OpenSea, the world’s largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace in terms of trading volume, has announced a major migration which they say will enable users to save « an estimated 35% » in gas fees going forward.
The marketplace is migrating to a new Web 3 marketplace protocol called Seaport, which is designed to enable users to trade digital assets « safely and efficiently, » according to a recent announcement.
« Seaport is a game changer – it’s open source, inherently decentralized, and a modern foundation that will help us (and any teams using it) build and release new features more quickly, » the announcement said.
Among the more notable benefits of the new protocol is that it is well-optimized for transaction efficiency. « You’ll save an estimated 35% in gas fees for transactions using Seaport, » OpenSea claimed, adding that this would translate into over USD 460m in total savings based on last year’s data.
Moreover, with this new migration, the proxy deployment fee, a one-time setup fee new users currently have to pay in order to use OpenSea, will also be waived. This could help users save another USD 120m each year, according to OpenSea.