in Web3 domain adoption, development and progress are great examples to share with anyone doubting that blockchain technology continues to thrive.

Disclaimer: The content of this article is meant for informational and entertainment purposes only, and should not be construed as financial advice. The complimentary ads in this article are not sponsored by the featured artists.

Everything You Need to Know About the ENS Subdomains Release, A New Trading Thesis & Arabic Vanity Address Experiment, and Updates on the Biggest Competition for ENS

ENS — The Best NFT for Newcomers

If you are new to NFTs and reading this article for the first time, an ENS domain is a solid choice to aid you in learning about web3. Check out the official ENS website for all info you need to know as an ENS beginner. Securing your brand name, full name, or preferred digit is a great step to begin customizing your web3 footprint. Tasks such as setting your avatar, pointing your domain to your wallet address, and updating your contact info within your domain are all great ways to interact with the Ethereum blockchain in a risk free, low cost and educational way.

Note: ENS domains require renewal fees. Primary domains with 5 or more characters cost roughly $5 per year to maintain.

ENS Subdomains Released in April

The ENS Labs team has a comprehensive new article covering all facets of their new subdomain release, and a list of use-cases on their support site. On May 4th, 2023, ENS marketplace and aggregator ENS Vision announced a series of subdomain wrapper updates which allow primary ENS domains to create subdomains on their platform. Matt Garcia, Chief Marketing Officer at ENS Vision, put out a helpful short thread about the 3 types of possible subdomains. Possibly the biggest development regarding ENS subdomains is that it introduces the first ENS domain that does not require renewal fees.

Prior Thesis Validated — But Taken Too Far

When I wrote Arabic ENS Names in late April of 2022, and presented the thesis that Arabic ENS domains would grow in demand, I had no idea that I was the first minter of Eastern Arabic digit ENS Domains. My mint of ٠٤٢٠.eth (0420) on 4/27/2022 coincided with the minting of the 100k Club and an increasing trend of speculative domain activity.

The Arabic 999 club, at the time of this article’s publication, is the #8 ranked ENS club of all time per volume at over 3,000Ξ, and the Arabic 10k club is the #20 club all time with nearly 1,000Ξ volume. But is that a good thing? The floor prices of these two clubs are down over 95% from the all time highs, even with sales consistently happening on a weekly basis. The third place foreign language club, Hindi 999, has not had a sale in 5 months.

Why?

The cost of ENS renewal fees, and my fellow degenerates initiating short term registrations, made the prospect of consistent demand for 3 and 4 character primary ENS domains mostly unrealistic. Even the top 2 volume clubs, the 999 and 10k clubs, have faced questions about their ability to maintain demand across the entire collections.

Grails like 3x repeating digits, palindromes and sub 100 digit domains continue to command a premium, even in the 999 and 10k Arabic clubs. It is clear that the floor price is becoming less relevant in ENS club categories than it is in standard NFT collections. One could argue that the emphasis on floor price vs grails in generative collections has also been too strong across the board in NFTs. NFT clubs and collections are only as strong as the amount of unique individuals eager to use their product to customize their web3 identity.

New Thesis for ENS Domain Trading:

After reading the subdomain documentation from ENS Labs, I am convinced that ENS domain hype and adoption has far from peaked. The key factor is: Subdomains do not require registration fees, even for 1 character subdomains. Owners of one grail can enable subdomain minting and create a whole club or project around it, choosing whether to charge for the domains or allow users to mint them for free. Within the next year, subdomain trading will encapsulate a large part of the speculative ENS market and become a much bigger catalyst for new and existing projects to add value to their communities.

Arabic Vanity Address Experiment

عرب.eth is one of the first Arabic language ENS domains ever minted, and was the 2nd Arabic domain I minted on 4/27/2022.

عرب.eth subdomains, similar to primary domains created from Arabic letters, have little functionality outside of pure vanity. Arabic letters and numbers appear in green on Raffy’s subdomain resolver, so I am confident they will be included in the normalization process.

Using Arabic words to create subdomains causes an interesting aesthetic on web3 compatible websites and blockchain tracking sites like Etherscan. This feature may be a bug, and may not be permanent.

Due to Arabic being written right to left, the primary domain appears to the left of the subdomain. This aesthetic also causes these subdomains to be impossible to copy and paste. Users must set these subdomains as their primary ENS to achieve this effect.

It is imperative to hold a second non-Arabic language domain in these wallets in order to use as the destination address for sending Ethereum, tokens, NFTs, etc. You do not need an ENS domain to be the primary in order to send funds to it, assuming you have set the proper permissions in the ENS app.

The عرب.eth subdomain product was created by ENS.Vision using technology from ENS Labs, LTD. The two aforementioned companies, and Hydrate Labs, LLC, are not responsible for costs, errors or inconveniences you may incur from using عرب.eth subdomains.

If you agree to the above terms, and desire to experiment with one of these Arabic language subdomains, click here and select + Add Subname to mint your عرب.eth subdomain on the ENS.Vision website. The base cost is $14.44 and the proceeds will go to cover the costs to purchase & register the domain, set up the subdomain process, and fund future ENS related experimentation. Hydrate Labs has reserved 17 عرب.eth domains.

ENS Competition

Unstoppable Domains on Zilliqa were the first NFTs I purchased back in 2018. I later claimed their .crypto counterparts on Ethereum. Although I haven’t witnessed the same hype and mass adoption of Unstoppable Domains that ENS Labs has enjoyed, I feel it would be irresponsible and biased journalism not to include what can be considered ENS Labs’ most likely competition in the coming years, with over 3.4 million domains minted.

