State of Play Update January 31 - Dark Emblem

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      children: "Dark Emblem is moving to AtomicHub – the one stop solution for creating, trading, buying and selling NFTs that is already used by hundreds of thousands of loyal users. This will give us a common place to display our WAX NFTs for others to see, buy, and sell."
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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Dark Emblem is moving to AtomicHub – the one stop solution for creating, trading, buying and selling NFTs that is already used by hundreds of thousands of loyal users. This will give us a common place to display our WAX NFTs for others to see, buy, and sell.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Why Atomic Hub?</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">You can think of AtomicHub like the OpenSea for WAX based assets. By utilizing the
AtomicAssets standard for Non Fungible Token (NFT) standard, our Dark Emblem cards and packs are able to be interacted with via AtomicHub.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">It offers a powerful feature set while keeping unnecessary complexity to a minimum and focusses on RAM efficiency.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">No RAM Costs for users</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">The RAM cost is paid fully by our Dark Emblem dapps that creates the NFTs. Even when transfering assets, this stays the same.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Powerful Trade Offers</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">AtomicAssets features a native implementation of two sided trade offers (similar to Steam or WAX Express Trade). This allows creating and accepting offers with a single action. The implementation of the offers also allows for peer to peer marketplaces that don&#x27;t require transferring ownership to a market contract.</div>


Dark Emblem is moving to AtomicHub – the one stop solution for creating, trading, buying and selling NFTs that is already used by hundreds of thousands of loyal users. This will give us a common place to display our WAX NFTs for others to see, buy, and sell.

## Why Atomic Hub?

You can think of AtomicHub like the OpenSea for WAX based assets. By utilizing the
AtomicAssets standard for Non Fungible Token (NFT) standard, our Dark Emblem cards and packs are able to be interacted with via AtomicHub.

It offers a powerful feature set while keeping unnecessary complexity to a minimum and focusses on RAM efficiency.

## No RAM Costs for users

The RAM cost is paid fully by our Dark Emblem dapps that creates the NFTs. Even when transfering assets, this stays the same.

## Powerful Trade Offers

AtomicAssets features a native implementation of two sided trade offers (similar to Steam or WAX Express Trade). This allows creating and accepting offers with a single action. The implementation of the offers also allows for peer to peer marketplaces that don't require transferring ownership to a market contract.


Why Atomic Hub?

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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">It&#x27;s been a while since the last State of Play Update blog post, but that&#x27;s because
I&#x27;ve been busy migrating the entire contract, app, and card generation system over
to the WAX blockchain.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50"><img alt="Splash" src="media/2022-01-31-state-of-play-update/splash.jpg" style="max-height:500px;margin:auto;text-align:center"/></div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Testnet Countdown</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">You may have noticed, but we added a testnet countdown timer to the <a href="https://www.darkemblem.com/">Dark Emblem website</a>.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50"><img alt="Dark Emblem Countdown" src="media/2022-01-31-state-of-play-update/dark-emblem-countdown.png" style="max-height:500px;margin:auto;text-align:center"/></div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Anyone who participates in the testnet will get DREM when the contracts go live.</div>
<ol class="ml-4 list-decimal p-0">
<li>Early Supporters will get 10 $DREM on release</li>
<li>Testnet users will get 5 $DREM on release</li>
</ol>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50"><a href="/docs/testnet/participating">Join the testnet</a>!</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">New Cards</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We added a bunch of new cards to round out the GEN0 season. We will create follow up blog posts to feature each card type.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Core Functionality</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">All the core functionality hase been migrated over to the new <a href="https://darkemblem.com">dapp</a>, including Ascending cards, Transmogrifying cards, viewing cards, buying packs, opening packs, and getting notifications.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">The WAX protocol is also much faster than the Ethereum equivalent, so expect transactions to feel almost instant.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">WAX Benefits</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">With the new WAX based protocol, I opted to use AtomicAssets. If you are familiar with WAX, you will be accustomed to staking RAM (think ETH gas fees) to purchase NFTs. With Dark Emblem using AtomicAssets you do not have to worry about staking RAM. Our contract auto-stakes RAM for our NFTs.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">You will see throughout the Dark Emblem dapp links to AtomicHub for auctions, sales, and viewing you assets.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Open Source</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Since I have abandoned using the Ethereum protocol for Dark Emblem for the foreseeable future, I have open sourced the Ethereum contracts. You can view them
on the <a href="https://github.com/Dark-Emblem/dark-emblem-eth-contracts">Dark Emblem github account</a>. Look forward to future open source projects there.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Other Changes</h2>
<ul class="ml-4 list-disc p-0">
<li>We updated the whitepaper. The official whitepaper can now be found on <a href="https://www.darkemblem.com/downloads/Dark_Emblem_White_Paper.pdf">our website</a>.</li>
<li>We updated the roadmap. The official roadmap can now be found on <a href="https://www.darkemblem.com/roadmap">our website</a>.</li>
<li>We added documentation on <a href="/docs/auctions">auctions</a>, <a href="/docs/buying-packs">buying packs</a>, <a href="/docs/nfts/pack-ids">how pack ids work</a>, and more.</li>
</ul>

It's been a while since the last State of Play Update blog post, but that's because
I've been busy migrating the entire contract, app, and card generation system over
to the WAX blockchain.

![Splash](media/2022-01-31-state-of-play-update/splash.jpg)



## Testnet Countdown

You may have noticed, but we added a testnet countdown timer to the [Dark Emblem website](https://www.darkemblem.com/).

![Dark Emblem Countdown](media/2022-01-31-state-of-play-update/dark-emblem-countdown.png)

Anyone who participates in the testnet will get DREM when the contracts go live.

