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On March 18th, we published the article titled: Uptick Network Anniversary & Phase II Cosmos Plan Announcement. Here, we summarized the progress and status of the project dating from March 12, 2021; describing the three phase strategy of Uptick Network, while announcing the starting of Phase II.
We are now in the middle of phase II, and as we are nearing the end of Q2 2022, we are here to update the Uptick community on the Q2 progress and Q3 plan.
Let’s dig in!
The Uptick Network Testnet went live on March 18, 2022. This was opened for validators to establish the distributed nodes of the layer 1 network. There were up to 200 validator nodes up and running, and the governance was put into practice based on community proposals (such as the node upgrade).
**1) **The testnet is an essential part of the entire Uptick NFT infrastructure. Therefore, the test version of Uptick EVM NFT marketplace was released alongside it. Desktop & mobile web versions, and Android and iOS mobile native versions were released to the community for testing and participation purposes. To date, there have been around 300,000 test-purpose NFTs minted on the testnet.
2) The testnet wallet addresses activated during the testnet stage reached over 6500 in a very short period of time, and the number of testnet users has been steadily maintained at this level since then.
3) After a three month testing period we reached our goal of thoroughly testing out the testnet, NFT marketplace, and especially uniting the community at both the layer 1 level and also at the new EVM NFT Marketplace level.
4) The first phase of the testnet period will conclude by the end of June. The team will take the snapshot on June 30th and following that, will also analyze the chain data. **All qualified testnet and test marketplace addresses will be announced in 1 week on our ****Github **page. This represents the qualification of the testnet participants in the testnet incentive program. Please stay tuned to the Uptick Network Medium page for further updates.
**5) **Technically, we are now ready to launch the mainnet as scheduled for the end of Q2. However, the recent crypto (Both FT & NFT) market situation is shaky and bearish. We have observed the significant drop of the crypto value and also the global NFT transactions, and this doesn’t look like the opportune moment to test the market. Instead, it is a good time to build a solid base for the on-going Uptick NFT infrastructure, NFT marketplace and eco-related apps.
With this in mind, the team and the core community members decided to extend the testing period and postpone the launch of mainnet into Q3.
**6) **We plan to make the layer 1 network, marketplace (and some eco-apps) ready to launch based on the market condition. We believe this is a better way to bring value to our community members, especially the contributors to the testnet & NFT marketplace.
**1) **Uptick NFT marketplace on IRISnet was launched on March 12, 2021, and is the first NFT marketplace in the entire Cosmos ecosystem. It has been running for 15 months with significant progress in the functionality, features, NFT asset volume, and active global community. This is Phase I of Uptick Network (as being the ecosystem partner of IRISnet in NFT marketplace level).
2) Upgraded the marketplace with several major features:
a) Unlockable Exclusive NFT Sales Model
b) Unlockable Discount NFT Sales Model
c) Added NFT Collections
d) Added NFT Folder Management
e) Auction Module Enhancement for Collections
**3) Operation**We continue the efforts on the global Creator Spotlight series. The education and experience sharing are important in order to connect the creators with Uptick and provide well deserved exposure. We keep doing this not just to acquire users, but also unite the creators with entrepreneurship in the Web 3.0 era.
#1 Edapollo
#2 PariahArt
#4 Niddo
#7 Jack Ross
#8 Akuza Ape
#9 MichaelArt
#10 MaryPoppins
#11 Merliel
#13 Petey McFly
4) Data
Here are the basic statistics of the IRISnet version of Uptick Marketplace:
Unique users*: 15,976*
Minted NFTs*: 160,795*
Sold NFTs*：25,176 (15% of total minted NFTs)*
**Mainnet Launch **(postponed from Q2)
Due to the bearish crypto & NFT market situation, the mainnet launch will be postponed into Q3.
**Airdrops **(postponed from Q2)
This is an associated aspect of the mainnet launch.
Uptick NFT Marketplace Launch on Mainnet (EVM Version)
Postponed from Q2 due to mainnet schedule change. This is an upgrade of the current Uptick EVM marketplace. It will become the general NFT marketplace for Uptick Network, with interoperability between all Uptick marketplace applications and blockchain economies; such as IRISnet, Ethereum, BSC, Polygon, and a soon to be announced L2 of Ethereum.
