In November 2021, a startup RMRK (read “remark”) introduced the NFT standards set of the same name, which allows tokens to change appearance, store multiple digital objects, and even own assets.
We talk about the features of RMRK and projects that use it: marketplaces, games and social networks based on the platform subsocial.
The Role of Standards in Blockchain
A standard is a document with rules and requirements: for products, processes in enterprises, the interaction of components of various systems, and much more.
Such documents are present in almost all spheres of human activity, including high-tech industries. USB is an example: this specification unifies the types of connectors and cables, power consumption standards and communication protocols. Device manufacturers must adhere to the rules, otherwise the products produced will not be able to work with each other.
The blockchain industry also has generally accepted standards: a Merkle tree for checking the validity of transactions, a BIP-39 dictionary for generating mnemonic phrases, an account as a unit of data storage, and token standards that ensure the compatibility of digital assets with dapps.
One of the most famous smart contract standards is ERC-20 – contains requirements for functions for sending tokens, reading balances and granting permissions for transactions. Developers add handlers for these functions to dapps so that users can interact with any assets of this model.
RMRK approach
RMRK is a system of standards from nine specifications (legos) for EVM blockchains and the Kusama network, which can be combined to produce tokens with specific properties.
To release the NFT RMRK, the developer deploys a basic smart contract (base) on the network for creating tokens and storing balances, as well as legos with the necessary functions:
- Nested (combinable) – the ability to embed other NFTs;
- multi-resource (multi-resource) – binding of several objects of different types: image, video, audio or 3D model;
- equippable (equippable) – change the property or appearance by “putting on” compatible NFTs;
- On-chain emoticons (on-chain emoji) – displaying user reactions;
- Conditional rendering (rendering by condition) – changing the appearance depending on on-chain or off-chain values;
- NFTs as DAO (NFT as DAO) – separation and joint management of NFT;
- Non-transferable (non-transferable tokens) — prohibition of sending to another address;
- Provable digital scarcity (provable digital scarcity) — a ban on the simultaneous use of a token in several projects;
- Ownership of experience (ownership of experience) – the evolution and storage of the history of interaction with the blockchain ecosystem.
The new standards are intended to increase the value of NFTs and increase motivation to buy such tokens, for example:
- using Multi-resource and Ownership of experience, you can create NFT characters that retain equipment and progress when moving the token to another project or transferring it to a new owner;
- Ownership of experience allows tokens to render the anchored image over time;
- when using On-chain emotes, the likes of users of different projects are summed up on one NFT and displayed in any applications and wallets.
NFT RMRK in marketplaces, social networks and games
At the time of publication, RMRK standards are used by three major projects: the Singular marketplace, the platform subsocial and the Skybreach metaverse.
Singular is the official marketplace of RMRK on the Kusama blockchain. Users can issue tokens with embedded on-chain emoji and optional multi-resource. In the near future, developers will add NFT minting with the ability to equip items.
Singular supports built-in reverse image search on the web: users can check the originality of objects before buying.
Spacers – a collection of 10,000 NFTs with robotic soldiers from the creators of the decentralized social platform Subsocial.
Users can put various items on tokens: gloves, masks, weapons and other accessories. The number of slots for equipment depends on the rarity level of the NFT.
Non-fungible token holders receive privileges in projects powered by Subsocial, including free energy (Energy) to pay for transactions and the ability to register a .spacer domain.
Spacer Pod NFT boxes can be purchased at official website collections until December 20th. At the end of the sale, the boxes will open: the owners will receive tokens of the selected rarity and random items for equipment.
skybreach – a metaverse with experimental gameplay from the RMRK team. Players will be represented by Kanaria bird avatars with the ability to equip items. Skybreach is scheduled to launch on January 1, 2023.
The goal of the project is to demonstrate how NFTs can diversify gameplay. To do this, Skybreach uses the following RMRK standards:
- multi-resource – in addition to the portrait for display in the wallet, the Kanaria token contains sprites for 2D games and 3D models for three-dimensional projects;
- equippable — players can customize in-game avatars: add accessories and effects, change the effects and sounds of in-game actions;
- non-transferable – Avatars receive new skills in the form of embedded NFTs without the possibility of transfer to another address. When buying such a token, the user will acquire an already developed character;
- Provable digital scarcity – Kanaria are full-fledged avatars of the owner, not skins for the 3D model on the user’s address. They cannot be in the wallet, marketplace or Skybreach at the same time.
Skybreach will also have the usual mechanics of blockchain metaverses: free trade in NFT objects, land ownership and project management through DAO.
The Future of RMRK Standards
According to road map RMRK, in the near future the project will develop the economic aspects of non-fungible tokens.
Developers implement the following mechanics:
- public collections – any user will be able to add their token to an existing set;
- on-chain royalties and trading – artists will independently issue NFTs, sell them and receive royalties without an intermediary in the face of a marketplace;
- temporary sending – the owner will be able to rent the token without using third-party smart contracts.
RMRK also plans to develop the Singular marketplace and improve existing legos. For example, creating a Multi-resource NFT Base specification so that holders can equip tokens with multiple bound objects.
conclusions
Standards change as technology improves and user needs grow.
ERC-721 created a market for digital art, but the way the standard was applied was limited to selling links to images.
RMRK allows you to expand the possibilities of blockchain games, social networks, DeFi and other applications. The standards implement mechanics like evolution and customization, previously available only on centralized backends.