1. Early Supporters will get 10 $DREM on release
2. Testnet users will get 5 $DREM on release

[Join the testnet](/docs/testnet/participating)!

## New Cards

We added a bunch of new cards to round out the GEN0 season. We will create follow up blog posts to feature each card type.

## Core Functionality

All the core functionality hase been migrated over to the new [dapp](https://darkemblem.com), including Ascending cards, Transmogrifying cards, viewing cards, buying packs, opening packs, and getting notifications.

The WAX protocol is also much faster than the Ethereum equivalent, so expect transactions to feel almost instant.

## WAX Benefits

With the new WAX based protocol, I opted to use AtomicAssets. If you are familiar with WAX, you will be accustomed to staking RAM (think ETH gas fees) to purchase NFTs. With Dark Emblem using AtomicAssets you do not have to worry about staking RAM. Our contract auto-stakes RAM for our NFTs.

You will see throughout the Dark Emblem dapp links to AtomicHub for auctions, sales, and viewing you assets.

## Open Source

Since I have abandoned using the Ethereum protocol for Dark Emblem for the foreseeable future, I have open sourced the Ethereum contracts. You can view them
on the [Dark Emblem github account](https://github.com/Dark-Emblem/dark-emblem-eth-contracts). Look forward to future open source projects there.

## Other Changes

- We updated the whitepaper. The official whitepaper can now be found on [our website](https://www.darkemblem.com/downloads/Dark_Emblem_White_Paper.pdf).
- We updated the roadmap. The official roadmap can now be found on [our website](https://www.darkemblem.com/roadmap).
- We added documentation on [auctions](/docs/auctions), [buying packs](/docs/buying-packs), [how pack ids work](/docs/nfts/pack-ids), and more.

State of Play Update January 31

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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Get ready to participate in the Dark Emblem testnet by following these easy steps!</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Step 1: Install Anchor</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Anchor will allow you to interact with dApps - blockchain based applications.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50"><img alt="Anchor Splash" src="media/2022-02-15-testnet-steps/anchor-splash.png" style="max-height:500px;margin:auto;text-align:center"/></div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">You can <a href="https://greymass.com/en/anchor/">download Anchor</a> for free on their site.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Once installed, open up Anchor on your computer and set up a master password.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Never share your password to anyone, not even members of the Dark Emblem team.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Step 2: Create a Testnet Account</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We need to create an account on the WAX testnet blockchain. To do this, go to <a href="https://waxsweden.org/create-testnet-account">waxsweden</a> to create an account.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Save the credentials you are given (and remember your name!), you will need the <strong>active</strong> private key later.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Never share your private keys to anyone.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Step 3: Set up Anchor</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Go back to Anchor and go to &quot;Manage Blockchains&quot;. Add &quot;WAX Testnet&quot;.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Now click &quot;Import and Existing Account&quot;. Scroll down to &quot;Import Manually&quot;. The auto-import feature doesn&#x27;t work with the testnet.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Type the name you used to create the account, set your permission name to &quot;Active&quot;, and paste your active private key from Step 2.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Step 4: Get some testnet WAXP</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">You&#x27;ll need some actual WAXP to buy packs and $DREM on the Dark Emblem dApp.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Go back to <a href="https://waxsweden.org/create-testnet-account">waxsweden</a> and scroll down to &quot;How to get some tokens&quot;. Enter your account name from Step 2 and your account will be sent testnet WAXP.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Step 5: Log in to Dark Emblem</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Now you can go to <a href="https://darkemblem.com">Dark Emblem</a> and log in with your Anchor wallet!</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Step 6: Test out the Testnet</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Now you can use Anchor to sign transactions! This means you can go to Dark Emblem and buy packs, convert your WAX to $DREM, and ascend/transmogrify cards!</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Try it out! We are excited to hear your feedback!</div>


Get ready to participate in the Dark Emblem testnet by following these easy steps!

## Step 1: Install Anchor

Anchor will allow you to interact with dApps - blockchain based applications.

![Anchor Splash](media/2022-02-15-testnet-steps/anchor-splash.png)

You can [download Anchor](https://greymass.com/en/anchor/) for free on their site.

Once installed, open up Anchor on your computer and set up a master password.

Never share your password to anyone, not even members of the Dark Emblem team.

## Step 2: Create a Testnet Account

We need to create an account on the WAX testnet blockchain. To do this, go to [waxsweden](https://waxsweden.org/create-testnet-account) to create an account.

Save the credentials you are given (and remember your name!), you will need the **active** private key later.

Never share your private keys to anyone.

## Step 3: Set up Anchor

Go back to Anchor and go to "Manage Blockchains". Add "WAX Testnet".

Now click "Import and Existing Account". Scroll down to "Import Manually". The auto-import feature doesn't work with the testnet.

Type the name you used to create the account, set your permission name to "Active", and paste your active private key from Step 2.

## Step 4: Get some testnet WAXP

You'll need some actual WAXP to buy packs and $DREM on the Dark Emblem dApp.

Go back to [waxsweden](https://waxsweden.org/create-testnet-account) and scroll down to "How to get some tokens". Enter your account name from Step 2 and your account will be sent testnet WAXP.

## Step 5: Log in to Dark Emblem

Now you can go to [Dark Emblem](https://darkemblem.com) and log in with your Anchor wallet!

## Step 6: Test out the Testnet

Now you can use Anchor to sign transactions! This means you can go to Dark Emblem and buy packs, convert your WAX to $DREM, and ascend/transmogrify cards!

Try it out! We are excited to hear your feedback!
