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March update

• Rebuilt app now launched as v2 beta: https://probe.wtf
• Now defaults to multiple Language options, depending where you access from (working through improving, if anyone wants to add/improve their language pls lmk)
• Dreams now allow trait uploads, (currently no validation and may keep it open like this until promoting dreams to candi/prop where we run validation. Feels like a nice moodboard-wall, & I encourage people to upload whatever they want, as no rules atm) https://www.probe.wtf/en-US/nouns/dreams
• /noc channel still daily posting, now 1.1k followers (new noc game pending an artist collaboration..)
• no Nouns won through probe in March, which strengthens my belief that it was the right move to incorporate more features. Building a pure auction house for Nouns is not feasible/sustainable based on current client incentives.

Working on:

• Proposing dreams containing new traits
• Adding in a KYC flow within the proposal process for dreams, so everything will be compliant on go-live (only required if the dreamer requests compensation)
  
• Fixing bugs ("randomize" button on dreams making the app hang sometimes, few details have also been missed in the upgrade e.g. links to traits from profile pages, Noun birthday, will re-add)
• In discussion about specific NOC Flows category and have been designing custom UI for artists in anticipation of this - Think Farcaster client but noc specific.

Welcoming all feedback / bug reports, hoping to have wrapped everything up (including bugs!) over the next couple of months and shift focus to bringing artists in via noc, games, derivative art, new trait competitions etc.

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Feb update

• Spent the month rebuilding app to allow for multi-lingual support and have incorporated subgraph for the nouns catalogue, update soon
• We are still working through candidate/proposal UX, which can now be in multiple languages!
• 28 bids and 1 auction won through probe.wtf in Feb (the only client to facilitate a win :/)
• /noc channel grown to 1k followers (200+ daily artworks as per /dream prop deliverable) and have just created a proposal to retro reward a few noc artists: https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/759
• New noc game soon
• You can also click the ⌐◨-◨ top right on probe to copy to clipboard (as we seem to have lost noundation, where I used to do this)
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January Update:

• New traits added to dream staging: https://probe-wtf-git-staging-mshrm.vercel.app/nouns/dreams?page=1&per_page=180&sort_property=id&sort_method=desc

• Improved dream mode desktop UI: https://probe.wtf/nouns/dreams/create

• Added sort by most/least colorful: https://www.probe.wtf/nouns?page=1&per_page=180&sort_property=colorfulness&sort_method=asc

• New glasses added / zero down-time for auction with 40 bids and 2 Nouns won using probe.wtf during January

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December Update:

• Improved Dream UX: probe.wtf/nouns/dreams (100+ dreams so far)
• 'New Trait' Dreams UX/UI amended/completed ready for dev (all 'new trait' dreams will require candidate/proposal submission upon creation, acts as a spam filter for new traits) - unsure what to call these new dreams, if anything.
• Added a Settler view to see who's settling bangers (soon to resolve ens):
  
  *click the filter icon to get the dropdown, we will soon add NOC mode to settle Nouns directly from Probe, designs finalised in December.
• 2 Nouns won via probe.wtf in December from ~10 bids.
• We also took a break and enjoyed family time, looking forward to 2025.

Happy NY!!!!! ⌐◨-◨

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November Update:

• Added /dream playground functionality to generate and save/view Nouns https://www.probe.wtf/nouns/dreams/create
• Condensed navigation to a single island/new iconography
• Improved sort/filter UI on mobile via island
• Improved search field/search select components and faster load speeds
• Redesigned/rebuilt components, more to come inc multi-select filters, custom mobile popovers

Working on:

• NOC Mode/detecting dream matches
• Adding New Traits to Dreams
• Additional Filters to Sort Nouns/Dreams

Please have a play around with the builder on your phone, is still a work in progress / bit clunky but we are prioritising mobile UX.
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October update:

We spent the first half of October testing (unsuccessfully) the smart contract to auto mint dreams. We can’t get the match read and settle write in the same block after testing several different ways (see contract links at end of propdate). I’ve decided to sunset the auto mint dream and instead make dreaming free for anyone and rely on the community to do the settling. Instead, we will add ability for dreams to contain new user-generated traits. So the second half of the month was spent adjusting the ux inline with new/existing dream builds, mobile-first.

Dream2 (build from existing or new traits)

• Design Nouns and post to the dream gallery for free. These dreams can be upvoted by signed-in addresses and will be shown during noc (site adapts).
• Upload new traits to dreams, and allow these dreams to be turned into proposals at Nouns. Noun owners can show support and sponsor within the app.

The most mportant part of this, imo, is the collaborative builds, curating both real and imaginary nouns, and playing games together at noun o clock; so ultimately I think directing resources and time towards this, as opposed to sinking more time to get the smart contract to match/settle on the same block, is the wise move. That being said, may revisit this feature and implement it without a smart contract if the community expresses want/need (e.g. for fragment nouns and $⌐◨-◨ if they ever launch). For anyone interested in the contract/code, or thinks they could get it working, I have linked below.

Dream contract on Sepolia: https://sepolia.etherscan.io/address/0x68E229D0244BdE434c0c9dA1DF486c7D15007fBE#code
Repo: https://github.com/mshrm-studio/dream-nouns/tree/main

As a result of this pivot, this may end up taking longer than anticipated but I am confident the product will actually be better and get more users by removing the 0.1e fee + allowing more social interaction around the dreams, proposing/sponsoring etc. See you in the next update! contact @pip on farcaster, we are also welcoming the first intern for probe next month.

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Sprint 1 Sep 16 - Sep 27

Several improvements for probe.wtf:

• Auction now real-time (shows browser notis of new bids)
• New Noun now appears immediately
• More info around Noun (Settled by address, winner/holder info)
• More cosmetic changes (bg colour/fonts/layout)
• Improved Search
• Fixed many bugs and still fixing

Building/testing /dream limitations to the contract listed below:

• no withdraw function - enters audit territory, if we ever shut down the infra we will manually return the pending dreams or add 'dissolve dream' function and then return funds manually
• cant exclude traits (except obviously by selecting a specific trait on that layer which excludes all others)
• cant select multiple on a layer, has to be one exact match per layer or leave blank and accept any trait there
• must select at least one trait (can be anything)
• contract wont allow two of the same single selections (e.g. if someone has pipe-head and nothing else, you would have to have pipe-head + 1 more trait minimum as your dream)
• contract takes priority the more traits you have (e.g. all 5 selected would be 1st priority) (my current priority order is head, glasses, accessory, body, background), so Head + Glasses takes priority over Head + Accessory
• all metadata onchain for dreams
• Deployed test contract on Sepolia
• See repo: https://github.com/mshrm-studio/dream-nouns/tree/main

Priorities over October:

• Playground/builder front end (Sprint 2)
• Successfully test matching and settling dreams in same block on Sepolia (Sprint 2)
• 'NOC' mode so the site knows when it is Noun o'clock and UI adapts (Sprint 3)
• Probe advanced filtering (Sprint 3)

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