what's Cryptovoxels?
Cryptovoxels is a decentralized virtual world built on the Ethereum blockchain, allowing users to buy, sell, and develop virtual land parcels represented as NFTs. The platform uses voxel-based 3D modeling, enabling creators to build immersive environments, wearables, and experiences in a persistent metaverse. Origin City serves as the foundational hub, where users explore streets, interact with avatars, and engage in community-driven events. The project emphasizes user ownership and interoperability, with land parcels tradable on marketplaces like OpenSea. Developers can publish custom buildings and clothing using voxel files (.vox), and the ecosystem supports third-party NFT integrations for avatars and items. Performance optimizations, such as lightmap baking and distant parcel loading, enhance exploration in areas like Origin City, fostering a collaborative space for art, music, and virtual economies without centralized control.
Origin City implemented performance fixes following its beta launch.
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x.com/cryptovoxelsIntegrating Groq-powered robots into the platform.
Launched a separate instance called "retro" as a complete copy of voxels as of December 31st, with separate database and art server, to preserve deprecated features.
Prototyping work progresses on a new 3D mapping engine for the platform.
Asking price set at $15m USD for the complete acquisition package including domain, IP, contracts, wallets, and a 6-month transition period with 4 team members.
Performance fixes have been implemented following the beta launch. (ID: 1980425773053014250)
Financial documents for the acquisition are now prepared and ready, with the founder actively soliciting serious acquisition offers through direct messages.
The founder confirms engagement with half a dozen interested parties for the acquisition while a formal CEO voting process begins, though community purchase funding remains the prerequisite for actual transition.
Founder reaches out to buyers giving community preference and suggests whale-funded DAO structure with 6-month timeline for community to secure purchase funding.
Development has progressed to implementing a new, faster scripting engine with reduced memory limits, and analysis of existing scripts reveals concerns about excessive library usage.
The founder states they are excited to pass control to a new team that can perform better than working alone, while continuing weekly development work.
The scripting engine has technical issues caused by a former team member and requires significant repair work that is now being undertaken.
The office is being physically emptied out as part of the sale process, indicating significant progression from earlier acquisition discussions to execution phase.
Development work on VR support is planned, and significant progress has been made on in-world costuming features including trying on wearables, switching costumes, changing costumes with friends present, and creating costumes within the platform.
The project is actively being considered for acquisition with multiple parties requesting pricing and financial information for purchase discussions. Due diligence processes have not yet begun, indicating very early stages of potential sale negotiations.
Development prioritizes fixing party system and improving user onboarding with costumes and wearables features.
Office closure announced with team reduction from 30 to 3 members, citing LLM efficiency improvements.
Platform exploring Alchemy smart wallet integration for passkey-based authentication alongside MetaMask login.
Team member exit and internal conflicts exposed; former developer now offering services to competitors.
Privacy breach discovered and corrected: IP logging of anonymous users removed and logs deleted following discovery of unauthorized tracking by previous team.
Infrastructure optimization cuts monthly costs by 85% while improving load times
NFTs are non-functional due to expired OpenSea API token; platform announces migration to Infura infrastructure.
Platform experiencing downtime with extended deployment times; development team announces fixes for six core features including user signup and voice chat.
New island minting begins as project partners with OpenAI and Anthropic AI.
Infrastructure migration from AWS RDS to Digital Ocean Postgres reduces monthly costs by $2000.
Previous enterprise-focused development team created technical issues; leadership actively restoring classic version with improved features.
Community movement emerges to abandon recent beta changes in favor of classic version with modern bug fixes.
Beta version introduces smart accounts, on-demand NFT minting, and SubstrataVR-powered graphics, eliminating external wallet requirements.
Beta version launches with new 3D control scheme and artwork viewing features.
Mobile beta version launches with access restricted to existing parcel owners; Rainbow wallet required for mobile access.
Major beta migration in progress with 3026 parcels being transferred using new data warehousing system.
Fraudulent ERC20 $VOXEL token circulating; legitimate participation only through OpenSea parcel purchases.