Digital collectibles platform Terra Virtua has moved from the Ethereum blockchain to Polygon in an effort to be greener.

In a Monday proclamation, Terra Virtua said it had switched to Polygon as function of a plan to create a more sustainable nonfungible token, or NFT, ecosystem. The platform claimed the movement would reduce the energy necessary to create a single NFT by more than than 99%. Nevertheless, Terra Virtua volition also remint all digital collectibles previously unsold on Ethereum in the move to Polygon.

"Our mission is to revolutionise how audiences engage with NFTs and make them accessible to anybody, but we believe that the environment shouldn't take to pay the toll for this new game-changing applied science," said Terra Virtua co-founder and chief technical officer Jawad Ashraf. "Past harnessing the power of this new blockchain, we tin can ensure that our NFTs are limiting their bear on."

Co-ordinate to Terra Virtua, the movement is role of an upgrade to accept the platform out of beta testing. The projection said it would also be forming licensing partnerships with global intellectual properties, as well every bit calculation features.

At the time of publication, the platform is offline as function of an announced "site-broad upgrade." Users accept until Aug. 22 to purchase Terra Virtua NFTs minted on Ethereum.

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The digital collectibles platform has been steadily expanding since securing $ii.5 1000000 in a private funding round last November. In add-on to hiring talent aimed at taking the NFT market mainstream, the platform has likewise launched a serial of high-profile digital collectibles to coincide with a major movie release.