Hawku News

That's All Folks!

Hawku has unfortunately shut down as of November 11, 2023. You can read more about our decision to shut down here. We encourage everyone to revoke approvals to all smart contracts used by Hawku. You can do this in an easy way by filling out the form below and going

So Long and Thanks For All The Carrots

It is with great sadness that we are announcing we have made the difficult decision to wind down the Hawku Marketplace on the morning of November 11, 2023. When Hawku launched its marketplace in 2022, there was a huge need for a marketplace that handled gaming and utility NFTs with

The Marketplace Metagame

Written by John Petersen Venturing into the world of Web3 gaming today, we’ve moved beyond the initial hype and excitement that first put this space in the spotlight. Yet, we’re still not at a point where traditional gamers have fully embraced this new arena. In this intriguing intermediate

Chicken Derby Buying Guide for Hawku

Presented by Prof. G. Allus Eggsquire (written by Chicken Derby team) Welcome to Chicken Derby In Chicken Derby you get to own your very own racing chickens, and race them against other people’s chickens. When your chicken wins, you win! This is our buying guide to guide you in

Hawku Announces Marketplace Transition to Seaport 1.5

Hawku is proud to announce a significant milestone in its journey to offer an unparalleled experience for its gaming and utility NFT marketplace. Over the coming weeks Hawku will be transitioning from its current 0x contract to the highly versatile Seaport 1.5. This strategic move is aimed at delivering

Chat with your NFTs on Hawku (BETA)

What?! I can talk with my NFT?  Why are you doing this? At Hawku, we've built relationships with our NFTs over time, celebrating their victories and expressing frustration with their losses. We've often wondered what our NFTs would say if we could ask about their experiences, the events that led

Hawku & Crypto Unicorns - The Flippening Party!

Hawku is excited to announce that it is now the preferred marketplace for Crypto Unicorns! To celebrate this milestone, Hawku is offering a giveaway challenge to the CU community, as part of the effort to encourage them to use Hawku as their marketplace for all things Crypto Unicorns.   This is

Hawku Introduces Aging Wallets (April fools 2023)

A new era is dawning at Hawku, the leading marketplace for utility and gaming NFTs! We are thrilled to introduce an innovative feature that will revolutionize the way you trade: Aging Wallets. Our primary goal is to maintain a healthy ecosystem and ensure that all our users have equal opportunities

ZED.run Buying/Filtering Guide

Buying Horses in Zed Run under racing 2.0 The introduction of Racing 2.0 in Zed Run has changed the way horses are evaluated and how buyers approach buying and selling horses. The use of filters and stats on Hawku has become even more important for both new and

Dealing With Banned/Suspended Horses in Zed

As many in the ZED community has seen, ZED has begun to temporarily and permanently ban some horses from racing.  After internal discussions, Hawku has adopted the following policy on how to deal with banned and suspended horses in Zed: 1. Hawku will not be marking or banning temporarily banned

Hawku & Polygon Announce Collaboration

Hawku Collaborates with Polygon to Revolutionize the Game NFT Market The world of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has seen tremendous growth in recent years, and the gaming industry is no exception. The integration of NFTs into gaming has opened up new opportunities for players to own unique digital assets, and it

Hawku Affiliate Program

Information on Hawku's affiliate program incentive for tools providers Hawku is the leading game marketplace on Polygon, a blockchain network designed for gaming. At Hawku, we strongly believe that a thriving ecosystem of third-party tools and content is critical to the success of any game. We also believe that those

Hawku Category Sales Stats

Hawku, the largest marketplace for gaming and utility NFTs on Polygon, is excited to announce updating per-game category sales stats! As games emerge, we have found that communities have valued different groupings (or categories) of NFTs differently. Players of racing games like ZED.run value un-raced genesis tokens far higher

Hawku V2 New Features

In case you missed our tweets this week with our new v2 rollout feature, here’s a summary for you! So many new features and abilities to really drill deep into finding that perfect horse for your stable! 1. $ZED Bidding 2. Buy/Sell Skins 3. Hawku Profile 4. Transfer

A change guide for ZED users for Hawku V2

Thank you to everyone for good constructive feedback on the new site continue on Discord and Twitter!  We know change can be really frustrating and wanted to spend a little time giving both context for the change as well as provide a quick guide for new behaviors/places where features

Welcome Rebel Bots to Hawku Marketplace!

Hawku is excited to add Rebel Bots @REBEL_BOTS to The Hawku Marketplace. Backed by gaming giants including Ubisoft and Animoca Brands, Xoil Wars is the first game which will be released under the Rebel Bots gaming universe. It is a play to earn sci-fi card battle game where players

Issues with Brave Browser

As a result of a recent Brave browser update, if you're having issues using Hawku on Brave, here's how to troubleshoot your way around the issue. 1. Log out of Hawku 2. In Brave, go to Settings --> Wallet 3. Change your "default cryptocurrency wallet" to NONE Once that's completed,

The Red Village Buying Guide

Welcome to the Hawku Buying Guide for The Red Village (TRV)!  This guide is intended to help people new to TRV better understand what makes good champions, and what to look for when buying your first champion. In this guide will you will learn: * How to utilize the stats and

Converting ETH to Polygon ETH (WETH)

After you have unlocked approvals, you may see the buy button turn to "Insufficient Funds" even though you know you have ETH.  Don't panic! NFTs on the Polygon network use Polygon WETH and not Mainnet ETH  to avoid gas costs.    You just need to bridge your ETH to Polygon WETH

Getting Started

How to get Polygon MATIC?

TLDR; * You will need MATIC on the Polygon network the very first time you buy or sell on Hawku to set up the appropriate authorizations.  It is usually around 0.03 MATIC but we recommend 0.05 just to be safe. * First - make sure you have Polygon WETH. If

ZED Buying Guide

Updates have been made to our Zed buying guide to be more reflective of the current environment.

Hawku’s Affiliate Program and Zed Creator Fee

TLDR; * Hawku is teaming up with ZED to add an affiliate program that lets community tools and content creators monetize their hard work. * We are excited to announce that Know Your Horses (KYH) is Hawku’s first affiliate partner. * Hawku is committed to helping the entire gaming ecosystem thrive -

Hawku Pivots to Focus on Rarity, Aesthetics and Floor Price only.

Update April 2, 2022:  Read the first letters of each paragraph. After having its gaming and utility marketplace open for one month, Hawku [https://www.hawku.com] has decided to pivot away from letting people research NFTs using real-time data (like race results) to focus its site entirely on rarity

How to Bid, Reject and Counter on Hawku

The most commonly asked for item since we rolled out our Hawku Marketplace has been the ability to make and respond to bids. Well, we are happy to announce that starting today you can now create, view, reject and counter bids on the Hawku Marketplace and express yourself while doing

Hawku Beta Marketplace!

We are so excited to announce the public version of the Beta Hawku Marketplace. TLDR; * You can now buy and sell horses directly on Hawku! * Hawku is using the same blockchain technology as sites like Opensea to facilitate sales (0x Protocol ). * To get started, you need to log in on