Morphene Auctions Demo Site is Live
https://morphene.io/auctions
If you are interested in the Morphene Blockchain and would like to trial out the auctions implementation prior to launch, you are in luck. The auctions demo site is live with sign ups enabled.
How to Get Started
Visit https://morphene.io/auctions and click the yellow "sign in" button at the top right of the page. You will be redirected to the AWS Cognito enabled sign in / sign up form.
You can choose to login with a Google account, or you can click "sign up" and create your own account using a valid email. After creating your account you will need to confirm your email address to finalize (Google users do not need to confirm after signing up).
Upon signing in you will be redirected back to the auctions site where the page will detect your user session. This user session will be used to activate your chain account.
When you first login, your chain account may not yet be created. However, the page will automatically update when the chain account has been created and you will see a new "place bid" button appear on the auction listings.
During the demo the active key should not be changed or you will be unable to test further. There will be no support to reset test accounts; if you break your account make a new one... It's a test network after all
How Morphene Auctions Work
Morphene Auctions can be created by any user in the system. The auctions require the user provided values: consigner, permlink, start_time, end_time and fee.
When an auction is created, the chosen fee will be deducted from the auction creator, (consigner). Morphene Auctions have three states: pending, active, and ended. The auction will become active when the start time is in the past and the end time in the future.
When the auction is active it is possible for users to begin placing bids. Each bid will deduct 1 MORPH from the bidder, will increment the auction value by 1 MORPH, and will add 10 seconds to the auction end time.
Bids cannot be placed on auctions where the bidder is already the current bidder.
Morphene Auction Payout Structure
In the initial launch, Morphene Auctions will be created with MORPH and will pay out MORPH. The auction consigner will receive a 10% payout of the total auction value when the end time is reached and the winning bidder will receive a 90% payout.
How to Bid
After logging into the demo site, users will be able to place bids on auctions by clicking the yellow "Place Bid" coin icon on the auction listing. During the demo, there will be no confirmation on placing a bid, however errors will be properly handled.
Morphene Auction Theory
The decision to allow auction fee to be set to 0 if the user chooses was made to give the network the ability to figure out by itself what auction format is most successful. If the fee is set too low, the auction may not gain much traction with bidders.
Another important aspect is the decision of the user to choose the auction duration by setting the initial start time and end time. An auction with too long of a duration may not interest users, while an auction will too short a duration may end before being seen.
Since you are able to receive MORPH for creating auctions, users may find there is a sweet spot of the above options to get the highest payout without even having to place bids.
Witness Applications
Morphene witness applications will be accepted prior to mainnet launch. For more information regarding witnesses you can visit https://morphene.io and join the mailing list.
Feedback
If you encounter major issues you can either leave feedback here in the comments, reach out to morphene@boonedevelopment.com, or find us on Telegram at https://t.me/morphene_chat
Looking forward to seeing what kind of cool tricks users can find out with the Morphene system. Don't be shy about trying edge cases!