Article about framing KodaDot as middleware

[yangwao]

KodaDot has started as NFT explorer

In the KodaDot we have integrated quite a bunch of various calls and 3rd party APIs (Subquery, Subsquid, textile, on-chain identity, substrate calls, Cloudflare (speedy object cache for UX, direct upload), Pinata, Estuary, rendering SEO-cards, IPFS gateways, API Coingecko, Azure Computer Vision, GPT3, Minimark minter) where we can for sure position ourselves as Substrate for Metaverse.

Thus once we will have SDK out bundling all these calls into handy developer experience first endpoints with upcoming Reactive NFTs, we can for sure position ourselves as middleware/substrate for metaverses for NFTs builders.

What the KodaDot ecosystem can offer would be

• general NFT marketplace (main KodaDot engine) with lots of insights on collections for collectors
• scaffolding/fast prototyping interface to cut development costs

By dropping the “cost of development,” a broader set of devs will find dapp development accessible, making some middleware protocols the platform of choice for many.

• API for your blockchain games to bootstrap your game much faster with Game ready endpoints
• Minting integrations into game engines like GoDot/Unreal/Unity
• NFT primitives like Collab, Auctions, Royalties, Make Offers, Revenue Share, Verification by holding token, Reactive Actions, Advanced Traits System (GameFi-ready), Fractions, Equip, Scheduler, Protocol Native licensing, Forking/Remixing, Loot/Bundles, Unlockable, Conditional Rendering

What's should be mentioned in the article

• middleware thesis
• storage
• indexers
• access lists (NFT gating, gated communities, skin-in-the-game)
• integration layers
• data models (Ceramic Network, &c)
• way of abstraction infrastructure APIs
• KodaDot SDK
• why it matters
• importance from the builder's perspective

By dropping the “cost of development,” a broader set of devs will find dapp development accessible, making some

• infrastructure perspective
• foundation building component

Ref

• https://hashcib.com/capital/portfolio?filter=Middleware
• https://insights.deribit.com/market-research/infrastructure-lego-the-middleware-thesis/
• https://zeeprime.capital/web-3-middleware/
• https://zeeprime.capital/infrastructure-lego-the-middleware-thesis/
• https://medium.com/apollo-capital/investment-thesis-refresh-88737d1183b9
• https://www.placeholder.vc/blog/2019/2/14/the-defensibility-of-middleware-protocols
• https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1022144449760124928
• https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1022146244913885184
• Global list of endpoints for KodaDot client #2868
• https://docs.kodadot.xyz/reactive-nfts.html

[Tomitzu]

I will try to work on an article that will include all the above-mentioned requirements.

[Tomitzu]

Hi @yangwao
You can see the article I've done here ➡️ KodaDot - the Metaverse middleware for NFT builders
Any feedback/ suggestion is more than welcome!

[TouchstoneTheDev]

@Tomitzu assign yourself this issue.
The article have already necessary info about the topic techy can understand.
The intro was too fine.
I hope this article pays out. ;)