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Not all OpenSea users are happy with his plans to kill some functions, because the company establishes a date for its newly launched OS2 to fully replace its predecessor.
OS2, who mainly splits users into ‘collectors’ and ‘pros’, was plagued for the first time in November, but saw his full public launch at the end of last month.
In a message, OpenSea yesterday revealed that it will not bridge all OS1 functions to the latest market version and sunset OS1 near June 16, so that traders have no choice other than OS2.
Deals, English auctions, test network support and the shopping cart will all disappear from now on from now on. OpenSea said in his post that deals and English auctions were simply not used by enough traders to justify that making those functions part of OS2.
“Although there are no immediate plans to bring this functionality to the new OpenSea, we intend to listen to feedback and we can decide to include it in a future product folder,” said the crypto company about deals.
On Crypto Twitter I have kept more than a dozen users who specifically have problems with OpenSea that the dealer function has thrown away. Deals was first launched in July 2023 and was advertised as a way to adapt your own deals such as three NFTs for one NFT plus some ETH, for example without risking it in the DMS.
“Without a ‘deal’ function (which is not available in V2), it is large scam risks for collectors,” wrote a trader.
“I enjoyed using the ‘deals’ function – it was fun, fascinating and led to many interesting transactions,” explained another.
Image: Deals on OpenSea.
‘We need it [the] Deal function to keep us safe, “added NFT artist Justin Aversano.
A reaction from OpenSea CMO Adam Hollander has added another layer to the reasons behind the closure of the function.
“The functionality simply does not work with ERC 721-C contracts where royalties are enforced,” he said about deals. “As more and more of these contracts are used, the product felt more and more broken and inconsistent useful.”
However, Hollander emphasized that OpenSea will continue to encourage user feedback – and listen to – when updating the market.
OpenSea’s Deal function is still unique among NFT marketplaces and is suitable for traders who want to exchange more than just one NFT for some crypto.
Deals have also been home to some strange blockchain incidents, as a collector apparently bored monkey lost in a whoopsie of $ 80,000.
But not everyone is against OpenSea to kill deals. Yuga Labs Director of Art Eli Scheinman argued that the decision is actually ‘very logical’.
“It is a relatively niche product function that is usually used for high-quality art. This will have to be a continuous trend market places more verticalized and concentrate on a specific user crowd,” Scheinman said.