before 2020
IDEA & RESEARCH STAGE
– Preparation for the academic dissertation started in 2014 and it was fully finished only in 2017. Please feel free to have a look at the dissertation in art and its historical development via Academia.Edu – the dissertation excludes topics on the Metaverse with possible and impossible worlds; discussions mainly had at the University of Aberdeen
– Idea / Foundation (Sebastian Clej – https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-clej/en-us)
– Market Analysis and Product/Service Research as part of the Growth Development Department of ASK Media Marketing HUB (https://www.linkedin.com/company/31385899/)
– Bench-marking and pre-validating the project concept with business consultants and senior advisers (https://hub.asknights.org/)
– Business Plan, Budgeting, Marketing Plan, Branding
2020
IMPLEMENTATION STAGE
– Incorporation and first steps in project management and implementation
– Networking and brainstorming with senior consultants from Enterprise Nation (https://www.enterprisenation.com/get-connected/z5s5j2m9-sebastian-clej/)
– In November, Bogdan Marculescu joins Alpha Scorpius (ASKNIGHTS’ satellite project) (https://www.linkedin.com/company/11355131/) as Multimedia Lead
– Networking and gaining more experience from events such as Smart City Live Summit, Innovatum Startup – Space Investment Day, Paris Blockchain Week Summit, ETH Denver, and Arts & Cultural Management Conference
– Networking on LinkedIn and created a page on LinkedIn for ASKNIGHTS (https://www.linkedin.com/company/asknights)
– Damien Heloise joins as former blockchain programmer for ASKNIGHTS – International Art Platform & Marketplace
2021
*Q1:
– Changed/Updated Website with Project Presentation (https://asknights.org/), MVP Drafts, Prototype, Smart Contract Tests
– ASKNIGHTS team has expanded to 3 professionals and 1 consultant
– Discord community has been created – first steps to DAO (https://discord.gg/88kpg6DnAC) – now having over 600 international artists and NFT art collectors
*Q2:
– Attended Collision Conference (https://collisionconf.com/) together with our partner ArtLink-AR and we have presented and discussed the project, receiving positive and useful feedback.
– Starting networking at Entrepreneurs Collective (https://entrepreneurscollective.biz/).
– Private Art Exhibition
*Q3:
– NFT Art Marketplace / MVP Launch in Testnet (trying OpenSea SDK)
– Starting creating NFT Art Collections through partnerships with artists of the ASKNIGHTS community / contact us if you would like to be part of
– Kinga Przepiórka and Aiste Peciulyte join our management team
*Q4:
– NFT Art Exhibition organized and curated by ASKIGHTS GALLERY.
– Starting developing our own Metaverse and the first NFT game focused on art and promoting top artworks and NFTs
– First business valuation in preparation for Private Investment Round / Angel Round – contact us for more info on how to be an early investor and have great profits and benefits! Connect with us on https://www.f6s.com/asknights
2022
*Q1:
– Launching our social token $ARTK (ERC20 – on Ethereum blockchain) via TryRoll to reward collectors, artists and the whole community involved: https://app.tryroll.com/token/artk
– First token reward campaign
– R&D (Research & Development) on accounting & preservation (for art assets), ML & AI (for art curation, asset valuation & price predictions), XR
& MR (for art showcase); joining forces with Critical Future Global
– Preparing Private/Angel round (Pre-Seed): https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/asknights / https://www.f6s.com/asknights/about
*Q2:
– Big update to the NFT Marketplace dApp with bug fixes and adding new features: lazy minting, Wallet Connect and Polygon blockchain integration with cheaper gas fees than on Ethereum.
– Helped sell Charitable NFT Artworks (with donations to support refugees from war and people impacted by COVID)
*Q3:
– Joined InTech Founders Accelerator
– New strategic partnerships
– Moved marketplace from Ethereum to Polygon (solving fees issue)
– Helped artists to sell NFT art (around £100k in sales)
*Q4:
– NFT.London (by NFT.NYC) Attendance
– ‘Meta Perception’ NFT Art Exhibition in Shoreditch, London, UK
2023
*Q1:
– Buying top artworks from artists and collecting
– Collecting sketches from artists
– Speaking and showcasing art at NFT.NYC 2023
*Q2:
– NFT Art Marketplace Update
– New Art Creation for Fringe Multiverse
*Q3:
– Community Memberships with Benefits
– $ARTK token launches on DEX
– Sell & Auction for Fringe Multiverse NFTs
*Q4:
– ‘ATOPIA’ NFT Art Exhibition
– NFT.LDN
– Photography Art meets NFTs
2024
– More exciting NFT Art Exhibitions around the world (both virtual & physical) with projection mapping, top NFTs and holographic art
– Whitelist launch for ASKNIGHTS Fringe Multiverse with 4 different mini-worlds; launching the Metaverse NFT Art Collection
– NFT Art Generator and NFT Launchpad
– NFT Games to create more utility for NFT artworks for our top artists within the community; they will be linked to ASKNIGHTS Metaverse and its NFT art marketplace
– Buying top artworks from artists and collecting blue-chip art to create and maintain the best NFT Vault
2025 – 2026 & Beyond
– New coin launch $topnftart –> https://zora.co/@topnftart
– Top Curation mainly targeting the NFT Art ecosystem
– NFT Fine Art Awards –> Best digital artworks and contemporary artists from all around the world
– RWA tokenisation –> bringing physical art on-chain and into the Metaverse
– Hybrid Art Exhibitions, both IRL and digitallly into the Metaverse
– New Curated NFT Art marketplace, quantum resistant, with more features and utilities
DISCLAIMER: Starting 2024, we have pivoted in sharing less information about our plans to protect our future developments and stay away from copycats and bad actors within the space.
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