Blue Chip Upgrade World

The goal is to offer holders of several prestigious NFT projects on Ethereum the opportunity to get a taste of The Uplift. Many of these project holders are used to getting “allow list” opportunities to mint other projects.
To that end we are proposing a small world on our survival cluster (or 2 small worlds, one creative and one survival) with plots mintable by holders of these projects. Each NFT held in one of these projects would allow one mint of a plot on this world, at a cost of 0.15 ETH each. There are three ways we could do this logistically, with the DAO voting on which direction to take:
Option 1: Blue chip NFT upgrade (no separate asset)
Here we register any ‘upgraded’ NFTs so that they act as the plot just like an R-planet land. The NFT description would be unchanged but you could check to see if a NFT has been upgraded on enter.theuplift.world.
This results in the plot being forever linked to that specific Ethereum NFT, increasing the value and utility of that NFT.
This is very different from the other 2 options (which are effectively allow list mints). This might entice people in a way that an allow list doesn’t always.
Because no new NFTs are created by the DAO, we would not get secondary revenue from sales, which is a large downside to this approach.
Option 2: Blue chip NFT upgrade (WAX asset created)
Here we ask for a WAX wallet at time of upgrade. We mint a WAX land plot for each NFT upgraded. The NFT used will be marked in the contract so it can’t be used again.
This results in a separate plot NFT (on WAX), uncoupled from the Ethereum NFT used to mint it. This would provide an additional incentive for new Uplifters to explore the WAX chain.
This may scare off people looking to mint and flip without getting in-world vs option 3.
Option 3: Blue chip NFT upgrade (Ethereum asset created)
This is the same as the 2nd option, only the land plot NFT would be minted on Ethereum instead of WAX.
This prevents a supply of new plots from directly impacting the floor of plots on WAX.
It also results in a collection of Uplift plots (a whole world’s worth) on Ethereum which could have a big impact on the space.
This does require us to develop a minter contract on Ethereum for the upgrade instead of relying on our database (if no asset is created) or on WAX tools (if we created a WAX plot NFT on ‘upgrade’).

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Option 1: Blue chip NFT upgrade (no separate asset)

Option 2: Blue chip NFT upgrade (WAX asset created)

Option 3: Blue chip NFT upgrade (Ethereum asset created)