CRΞATIVΞZ

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  An example of a Human (40%) from the CRΞATIVΞZ NFT collection

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  An example of a Cyberpunk (30%) from the CRΞATIVΞZ NFT collection

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  An example of an Undead (20%) from the CRΞATIVΞZ NFT collection

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  An example of an Exotic (10%) from the CRΞATIVΞZ NFT collection

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  Automated Rewards System - How the compounding passive income works for this NFT Collection

Brief Intro: Who is the Team Behind CRΞATIVΞZ?

Based in Australia and partners since 2009, Brendan and Talitha are the founders and creators of CRΞATIVΞZ. They have complementing skills, personalities and a strong synergy for idea generation when working together. Brendan is from a technical background as a Hydrogeologist, while Talitha is from an education background as a primary school teacher but decided to pursue her love for art and NFTs full time in early 2020. The CRΞATIVΞZ project embodies these skills and backgrounds and utilises both to achieve its vision.

Summary of the CRΞATIVΞZ DApp:

By holding a CRΞATIVΞZ NFT, you will earn a compounding passive income. Our treasury smart contract distributes MATIC to your wallet every fortnight.

What & Why: Inspiration Behind CRΞATIVΞZ

• DApp: We were inspired to add to the DeFi user experience through NFTs. We sought out to create an automated system where NFT holders are paid via staking pool rewards without having to navigate the process themselves: simplify the passive-income experience for newbies and those searching for time-efficient systems! Additionally, we also wanted to create a blockchain voting system to allow NFT holders the opportunity to decide which staking pools should be reinvested into.
• NFT Collection Art: Why the tongue sticking out? I (Talitha) see creative individuals as the rebels of society – they’re honest, upfront and confrontational, beautiful, weird and authentic. A lot of the time we don’t give an f about what people think about our creations/how we present ourselves because we’re following our truest expression. Regardless of anyone’s doubts in us as artists, we create anyway because it’s an incredibly strong part of our identity. For this collection I’ve included four ‘Types’ (out of countless possibilities) including Human, Cyberpunk, Undead and Exotic; I wanted to select familiar themes inspired by cosplay and being your own persona.
• Long-term: Our family and the Web 3 community. Not only do we have the opportunity to innovate together as a couple, but to also be an example for our children; to show how we communicate, overcome challenges and enjoy the process as a team. We also love the idea of creating something to leave behind for our girls. Additionally, we believe this Web 3 space deserves more honest and trustworthy projects they can benefit from; it would be an honour to contribute something worthwhile in the short and long-term.

What The CRΞATIVΞZ DApp Provides

We created smart contract functions for an initial six staking pools that sequentially run through the common staking functions such as claiming rewards, converting to MATIC, and then sending to the CRΞATIVΞZ distributor contract. The CRΞATIVΞZ distributor contract is time locked for a 14-day period so that it can be executed once every 14 days. Upon execution it will pay NFT holders (IDs 1-5000) the accumulated MATIC generated from staking pools for that fortnight. This function is executed over 10 transactions to avoid exceeding the maximum gas limit for a transaction. To allow the process to be automated we have provided a small MATIC reward to the user who executes these functions for the CRΞATIVΞZ community.

How We Built It

CRΞATIVΞZ SMART CONTRACTS

• 6 staking pool smart contracts created in remix (Solidity)
• 1 NFT smart contract for the CRΞATIVΞZ NFT collection created in remix (Solidity)
• 1 voting smart contract for blockchain voting created in remix (Solidity)
• 1 MATIC distributor smart contract to send the rewards to NFT token IDs 1-5000 created in remix (Solidity)

CRΞATIVΞZ NFT COLLECTION

• NFT Traits included: Background, Skin, Markings, Mouth, Material, Accessory, Eyes & Hair.
• Four Types: Human (40%), Cyberpunk (30%), Undead (20%) & Exotic (10%)
• Approximately 15-25 variations of each Trait within each Type
• Randomization of PNG & JSON files through JavaScript
• Upload to IPFS (Pinata) - TBC

CRΞATIVΞZ Website

• Built with ReactJS and CSS
• Animations created in Adobe After Effects
• Graphics created in Adobe Illustrator and Procreate

Ensuring Meaningful Connections with Our Community

• Putting the community first in decision-making: While we have our own goals and vision for CRΞATIVΞZ, we’re also adaptable innovators excited to hear others’ thoughts/ideas. Our DApp already integrates a blockchain voting system to allow CRΞATIVΞZ NFT Holders a say in where they believe the 8% of reinvestments should go. As we continue adding to and evolving the direction of CRΞATIVΞZ, we’ll encourage community input to guide future decisions - we genuinely care in hearing what people are searching for and their say is an invaluable contribution.
• Creating content and engaging with our community on social media platforms including Twitter, YouTube, and Discord: We plan to provide a supportive ecosystem along the way through giving consistent updates on social platforms and educational content on YouTube. We aim to help others navigate the Web 3 space and our specific CRΞATIVΞZ DApp safely and with correct information: this should be a positive and supportive experience for those in or entering the NFT space!
• Being honest and transparent: We’re dedicated to this project for the long-haul and believe that an important aspect of community building is to set realistic expectations and establish a sense of trust with the community. It’s essential to update them with what to expect of the project, how we’re tracking, and actively respond the best we can during all seasons of the Web 3 space. Additionally, our CRΞATIVΞZ website already holds a live-feed of graphs to show transparency in where and how much of the reinvested funds have gone for the community.

Challenges We Ran Into

• Bots: One of our biggest challenges we faced were bots frontrunning users to receive the small MATIC reward. We created a ban list array in the smart contract to prevent flagged bots from executing the function. We then realised that this solution was not sustainable to stop generic bots, so we are now in the process of reformatting the rewards system to provide a preliminary step i.e. making a smart contract which adds the user who presses the button to a list. A Web 2 UI will be built to show who is on that list and when they will be rewarded for that fortnight.
• With randomisation of the NFTs we also faced the challenge of trait ordering so that every trait is visible and that each NFT looks cohesive.
• We also faced a challenge that certain staking pools would not work for our project given the large amount of MATIC to be swapped to the required tokens. Therefore, we had to be selective that the staking pairs we chose had sufficient liquidity.

Accomplishments We're Proud Of

This is our first Web 3 project and hackathon ever working together as husband and wife; being able to see our vision come to life and overcoming challenges along the way has been so rewarding already. It’s exciting creating a project full of creative brainstorming sessions and working consistently each day to achieve our goals.

What We Learned

• Brendan: Solidity, ReactJS (improved knowledge), CSS (improved knowledge), Adobe After Effects (improved knowledge), how to use the Moralis SDK.
• Talitha: How to organise and plan traits using thumbnails/mood boards, and creating traits in a graphic art style rather than my usual intuitive and expressive visual art.
• As a team: How to clearly define our vision for the project and the community, to collaborate and bounce ideas off each other through brain-storming sessions, and how to pivot/adapt when challenges arise.

What's Next For CRΞATIVΞZ?

The Arcade: We are developing an indie games section on our DApp which will have free to play (F2P) and play to earn (P2E) modes with NFT integration. The P2E rewards will be focused on competitive gameplay and will be designed around an economically stable rewards system. This will be achieved through the CRΞATIVΞZ Treasury Distribution Contract (5% allocation). Additional monetary systems are being developed around this P2E model which will be released in the future.

Built With

• adobe-after-effects
• adobe-illustrator
• adobe-premiere-pro
• css
• javascript
• moralis
• procreate
• react
• solidity