Rights Management
This is a key module of the Uptick NFT infrastructure. It covers loyalty, copyright, data standards, and other rights related business logic. This is essential to the creator economy that Uptick is building. This is also the industrial wide most-needed requirement to protect the best interests of creators.
Uptick NFT Metadata Standard
This is an ongoing effort for Uptick NFT. It will cover most vertical categories for collectible NFT and functional/utility-based NFTs. In 2H of 2022, Uptick will strengthen the establishment of its NFT infrastructure and NFT general marketplace, and also enter the functional/utility-based NFT space with several key NFT eco-apps (TBA)
Metaverse Connector & Apps
A 3D virtual gallery is now in the testing phase. It is a typical metaverse use case that Uptick provides to the fellow creators. The connector between Uptick marketplace and Gallery app, and its open interface will also be published to the Uptick developer community.
Uptick Developer Program
This is the important step for developers participating in the Uptick NFT ecosystem. The SDK and APIs of Uptick NFT infrastructure will be provided. The corresponding incentive program will also be announced.
Uptick Network’s core team and core community members will keep working on the business grade NFT infrastructure, general NFT marketplace, NFT ecosystem application incubation, and NFT interoperability among Uptick chain and other partnered chains. We believe that NFTs are still in the early stages. The core of NFT is to power the creative economy, and will be the driving force in the upcoming upturn of the global crypto market. Please stick with us and grow with Uptick together, both technically and financially.
For more of a detailed overview on the mission and scope of Uptick Network, please check out this article.
Regardless of the current market situation, we are incredibly happy to see an ever-growing vibrant creator community in Uptick. We see a variety of wonderful NFTs listed on Uptick marketplace every day, and we sincerely look forward to discovering the many new and talented creators joining the platform in the not too distant future.
Please join us on this exciting NFT journey as we progress into the next stage!
Uptick Network aims to build the commercial grade NFT infrastructure and the NFT ecosystems with multiple chain and cross chain interoperability. There are three major elements of Uptick Network — Uptick NFT infrastructure, Uptick NFT marketplace, and Uptick NFT ecosystem applications.
On March 18th, we published the article titled: Uptick Network Anniversary & Phase II Cosmos Plan Announcement. Here, we summarized the progress and status of the project dating from March 12, 2021; describing the three phase strategy of Uptick Network, while announcing the starting of Phase II.
We are now in the middle of phase II, and as we are nearing the end of Q2 2022, we are here to update the Uptick community on the Q2 progress and Q3 plan.
Let’s dig in!
The Uptick Network Testnet went live on March 18, 2022. This was opened for validators to establish the distributed nodes of the layer 1 network. There were up to 200 validator nodes up and running, and the governance was put into practice based on community proposals (such as the node upgrade).
**1) **The testnet is an essential part of the entire Uptick NFT infrastructure. Therefore, the test version of Uptick EVM NFT marketplace was released alongside it. Desktop & mobile web versions, and Android and iOS mobile native versions were released to the community for testing and participation purposes. To date, there have been around 300,000 test-purpose NFTs minted on the testnet.
2) The testnet wallet addresses activated during the testnet stage reached over 6500 in a very short period of time, and the number of testnet users has been steadily maintained at this level since then.
3) After a three month testing period we reached our goal of thoroughly testing out the testnet, NFT marketplace, and especially uniting the community at both the layer 1 level and also at the new EVM NFT Marketplace level.
4) The first phase of the testnet period will conclude by the end of June. The team will take the snapshot on June 30th and following that, will also analyze the chain data. **All qualified testnet and test marketplace addresses will be announced in 1 week on our ****Github **page. This represents the qualification of the testnet participants in the testnet incentive program. Please stay tuned to the Uptick Network Medium page for further updates.
**5) **Technically, we are now ready to launch the mainnet as scheduled for the end of Q2. However, the recent crypto (Both FT & NFT) market situation is shaky and bearish. We have observed the significant drop of the crypto value and also the global NFT transactions, and this doesn’t look like the opportune moment to test the market. Instead, it is a good time to build a solid base for the on-going Uptick NFT infrastructure, NFT marketplace and eco-related apps.
With this in mind, the team and the core community members decided to extend the testing period and postpone the launch of mainnet into Q3.
