Tezos Commons :: Month at a Glance — December
February 16, 2022Month at a Glance — December
A breakdown of the latest happenings and significant milestones taking place within the Tezos ecosystem for the month of December.
Welcome to our latest issue of Month at a Glance where we breakdown most of the latest happenings and significant milestones taking place within the Tezos ecosystem on a monthly cadence.
The month of December was another stellar month for Tezos in terms of on-chain metrics, usage, and further adoption.
Let’s break it all down.
Ecosystem Insights
December was another month for the books. 2021 has been an eventful and prosperous year as a whole as we dawn on a new year.
Let’s start off with network metrics. Contract calls have made new highs all throughout the year, thanks to a novel mechanism to Tezos (on-chain protocol upgrades) and real organic adoption of NFTs.
Protocol upgrades amalgamated with organic NFT interest have encompassed for the vast majority of contract calls on Tezos to date, just since April.
Tezos has showcased throughout the year a new movement and pivot for artists and creators infuriated from issues plaguing other platforms/networks, not just limited to feature sets. We’ve seen a whole new culture and community emerge from this movement that has begun to define it.
That culture has led to the creation of original art, creative and intuitive applications of their art, and an experimental atmosphere that would not be available much elsewhere. One would be pressed to find a more vibrant community and group of collectors and artists than what we’ve seen come to the Tezos network.
In terms of protocol upgrades, Ithaca, the most recent and 9th protocol upgrade injected into the Tezos network is undergoing voting. Of all the features, the most noteworthy is the introduction of Tenderbake, a novel feature which will improve finality.
Undoubtedly, one of the great things about Tezos is its ability to evolve and adapt over time via the governance mechanism. It’s the ultimate value proposition and will likely gain further prominence when other networks inevitably end up delaying an upgrade.
The mere fact these other networks are transitioning towards Proof of Stake (PoS) should paint a vivid picture of where things are moving. It seems very unlikely we’ll see a stunt in the Layer-1 trajectory that we’ve been witnessing throughout the year.
This has been part of a growing theme within core development teams to begin to utilize base layer capabilities, but also shift towards welcoming layer-2 applications on Tezos.
All that said, with Tezos not only is the network able to evolve and amend seamlessly — it has continued throughout the test of time to grow and be used in practice, not theory.
Recapping general news, 2021 was not shy of that for Tezos. In no particular order, here were some of the highlights we saw.
Societe Generale issued the first structured product* as a Security Token directly registered on the Tezos public blockchain.Ubisoft, leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, including the Assassin’s Creed series, has joined the Tezos ecosystem as a corporate baker.Red Bull Racing Honda confirms a new multi-year technical partnership with Tezos, as the Team’s Official Blockchain Partner.McLaren Racing announces new multi-year technical partnership to build NFT fan experience platform on energy-efficient blockchain network Tezos.Tezos ecosystem joins N.Y. Mets as new advertising partnerMusic NFT platform, OneOf, announce an exclusive Grammy Awards Partnership with The Recording Academy.Ubisoft is utilizing Tezos for NFT’s in Ubisoft QuartzCCP Game has chosen the energy-efficient Tezos blockchain on which to mint Kill Certificate NFTs.Tezos x Art BaselTezos blockchain is now live on Rarible.com!
It’s been a big year as a whole for Tezos.
As we move along in 2022, it will be exciting to see what the future holds for the Tezos ecosystem. Never stop evolving.
Happy New Year, Tezos community!
News from Tezos World
Pitbull is becoming a “Global Ambassador” for NFT platform OneOf
PR: Armando Christian Pérez, better known as the rapper Pitbull (aka Mr. 305 and Mr. Worldwide), is the latest celeb to move into non-fungible tokens (NFT), inking a “multiyear deal” with music-oriented NFT platform OneOf, CEO Lin Dai told CoinDesk.
Art and crypto: a marriage made in Miami
PR: Playing to this crowd, Art Basel in Miami Beach (ABMB) has ramped up its NFT offerings. The blockchain platform Tezos is a new sponsor and is presenting an NFT display just outside the fair, including an interactive element that allows visitors to generate self-portraits using an algorithm designed by the AI artist Mario Klingemann.
