OpenSea made an announcement today, revealing the launch of Seaport 1.6, a new generation NFT marketplace protocol within the EVM ecosystem. They also introduced a new feature called Seaport hooks. Similar to Uniswap v4 hooks, Seaport hooks allow developers to create applications that enhance the utility and liquidity of NFTs. The first Seaport hook application is expected to be released in April.
OpenSea Takes a Significant Step
OpenSea and the Seaport Working Group announced today the latest generation of the most advanced NFT market protocol in the EVM ecosystem, Seaport 1.6. The announcement included the following statement:
“Seaport 1.6 offers a new capability called Seaport hooks, enabled by the latest upgrade of Ethereum Dencun. Similar to Uniswap v4 hooks, Seaport hooks will allow developers to create applications that significantly increase the utility and liquidity of NFTs.”
OpenSea also stated that Seaport hooks will enable developers to create:
- NFTs that change or “increase” in features based on the price or volume at which they are purchased.
- NFTs that can only be purchased with certain currencies or other NFTs.
- Price indicators for automatically priced NFTs.
- Price oracles for NFTs.
Finally, OpenSea also announced that Seaport 1.6 will be up to 5% cheaper in terms of gas for certain actions compared to Seaport 1.5, resulting in savings.
