Updates from February 2022 - OpenZoo edition
Top updates from the month of February, including an overview of OpenZoo!
Dear Wanchain Community,
As the year races by at full throttle, let’s take a look at some of the top updates from the ever-expanding Wanchain ecosystem.
Wanchain highlights the importance of security
Security is one of the most critical aspects of software development. Find out why in the latest piece by Wanchain’s Dr. Weijia Zhang, read here.
While we’re on that note, Dr. Weijia Zhang also recently co-authored Crosschain Security Guidelines together with the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, dive in here.
All your questions answered, all your voices heard
To promote open communication between the Wanchain core team and the community, we are hosting bi-weekly AMAs with Wanchain's Director of Marketing on Telegram.
First session: February 9th, 3 PM UTC. Read the recap here.
Second session: February 23rd, 2 PM UTC. Get caught up here.
Next session: March 9th, 2 PM UTC.
OpenZoo, an NFT marketplace built on Wanchain by ZooKeeper
The OpenZoo NFT marketplace has had some enormous growth since it launched back in January, below are some stats for the few short months it’s been live:
Traded volume: ~5 Million ZOO
Registered addresses: ~20K
Total NFTs on the platform: ~30K
Verified collections: 360
What is all the hype about? Let’s find out!
OpenZoo offers free gas for first-time users on the platform, this makes for an easy onboarding experience for those new to the ecosystem. All you need to do is connect your wallet address and claim your WAN! With over 30k NFTs currently listed on the platform, there are endless choices for your NFT collection.
Rendezvous with Zoo - A word from some of the highly popular artists on OpenZoo
Each week, the OpenZoo team interviews a creator who offers their NFT creations on the marketplace in order to get to know them better and show off their artworks to the community.
Week 1 - Interview With Zoonimals artist, Hxi Stx.
Discover Hxi Stx’s collections on OpenZoo:
Week 2 - Interview With CryptoCacs, by CryptoCacs himself.
Discover the CryptoCacs collection on OpenZoo:
Week 3 - Interview With Monako (aka Kunya).
Discover Kunya-Monako’s collections on OpenZoo:
Week 4 - Artist Interview With Wicked Chameleon
Discover Wicked Chameleons collections on OpenZoo:
As we can see, OpenZoo has attracted some amazing talent so far with many more joining by the day. OpenZoo is empowering artists without any pesky fees. Keep up to date with all things OpenZoo on the ZooKeeper Medium
Follow ZooKeeper and Fifou on Twitter for all the latest collections!
Wanchain in the Spotlight
Interoperability & Tokenomics & Security | Avalanche Asia Hackathon Workshop with Li Ni and Dr. Weijia Zhang:
Wanchain Crypto Convo - DubDigital x ImRedryan:
Wanchain - Zoo Racers & My NFT Drop on OpenZoo:
Weijia Zhang, and Conor Svensson discuss the state of interop with blockchains right now, where it's heading and what a successful outcome looks like.
See you in the next update!