Prerequisite reading - Overview Smart contracts are immutable. This makes upgrading dApps difficult. When dealing with NFTs and other tokens, it’s key that data is preserved. For example, imagine if Highlight forced creators to issue new NFTs and bridge old token ownership over every time the protocol either upgraded, or creators wanted to issue NFTs with new mechanisms. It’s critical that the sanctity of the community contract that is first deployed is protected. Therefore, our smart contrac...

Prerequisite reading - Overview Smart contracts are immutable. This makes upgrading dApps difficult. When dealing with NFTs and other tokens, it’s key that data is preserved. For example, imagine if Highlight forced creators to issue new NFTs and bridge old token ownership over every time the protocol either upgraded, or creators wanted to issue NFTs with new mechanisms. It’s critical that the sanctity of the community contract that is first deployed is protected. Therefore, our smart contrac...

Prerequisite reading - Overview Extensibility Cost Communication is difficult. This problem permeates most things we interact with. Typically, communication is facilitated through standards that communicating entities agree to. An example of a standard is language. Rich standards are key for good communication, since standards inevitably compress data. We’ll discuss how the Highlight protocol is interoperable within web3, using standards so that creators can leverage the entire network of sma...

Prerequisite reading - Overview Extensibility Cost Communication is difficult. This problem permeates most things we interact with. Typically, communication is facilitated through standards that communicating entities agree to. An example of a standard is language. Rich standards are key for good communication, since standards inevitably compress data. We’ll discuss how the Highlight protocol is interoperable within web3, using standards so that creators can leverage the entire network of sma...

Prerequisite reading - https://mirror.xyz/highlightxyz.eth/ZJGuws8hgUTPB_W7p5_BlVnEVS-FF49WhbXDxryVfDs https://mirror.xyz/highlightxyz.eth/1DEwFVQAf3KebNClNC391M4m0dIJPA2lZiiwAtaInHo Interacting with blockchains costs money. This is one of the most common barriers to entry for potential users. Typically, to mint an NFT, a user needs:A pre-existing blockchain accountA pre-existing browser wallet with that blockchain accountA pre-existing sufficient amount of the native gas token of that blockc...

Prerequisite reading - https://mirror.xyz/highlightxyz.eth/ZJGuws8hgUTPB_W7p5_BlVnEVS-FF49WhbXDxryVfDs https://mirror.xyz/highlightxyz.eth/1DEwFVQAf3KebNClNC391M4m0dIJPA2lZiiwAtaInHo Interacting with blockchains costs money. This is one of the most common barriers to entry for potential users. Typically, to mint an NFT, a user needs:A pre-existing blockchain accountA pre-existing browser wallet with that blockchain accountA pre-existing sufficient amount of the native gas token of that blockc...

In the Introduction to Highlight Smart Contracts, we introduced the four major problems we have solved with our smart contract architecture - cost, extensibility, provenance, and interoperability. We’re going to cover each of these in separate posts, starting with Extensibility. However, before we explore each of these on the ground floor, let’s survey the entire Highlight protocol from a bird’s eye view. The protocol first went public on Polygon mainnet in November 2021, and has evolved into...

In the Introduction to Highlight Smart Contracts, we introduced the four major problems we have solved with our smart contract architecture - cost, extensibility, provenance, and interoperability. We’re going to cover each of these in separate posts, starting with Extensibility. However, before we explore each of these on the ground floor, let’s survey the entire Highlight protocol from a bird’s eye view. The protocol first went public on Polygon mainnet in November 2021, and has evolved into...

At Highlight, our purpose is to empower creative people and their fan communities to thrive together. We believe that by creating membership communities on the blockchain that are accessible to people new to web3, we enable creators to connect directly with their closest fans, better align incentives on all sides, and unlock new revenue streams that empower creativity.Problems We SolveTo do this, we built a smart contract architecture that solves the following problems:CostSmart contract depl...

At Highlight, our purpose is to empower creative people and their fan communities to thrive together. We believe that by creating membership communities on the blockchain that are accessible to people new to web3, we enable creators to connect directly with their closest fans, better align incentives on all sides, and unlock new revenue streams that empower creativity.Problems We SolveTo do this, we built a smart contract architecture that solves the following problems:CostSmart contract depl...