In recent weeks, we've made significant progress with Sanctum App development. Most importantly, we delivered it to community hands for the first time with the start of our internal testing phase. Here's what a few testers had to say about the experience so far:
"It’s very easy to use and does what it should. No fancy buttons or distracting animations. It's a money earning machine that everyone will like. Simple and clean!" - noahxweb3
"Waitlisters' patience will be rewarded with a high-quality experience." - GM94FR
These testers are helping us improve the app before wider distribution (we're getting more excited each day to get you access!).
Who's That Pet?
In our last email, we shared our decision to consolidate to one pet so that we could focus on creating one genuinely great character.
That means richer animations, more expressive states, and more personality, while giving us the creative space needed to implement fun ways to personalize your in-app experience over time.
We've been hard at work bringing that vision to life, and recently shared a preview of the companion who will accompany you throughout your journey.
Let's get your first look at Albus!
(say hello, don't be shy)
https://x.com/soleconomist/status/2028792307152261239?s=20
What's Cooking This Week
This week, we're squashing more bugs and adding elements to help make make holding assets more fun.
Fixes In Progress
- App crashing when tapping Withdraw (reported by L'Explorateur and others)
- Unable to withdraw 100% of SOL balance (reported by Andrew...)
- Estimated rewards not matching actual rewards received (also reported by L'Explorateur)
Adding Delight
- We're working on making the first successful in-app deposit a more exciting moment of celebration.
- We're building an EXP system to spice up the HODL life. The goal is to create a visual and rewarding experience (hint: in-app cosmetics) that fuels your progress.
To close, here's a word from FP that dives deeper into the "why" behind what we're building:
App Philosophy & Vision
My vision for Sanctum app is to show people the right way to earn value from the space, which is identifying good assets, buying them early, and holding them for the long term.
And so, Sanctum App is the first app in this space that's built from the ground up to encourage buying good long-term assets and holding them, instead of gambling/trading all day.
First, we're trying to make holding SOL and earning yields on it maximally fun and easy.
To help us do so, we’ve asked testers to tell us what they enjoy about the app, what they hate, and what they think doesn't land quite right.
What's important here is that we have gotten a foot in the door with real users so that we can iterate very quickly.
More updates soon,
Team Sanctum ☁️