The Unstoppable Domains team has had continues to make strategic partnerships and has had a consistent presence at Crypto events such as NFTNYC, going beyond the booth to host events and speaking engagements and sponsoring high profile gatherings like the NFTNOW Gala.

Below is an update from Unstoppable on their recent partnership with BinanceUS, where they are integrating domain technology into the exchange to make receiving and sending crypto easier:

“Minted on Polygon, .BinanceUS domains will allow customers to create a digital identity, which they can use to buy, sell, and send cryptocurrencies within the BinanceUS app and represent themselves across the Web3 ecosystem.

Rather than entering long, complicated wallet addresses, BinanceUS customers will be able to enter a human-readable username, like brian.binanceus, when buying or selling crypto — removing the stress of entering an incorrect address. In addition, Unstoppable customers can now use BinanceUS to send and withdraw crypto to any Unstoppable domain — including their .crypto, .nft, or .x domains — by using the withdraw function.

All .BinanceUS domains are held by Unstoppable under BinanceUS management, and they’ll be exclusively available in the BinanceUS app.”

Conclusion

With the advent of the hot new meme token Pepe, more and more new users are pouring into the Ethereum ecosystem and will want to customize their web3 experience with domains. Experienced crypto users will seek out more creative ways to trick out their profiles using non-Romanized characters, and worldwide adoption will generate fresh, unpredictable demand for foreign language domains. Subdomains of well-maintained primary ENS domains will allow new communities and clubs to trend and grow without placing the burden of renewal fees on users. Subdomain trading will grow rapidly, and marketplaces that support it will benefit tremendously. Companies competing with ENS with robust connections in the industry will continue to pioneer new adoption, ultimately benefiting the entire blockchain based domain ecosystem.

Disclaimer: The content of this article is meant for informational and entertainment purposes only, and should not be construed as financial advice. The complimentary ads in this article are not sponsored by the featured artists.

The paths of two photographers cross on the rainswept streets of New York City

Lucky Red Light — Shooting “The Ride”

Commentary by Michael Yamashita

Times Square is my favorite New York City location to shoot. On this particular day in 2017, the rain was a bonus, allowing me to work without the usual packed crowds and providing those amazing reflections with a kaleidoscope of colors.

I was on assignment for a cell phone company, looking for a picture in the pouring rain. As I crossed 42nd street on a “lucky” red light, these two buses pull up in front of me.

I noticed the advertisements on their sides, and rushed between them to take this face-to-face photo before the light changed, then hurrying off the street to avoid getting run over.

The Ride by Michael Yamashita

This tribute release is a free mint for holders of Dave Krugman’s Drip Drop collection, a series of 1111 1/1 photographs of the streets of Times Square illuminated by light and rain. Drip Drop is “a study of the instances of beauty at the intersection of nature and technology.” Dave released Drip Drop in June of 2021 in partnership with Transient Labs and ALLSHIPS.

Drip Holders — Before minting, review the details below:

• Claim page is hosted on Manifold
• Token is ERC1155 with max 1011 editions
• Snapshot of Drip Drop holders taken by Dave Krugman on 4/2/2023
• Minting is open for 1 full month beginning on April 14th at 10AM Eastern Time
• Manifold charges 0.00069Ξ to mint, plus a gas fee
• This release has no utility and is not a financial product
• Michael Yamashita retains all commercial and creator rights to the image. Owners are free to display the photograph and enjoy it.

Click to acknowledge the above details and mint:

Looks good, I’m down for “The Ride”

The Ride was curated by collector and writer Hydrate. Read below for his account of how it all went down.

Yamashita

Commentary and photographs by Hydrate

I met Michael Yamashita for the first time in the late summer of 2021. I had purchased his first NFT release, Sea of Monks, a few months prior. We met for dinner in New Jersey and while catching up, he asked:

We’re shooting Times Square in the rain tomorrow..

..would you like to join?

I spent the next few days following Yamashita around New York in my rain soaked shoes.

We met up again for a very different view of Manhattan — from Hamilton Park, the site of Alexander Hamilton’s fatal duel with Aaron Burr. We convened again in Miami of 2021 for Art Basel and John Knopf’s photography exhibition at WAGMIAMI.

The more we traveled, the more perspective I was able to glean from Yamashita’s experiences. It began as collecting NFTs and enjoying the story behind the images, but quickly grew into a connection far more profound. His experiences traveling the globe on assignment for National Geographic, including his world renowned coverage of the Silk Road, accelerated my own ambitions as a photojournalist and hobby historian.

I’ve since written 4 articles about Yamashita’s work, including one on One37pm, which features a comprehensive overview of his web3 journey.

Krugman

The fall of 2021 with Yamashita was my first foray into exploring New York city, a traditional mecca of the arts. As a collector of digital art and cryptocurrency, I had grown to prefer meeting artists and teams in person to accurately gauge their vibe. After NFTNYC 2021, I decided to attend a charity dinner at Carbone — and went in not knowing a soul.

I sat across from an eccentric character, too far away to converse with, but close enough to spark my fascination. An old camera dangled from his neck, and his signature bandana kept his curls at bay. As banter in the venue began to crescendo, and I ducked out to have a smoke, clear my head and take in the city air.

The next person to step out of the door was Dave Krugman.

We kicked it for a while. Street photography. Experimenting in web3. Bleeding originality. You know when you meet somebody and everything just clicks immediately? That was Dave.

