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Happy to announce the newest version of the ZeroContract has been minted. It is out in the wild now. Anybody that is interested, let me know. We'll get this revolution going. I'll be sharing a series of small infographics with information in threads to explain all the new features of the contract. There are quite a few. All very useful. And one is super innovative that I plan to try getting into the official TZIP standard.

Quick summary of the topics I'll be discussing:
○ Freedom to edit Contract Metadata
○ Freedom to edit Token Metadata
○ Add Collaborating Artists directly on-chain
○ Freedom to swap artwork (artifactUri)
○ Freedom with artwork of any file size
○ Ability to add infinite types of artwork
○ Family relationship between collections
○ True Destroy of art versus Burn
○ Full compliance with Tezos standards
○ Full compatibility with existing marketplaces

#ZeroContract Highlight Feature #1:

○ Freedom to edit Contract Metadata

After deploying a contract, the collection information (contract metadata) can be edited as many times as needed as long as you have no tokens in circulation. As in the example I provide in the comments, I didn't like my initial description and logo so decided to change it. I had not minted any tokens yet so this feature was unlocked.

But what if I want to change the information AFTER I mint a token? Initially, this feature will be locked out. We do not want artists changing collection information after people are buying artwork. However, the artwork simply needs to not be in circulation. So if you mint, but never sell, you can use the Destroy feature (to be discussed later) to remove the artwork from circulation. The contract metadata editing feature will then be unlocked again.

Why do you not want people to be able to change collection details after mint?
We have this function on Objkt, and I honestly am glad for this as all my collections are growing with me. So sometimes a slight adjustment is needed. Or just having a fresh new collection image to have it aligned with the newer works, for example.

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I'm also interested in NFTs and other blockchain things, Tezos is my home.

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I am on your line of thinking and it was an internal topic of mine the whole time. It is of course possible to build it that way. But then we just end up back where we started. Another person would just ask "Why the image and not the text?" It was an element I went back and forth on a lot. I ultimately just had to make a decision knowing it is not going to work for all circumstances. Because honestly, the same thing applies to individual artwork. There is valid artistic reasons for allowing free reign to edit token images, descriptions, etc. even after a collector owns them. But that really needs a separate contract type so that the collectors know what they are getting into.

Hmmm. Makes sense, but also kinda applies to what I said, when you think of evolving collections. ^^'

Hmmmm..could there be a compromise like text is not changable after mint, but collection image?

It is a valid option. But it also opens up the potential for it to change dramatically (even get erased). The way this was built is not a declaration that I think ALL contracts should be the same. Just for this application I felt it made sense. With all the information on-chain, I feel the collection details is as much a part of what collectors are purchasing as the artwork itself. With that, it made sense to me to limit collection editing to a condition where collectors are not affected.