Retiring NimConnect · Mini Apps Competition

Retiring NimConnect

I wanted to give the community a straightforward update: I’ve decided to discontinue NimConnect.

I received detailed feedback from the Cycle 1 judges, and there was a lot in it that I agree with. The onboarding needed work, error handling wasn’t good enough, and the app tried to do too many things at once instead of making identity and contacts the clear focus.

The biggest point for me, though, was about reach: NimConnect only really creates value for people who already have a Nimiq address.

For something built around identity and human-readable handles, that feels like a fundamental limitation. Ideally, it should help bring new people into the ecosystem, rather than only becoming useful once they’re already there.

I could narrow NimConnect down to identity + contacts, improve the onboarding and fix the UX issues — and I think that would make it a much better product. But it wouldn't solve that underlying limitation.

So rather than continuing to polish it, I’ve decided to stop development and retire NimConnect.

I’ve also decided not to participate in the next competition cycle.

That decision is separate from the NimConnect feedback. I appreciate the judges taking the time to give detailed feedback, and I’ll take those lessons with me into future projects.

My concern is with the transparency of the competition itself. I think things like how projects are evaluated, how scoring works, and how the final results are determined should have been clear and transparent from the start — not something that needed to be addressed afterwards.

For me, that wasn't handled the right way in Cycle 1, and because of that I don't feel comfortable participating in the next cycle.

Thanks to everyone who tried NimConnect, claimed a handle, gave feedback, or joined the Sip & Ship calls. I learned a lot from building it, even if this is where the project ends.

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Retiring NimConnect