I don't think you understand what's going on here. ArkProtocol NFT's will be minted on CosmosHub and the image data will live on-chain but they can be moved to any chain after mint and be sold on any marketplace. Stargaze and other marketplaces are adopting the new NFT standard that is used for Ark NFT minting because it's better than the current standard and in fact the concept was started by Stargaze before Ark came in and built it out and it's open source so anyone is free to use it and shouldn't have pushback when it is used. This has nothing to do with where you sell your NFT's and everything to do with making sure NFT's live forever. Currently the image metadata for NFTs isn't stored on-chain in most instances but even when it is it's stored on a storage service that requires payment, if the account isn't paid then your NFT loses all image data and you're stuck with a useless NFT. Even services that offer free storage pose a threat because if the project shuts down then all data is lost but also because they're almost always backed by web2 cloud that means your NFT is never truly a web3 product. Having NFT metadata on the CosmosHub chain means that even if the whole chain were to shut down in some apocalyptic scenario, you could spin up your own node and still have the data. With billions of people in the world it is very unlikely that you could ever lose your NFT metadata as long as it's on CosmosHub. It's also hacker proof unlike other storage options that are based in web2 as long as the keys are burned or multisig is used in conjunction with DAO control for the contract. Literally nothing about this can be construed as a negative for the industry or minters. As far as being competition to Stargaze's launchpad, I say it's a positive thing. Competition breeds innovation and lower fees for everyone and lack of competition fails to push anyone to better their product and creates a monopoly so they can hold artist, founders, and minters hostage to whatever price they dictate. If Stargaze launchpad wants to stay competitive then all they have to do is innovate their product and be competitive on fees, the best product will win in the end in a free market. They also have a huge headstart so it's not like people will move 100% overnight to @arkprotocol even if it's 1000% better, so they have time to adjust and innovate to keep people coming back to their product. I hope this clears up the misconception that NFTs minted on CosmosHub won't be on Stargaze, they'll be on every IBC enabled chain eventually and they'll be fully on-chain which has always been the end goal.