Category Archives: Selene Network

Why are my NFT projects demos?

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Today, Google’s AI is a little smarter than normal.

“A “demo project” in software development is a small, functional version of a software application designed to showcase its key features and functionality to potential users or stakeholders, essentially acting as a “preview” to demonstrate the concept and potential of the full product before significant development investment is made.”

Each demo on my website proves out a little functionality that an NFT could have while allowing me to build out the protocols and framework, which all need to work together in order to show something useful that is worthy of developing further – and, of course, using.

During this time, I’ve also built out tools to help make developing for this project more efficient. As I move into the next phase of this project (empower the propagation of NFT projects) I’m sure I will continue to add features to these tools and make parts free for download.

What do the demos show?

It is possible to have common high-level code that can live on multiple servers which can all work together as a unified sales network to empower commission-based NFT sales and these NFT can be custom designed by creators – all at a very low cost.

The decentralized design displayed in these demos, combined together with the ability to claim commissions in a leap forward for the NFT industry. Having decentralized access to a blockchain removes a significant point of failure for centralized NFT marketplaces. Being able to use the blockchain to distribute sales commission also means that you’re empowering the ‘right’ sales people to drive sales for the appropriate project.

Removing some centralized points of failure makes the system more robust and removes locations where ‘someone else’ could lock you away from claiming your property. These demos show that agents can get to their funds in any project without having to ask for permission. If one server is shut down, just install the code on another.

How do you use a demo?

All my demos are built using the same framework. The demos are an NFT project hosted on a server that gets launched in the blockchain. Because they are Selene Network compatible, the high-level code can extract useful information about the project out of the NFT which is reflected to the human that wants to interact with the NFT.

Most all my code is a zip file download. If the file is not already on my server, you just need to ask for it. The code is PHP and JavaScript and I try to make it easy with regards to showing where the changes need to happen – if you want to customize it.

You need help?

If you need help, message me on twitter(x) or connect with me in discord.

Download the Selene Network

https://amorstyle.com/dsn/dsn_latest.zip

Installing the Selene Network

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The Selene Network core code is a software download that just about anyone can install. The basic idea is to download it, modify the configuration file and then upload the code to your server. If you follow the instructions outlined within the zip file download, you will become a node in the Selene Network distributed sales system.

Where’s the code?

The zip file is located on this server. Clicking the following link will download the file:

https://amorstyle.com/download

Every official released version of the code will be displayed there along with it’s SHA1 hash that can be used for verification (that you downloaded my official code).

If you download on Windows, you can validate the zip file by running the certification tool like “certutil -hashfile dsn_v1.0.zip SHA1” and you should get the same SHA1 hash as listed on the download page.

After Validating the download

Inside the zip file, there is a Selene_Network_Install_and_Setup.pdf file. Reading that document (carefully) and copying files to your server shouldn’t take more than a few minutes.

Setting up your own Gallery

There is another document in the zip file that instructs you how to launch your own gallery smart contract using https://ThetaScan.io. That document is Selene_Network_Gallery_Creation.pdf.

Empowering people to use the core code

Another document within the zip file is Selene_Network_User_Manual.pdf. This file explains a little bit about some of the configuration options that a website visitor can use in order to get different effects out of the core display.

Kickin’ the tires

What you see on https://AmorStyle.com/dsn is what you get. If you want to see what the download provides, just visit my site. Play with it a little. If you don’t believe, visit another site that has downloaded the software and see how it compares. 

Details and upgrades

When I develop new functionality in the core code, it will first be implemented on my server showing the new version number in the footer of the page. During this ‘jell’ period, anyone with projects that currently exist on the platform will be encouraged to test that the projects still functions as intended as seen my the new code on my server.

Once the test period is over, the new version of the code will be uploaded as a zip file for download and the dsn_*.zip file will be updated to contain the newly tested code.

Upgrades

People running the code should take note of the current version they are running so that if they encounter a blocking issue, they can simply reinstall the last working version – and report a bug fix request (get ahold of me, or fix it in the code and give me the fix.).

Prerequisites

It is expected that the person that downloads and installs this code has a working understanding of how to install files on a typical website. You will need to create a few subdirectories that will be referenced by your domain name and upload (and maybe edit) files there.

To build your own gallery, you will need to have some understanding with regards to how to launch a smart contract using the https://ThetaScan.io smart contract HQ code.

Summary

If the install process is too complicated, give me feedback. If you like the code and want new functionality, let me know and maybe I’ll add it. If you want to make significant changes to the core, talk to me and I’ll help guide you. Party on!

The Pay with crypto demo v1

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In this latest Selene Network NFT project, I’m demonstrating how a project can accept one currency and then mint an NFT on the Theta blockchain.

The basic idea is built around the following fictitious scenario.

Scenarios

A musician wants to tokengate his discord channel so that only paying fans are allowed in. The musician downloads this demo code and launches his own version of the contract on the Theta blockchain. Because it provides all the interfaces needed for the Selene Network code, it displays perfectly fine for his fans. He knows that a few of his fans are Agents in the network so he pays 15% commissions on a $250 NFT. Knowing that a bulk of the people what support his music are also huge Ethereum fans, he chooses to accept ETH for minting (along with the standard Tfuel). He then funds the Theta blockchain account that performs the minting and the buttons are enabled in the webpage. At this point, the musician announces to the world that his fan-club NFTs can be minted using Metamask.

Details

At this point, the demonstration of this end-to-end solution is in action. Please go mint all the different versions of the NFT.

The complication is that the minting is done by an off-chain oracle that runs on a 15-minute heartbeat. The environment needed to run this local server is unique to developing web-based projects, thus my system is the only one currently setup to perform this background processing which results in the mint.