Two Paths Cross

Krugman dazzled us with his first solo release “SPECTERS” on Nifty Gateway in January of 2022. As a writer collecting NFTs, the name of the image, description, accompanying background info & artist musings can be just as impactful for me as the actual image. SPECTERS challenges the viewer to to see the New York experience through a different lens, as if the city itself is a living, breathing organism.

The craft of photography is a precious thing. It’s the only way we get to stand outside the march of time, to pull slides from the rushing river that flows around and through us.

Everything is composed of these variables we dance with — Light, Time, Space and Energy — and New York City is the center of this swirling chaos.

Michael Yamashita released Tibet: In Search of Shangri-La on the same platform a week later, a culmination of decades of his journeys along the Chamadao, or Tea Horse Road in southwestern China. The vast network of ancient trade routes, often closed to outsiders, maintains a vibrant Buddhist community and traditional way of life.

Tinged with ancient tribal animist beliefs, Buddhism is the essence of Tibet — it can be heard in the sounds of monks chanting from ancient lamaseries, seen in unspoiled sacred mountain lakes, and celebrated at festivals commemorating a bountiful harvest or the new year. The spiritual always coexists with the physical world.

Yamashita’s Tibet release provided a glimpse into a rapidly evolving environment due to technology and urbanization. Each photograph provides historical record of the growing impact of the modern world on one of the most remote and inaccessible corners of the world. He plans to return to finally return to China in mid-April of this year.

Yamashita and Krugman, despite being two generations apart, share so many interesting common bonds. Watching them join forces to promote each other’s work, celebrate photography, and break down barriers for others in web3 was inspiring.

With Yamashita yearning to get back on the road, how could he stay connected with web3 and continue to experiment and add value?

Curating “The Ride”

Yamashita’s strengths are his depth of experience, mastery of photography, and robust archives. Collectors yearn for original content, fresh perspectives and imagery powerful enough to mesmerize them and draw them into another world.

Releasing “The Ride” as a tribute to Drip Drop is an effort to broaden the depth and variety of street photography collections, commemorate the power of unity among photographers, and inspire artists to take bold steps to celebrate each other in this competitive world.

That is what both Yamashita and Krugman accomplish with their work, and the spirit and essence of “The Ride.”

كشفت دراسة قام بها خبير بيع وشراء العملات الرقمية و(البلوكشاين) درو مارشل Drew Marshall كشفت عن أسرار نظام الأرقام الشرقية المستعملة في الشرق الأوسط والجزيرة العربية ونظرية الاستعمال الواسع للمجالات أو النطاقات العربية دوت “أي تي ايش”.eth

السياق التاريخي:

بعد أن تعرّف “فيبوناتشي” على نظام الأرقام العربية الهندية في مدينة بجاية الجزائرية في بداية القرن الثالث عشر. قام باعتماد نظام الأرقام العربية وكان أحد كبار الرواد الأوربيين المنادين باستعمال النظام الجديد وقام بالتعريف به في كتابه “ ليبر أباشي” سنة ١٢٠٢

نشأ نظام الأرقام العربية في الهند على يد علماء رياضيات هنود وأصبح نظام الأرقام هذا الأكثر استعمالا وشيوعا في العالم

في سنة ٢٠٢٢ شهد نطاق الأسماء” دوت أي تي ايش”.eth اقبالا واسعا في ما يتعلق بتنجيم وتداول نظام الأرقام العربية وأسمائها. Eth 10k club وشرائها وظهرت جماعة جديدة اسمهما” نادي العشرة آلاف ساهمت في اعتماد نطاقات الأسماء. Eth والترويج وقامت بتقديم عضوية خاصة للنخبة ممن يملكون ثلاثة أو أربعة أرقام في نطاقات الأسماء .eth

لقد شهد نطاق الأسماء.eth نموا واقبالا كبيرين

الأطروحة:

لا تتجاوز كمية النطاقات المتوفرة للأرقام (ثلاثة أو أربعة) ١٠٩٩٨. وبينما ترتفع أسعار هذه المجالات ويتظاعف عدد الراغبين في الحصول على أحدها دون التمكن من ذلك بسبب ارتفاع أسعارها، أثبت التاريخ أن المستعملين لهذه المجالات يتأقلمون بسهولة ويتمكنون من تطبيق نفس الفكرة وخلق جماعات أخرى ولكن باستعمال أنظمة أرقام مختلفة رخيصة

وفي سياق الاستحواذ على نطاقات الأسماء والحصول على أحدها، يتوقع أن يبدأ مستعملو “ اثريم” في تنجيم نطاقات ذات ثلاثة و أربعة أرقام غير الأرقام العربية المستعملة في كافة أرجاء العالم وبيعها

تحيين 25/5/2022

اعتبارًا من التاريخ المشار إليه أعلاه، تم بيع أسماء النطاقات العربيةENS..eth المكونة من 3 أرقام رسميًا!

