26 Dec Symbol blockchain news update – 26/12/21
Hey everyone, hope that you had a great Christmas and are getting some time for a bit of rest and relaxation. If you are anything like me you are probably dashing around visiting friends and family. I have a free hour so I am trying to catch up on all the things that I have missed over the past few days. I will have missed things but I’ll try to bring you up to date with the news I have picked up on before my allotted time expires 😁
The vision
If you read one thing today then it should be this article from our very own visionary Hatchet. It lays out what has gone before for NEM and Symbol, where we are now and where we are striving to be in the future. It seems that the overall goal is to be the “everyman’s cryptocurrency” and achieve what nobody else has managed so far – true mass adoption. Ambitious? Sure, but with the right path forward and a goal to build towards I wouldn’t bet against the team. Even if you are only in it for the money then stick around, we are all the (very) early adaptors. If all goes to plan then you can drive your Lambo on the moon in a few years 😆
The second instalment of the article will be published today so keep an eye out for it as it will be 🔥🔥🔥
Unreal possibilities
@kazumasamatsumo has shown that Symbol can be integrated into Unreal Engine 4. We have seen integration with Unity already and @nabe387690473 points out that this would enable exchanging of tokens between games made with UE4 and Unity. He sees a future where in-game currency can be used to pay for real-world services, or earning points at a store could be used for in-game purchases.
The integration of Symbol into video games is an exciting prospect, one killer app equals mass exposure for Symbol. I really hope we see some community Symbol games released in 2022!
Get ready to hack!
The NEMTUS hackathon is open for registration! Sorry, all of the information is in Japanese so I will leave it up to you (and Google Translate!) to find out the finer details. It would be great to see entries from across the world as well as the many that will come from Japan so please do get involved if you have an idea. I think it is also open to beginners but again details in English are limited at the moment. Maybe there will be a translation coming soon..
Symbol Rockband
This brought a smile to my face. I spotted this post from @__zamu__ promoting Symbol through music. I don’t understand the words but I love the tune, would love to see more of this type of activity in the future. Great work! 😊
Stealth advertising
If we all did this then Symbol would be everywhere. Get yourself some Symbol merchandise, look cool and do some stealthy advertising 😎 If people see Symbol everywhere then they will want to find out more. I need some more Symbol swag to model around town 😁
Japan (as always) is leading the way here. So much Symbol branded stuff being put on t-shirts, keyrings, mugs – everything you can think of really! I have started printing my own stuff as shipping is really expensive to the UK. If you want to get involved then design something and there are a ton of companies online that will print it for you on pretty much whatever you wanted printed on. Get involved, spread the word and look great whilst you are at it!
More free NFTs
Argh, I missed this as it was a really small window of opportunity but it seems that NFT-Drive had another giveaway with a special limited edition Christmas NFT as part of a System test for the new Archimedes platform. Still don’t know much about project Archimedes but I am really excited to see what happens and if they are already testing then we should have something potentially very special arriving in the coming months.
Symbol Node List goes mobile
I haven’t had too much time to look into this (my allotted time window is drawing to a close) but I will be checking out the project (and quest) and will write more in a future post. @ahikicoin is doing some excellent work and Symbol Node List has become the number 1 resource for Symbol Node related stats. If you haven’t used it before then please go check it out!
View your NFTs with Arcana
Apologies if the translation is wrong but it looks like the next release of the Arcana wallet will allow you to view your NEMberArt NFTs! We all know that we shouldn’t be using NEMber Art anymore so good to see that the NFTs produced on the platform will be accessible in the wallet. I think that they will also be integrated into Garush when it is released too.
Poetry pays
Tresto’s poetry competition has ended and prizes have already been distributed. Apparently, over 180 entries were received(!) and 20 winners were awarded 300 XYM each. Congratulations to all of the winners and thank you to all of the entrants for doing your bit and writing about Symbol! 😊
There was at least one entry in English by the way as @GeranKlim was one of the winners!
It looks like nembear already spent his winnings from the competition on a new haircut and some aromatherapy oils, all paid for directly with XYM. The world is changing, the seeds have been sown in Japan and I really can’t wait to see how XYM payment and everyday use of Symbol increases there in 2022.
Thanks!
OK, I think I just about kept to my one hour time slot (apologies for typos) so it is back to parenting for me whilst my wife gets some time to go for a run. I will try to be back before the new year so I will leave the “Happy New Year”‘s for then! 😊
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