It wouldn’t take much to develop that backend solution, but that work won’t be done unless people like the direction of this project. You know, if there is a need, there is a solution.

So, if you like where this project is going, but the NFT and tell a friend. If enough people like this functionality, I might be motivated to develop the backend into something anyone could run and use.

Take a look at the Project

Pay with Crypto Demo V1

One last thing

I’ve designed this demo so that when you mint the NFT, you get a different image based upon the currency that you use to pay. And, if I add new payment methods, I can add new payment images to reflect that additional functionality. Thus, collect them all!

The Penny Oracle on Theta

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The Penny Oracle for Tfuel is now auto-updated. When the price changes more then 3% over 4 hours, the blockchain gets updated.

Been wanting to write this update for a long time. The Penny Oracle that I launched on the Theta blockchain is now auto-updated. In other words, I no longer have to manually update the price for minting any of my NFTs in any of my projects. This automation is a huge psychological win for me. Kinda makes me feel like the code is actually doing something useful.

Note that all the projects that use the Selene Network (distributed sales network) NFT functionality use a Penny Oracle. And, in order for a creator to stay in charge of their project pricing, they would either launch their own, or use a trusted Penny Oracle. If they use my official one, the price is kept current (automagically).

What is a Penny Oracle?

The Penny Oracle provides the amount of Wei that represents a penny’s worth of Tfuel.

Why is it useful?

People that visit my projects think in dollar terms. The Penny Oracle is used by the smart contracts so that they have a current ‘close enough’ representation of the amount of tfuel that it takes to buy their NFT.

By having a relatively accurate price for my NFTs, the value exchange that I’m looking for can be stated in dollar terms rather than Tfuel Wei.

How does this magic work?

The first step comes from a little program that makes API calls to a number of different exchanges that allow for the trading of different Tfuel pairs. From that, the software determines the average price at that current moment. If the code determines that the price has change enough, (three percent from the previous recorded price,) it signs a transaction and posts it to the block chain.

How can you view this?

Well, here is the contract address for the Penny Oracle Version 1:

0x945c5b985a0d4ba6c42a88c1330bded9cd442389

If you look at it’s transactions, you can see that the automation has just recently started. Each time the smart contract is updated, the price averaging code sends the current dollar price of Tfuel and the Wei that represents a penny’s worth of Tfuel.

If you want to view the values that are reported by the smart contract, you can do so by visiting the Interact with a Smart Contract page on ThetaScan.io and use the following ABI to go with the contract address above.

ABI:

[{“inputs”: [],”name”: “pennyPriceTfuel”,”outputs”: [{“internalType”: “uint256″,”name”: “_pennyTfuelWei”,”type”: “uint256”},{“internalType”: “string”,”name”: “_priceOfTfuel”,”type”: “string”}],”stateMutability”: “view”,”type”: “function”}]

When you read this function (pennyPriceTfuel) you’ll see that it returns two items: _pennyTfuelWei and _priceOfTfuel.

How can you help?

The wallet that broadcasts the updates for the Penny Oracle is projected to burn through 125 Tfuel per year. Because this is publicly accessible for any smart contract on chain, if you find it valuable, please support the project.

The Wallet that performs the broadcast updates would be gracious for you Tfuel love:

0x5673DdA6820E986F6fC77087504873B116A4D52c

If I can raise more than one thousand Tfuel, I’ll see about modifying this code to update other crypto currencies too.

How robust is this?

Would like to say that it’s failsafe, but nothing is.

In order for the Penny Oracle to get updated, the software on my machine has to run. With means, if the power grid goes down for me, the Penny Oracle will still report the older update.

The current design limits the number of updates to no more than 1 time every four hours and only if the price has moved more than 3% from the last recorded time. Simulation testing has shown that on average, the price will get updated about every 14 hours.

It shouldn’t take long before there will be enough transactions on chain to confirm this average update period.

The best news is that I’m motivated to make sure that this Penny Oracle stays current for the price it reports is what all my projects use.

What’s next?

Now that this automation is running, it’s time to refocus on smart contract functionality. It’s time to have a little fun with things. 

Marketplace Solutions for the NFT Creator

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The old-school brick-&-mortar approach of forcing a creator to ‘fit the mold’ with regards to content creation and distribution is quickly becoming a thing of the past. As technology advances, more creators are going to find that there are alternative paths for content distribution that don’t involve large, centralized organizations.

Ultimately, I’d love to see more creators leverage the power of blockchain to incentivize perfectly good strangers to sell their project for them. This is why I put together the Selene Network (DSN). The network protocols allow creators to own and manage their content while also incentivizing others in a trustless manner.

The latest addition to my Selene Network collection of demos is the ‘NFT with Marketplace demo Version 1’ (see the display section on this page). This NFT has a built-in secondary marketplace.

Imagine being a creator and offering a NFT collection that represents 100 pieces of something unique. Say, every day the creator posts something new to the collection. If this demo code is used (and slightly modified), not only would the creator be able to incentivize sales, but they would have a built-in marketplace where the unique items could trade.

No need for a third party centralized website. Instead, the functionality can be served right off the creator’s own website where there is a high level of trust in the content (and means to the content).

Take a look

MarketPlace Demo V1

So, install MetaMask and instruct it to connect to the Theta Network. Once you have, connect it to this website (AmorStyle.com) and visit the links in the display block above.

If you would like to see other examples built on the Selene Network core code, visit the Gallery.

Contacts

Feel free to tag me on Twitter @AmorStyleYoga. Every sample that I create is available for download and review. See the project JSON file for details.