تحيين 8/6/2022

حصل نادي ٩٩٩، المخصص لأسماء المستخدمين العربية المكونة من ٣ أرقام، على هذه المجموعة الفرعية من أسماء ENS المدرجة فيENS.vision ، مما يسمح للمستخدمين بمشاهدة سعر النطاق والنشاط والقوائم وعدد المالكين. ويحتوي موقع الويب أيضًا على أداة تسجيل مجمعة لـ ENS ، على الرغم من أنني لم أقم بمراجعة العقد المستخدم لهذا الغرض. يرجى المتابعة بأقصى درجات الحذر عند استخدام أي مواقع تابعة لجهات خارجية

تحيين 17/6/2022

ArabicENS — كل من بشارة مبارك بإنشاء روبوت عربي لتويتر

الارقام العربية الشرقية

يستخدم نظام الترقيم العربي الشرقي بشكل أساسي في الشرق الأوسط وآسيا الوسطى وشمال شرق إفريقيا، وهو يشبه نسبيا نظام الأرقام المعتمد في الغرب، ويكتب من اليسار إلى اليمين عكس كتابة اللغة العربية. وقد تمّ اعتماد نظام الأرقام العربية الشرقية زمن الإمبراطورية العثمانية، اعتمادا تاريخيًا واسعًا، وهو موجود في عدد لا يحصى من المخطوطات في جميع أنحاء العالم

لإنشاء نطاقات أسماء شرق أوسطية عربية لعدد من أسماء النطاقات.eth ENS

لإنشاء اسم ENS باستخدام الأرقام العربية الشرقية، اذهب إلى لوحة المفاتيح العربية في موقع شابكة” الويب” واكتب مجموعة الأرقام التي ترغب في تنجيمها والحصول عليها

يمكنك لصق مجموعة الأرقام في ترجمة Google للتأكد من صحتها قبل تنجيمها.

ملاحظة: يمكنك وضع علامة عشرية قبل وقت التسجيل لمدة عام واحد لتوفير المال عند تنجيم هذه الأسماء وبالامكان حجزها لمدة شهر واحد فقط من خلال القيام بذلك

المعيار الموحد يونيكود المشفّر

تستخدم الأرقام العربية تنسيق U + 66x ، من U + 660 إلى U + 669. عليك أن تستخدم أداة بحث Unicode قبل شراء أي نطاق أسماء.eth ENS عربية شرقية للتأكد من صحتها

في نطاق أرقام عربية ens تسجيل إسماء

بالإضافة إلى أسماء ENS الرقمية العربية الشرقية، يمكن للمستخدمين اختيار استخدام كلمات عربية حقيقية. من الناحية الجمالية، تبدو هذه الأسماء مدهشة، لكن حديثي العهد بهذا المجال وممن لديهم عيون غير مدربة قد يتعرضون للانتحال والتحيّل بسبب وجود حروف الشكل

حروف الشكل

تُستخدم هذه الحروف مثل حروف العلة والحركات والشدّة وغياب حروف العلة مثل الواو والألف والياء لتثبيت النطق الصحيح للقرآن الكريم والحديث والشعر ولمعرفة محلّها من الاعراب في الجملة وتوضع علامات التشكيل على الحروف العربية. تستخدم هذه العلامات في الغالب في الأدب الديني لتسهيل الفهم والقراءة وفي السنوات الأولى لاكتساب اللّغة. بسبب وجود هذه العلامات، يمكنك تنجيم نفس الكلمة بمجموعة متنوعة من علامات التشكيل على كل حرف. يمكنك حتى كتابة الكلمات ذات أحرف العلة غير الصحيحة. وبالتالي، هنا يكمن احتمال أن يخلط المستخدمون بين عناوين مختلفة

بيانات وصفية غير صالحة

الأسماء العربية التي تتضمن علامات تشكيل لا تظهر حاليًا في OpenSea والعديد من مواقع المزادات الأخرى. يُظهر منشور Github الذي أبلغ عن المشكلة في السابع من فبراير أن المستخدمين قد أبلغوا عن أن ّعدّة أنواع من علامات التشكيل غير متوافقة مع هذه الخدمة

النسخ واللّصق

نظرًا لأن اللغة العربية تُكتب من اليمين إلى اليسار، فمن الصعب نسخ ولصق الأحرف العربية بجانب الأحرف الإنجليزية . تعمل أزرار النسخ واللّصق ذات نقرة واحدة بشكل أفضل

أيضًا، في بعض الأحيان لا يتم لصق النصوص التي تحتوي على أحرف عربية وإنجليزية بشكل صحيح اعتمادًا على واجهة الاستخدام الخاصة بالموقع

، على سبيل المثال، تويترلا يقوم بلصق أسماء نطاقات .ENS العربية بدقة.كما لا يقوم Metamask أيضًا في بلصقها بشكل صحيح، رغم أن العنوان الصحيح المكتوب يظهر في مكانه ويطلب منك التأكد إن كان هذا هو اسم المستخدم الذي تقصد كتابته

أطروحة البحث

هناك فرص حقيقية لإحراز تقدّم في تطوير واجهات الاستخدام المختلفة وتطويرها وذلك لاستيعاب أسماء نطاقات عربية .eth ولكن التجارب الرائدة في هذا المجال غير متوافقة على كامل الشابكة أو الانترنات وقبل إجراء هذه التعديلات ، فإن أسماء النطاقات .eth ENS التي تستخدم نصًا عربيًا لا يتوقع أن تشهد اعتمادًا جماعيًا من أسماء ENS الرقمية العربية الشرقية. في البيئة الحالية، من المرجح أن تستخدم أسماء النصوص العربية لأسباب جمالية خالصة

ستكون الكلمات والأسماء العربية شائعة الاستخدام بدون علامات تشكيل، خاصةً المكونة من 3 و 4 أحرف ، ستكون الأكثر اقبالا بعد أسماء النطاقات ENS العربية. العديد من الأسماء العربية هي أسماء إسلامية، وتتم كتابتها بنفس الطريقة بلغات مثل الفارسية والأردية. وبالتالي، فإن الطلب على هذه الأسماء بالحروف العربية يتجاوز الثقافة العربية

