Originally Published - August 11, 2021ETHCC HackathonWe were excited to recently announce the winners of the Upshot-sponsored prizes from the recent ETH CC Hackathon 2021 in 🇫🇷 Paris! ETH CC Hackathon 2021 brought together irl and online developers, creatives, and experts to build the future of DeFi, with some of the top teams in crypto in attendance. DeFi has shown the world that the legacy financial system, with all of its walled gardens and inaccessibility, can be re-built into a decentr...

Originally Published - August 11, 2021ETHCC HackathonWe were excited to recently announce the winners of the Upshot-sponsored prizes from the recent ETH CC Hackathon 2021 in 🇫🇷 Paris! ETH CC Hackathon 2021 brought together irl and online developers, creatives, and experts to build the future of DeFi, with some of the top teams in crypto in attendance. DeFi has shown the world that the legacy financial system, with all of its walled gardens and inaccessibility, can be re-built into a decentr...

Originally Published - August 17, 2021Update!Welcome to the fifth edition of the Upshot Update 👋 In this newsletter we’ll round-up the latest news, updates and insights from the team, and take a look at all the exciting developments happening across the NFT space. If you haven’t already, make sure you subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletterso that you don’t miss a beat. Let’s dive in 👇🌟 What’s NewEthCC Hackathon Recap 🇫🇷We were excited to recently announce the winners of the Upshot-sponsor...

Originally Published - August 17, 2021Update!Welcome to the fifth edition of the Upshot Update 👋 In this newsletter we’ll round-up the latest news, updates and insights from the team, and take a look at all the exciting developments happening across the NFT space. If you haven’t already, make sure you subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletterso that you don’t miss a beat. Let’s dive in 👇🌟 What’s NewEthCC Hackathon Recap 🇫🇷We were excited to recently announce the winners of the Upshot-sponsor...

Originally Published - June 17, 2021Update!Welcome to the third edition of the Upshot Update 👋 In this newsletter we’ll round-up the latest news, updates and insights from the team, and take a look at what’s happening across the NFT space. If you haven’t already, make sure you subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter so that you don’t miss a beat. Let’s dive in 👇🌟 What’s NewHackMoney x Upshot: $4k in prizes up for grabs 💰We’re stoked to sponsor ETHGlobal’s HackMoney! We will be awarding $4k ...

Originally Published - June 17, 2021Update!Welcome to the third edition of the Upshot Update 👋 In this newsletter we’ll round-up the latest news, updates and insights from the team, and take a look at what’s happening across the NFT space. If you haven’t already, make sure you subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter so that you don’t miss a beat. Let’s dive in 👇🌟 What’s NewHackMoney x Upshot: $4k in prizes up for grabs 💰We’re stoked to sponsor ETHGlobal’s HackMoney! We will be awarding $4k ...

Originally Published - May 27, 2021 We’re excited to announce that Upshot is moving to Polygon! 🎉Network congestion and high gas fees on Ethereum have made transactions extraordinarily expensive, with transaction costs reaching hundreds of dollars in some cases as network demand continues to outstrip overall throughput. Polygon, a protocol building and connecting EVM-compatible blockchain networks, is a powerful scaling solution for Ethereum that aims to solve these limitations — providing h...

Originally Published - May 27, 2021 We’re excited to announce that Upshot is moving to Polygon! 🎉Network congestion and high gas fees on Ethereum have made transactions extraordinarily expensive, with transaction costs reaching hundreds of dollars in some cases as network demand continues to outstrip overall throughput. Polygon, a protocol building and connecting EVM-compatible blockchain networks, is a powerful scaling solution for Ethereum that aims to solve these limitations — providing h...

Originally Published - July 19, 2021ETHCC HackathonWelcome to the fourth edition of the Upshot Update 👋 In this newsletter we’ll round-up the latest news, updates and insights from the team, and take a look at what’s happening across the NFT space. If you haven’t already, make sure you subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter so that you don’t miss a beat. Let’s dive in 👇🇫🇷 Upshot in ParisInnovation in the crypto space is born out global events that bring the community together to interact, ...

Originally Published - July 19, 2021ETHCC HackathonWelcome to the fourth edition of the Upshot Update 👋 In this newsletter we’ll round-up the latest news, updates and insights from the team, and take a look at what’s happening across the NFT space. If you haven’t already, make sure you subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter so that you don’t miss a beat. Let’s dive in 👇🇫🇷 Upshot in ParisInnovation in the crypto space is born out global events that bring the community together to interact, ...

Originally Published - June 24, 2021Hack MoneyJoin Upshot and over 1,0000 engineers, designers, and creators at HackMoney 2021 to help build the future of DeFi. We will be awarding $4,000 in prizes. Submit your hack for a chance to win one of two Upshot bounties that will be up for grabs. 📅 When: June 18 — July 9, 2021 🌐 Where: defi.ethglobal.co/ ℹ️ More Info: hack.ethglobal.co/hackmoney2021 Upshot is a platform for crowdsourced NFT appraisals. Leveraging a new peer prediction mechanism, Up...