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In November 2021, a startup RMRK (read “remark”) introduced the NFT standards set of the same name, which allows tokens to change appearance, store multiple digital objects, and even own assets.
We talk about the features of RMRK and projects that use it: marketplaces, games and social networks based on the platform subsocial.
The Role of Standards in Blockchain
A standard is a document with rules and requirements: for products, processes in enterprises, the interaction of components of various systems, and much more.
Such documents are present in almost all spheres of human activity, including high-tech industries. USB is an example: this specification unifies the types of connectors and cables, power consumption standards and communication protocols. Device manufacturers must adhere to the rules, otherwise the products produced will not be able to work with each other.
The blockchain industry also has generally accepted standards: a Merkle tree for checking the validity of transactions, a BIP-39 dictionary for generating mnemonic phrases, an account as a unit of data storage, and token standards that ensure the compatibility of digital assets with dapps.
One of the most famous smart contract standards is ERC-20 – contains requirements for functions for sending tokens, reading balances and granting permissions for transactions. Developers add handlers for these functions to dapps so that users can interact with any assets of this model.
RMRK approach
RMRK is a system of standards from nine specifications (legos) for EVM blockchains and the Kusama network, which can be combined to produce tokens with specific properties.
To release the NFT RMRK, the developer deploys a basic smart contract (base) on the network for creating tokens and storing balances, as well as legos with the necessary functions:
- Nested (combinable) – the ability to embed other NFTs;
- multi-resource (multi-resource) – binding of several objects of different types: image, video, audio or 3D model;
- equippable (equippable) – change the property or appearance by “putting on” compatible NFTs;
- On-chain emoticons (on-chain emoji) – displaying user reactions;
- Conditional rendering (rendering by condition) – changing the appearance depending on on-chain or off-chain values;
- NFTs as DAO (NFT as DAO) – separation and joint management of NFT;
- Non-transferable (non-transferable tokens) — prohibition of sending to another address;
- Provable digital scarcity (provable digital scarcity) — a ban on the simultaneous use of a token in several projects;
- Ownership of experience (ownership of experience) – the evolution and storage of the history of interaction with the blockchain ecosystem.
The new standards are intended to increase the value of NFTs and increase motivation to buy such tokens, for example:
- using Multi-resource and Ownership of experience, you can create NFT characters that retain equipment and progress when moving the token to another project or transferring it to a new owner;
- Ownership of experience allows tokens to render the anchored image over time;
- when using On-chain emotes, the likes of users of different projects are summed up on one NFT and displayed in any applications and wallets.
NFT RMRK in marketplaces, social networks and games
At the time of publication, RMRK standards are used by three major projects: the Singular marketplace, the platform subsocial and the Skybreach metaverse.
Singular is the official marketplace of RMRK on the Kusama blockchain. Users can issue tokens with embedded on-chain emoji and optional multi-resource. In the near future, developers will add NFT minting with the ability to equip items.
Singular supports built-in reverse image search on the web: users can check the originality of objects before buying.
Spacers – a collection of 10,000 NFTs with robotic soldiers from the creators of the decentralized social platform Subsocial.
Users can put various items on tokens: gloves, masks, weapons and other accessories. The number of slots for equipment depends on the rarity level of the NFT.
Non-fungible token holders receive privileges in projects powered by Subsocial, including free energy (Energy) to pay for transactions and the ability to register a .spacer domain.
Spacer Pod NFT boxes can be purchased at official website collections until December 20th. At the end of the sale, the boxes will open: the owners will receive tokens of the selected rarity and random items for equipment.
skybreach – a metaverse with experimental gameplay from the RMRK team. Players will be represented by Kanaria bird avatars with the ability to equip items. Skybreach is scheduled to launch on January 1, 2023.
The goal of the project is to demonstrate how NFTs can diversify gameplay. To do this, Skybreach uses the following RMRK standards:
- multi-resource – in addition to the portrait for display in the wallet, the Kanaria token contains sprites for 2D games and 3D models for three-dimensional projects;
- equippable — players can customize in-game avatars: add accessories and effects, change the effects and sounds of in-game actions;
- non-transferable – Avatars receive new skills in the form of embedded NFTs without the possibility of transfer to another address. When buying such a token, the user will acquire an already developed character;
- Provable digital scarcity – Kanaria are full-fledged avatars of the owner, not skins for the 3D model on the user’s address. They cannot be in the wallet, marketplace or Skybreach at the same time.
Skybreach will also have the usual mechanics of blockchain metaverses: free trade in NFT objects, land ownership and project management through DAO.
The Future of RMRK Standards
According to road map RMRK, in the near future the project will develop the economic aspects of non-fungible tokens.
Developers implement the following mechanics:
- public collections – any user will be able to add their token to an existing set;
- on-chain royalties and trading – artists will independently issue NFTs, sell them and receive royalties without an intermediary in the face of a marketplace;
- temporary sending – the owner will be able to rent the token without using third-party smart contracts.
RMRK also plans to develop the Singular marketplace and improve existing legos. For example, creating a Multi-resource NFT Base specification so that holders can equip tokens with multiple bound objects.
conclusions
Standards change as technology improves and user needs grow.
ERC-721 created a market for digital art, but the way the standard was applied was limited to selling links to images.
RMRK allows you to expand the possibilities of blockchain games, social networks, DeFi and other applications. The standards implement mechanics like evolution and customization, previously available only on centralized backends.
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