تكوين أسماء النطاقات العربية ENS

عليك التأكد من تجنب تنجيم الأسماء العربية بحركات التشكيل وللقيام بذلك من المستحسن الاستعانة بمحرك البحث والترجمة قوقل لأنه لايوفر ترجمات للكلمات المشكّلة وعليك أن تقوم بالترجمة العكسية حتى تتجنب الأخطاء

لإضفاء بعض الرونق قم باعتماد أحد الــ” ان اف تيز” الخاص بك كأفاتار أساسي لنطاقك حيث اسم الاستخدام العربي الخاص بك. قم باستعمال هذه المقالة من قبل فريق ENS

ملاحظة: يمكنك وضع علامة عشرية قبل وقت التسجيل لمدة عام واحد لتوفير المال عند عملية تنجيم هذه الأسماء. وبمجرد وضع العلامة العشرية، يمكنك تعديل الأرقام لتتناسب مع وقت التسجيل المرغوب فيه

العربيزي:

العربيزي هو مزيج من الحروف الإنجليزية والأرقام العربية الغربية لكتابة الكلمات العربية. تبدو الأرقام مشابهة للأحرف العربية. ( رقم ٧ يشبه حرف الحاء) إذا رأيت أسماء عربية بأرقام موضوعة بشكل عشوائي في جميع أنحاء الكلمة ، فأنت تتعامل مع العربيزي

المتبنين البارزين

من بين أبرز مستخدمي أسماء النطاقات العربية

شريفة البرامي SharifaAlBarami.eth

وهي مؤثرة معروفة في عالم البلوكتشاين تنحدر من سلطنة عمان ولقد شاركت شريفة في العديد من المنتديات المتعلقة بأسماء النطاقات .eth في مختلف المواقع المتخصصة على الانترنات

DanielGotHits — 260.eth

كذلك أذكر أسطورة كرة القدم وجامع الان اف تيز

Bishara Mubarak

وكذلك بشارة مبارك — مستشار متخصص في عالم Web3 متمرس وخبير عقاري ويتكلم اللغة العربية بطلاقة ويعمل على نشر نطاقات الأسماء العربية eth. في العالم العربي.

الرجاء الاتصال بي اذا كنتم تعرفون أشخاص متميزون في هذا المجال لإضافتهم للقائمة

Ming Cheo

الخلاصة:

نظرا لتضاعف دعم نمو عدد مستخدمي Ethereum ممن يجيدون أكثر من لغة واحدة فإن نطاقات الأسماء العربية .eth المتكونة من ثلاثة أو أربعة أرقام عربية شرقية يتوقع أن يتوسع تبنيها تليها بعد ذلك أسماء نطاقات تتكون من ثلاثة أو أربعة حروف بدون حركات الشكل. ولأن اللغة العربية أثرت بشكل أو باخر في العديد من اللغات الأخرى فتجد الكثير من المفردات العربية فيها فمن المتوقع أن يزيد هذا الأمر في الاقبال على أسماء النطاقات العربية. eth

An Ethereum researcher reveals the secrets of the Eastern numeral system, quick tips on snagging Arabic ENS names, and a thesis on their future adoption.

History & Context

After Fibonnaci encountered the Hindu-Arabic Numeral system in the Algerian city of بجاية‎ in the early 13th century, he embraced the system and was one of many European scholars who helped evangelize its use, promoting it in his 1202 book Liber Abaci. Originating from the work of Indian mathematicians, it became known as the Western Arabic numeral system, and has evolved to become the most prevailing numerical system used in the world today.

Over the past few weeks, the Ethereum Name Service has seen a surge of volume relating to the minting and trade of Western Arabic numerical ENS names. A new community called the 10k Club has driven adoption of ENS, providing exclusive membership access for those with verified 3 and 4 digit ENS user names. The ENS project has experienced a tremendous surge in volume overall.

Thesis

The combined supply of 3 and 4 digit usernames is 10998. As floor prices rise and more participants become priced out, history has shown that users will adapt, applying popular community concepts to new projects with a lower barrier to entry.

In the context of ENS minting, it is predicted that Ethereum users will begin minting 3 and 4 digit ENS names using other numerical systems.

Update 5/25/2022:

As of today, 3 digit Arabic ENS names are officially sold out!

Update 6/8/2022:

The ٩٩٩ Club, devoted to 3 digit Arabic usernames, has gotten this subset of ENS names listed on ens.vision, allowing users to see the floor price, activity, listings, and number of owners. The website also has a bulk registration tool for ENS, though I have not audited the contract used for this. Please proceed with utmost caution when using any 3rd party sites.

Update 6/17/2022:

Bishara Mubarak and Callumquin.eth have created an Arabic ENS bot for Twitter: @ArabicENS

Eastern Arabic Numerals

Primarily used in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Northeast Africa, the Eastern Arabic numeral system bares some resemblance to the Western system, and unlike the Arabic language, is written left to right. Adopted by the Ottomon empire, the Eastern Arabic system boasts broad historical utilization, and is present in countless manuscripts throughout the world.

Creating Eastern Arabic Numerical ENS Names

To create an ENS name using Eastern Arabic numerals, go to an Arabic Keyboard website and type in the number combination you want to mint.

To verify it, you can paste the number combination into Google Translate to confirm it’s correct before minting.

Note: You can place a decimal in front of the 1 year registration time to save money minting these names, though they will only reserve for 1 month by doing this.

