Quote from: Cakeonit on Today at 04:13:04 PM

Hi Folks,
I have been away for a while and a little distracted but I wanted to post the only info I have had relayed to me in the last few months. I may have missed a message in my inbox as well but I did get an update WRT Cryptoart.com - I'll post in the next message below .................

message from the Proprietor follows exactly as written (I removed unrelated/irrelevant/personal/DOX content.:

"...... just getting my head above water.

I've partnered with a stellar developer to launch the NFTs, but things are obviously moving much slower than I anticipated. The issue is that they are building a platform to accommodate other NFT clients, mostly in the gaming space. I knew that going into it. The plus side is that I've had a lot of leeway in terms of evolving the specs as we've built things out. The negative is that it has delayed my timeline. I anticipated hiring a community manager and someone to help with curation, but I've held off until I can see that the project is ready to launch. I need to keep the monthly burn rate down while I'm not selling anything.

Here is where we are: We have a working contract on the rinkeby testnet. I've been able to make random NFTs and have them be picked up by opensea. We're working on the front-end for people to claim their NFTs. I was hoping to see that this week. Cryptoart is a little different than most projects as existing collectors need to be able to claim a specific title/edition number by signing a contract from a pre-approved address. Also, we are working on a solution that will allow collectors to convert NFTs into physical art pieces and physical art pieces into NFTs. This involves locking up the NFT while it is in physical form. The solution they have come up with involves merkel roots.

Here is my timeline - and some of this is unrelated to Cryptoart ...<<personal unrelated content>>>.... The functionally to claim the NFTs should be done by the time I get back. However, I'm putting another set of eyes on this, because of the complexity and the importance of getting it done correctly.

Anyway, feel free to relay any of this to others. I know this is taking forever and people are concerned, but no one has more to gain from getting the NFTs launched than me. I'm in a similar situation as the collectors right now, as I'm waiting on the solutions provider.

Hope everything else is going well.
............."

I felt that putting the message on the forum board as quoted was OK given the statements therein. I can say this -

I feel strongly and have a great deal of trust in him, he is a very honest and good man to work with and I am confident in his drive. Like any project, or at least the majority that I have seen, things take longer and are more arduous than anticipated!

I look forward to the future and hopefully having time to get on the forum more, and spend money I don't have on collectables lol

CakeOnIT