It’s without a doubt that blockchain is no longer an experiment, or a pilot program. It has garnered world-wide adoption across many industries, and its application within those is growing daily, as we figure out how to integrate blockchain’s utility into systems that ultimately help make them more efficient, allowing us to better allocate finite resources, ergo better all of our lives, if not directly, indirectly.

We are certain one of the waves of change in the coming years will be true digital asset ownership, which is possible for the first time in human history, through NFTs and blockchain. NFTs are not just JPEGs of monkeys and something you can right-click on, but they represent immutable, verifiable, ownership of a digital medium. And the applications of digital asset ownership, in an increasingly digitized world, cannot be understated.

While the Enjin Ecosystem has roots in gaming, NFTs transcend that barrier of utility and value. Given the current groundbreaking technological prowess of Enjin Blockchain when it comes to digital asset creation, management, and usage, and accounting for all the future upgrades yet to come, we are certain Enjin Blockchain will play an impactful role in a world where true digital asset ownership will have more and more prevalence in our everyday lives.

Yes, we’ve just launched an update to the NFT.io marketplace with cart support. Sweeping the floor has never been easier. You can read more in a recently published changelog: https://docs.enjin.io/changelog/wallet-redesigns-nftio-enhancements

Yes, smart contract support is in the roadmap, and as core contributors to the blockchain, an upgrade will be submitted which would enable that functionality on the network, by the end of Q3 2024.

There are few things as impactful as computers and digitalization were for our modern civilization, as it vastly improved communication, and enabled workflows that just weren’t possible before. To not get too philosophical, blockchain and NFTs now allow us to use that medium for transfer of value, and importantly, with scale. While physical goods are inherently valuable, they require arduous logistical systems to distribute globally. Conversely, digital goods aren’t inherently valuable in and of themselves, but they can be distributed to a global market with orders of magnitude less cost. NFTs bridge that gap, allowing us to transfer value with scale. Meaning, the Enjin Ecosystem, and all of its participants and users of its technology, can meaningfully reach users, globally.

To answer the questions more concretely; tailored user experience, localization, and targeted marketing approaches are a method Enjin ecosystem apps like Enjin Wallet and NFT.io can increase greater adoption in nascent markets

While the Enjin ecosystem apps such as Enjin Wallet and NFT.io don’t have set roadmaps for VR and AR integration at the moment, we see the VR and AR niche as a great opportunity for an ecosystem participant to fill a demand. NFTs have a great use case in that industry, and we’ve already had projects utilize Enjin ecosystem tools for that purpose. We’re excited to see what the community and adoption will bring in that regard.

The community translation initiative was suspended as its purpose had ran out - the community has successfully contributed to the translation of Enjin Wallet and the EnjinX marketplace to over 15 languages. With the updates to most of Enjin’s product stack, we are exploring resuming this initiative in a more exciting, engaging way, ensuring up to date localization for Enjin services users across the globe.

Enjin Beam is one of our most used services, used by thousands of Beam creators to seamlessly deliver NFTs to millions of users, in a fun and engaging way. If you’re paying attention to our socials, you may have noticed a healthy cadence of updates and improvements made to Enjin Beam on a monthly basis. One of the features in our backlog is very similar to what you’ve described - a way for Beam creators to further gamify the experience. Stay tuned to our community channels for when the releases.

We’ve always understood the value and importance of interoperability, and this is congruent with our vision for a multi-chain landscape, where different specialized technologies are used to fulfill different requirements. The whole Enjin ecosystem was designed with that vision in mind from day one.

Enjin Blockchain, as a Substrate based blockchain, is inherently interoperable with other Substrate based blockchains. Moreover, support for interoperability with other blockchains, specifically Ethereum, is actively under investigation by core and third-party blockchain contributors. This should come as no surprise, as Enjin has deep roots with the Ethereum ecosystem, with the popular ERC-1155 token standard being co-authored by Enjin’s co-founder Witek Radomski. Given its decentralized nature, we expect support for interoperability for further systems to be driven by third-party contributors, especially as the demand for it grows.

Additionally, Enjin apps such as Enjin Wallet, NFT.io, and Enjin Platform have built-in interoperability with a variety of different protocols and networks. That being said, their primary focus will remain delivering a seamless experience within the Enjin ecosystem.

The Enjin ecosystem is defined by both the different technologies utilized, and the individuals, communities, and games that bring it to life. In that context, community-driven initiatives are crucial—arguably the most critical factor determining the ecosystem's growth trajectory and development.

True to its decentralized ethos, the ecosystem empowers everyone to influence its future. That influence can be applied in many forms, be it through participating in governance referendums and proposals, choosing Enjin Blockchain validators through staking, developing games or projects using Enjin tools to leverage an existing or create a new feature, or simply by being an active member of the community - we all have a direct and tangible impact in how the ecosystem develops.

Thus, the community has the ultimate power, and control over how the Ecosystem developers, and what direction it takes.

Yes. One of the more exciting features on the NFT.io marketplace I’m personally looking forward is NFT offers - the ability for users to place a bid on any asset, even if unlisted. This will greatly improve price discovery and asset mobility within the ecosystem.

We expect AI integration to be an integral part of the NFT creation process for many NFT creators and projects, using AI tooling to assist in their creative process. Ultimately, we anticipate this will assist in lowering the creation barrier, allowing even more users to crystalize their artistic vision in a manner consistent with their ideas, and ultimately bringing more unique and exciting non-fungible tokens to all users to collect, trade, and use.

That sounds like a great tool for a community initiative, and would be a welcome addition to the Enjin ecosystem!

Short answer is no, long answer is sort of. Enjin has created the world’s most advanced NFT gaming integration layer through Enjin Platform, one of the more user friendly and popular NFT apps with Enjin Wallet and NFT.io, and core contributions to Enjin Blockchain, the first blockchain designed with NFT functions at the protocol level.

That’s what we’re good at - building and pioneering groundbreaking technology that serves as the foundation upon which the Enjin ecosystem can leverage to build amazing experiences with. And while many of Enjin’s contributors have deep expertise in the gaming industry, both game design and development, and we definitely could attempt to build a commercially successful game, we firmly believe keeping our line of sights clear and focused on what we excel at - building great technology - is how we’ll achieve our ultimate vision of a decentralized future.

That being said, we’re constantly looking for ways to improve our developer onboarding experience, and that toolkit includes demo games that developers can take apart, and intimately understand how easy Enjin is to use under-the-hood.

Degens are advanced and intricate NFTs, unlike any other NFT collection or project you’ve ever seen, and each one has a deep integration with the whole Enjin’s ecosystem. Getting the recipe right is a delicate process, but it’s now very close.

Yes, they will. We’re exploring ways to consolidate some old and hastily made promises into true & useful utility within the Enjin Ecosystem, that we believe all holders will be very excited about.

More information coming Soon™.

Yes. We’ve been following the development in the artificial intelligence sector for very long now, in both their applications to cryptography, digital assets, and generative art potential.

Expect to see the first AI integrations within the Enjin ecosystem before the end of Q2 2024, with more AI-powered functionality following through the year.

Yes, and great question! I’m personally a big fan of this feature; allowing users to bid on unlisted NFTs allows for more optimized price discovery and all-in-all a better trading experience.

This feature will be supported by Enjin Blockchain, and integrated to the NFT.io marketplace, before the end of Q2 of 2024.