Unicode Standard

Arabic numbers use the U+66x format, from U+660 to U+669. Use a Unicode lookup tool prior to buying any Eastern Arabic ENS names to ensure they’re correct.

Arabic Words as ENS Names

In addition to Eastern Arabic numerical ENS names, users may choose to use actual Arabic words. Aesthetically, these names look incredible, but those with an untrained eye may be subject to spoofing due to the existence of something called tashkeel marks.

Tashkeel Marks

Used to denote things like short vowels, doubled letters (shadda) and absence of vowels (sukoon), tashkeel marks are added to Arabic words as extra characters. These marks are mostly used in religious literature and in a classroom environment. Because of the existence of these marks, you can mint the same word with a variety of tashkeel marks over each letter. You can even mint words with incorrect vowels. Thus, there is a potential for users to confuse different addresses.

Invalid Metadata

Arabic names which include tashkeel marks currently do not show up on OpenSea, and many other auction sites. A Github post reporting the issue on February 7th shows users reporting all kinds of special characters as being incompatible with the name service.

Copy and Pasting

Because Arabic is written right to left, it is often difficult to copy and paste Arabic names paired with English letters manually. One-click copy and paste buttons work better. Also, sometimes text with both Arabic and English characters do not paste correctly depending on the UI of the website. Twitter, for example, does not accurately paste Arabic ENS names. Metamask also does not paste it correctly, though the correct address does pop up below with a request to confirm if that’s the username you meant to type.

Thesis

There is opportunity to make progress in enhancing different UIs to accommodate Arabic ENS names, though the front end experience is not consistent across the internet. Before these adjustments can be made, ENS names using Arabic text are less likely to see mass adoption than Eastern Arabic numeric ENS names. In the current environment, Arabic text names will likely be used mostly for aesthetic reasons.

Commonly used Arabic words and names without tashkeel marks, especially with 3 and 4 letters, will be the most sought after Arabic ENS names. Many names of Arabic origin are Islamic names, and are written the same way in languages such as Farsi and Urdu. Thus, the demand for these names in Arabic script transcends far beyond Arabic culture.

Creating Arabic Language ENS Names

Make sure to avoid minting Arabic names with tashkeel marks. To do this, utilize Google Translate, as it does not provide translations with these marks. Always reverse translate to ensure you’re using the correct word.

To add some pop, set one of your NFTs as your primary ENS avatar for your Arabic username using this medium article from the ENS team.

Note: You can place a decimal in front of the 1 year registration time to save money minting these names. Once the decimal is placed you can customize the numbers to fit your desired registration time.

Arabizi:

Arabizi is a combination of English letters and Western Arabic numerals to write Arabic words. The numerals appear similar to the Arabic letters. If you see Arabic looking names with numbers placed randomly throughout the word, you’re looking at Arabizi.

Prominent Adopters

Notable Arabic ENS name adopters include:

• Well known blockchain influencer hailing from Oman, SharifaAlBarami.eth — شريفة.eth has participated in multiple discussions regarding ENS on multiple online forums.
• Soccer legend and NFT collector DanielGotHits — 260.eth
• Bishara Mubarak — Web3 consultant, gamer and real estate expert, Bishara is fluent in Arabic and is working to evangelize ENS to the Arab world.

Please contact me to add people to the list.

Conclusion

As support grows for multi-lingual Ethereum users, 3 and 4 Eastern Arabic numeral ENS names are the most likely to scale in adoption, followed by 3 and 4 letter Arabic text names without tashkeel marks. Since Arabic is considered the Latin of the old world, many other languages have Arabic loanwords, which may further drive the demand for Arabic ENS names.

A 27 NFT Collection from Ankgor Thom, with 14 Photographs Dedicated as a Gift to Yamashita’s Current Collectors

History:

Built a few Kilometers North of Ankgor Wat, the Bayon Temple Complex was the Final Construct of King Jayavarman VII, who many historians believe is depicted in the over 200 carved faces that adorn the Temple. Other theories believe they represent Bodhisattvas — beings who have nearly reached nirvana but who remain to offer compassion and love to others.

Yamashita’s first visit to the temple was in 1991, and 4 photographs from that visit made the final cut for the Faces of Ankgor collection. Yamashita first photographed Angkor on assignment for National Geographic, and was the first Western photojournalist invited to visit the country since the retreat of the Khmer Rouge in 1989.

Four of the NFTs featured in the collection have appeared in Yamashita’s books, including Mekong: Mother of Waters (1995) and Zheng He (2006). Taken on Kodachrome film, these 4 photographs precede the digital era, with Kodachrome production being discontinued in 2009.

Rarity Traits

Faces of Ankgor features 8–9 rarity traits. Photographers can reference the properties to see technical traits, including Exposure, ISO, Focal Length, and Lens. Twenty-three of the photographs were taken in 2013 with a Sony camera.

Gift for Collectors

Prior collectors of Yamashita’s work have an opportunity to be chosen to receive a photograph from the Faces of Ankgor collection. Each Friday at Noon UTC, one of Yamashita’s prior NFT collections will be celebrated. To enter to win, post one of the NFTs you own in that collection, tell us why you selected it, and use the tag #FotoFriday. Two winners per week will be chosen randomly, who can then pick a photograph from the collection. The final week will feature two separate contests for the Tibet collection.

If you hold multiple NFTs, each NFT counts as an entry, so make sure to include the images or # of NFTs you own in the post.

