The Solana blockchain’s efficiency has continued to wane all through the second half of 2022, prompting a few of its most influential gamers to hunt alternatives elsewhere. At first, solely platforms like Magic Eden introduced intentions to go cross-chain to broaden their horizons. Now, two of essentially the most distinguished PFP tasks on Solana, DeGods and y00ts, have introduced their imminent departure from the blockchain.
The information got here from the DeGods and y00ts Twitter pages on December 25, with every releasing a easy assertion of intention to bridge off of Solana in 2023. Though each tasks exist beneath the identical umbrella, they are going to be (technically) parting methods, as DeGods bridges to Ethereum and y00ts to Polygon.
The reasoning behind the transfer
Whereas this newest information would possibly shock some, throughout the overarching DeGods and y00ts neighborhood, it solidifies months of rigidity and speculation. Though particulars surrounding the timing and technique of the forthcoming transitions have but to be revealed, the NFT area has turned consideration towards the tasks’ creator Rohun Vora, recognized in Web3 as Frank III.
In a video posted to his Twitter account, Vora addressed the Solana NFT neighborhood, thanking religious SOL collectors for his or her assist and stating that he and his crew realized that to develop, they would want to discover new alternatives. “We consider now could be the time to take a calculated danger and embark on a brand new journey,” stated Vora. He closed the video by noting that whereas the bridging of DeGods and y00ts is ready to occur in late Q1, extra particulars and roadmaps can be out there in early January.
The main points of the bridge can be launched when it’s prepared & examined. This has by no means been finished earlier than at this scale.
We need to ensure that it’s hermetic.
Within the meantime, we can be releasing the Season III roadmap in January (for actual this time).
— DeGods III (@DeGodsNFT) December 25, 2022
The main points of the bridge can be launched when it’s prepared & examined. This has by no means been finished earlier than at this scale.
We need to ensure that it’s hermetic.
Within the meantime, we can be releasing a extra formal roadmap for y00ts: Season 2 in January.
— y00ts (@y00tsNFT) December 25, 2022
Following his video, Vora additionally participated in a Twitter space the place he answered questions and supplied extra context to the announcement. Within the area, he made parallels between streaming companies (like Netflix and HBO Max) contending for mental property and blockchains racing to create essentially the most sturdy NFT platforms. He additionally famous that an argument could possibly be made that DeGods had capped out on Solana, saying, “It’s onerous to just accept, however it’s been powerful to develop on the fee we need to develop. If Ethereum is the place we’ve got to go to continue to grow, it’s what we’ve got to do.”
The place do DeGods and y00ts go from right here?
Whereas the DeGods and y00ts migrations might sound easy in apply, such a high-profile and high-volume knowledge transference from one blockchain to a different will undoubtedly include roadblocks. Equally, every may have its personal distinctive difficulties. Whereas y00ts’ transfer to Polygon can be dealt with through the Polygon partnership fund — as reported by CoinDesk through a DeGods consultant — the Ethereum bridge is considerably unprecedented.
When tasks do decide to bridge outward from their blockchain of origin (usually Ethereum), akin to what Doodles is planning with Doodles 2, they usually achieve this by the use of a layer two blockchain (i.e., Polygon for Doodles 2) whereas nonetheless sustaining the unique assortment on stated blockchain of origin. However the DeGods transfer will search to not bridge over to a layer two however to cross chains utterly from Solana to Ethereum, absolutely bringing with it a number of hurdles.
But, as DeGods is taken into account by many to be one of the inspiring comeback stories within the NFT area, the neighborhood assist for this newest transfer is prone to persist. Having remained towards the highest of the Solana NFT worth charts, whereas some are understandably disheartened by the information, the rising PFP empire helmed by Vora has solely continued to develop in its wake.