Envited research cluster elects Technical Steering Committee and publishes new Certificate Course “Simulation of Automated Vehicles”
PR: Stuttgart, December 3rd, 2021 — At the first cluster assembly of the ENVITED research cluster on 22 October 2021, the representatives of the member companies elected a new Technical Steering Committee (TSC). In addition, new measures for education and training were presented.
Mike Shinoda drops the first generative NFT mixtape for Ziggurats
Learn more here.
Hangzhou, the latest Tezos upgrade is live!
On December 4th 2021, the Tezos blockchain successfully upgraded by adopting Hangzhou at block 1,916,929.
Introducing Ubisoft Quartz
Learn more here, we also shared a more in-depth article here as well.
Unsplash x Tezos
From December 8th until February 8, Unsplash is launching a Blockchain Topic with a spotlight on Tezos — Unsplash.
Tezos ‘Exchange-Traded Cryptocurrency’ Launches on German Exchange
PR: Digital asset manager ETC Group has launched an institutional-grade tezos exchange-traded exchange-traded product (ETP) on Europe’s Deutsche Börse XETRA under the ticker symbol EXTZ.
Celsius integrates Tezos
PR: Celsius, the leading global cryptocurrency earning and borrowing platform, today announced the integration of Tezos, an energy-efficient and self-upgradable Proof of Stake blockchain, and its native token Tez (XTZ).
Taurus platform extended to support any Tezos smart contract
PR: Taurus has solved these problems for the Tezos ecosystem, in addition to Ethereum which has been supported since 2020: any fiduciary obligations related to tokenized assets (securities and NFTs) are performed automatically by detecting and processing any smart contract function call. Without any limit or custom development.
Tezos is live on Rarible.com!
PR: Tezos blockchain is now live on Rarible.com! That means you can start buying, selling and creating energy efficient NFTs with gas fees at just a few cents.
Binance Adds XTZ/TRY Trading Pairs
Learn more here.
Ithaca, the 9th Tezos protocol proposal, has been released!
Ithaca contains two major updates to the protocol, as well as numerous minor improvements, Tenderbake, Precheck of operations and Liquidity Baking.
Dogami is coming!
Learn more here.Dogami has also secured $6M in funding from Ubisoft.
Team Finest x Tezos
PR: Team Finest is a fast moving and growing company in the ever evolving world of Esports. As the Esports industry begins to incorporate NFT capabilities and use-cases, it is important to build on a blockchain that can evolve with the industry. Additionally, the blockchain the NFTs are built on must be scalable and easily-usable. Tezos was chosen as the premier blockchain partner of Team Finest for its ability to upgrade, scalability, usability and low transaction fees.
Events
Art Basel Miami (December 2–4)Art Basel — Collision: NFTs Go MainstreamArt Basel — Music & NFTsArt Basel — Artistic Experimentation & The Blockchain by SerpentineArt Basel — Entering the NFT Space as a MuseumArt Basel — Imagining New Models for the Cultural EconomyArt Basel — Ownership Rights of NFTsArt Basel — How to Go From A Digital Museum to The Metaverse?Art Basel — Details & Drops: My Journey As An NFT Artist (OMGiDrawedIt)Art Basel — Coding and Collecting Generative ArtArt Basel — The Digital Experience: Curating and Displaying Digitally Native ArtArt Basel — Where Code Meets Art: At Intersection of Developers and ArtistsArt Basel — Curating DigitalArt Basel — Entering the MetaverseTezos Weekly Twitter Space — December 7thTezTalks Radio #29 — Shuttle OneTezos Weekly Twitter Space — December 14thTezos Weekly Twitter Space — December 22nd
TC Community Rewards and Small Grants Program
Last month, winners for the November Community Rewards Program went live. You can click here for the details.
The winners of the Community Rewards program for November and December have been announced, keep nominating those exceptional community members and people going above and beyond!
The Small Grants Program is an experimental regional effort focused on providing funding for low cost, intermittent, or experimental projects in the Tezos ecosystem. If you have a great idea, please apply for a small grant!
Three amazing community members have moved forward with the Small Grants Program with another on the way, more details soon. If you’d like to apply for the Small Grants Program (or know someone that should), for more information check here.
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