4/1: M.Y. EARTH Collection, Summer 2021, launched on Origin Protocol

4/8: The Four Seasons of Jiuzhaigou, Fall 2021

4/15: Yamashita Gan, Fall 2021

4/22: Tibet: In Search of Shangri-La (Blind Mint & Bundles) Winter 2022 launched on Nifty Gateway

Entries will close on the following Monday at Noon UTC.

Collector Distribution Details

Entries will close on the following Monday at Noon UTC. Your Twitter account must be linked to either OpenSea or Nifty Gateway (where the NFT is held) in order for us to verify ownership. For Nifty Gateway users that win, you must provide an Ethereum address for redemption. A private sale to redeem will be set up for winners, who only need to pay gas to redeem the NFT.

The method to choose the winner will be verifiably random. The first Ethereum blockhash after Noon UTC on Mondays will be used to calculate the winner. The last 8 digits will be converted from hex to decimals and run through a modulo equation:

(8 digit hex) % (entries) = winner

Collection Auction

The remaining NFTs from this collection will become open to bids after concluding the collector distributions, and will be auctioned individually via SuperRare. A few select pieces will be held by Yamashita for future sale on additional auction platforms.

2022 Plans

The 1Kin Labs team just wrapped up a weekend in Boston at the inaugural Harvard Blockchain Conference. Jack O’Neill, President of the Harvard Blockchain Club, coordinated the event, which featured two days of speakers and panels relating to Cryptocurrency, DeFi and NFTs. 1Kin Labs was a sponsor at the event, and the entire team attended, spreading the word about Yamashita’s current and upcoming work. Yamashita will showcase select works at Venice Biennale in late April 2022. There is also a small run of sunflower photographs from Tuscany that will be donated to refugee relief in Europe.

Yamashita is currently working with the 1Kin Labs team to onboard photographers to the NFT space who are members of The Photo Society.

Faces of Ankgor was originally published in Michael Yamashita on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

A Blockchain Researcher’s Attempt to Deter Casual Inquiries With a Sense of Humor

The Problem

I get asked a lot of questions about crypto and NFTs. Adoption of these technologies requires some serious time and energy, and not everyone is ready. Your time and my time is valuable. Do plenty of research. I applaud any caution and reservations you may have. Don’t worry about me, I’m hedging my bets too.

So you’ve conquered your skepticism and have done your homework. Your head is going to explode. With a healthy balance of wonder and worry, you see value in web3 technology, but need someone to help make sense of it all. I remember having that problem. I can help.

The Solution

Questions about crypto and NFTs are business inquiries. If you ask me a question, I will send you a link and encourage you to buy some consulting time. Each purchase of a One Question project NFT gives you my best insights and undivided attention for the allotted time frame.

View the collection here on LooksRare

View the collection here on OpenSea

Disclaimer

I am not a financial advisor. My advice should not be taken as financial advice. These sessions are for entertainment purposes only.

I don’t click links or open files, so don’t provide any.

I am not a recruiter and I don’t know anyone that can help with your project.

I am not a developer, and cannot provide any advanced insights on smart contracts, ensuring security for users, or setting up Telegram or Discord.

I cannot contribute to any projects, be on the board, receive equity, share announcements, or participate in any way beyond project inception & brainstorming.

Please don’t use these sessions to pitch your project or ask me to join the community.

No refunds.

How It Works

Connect your Twitter account to the NFT platform you’re purchasing the consulting time on. Purchase the One Question NFT, then DM me from your linked Twitter account. If you cannot DM me, simply respond to the post which announced this medium article and we will link up.

Once we agree on the time, I will provide the Google meets or Zoom link.

If you hold one of Ariel Becker’s Clockchains in the same wallet that purchased consulting time, you can receive double the allotted time.

The One Question project was created on Manifold.xyz using a custom contract.

The Questions

How should I approach launching my first NFT project?

In this 1 hour session I will provide insights from over 2 years collecting and marketing NFTs. You can use our meeting to share your screen and show me any relevant art and details about your story.

What are your thoughts on the current crypto and NFT market?

This 30 minute session will consist of my clearly apparent cognitive dissonance relating to the state of the current market, what I’m buying/holding and why.

What do you think of this project?

Provide the project’s Twitter account @. I will spend 30 minutes reviewing the project. I’ll find the links and information on my own, nothing needs to be provided. Then, we will do a 30 minute call where I explain what I think of the project.

How can I increase my executive presence?

A standard 1 hour professional and personal development session. List out areas you want to improve in before the session. Nearly all of the solutions already exist within you, and during the session I will mostly ask questions to help you see things from a new perspective. I will try to avoid too many prescriptions.

How do I flip NFTs?

This 30 minute session will consist of me pointing out how NFT flippers operate on popular sites like OpenSea, LooksRare, etc.

Background:

I have 12 years of experience in customer service in the Telecommunications industry, focusing on quality, training, and project management. I spent 7 years in management roles. I have extensive experience in implementing Net Promoter Score principles, and specialize in improving team cohesiveness, employee coaching effectiveness, interpersonal communication strategies, and team conflict resolution.

An intermediate Arabic linguist, I have taught and mentored students since 2007. I hold a degree in International Relations from the University of Delaware.

I have been a blockchain researcher since 2017, and left my Corporate job in early 2021 to pursue my research and writing full time. My first on-chain transaction was in February of 2018. I claimed the Uniswap, 1Inch, PAINT, MOCA, ENS, SOS and LooksRare airdrops. Since early 2020, I have been an avid NFT collector, designer and project collaborator.

