In the face of interests, Mekaverse NFT really as good as our prediction?

MekaVerse NFT became popular in the NFT community. Since it borrowed the elements of the famous Japanese mecha anime "Mechanic Warrior Gundam" in the 1980s, the NFT project has been on sale since October 8th. In less than 7 days, the transaction volume It has reached 32955 ETH, which is approximately 147 million US dollars.

But the plot took a turn for the worse, and the seemingly vibrant project collapsed in a flash. The project was considered to have "black box operation" because it did not use a verifiable random function. Its NFT price subsequently collapsed sharply, and a large number of holders' collections The price was directly cut in half.

In addition to the scandal of the black box operation, the design of the project has also been criticized. Despite the official announcement of the series, each Meka is unique and unique due to the attributes it possesses. However, some players started to complain about the changes in Meka after Mekaverse NFT announced the actual pictures. One of the holders of BAYC released a comparison of two Meka, only a small part of the details changed color.

It is worth mentioning that before 5 pm on October 13th, Mekaverse Meka NFT released by MekaVerse is a visually unified placeholder image, which does not show the actual appearance, and the style that users understand only stays in Promotional images revealed on MekaVerse's official website, Twitter and other social media.

It was not until the afternoon of October 13 that the official unveiled each of the Meka NFT works one by one, which means that before this, the Meka NFT that the player got was just a background picture, and they didn’t know what elements the picture contained. Nevertheless, the MekaVerse NFT floor price has been fluctuating around 5 ETH during this period, and even reached 7 ETH, and its transaction volume has been higher than the old cannon pixel avatar NFT CryptoPunks on Ethereum.

The Mekaverse NFT has accumulated tens of thousands of users in just a few days. This number may not be astonishing, but there is a premise worth considering, that is, the project party did not use any marketing methods similar to "gifts" to attract users to invest. This means that these users almost all agree with the series before they come together.

Mekaverse completed the 100,000 discord community milestone within 48 hours after the project was announced (just announced). At present, they have accumulated more than 220,000 fans on Twitter, and Mekaverse is undoubtedly one of the most popular Ethereum projects at the time.

MekaVerse NFT adopts a lottery + blind box game method in the sales method, which is different from the traditional NFT sales method-the project team makes a good work for sale, and the user bids based on the elements of each work-MekaVerse uses the community blind box lottery method. Officials said that over 120,000 addresses participated in the lottery, and the winners can cast their own Meka NFT at a cost of 0.2 ETH. The NFT after casting presents a unified background, and the actual appearance will not be revealed until October 10, and it was later delayed until October 13, which drew the appetite of users.

In most cases, a good project is accompanied by a solid roadmap, the purpose is to allow the community to have a higher loyalty to hold the collection, after all, a project without an economic foundation is just a piece of loose sand. The flatbread that Mekaverse drew at the beginning was also very fragrant.

In an interview with Forbes, the Mekaverse project team stated that Mekaverse will be a long-term project, and there will be more content in the future, including the physical Meka. The team hopes to produce some "real" Meka through 3D printing technology, so that their creation becomes a reality. These products will be made of very high-quality materials and are initially planned to be sold in limited quantities. At the same time, it will develop the surrounding market around Meka and further build the ecology.

Although the audience following the MekaVerse NFT has more than 200,000 people, its potential risks cannot be ignored. The most important risk is the risk of infringement. Since the creation of the MekaVerse project in August, the official has not clearly stated that it has the authorization of Gundam IP, nor has it interacted with Gundam copyright-related accounts on social media. Although the MekaVerse team only drew on mecha elements and claimed to be original in their works, they still resemble the characters in "Mechanic Warrior Gundam" in appearance.

There is no doubt that Mekaverse NFT is one of the very mature projects (put aside the scandal). From the perspective of the work alone, Mekaverse's design is really amazing. It shows the creator's obsession with the "Mecha" culture and allows fans to believe in their hearts that they will go further (successful leek scam). If Mekaverse, which is rooted in comic culture, can spread out, it will naturally attract more fans to join this new ecology, and most importantly, these once-young people are gradually gaining stronger purchasing power to support their past. Dreams or fantasies. If the project team did not deviate at the beginning, I believe that these will be enough to make Mekaverse NFT endure in this ever-changing market, but in this story, the Mekaverse project team finally chose a path of no return.