In Brief:
- Hic et Nunc community revamps the platform into DAO.
- The new domain got altered from “.xyz” to “.art”.
- Teztools developer Joseph Magle controls the new domain.
Hic et Nunc, a popular Tezos-based NFT marketplace, shut down its operations last week.
Even though the Hic et Nunc website disappeared, the data was already on the Tezos blockchain.
The code was also accessible in Github, so the raw data was available in an unorganized manner.
After Hic et Nunc’s founder, Rafael Lama, decided to abandon the website VC-backed crypto firm DNS created a mirror site with a new domain titled “Hicetnunc.art.”
Teztools developer Joseph Magle(Manitcor), who also assisted Lima to maintain the original site, will control the new domain until a DAO starts operating.
This means that while DNS made the code for the Hic et Nunc mirror site, any new features and improvements to the site are fully under the control of Manitcor.
The hicetnunc-community tweeted, “Hic et Nunc founder Rafael Lima has been in communication with some of the admin team and reduced the existing HEN contract fee to 1%. In turn, DNS.xyz has transferred the ownership of the mirror Hicetnunc.art to the community care of Teztools.”
The new website looks remarkably similar to the old one and utilizes the same smart contracts, allowing creators to continue minting and trading new Hic et Nunc NFTs.
As the media files were housed in an IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) storage system, which transcribes data directly onto the blockchain, images attached to existing NFTs are still available.