You can see my main NFT collections under cryptohydrate.eth and hydrate.eth

I attended 0xpo 2020, NFT NYC 2021 and Art Basel 2021. I write articles relating to NFTs and personal wellness on Medium. In Q3 & Q4 of 2021, I advised Michael Yamashita’s NFT team. With my guidance, they coded technical photography traits and rarity rank into their NFT metdata. They successfully marketed and sold out of their 4 Seasons of Jiuzhaigou and Tibet: In Search of Shangri-La photography NFT collections.

A photographer’s journey into the mystical valley of Jiuzhaigou awakens a lifetime fascination with Gautama Buddha.

When Michael Yamashita made his first 4 day trek to the remote valley of Jiuzhaigou, he encountered not only breathtaking landscapes, but Tibetan Buddhist shrines and villages. Fascinated, he spent some time documenting what he saw, and the experience left him yearning for a deeper understanding of the spiritual practices of Tibetans.

In his stories for National Geographic, Yamashita has traced the footsteps of many men seeking treasure, trade, and knowledge of the Orient, including the great explorers Marco Polo and Zheng He.

But his journey into Tibet was different.

In this adventure, Yamashita would follow in the steps of those inspired by one who had shed all claims and titles in search of the truth. The Buddha.

Over 20 years of work have culminated in his latest NFT Collection, exclusively on Nifty Gateway, launching at 6:30 PM Eastern on January 27, 2022. Click the link below to view and participate in the drop. See the article below for information about the collection, Yamashita and his team’s bio, and his previous NFT releases.

Tibet: In Search of Shangri-La

Technical Details

Yamashita’s Four Seasons of Jiuzhaigou collection was one of the first to publish detailed metadata relating to each image. For Tibet: In Search of Shangri-La, Nifty Gateway worked closely with Yamashita’s team to pursue the same approach, codifying both technical and environmental traits into the metadata. Some new traits have been added, including the year the photo was taken, and if it were published in National Geographic (10) or Yamashita’s book Shangri-La: Along the Tea Road to Lhasa (36).

Since rarity was known prior to creation, the collection is minted in order of rarity. All of the photographs in the collection are stored on secondary backup via Pinata’s IPFS service on Yamashita’s website.

Bundles:

The bundled photographs in this collection are all dynamic NFTs. Each bundle is composed of 2–3 photographs related to each other, and will change to show each image over the course of a 24 hour period. The bundles will be sold via auction and will last just under 24 hours.

8 bundles with different themes will be auctioned, including: Clockwise Karma, Devil Dancing, Mani Stone Mantras, Minting Buddhas, Modern Nuns in Ancient Scripts, Prayers in The Wind, Shangri-La and Yak Butter Enlightenment. Click each link above to see the bundle teaser on Twitter.

Blind Mint:

There are 69 total photos available, 55 for the public and 14 for holders of Yamashita’s previous NFTs. Purchasing one enters buyers into a draw for a random photograph. If more people enter the drawing than photographs available, there will be a random drawing, and you will not be charged unless you have secured one. There will be a 90 minute window to participate, starting at 6:30pm EST.

The collection offers a comprehensive glimpse at life on the path to Shangri-La, from zealous worshippers performing Chak Tsal prostrations on a muddy street to bustling Tibetan cityscapes. The comprehensive collection of each photo contained in the Tibet collection can be viewed at the bottom of this spreadsheet on Yamashita’s website.

Allowlist:

If you held a MYEARTH, Four Seasons of Jiuzhaigou or a Yamashita GAN NFT, you qualified for one of the 14 allowlist spots. A private sale on Nifty Gateway for the blind mint price was set up for redemption. The NFTs received by Allowlist holders were randomly selected from the pool of 69 blind mints to ensure fairness for all involved. Due to the market mechanics of Nifty Gateway, these sales contributed to the secondary volume statistics for the collection.

Michael Yamashita

Creating 34 stories for National Geographic, 16 books and 2 documentary films over 40 years, Yamashita is one of photography’s top influencers. He has won a host of industry awards including the Pictures of the Year competition, Photo District News, the New York Art Directors Club, and the Asian American Journalists Association.

When not traveling, he can be found at his home/studio in rural New Jersey, where he is an active volunteer fireman.

Yamashita attended NFT NYC and Art Basel in Miami, and spent time networking with the NFT community, collectors and photographers.

Michael Yamashita’s NFT Team: 1Kin Labs

Hailing from the Harvard Business School, 1Kin Labs partners with Michael Yamashita’s studio to bring the story behind his NFTs to life. Team members include Jason Kingdon, Jack O’Neill and Mark Paton, and it was this group that originally convinced Yamashita to dip his toes into the NFT world.

Yamashita’s first NFT drop was the MYEARTH collection, launched in the summer of 2021, in partnership with Origin Protocol.

Partnering with Cryptohydrate, 1Kin Labs launched “The Four Seasons of Jiuzhaigou” in the fall of 2021, which attracted the attention of notable collectors including Whale Shark, who remarked about the collection:

A perfect and sensible marriage of world-class photography with the power of the blockchain… from one of the top photographers of our times.

The collection sold out, continues to perform well on the secondary market, and inspired the photography community with its technical photography traits and rarity rank in the metadata. The holders also received an airdrop of Yamashita Gan, AI generated image collages of Yamashita’s original photographs.

What’s Next in 2022:

Michael Yamashita has plans to travel to Saudi Arabia and Indonesia in 2022. His team is working to catalog and digitize an extensive archive of his photographs. There may also be periodic releases of single photographs on Superrare, where Yamashita currently has one photograph from Zhangjiajie, China listed for sale.