Should we restructure the Linked Wearables Category?

by 0xd11a019a70986bd607cbc1c1f9ae221c78581f49 (Yemel)

The Linked Wearables Registry is a list of approved partners that can submit wearables as representations of external non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in Decentraland.

For example, suppose a company called Nowkie sells shoes in real life (IRL). Last year, Nowkie created a collection of NFTs of unique shoe designs (2D images) and distributed them to their customers and online communities. Now, Nowkie wants to allow the holders of their NFTs to be able to wear the shoes in Decentraland. Therefore, they apply to the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) to be listed in the Linked Wearables Registry.

This initiative was designed as an experiment in metaverse interoperability, where the same NFT has multiple values. It can represent a 2D image on some platforms and can be worn in Decentraland. It's a way to onboard new communities and increase Decentraland awareness.

To become a Linked Wearables publisher, the following steps are required:

1. Apply to the DAO (two weeks of voting, 4 million voting power required)
2. Create the wearables you want to offer to your NFT holders
3. Submit the wearables for review
4. Create an API that maps the ownership of wearables and NFTs for your collection

The submission of wearables for review is free for Linked Wearables partners. This was designed to allow a brand to submit a programmatic collection of 10,000 wearables. However, the DAO should pay wearable curators to review such submissions (up to 50 items). For more details about the economics, please check the governance proposal.

There are several concerns with the Linked Wearables Category:

• It does not generate economic revenue for the DAO and implies curation costs.
• The process seems too long and cumbersome for a brand to apply.

Do you think this initiative needs to be restructured? If so, please vote yes and share your thoughts and ideas in the comments below.

I will follow up with some draft proposals that might address the current situation.

• Yes
• No
• Invalid question/options

Vote on this proposal on the Decentraland DAO