**6) **We plan to make the layer 1 network, marketplace (and some eco-apps) ready to launch based on the market condition. We believe this is a better way to bring value to our community members, especially the contributors to the testnet & NFT marketplace.
**1) **Uptick NFT marketplace on IRISnet was launched on March 12, 2021, and is the first NFT marketplace in the entire Cosmos ecosystem. It has been running for 15 months with significant progress in the functionality, features, NFT asset volume, and active global community. This is Phase I of Uptick Network (as being the ecosystem partner of IRISnet in NFT marketplace level).
2) Upgraded the marketplace with several major features:
a) Unlockable Exclusive NFT Sales Model
b) Unlockable Discount NFT Sales Model
c) Added NFT Collections
d) Added NFT Folder Management
e) Auction Module Enhancement for Collections
**3) Operation**We continue the efforts on the global Creator Spotlight series. The education and experience sharing are important in order to connect the creators with Uptick and provide well deserved exposure. We keep doing this not just to acquire users, but also unite the creators with entrepreneurship in the Web 3.0 era.
#1 Edapollo
#2 PariahArt
#4 Niddo
#7 Jack Ross
#8 Akuza Ape
#9 MichaelArt
#10 MaryPoppins
#11 Merliel
#13 Petey McFly
4) Data
Here are the basic statistics of the IRISnet version of Uptick Marketplace:
Unique users*: 15,976*
Minted NFTs*: 160,795*
Sold NFTs*：25,176 (15% of total minted NFTs)*
**Mainnet Launch **(postponed from Q2)
Due to the bearish crypto & NFT market situation, the mainnet launch will be postponed into Q3.
**Airdrops **(postponed from Q2)
This is an associated aspect of the mainnet launch.
Uptick NFT Marketplace Launch on Mainnet (EVM Version)
Postponed from Q2 due to mainnet schedule change. This is an upgrade of the current Uptick EVM marketplace. It will become the general NFT marketplace for Uptick Network, with interoperability between all Uptick marketplace applications and blockchain economies; such as IRISnet, Ethereum, BSC, Polygon, and a soon to be announced L2 of Ethereum.
Rights Management
This is a key module of the Uptick NFT infrastructure. It covers loyalty, copyright, data standards, and other rights related business logic. This is essential to the creator economy that Uptick is building. This is also the industrial wide most-needed requirement to protect the best interests of creators.
Uptick NFT Metadata Standard
This is an ongoing effort for Uptick NFT. It will cover most vertical categories for collectible NFT and functional/utility-based NFTs. In 2H of 2022, Uptick will strengthen the establishment of its NFT infrastructure and NFT general marketplace, and also enter the functional/utility-based NFT space with several key NFT eco-apps (TBA)
Metaverse Connector & Apps
A 3D virtual gallery is now in the testing phase. It is a typical metaverse use case that Uptick provides to the fellow creators. The connector between Uptick marketplace and Gallery app, and its open interface will also be published to the Uptick developer community.
Uptick Developer Program
This is the important step for developers participating in the Uptick NFT ecosystem. The SDK and APIs of Uptick NFT infrastructure will be provided. The corresponding incentive program will also be announced.
Uptick Network’s core team and core community members will keep working on the business grade NFT infrastructure, general NFT marketplace, NFT ecosystem application incubation, and NFT interoperability among Uptick chain and other partnered chains. We believe that NFTs are still in the early stages. The core of NFT is to power the creative economy, and will be the driving force in the upcoming upturn of the global crypto market. Please stick with us and grow with Uptick together, both technically and financially.
For more of a detailed overview on the mission and scope of Uptick Network, please check out this article.
Regardless of the current market situation, we are incredibly happy to see an ever-growing vibrant creator community in Uptick. We see a variety of wonderful NFTs listed on Uptick marketplace every day, and we sincerely look forward to discovering the many new and talented creators joining the platform in the not too distant future.
Please join us on this exciting NFT journey as we progress into the next stage!
Uptick Network aims to build the commercial grade NFT infrastructure and the NFT ecosystems with multiple chain and cross chain interoperability. There are three major elements of Uptick Network — Uptick NFT infrastructure, Uptick NFT marketplace, and Uptick NFT ecosystem applications.
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