Messari, a well-known encryption analysis platform, wrote in early 2022 that:2022 will be the year of sports NFTs, Sports NFT covers a large and enthusiastic consumer group of fantasy sports and sports cards.
The combination of sports and NFT is not uncommon in the Web3 world: the fantasy football trading card game Sorare was popular before, and NBA Top Shot officially authorized by the NBA Players Association broke the circle. As the 2022 Qatar World Cup enters the countdown stage, as the world's largest sports event held every four years, football NFT gradually attracts the attention of more than 3 billion football fans around the world.
On May 3, 2022, FIFA announced that it will cooperate with the financial public chain project AlgorandReach sponsorship and strategic cooperation agreements, Algorand became the official blockchain platform of FIFA (International Football Federation, referred to as FIFA), and became the regional supporter of the 2022 Qatar World Cup in North America and Europe.
Today, with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar approaching, FIFA and Algorand have deepened their first product football NFT platform "FIFA+ Collectfirst level title
FIFA+ Collect: Record, collect and trade World Cup moments
As the official football NFT platform launched in cooperation with FIFA, FIFA+ Collect will launch a series of original NFT peripherals such as stars, national teams, and game videos during the World Cup, recording every wonderful moment of the World Cup that cannot be missed, and through Web3. Let fans around the world interact and build deep connections with their favorite players, teams and communities on a decentralized platform.
In addition, Algorand will also become the official sponsor of the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. At that time, FIFA+ Collect will also focus on the Women's World Cup to show the world the heroic moments of the women's football roses on the green field and present them to fans all over the world in the form of NFT. in front of.
Taking the 2022 Qatar World Cup as a starting point, FIFA+ Collect will also devote itself to building a comprehensive football NFT platform in the future. The original content includes various football leagues around the world, interactive games, news, event information, etc., to provide fans around the world with richer, more A more digital and collectible football NFT participation experience.
Standing in the stage of comprehensive transformation of the digital space, NFT is regarded as the carrier of digital assets, and the NFT market of sports (especially football with a huge fan base) with a huge number of fans and long-lasting consumption habits is undoubtedly an opportunity to attract more people to enter The appropriate entry point for the Web3 digital space and the expansion of the blockchain user base. Regarding this cooperation, Algorand interim CEO W. Sean Ford also said:
"Fifa's partnership with Algorand also demonstrates its innovative spirit of seeking breakthroughs and desire to seamlessly engage with fans around the world."
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Algorand: Build a solid performance foundation and accelerate ecological construction
In this cooperation with FIFA, Algorand will serve as FIFA's official blockchain platform and provide wallet solutions supported by the official blockchain.
As the technology of choice for more than 2,000 organizations, governments, and digital-native decentralized financial applications around the world, Algorand is secure, low-cost, high-performance, carbon-neutral, and accessible through multiple currencies and payment methods. During this World Cup, football fans around the world will be brought an efficient, convenient, and almost senseless football NFT experience. It is also the first choice for thousands of organizations around the world to launch DeFi protocols, NFT, payment solutions, regulated digital assets, etc. blockchain.
In terms of performance, Algorand is known for its high performance. In the recent mainnet update, Algorand launched an extremely important consensus technology "Proof of State", which realizes trustless and quantum-safe cross-chain interoperability, and increases Algorand's mainnet TPS from every The second 1200 has been increased to 6000, making infrastructure preparations for the network to carry larger-scale users and a more prosperous ecology.
In terms of wallet solutions, Algorand launched an official wallet version at the beginning of ecological construction, which is not only rich in functions, but also supports multiple languages such as Chinese, English, German, Portuguese, Korean, Spanish, and Turkish, providing global ecological users with more Good participation experience.
In terms of security, Algorand uses a verifiable random function (VRF) to randomly select block producers and verifiers, and there is no threshold for joining the network, so attackers in the Algorand network cannot know in advance the next block producers and verifiers. Verifier, so the attack cannot be completed. Since the launch of the mainnet in June 2019, Algorand has been operating stably for more than three years. It is one of the few public chain networks in the blockchain ecosystem that has never experienced any security incidents such as downtime and paralysis.
In the past three years, Algorand has continued to cooperate with world-renowned universities (such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, University of Cape Town, Tsinghua University, etc.) Well-known companies in the world (such as sports, carbon neutrality, data privacy, product traceability, social communication, etc.) have established in-depth cooperation and other methods to continuously cultivate ecological reserve cadres, support the development of ecological projects, and broaden the application boundaries of decentralized finance. Blockchain finance has landed in various application scenarios, and finally builds a financial public chain that can serve the real business world.
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Token2049: Participate in it and build an ecology
As a world-renowned blockchain industry event,Token2049It provides a platform and opportunity for blockchain leaders from all over the world to gather together and talk about the future. As a leader in the financial public chain, Algorand will deeply participate in the Token2049 Summit and hold a 3-day sub-venue during this period theme conference.
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September 27: Algorand Greenhouse Tech Talks
On September 27th, the day before the official start of the Token2049 conference, Algorand will hold the "Greenhouse Tech Talks" event at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore. At that time, Algorand Foundation CEO Staci Warden, Algorand Foundation CTO John Woods, Algorand Capital Director Ryan Terribilini And many important guests from the Algorand ecosystem will attend this event and share topics such as the latest expansion of the Algorand ecosystem, state proof and London Bridge cross-chain technology, EVM compatibility, and cooperation with Web2 enterprises. The purpose of the event is to create an open and inclusive learning environment, and to burst out Web3 innovative ideas in the exchange.
Since its inception, Algorand has always been an upholder and practitioner of the concept of negative carbon and environmental protection, and will become the first carbon-neutral L1 public chain ecology in 2021, so Greenhouse (green house) will be the theme of Algorand's summit , running through this event in Singapore.
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September 28 - September 29: Algorand Greenhouse Hack Shack
This event is designed for aspiring developers, Web3.0 builders, and developers who want to contribute to the Algorand ecosystem. It is also Algorand's first Hack Shack event in Singapore.
In this 2-day learning Hack Shack event, developers from all over the world can gather in Gardens by the Bay, Singapore. Algorand will provide you with free high-speed Internet, exquisite refreshments and a comfortable working environment to help you focus more event, learn about Web3 and learn everything you ever wanted to know about building solutions on top of Algorand. If you are a Web3 builder and want to learn the Algorand way of development, these two days will provide the perfect opportunity.
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September 29: Algorand Foundation CEO Keynote Speech
From 17:20 to 18:00 on September 29th, Beijing time, at the main venue of Token2049, Staci Warden, CEO of the Algorand Foundation, will attend this event and give a keynote speech. Members can also follow Algorand's social media accounts to view the specific content of the speeches organized by the team.
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