Dear Minters,

One year ago today, Mint Blockchain launched its developer mainnet — a bold step toward building the foundational NFT infra blockchain for the decentralized future.

From vision to reality, the past year has marked a foundational phase of rapid progress for Mint Blockchain. We’ve witnessed the rise of a global Mint community, flourishing on-chain activity, and a wide range of decentralized applications built by developers from across the world.

Together, we’ve seen the emergence of an ecosystem that is vibrant, diverse, and deeply engaged. This anniversary is not only a time for celebration — it is also a moment of open reflection and transparent dialogue with our community.

As part of this milestone, we’re proud to share key data from Mint’s first year, and reaffirm a central message: Mint is an NFT infrastructure layer, a builder-first, application-ready Layer 2, and a vital piece of the Superchain puzzle.

Mint Blockchain has experienced remarkable growth across technical metrics and community dimensions:

• Total Transactions: 54.1M+ — a testament to increasing network activity

• Active Wallets: 503K+ — showing broad user engagement across the globe

• Smart Contracts Deployed: 67.5K+ — highlighting growing developer adoption

• Average Transactions: 49.4K per day / 345K per week — steady and healthy growth

We’ve gone global. In just one year, Mint Blockchain has established:

• 12 Mint Hubs across regions including Asia, Europe, and the Americas

• A vibrant ecosystem of creators and users shaping NFT culture, digital art, and on-chain community life

• Mint Expedition, our flagship community campaign, welcomed over 414K participants, driving user education, engagement, and discovery across dozens of dApps.

• Events like Superchain Asia Tour and NFTCON2024 extended our reach offline, fostering meaningful ecosystem connections in the real world.

Mint’s ecosystem is evolving into a comprehensive infrastructure layer for NFTs and Web3 apps:

• MintSwap: $82.9M+ in trading volume, over 732K trades, and 57.3K+ users — a robust DeFi engine on Mint

• Mint Forest V3: providing a gamified and socialized NFT experience

• Mint Legends: celebrated OG NFT users with 191K blind boxes claimed by 38K+ wallets

• RareShop: pioneering RWA x NFT by launching limited-edition physical collectibles as NFTs

• MintRich: a meme asset launchpad supporting thousands of tokens

• NIPs Platform: empowering developers to mint NFT-based apps with low-code tools

• ERC-7765 Protocol: enabling new forms of utility and asset interaction

• Minty: our native mascot and cultural symbol, connecting the community through art

As the utility token powering Mint Blockchain, $MINT plays a central role:

• Held by 59.6K+ wallets across the world

• 19.87M+ MINT staked via MintPool

• TGE + Restaking campaigns unlocked long-term value alignment

• Designed for decentralized governance and sustainable ecosystem growth.

As we celebrate the progress we’ve made, we also take this moment to open an honest and forward-looking conversation with our community.

We understand that some early participants expected larger airdrops or faster incentives, which led to disappointment for a few. From our perspective, however, Mint was never about short-term hype.

What we hope everyone understands is that Mint was never designed for airdrops. From day one, its mission has been to build the most fair, free, and healthy environment for NFT asset and application development — a truly decentralized, builder-friendly Layer 2 focused entirely on NFTs. Mint has always treated all NFT enthusiasts and developers with fairness and openness, and it aims to cultivate an ecosystem that goes far beyond avatars and speculative trends. We believe in fostering an NFT space rooted in infrastructure, utility, and creativity — the very foundations that remain scarce in today’s market. A healthy future for NFTs must go beyond short-term rewards, building instead on long-term, decentralized, and sustainable value. We believe the Mint community understands and recognizes this.

That’s why today marks a new chapter. We’re building with those who share this vision and who want to grow together with the NFT industry. It’s not only about recording your journey and leaving meaningful on-chain footprints — it’s about shaping a future driven by builders, creators, and long-term believers.

Mint is moving closer every day to its founding purpose: to be the most open and builder-friendly NFT Layer 2 — a place where NFT creativity, innovation, and community can thrive together.

Looking forward, Mint is doubling down on its mission to become the NFT infrastructure layer of the Superchain:

• Deepening support for ERC-7765 and ERC-7702

• Expanding the Mint Studio for creators and developers

• Improving Superchain Interop to unlock unified liquidity and app composability

• …

Whether you’re a loyal Minter, an inquisitive developer, or a Web3 and NFT pioneer seeking the right platform — Mint warmly welcomes you.

As we begin our second year and the many that follow, we remain committed to building a decentralized, incentive-light, and creator-first ecosystem. The future of NFTs depends not only on technology, but on the people who believe in its potential.

Let your journey take root here. Grow with us. Leave your mark — on-chain, on Mint, and in history.

— The MintCore Team