OpenSea to implement image recognition technology to prevent NFT imitation and plagiarism issues, and modify criteria for obtaining the blue checkmark.

With the continuous development of the NFT industry, numerous projects have been created to participate in this market, but issues of imitation and plagiarism have also arisen. In order to address this problem, the largest NFT trading platform at present, OpenSea, has made some changes to identify more genuine users and tackle the rampant issue of Copymints.

Changes to Blue Check Verification Process

Currently, accounts that are verified by OpenSea or belong to an NFT series will receive a blue checkmark to help creators and collectors confirm the security and authenticity of the account or NFT.

However, the current mechanism for obtaining the blue checkmark is opaque, slow, and cumbersome. To improve this situation, OpenSea has made four changes to the system:

1. Transitioning to an invitation-based system to increase the number of eligible creators for verification. Initially, any account with a collection worth over 100 ETH will be invited to apply for verification, with the qualified account numbers expanding as the process progresses.
2. Updating the process for NFT series to obtain the blue checkmark, allowing verified accounts with a certain transaction volume to apply for verification for NFT series. The initial threshold is set at 100 ETH.
3. Simplifying the product experience by directly notifying eligible creators on their profile pages and guiding them through the account verification and blue checkmark acquisition process.
4. A dedicated customer support team will respond to account and NFT series applications within 7 days, improving the efficiency of the verification process.

Reducing Copymints on OpenSea

Copymints are also a significant issue on OpenSea, where anyone can right-click to copy an image and mint it on OpenSea to deceive users who cannot distinguish the authenticity. To address this, OpenSea has proposed two solutions:

1. Image Recognition Technology:
   OpenSea's latest Copymint prevention system will use computer vision technology to scan all NFTs on OpenSea and match them with newly minted NFT series to confirm any Copymint issues. Additionally, images will be flipped, rotated, and arranged in other ways to enhance detection capabilities.
2. Dedicated Manual Review:
   To make this image recognition technology effective, professional individuals are needed to review the NFTs suggested for deletion by the computer, strengthening and continuously training the model.

Through these two mechanisms, OpenSea aims to verify more authentic creator accounts and exclude scammers from the system. Simultaneously, with the help of the community, eliminate all existing Copymints on OpenSea and prevent new ones as the image recognition technology gradually improves.