Originally Published - June 24, 2021Hack MoneyJoin Upshot and over 1,0000 engineers, designers, and creators at HackMoney 2021 to help build the future of DeFi. We will be awarding $4,000 in prizes. Submit your hack for a chance to win one of two Upshot bounties that will be up for grabs. 📅 When: June 18 — July 9, 2021 🌐 Where: defi.ethglobal.co/ ℹ️ More Info: hack.ethglobal.co/hackmoney2021 Upshot is a platform for crowdsourced NFT appraisals. Leveraging a new peer prediction mechanism, Up...

Originally Published - June 2, 2021Update!Welcome to the second edition of the Upshot Update 👋 It’s been another busy couple of weeks here at Upshot! In this newsletter we’ll round-up the latest news, updates and insights from the team, and take a look at what’s happening across the NFT space. If you haven’t already, make sure you subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter so that you don’t miss a beat. Let’s dive in 👇🌟 What’s NewUpshot is live on Polygon 🚀Integrating with Polygon enables redu...

Originally Published - June 2, 2021Update!Welcome to the second edition of the Upshot Update 👋 It’s been another busy couple of weeks here at Upshot! In this newsletter we’ll round-up the latest news, updates and insights from the team, and take a look at what’s happening across the NFT space. If you haven’t already, make sure you subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter so that you don’t miss a beat. Let’s dive in 👇🌟 What’s NewUpshot is live on Polygon 🚀Integrating with Polygon enables redu...

Originally Published - May 11, 2021We’re thrilled to announce the open beta of Upshot! In April, we began opening the Upshot platform up to a small set of appraisers as part of our closed beta. Over a thousand new NFT collectors and community members have joined the platform since then. Starting today, anyone can sign-up and start appraising NFTs on Upshot.boomNFTs are a new asset class with unbounded potential that are giving artists and collectors new opportunities to capture value from the...

Originally Published - May 11, 2021We’re thrilled to announce the open beta of Upshot! In April, we began opening the Upshot platform up to a small set of appraisers as part of our closed beta. Over a thousand new NFT collectors and community members have joined the platform since then. Starting today, anyone can sign-up and start appraising NFTs on Upshot.boomNFTs are a new asset class with unbounded potential that are giving artists and collectors new opportunities to capture value from the...

Originally Published - May 6, 2020NFTs are a new asset class with unbounded potential. The problem is that NFTs don’t change hands very often, so the open market has a difficult time pricing them efficiently. At Upshot, we’re building a crowdsourced NFT appraisal platform that leverages a new field of mechanism design called “peer prediction” to pay experts to appraise NFTs honestly. Our goal is to create efficient “Zestimates” for any NFT while paying experts for their insights. Through crow...

Originally Published - May 6, 2020NFTs are a new asset class with unbounded potential. The problem is that NFTs don’t change hands very often, so the open market has a difficult time pricing them efficiently. At Upshot, we’re building a crowdsourced NFT appraisal platform that leverages a new field of mechanism design called “peer prediction” to pay experts to appraise NFTs honestly. Our goal is to create efficient “Zestimates” for any NFT while paying experts for their insights. Through crow...

Originally Published - May 19, 2021Upshot is a platform for crowdsourced NFT appraisals. A decentralized community of collectors interact with Upshot to deliver quick and accurate pricing of assets through appraisal games . Upshot aims to be a collector-centric NFT platform that gives NFT collectors unique opportunities to capture value from their expertise. This is your opportunity to actually work for a protocol This post has been adapted from a recent Bankless newsletter. Click here to vie...

Originally Published - May 19, 2021Upshot is a platform for crowdsourced NFT appraisals. A decentralized community of collectors interact with Upshot to deliver quick and accurate pricing of assets through appraisal games . Upshot aims to be a collector-centric NFT platform that gives NFT collectors unique opportunities to capture value from their expertise. This is your opportunity to actually work for a protocol This post has been adapted from a recent Bankless newsletter. Click here to vie...

Originally Published - March 11, 2021 Christie’s auction of Beeple’s “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” marks a major step forward for NFTs, but scalable crowdsourced appraisal infrastructure will be needed for this burgeoning medium to scale and will allow a new class of appraisers to capture value from their expertise.Earlier today, Beeple’s “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” sold at auction for an eye-popping $69,346,250. The successful collaboration between Beeple, a pioneering digital artist...

Originally Published - March 11, 2021 Christie’s auction of Beeple’s “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” marks a major step forward for NFTs, but scalable crowdsourced appraisal infrastructure will be needed for this burgeoning medium to scale and will allow a new class of appraisers to capture value from their expertise.Earlier today, Beeple’s “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” sold at auction for an eye-popping $69,346,250. The successful collaboration between Beeple, a pioneering digital artist...

Originally Published - May 18, 2021Update!** Welcome to the very first edition of the Upshot Update 👋** It’s been an exciting month here at Upshot! We launched our open beta, welcomed thousands of new appraisers to the platform, and raised $7.5 million from some of the top funds in crypto. And we’re just warming up! In this newsletter we’ll round-up the latest news, updates and insights from the team, and take a look at what’s happening across the NFT space. If you haven’t already, make sure...

Originally Published - May 18, 2021Update!** Welcome to the very first edition of the Upshot Update 👋** It’s been an exciting month here at Upshot! We launched our open beta, welcomed thousands of new appraisers to the platform, and raised $7.5 million from some of the top funds in crypto. And we’re just warming up! In this newsletter we’ll round-up the latest news, updates and insights from the team, and take a look at what’s happening across the NFT space. If you haven’t already, make sure...