I know this one has been done — particularly line-by-line analyses of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) smart contract. However, after reading some of these posts, I was still confused on the mechanics—let’s say I want to make a BAYC-styled NFT project. What do I actually do once I…

What is NFT rarity? What are the Best NFT Tools out there? — Not every NFT was minted equal What makes some NFTs more rare than others? And how can you learn about this so you can flip some for some sweet profits? In this article we will briefly cover what makes an NFT rare and list some tools to level up your…

Introduction In my previous article, I covered the concept of Merkle Trees and discussed how they played a critical role in ensuring both minter authenticity and inclusion when participating in an NFT whitelist mint. Today, I will cover a second and increasingly popular method which utilises digital signatures using the Open…

Write A Smart Contract To Conduct A Decentralized Auction — There’s absolutely no doubt that the future of web lies in the blockchain. Services built on top of blockchains are more reliable, have greater trust and have absolute data transparency. Perhaps the greatest advantage of blockchain, is the removal of any intermediary. …

As the Web3 space gains more momentum, more amazing use cases and applications are rolling out in multiple spaces such as Defi, gaming, DAOs, and more. It is important that the user experience remains great along with the complex infrastructure and protocols. …

In this article I explain the data structures for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), examine the current metadata structure for ERC721 standard for NFTS on Ethereum, look at the InterPlanetary File System, and then present a method that allows you to submarine NFTs, which means “hiding the files and then revealing them…

How to Avoid the Pitfalls and Trapdoors of NFT Mania — NFT Safety Checklist Whether you’re a complete rookie in the NFT space or a seasoned veteran, a framework for filtering the good NFTs from the bad is an essential instrument in any investor’s toolbox. Not sure if an NFT is worth the investment? Are you considering that it may even be a scam…

Today we’re going to review the smart contract code for the very successful virtual art drop Bored Ape Yacht Club. Non-fungible tokens are the hottest new thing right now, with drops of large sets of images raking in millions of dollars, selling out in minutes. One example of these large…

Introduction Merkle Trees have long been a facet in the fields of both cryptography and computer science well before the blockchain we know and love today ever existed. Nowadays, we are slowly starting to see them become more frequently used on-chain for the purpose of data verification. …

We received a grant from The Arweave Project to start moving our NFT metadata and images from Google Cloud to Arweave’s hybrid blockchain they call the blockweave. You can see our approved milestones stored on the blockweave here. This is not only big for us, but also for our users…

You’ve made your first NFT. You’ve carefully drafted every pixel in a 64x64 image, and now it’s ready 🤩! You then open Rarible and mint it, making it officially available to the world. But do you know what happens on the background? …

Nice to meet you! It’s Nyan_kone! I have started to be interested in cryptocurrencies and the blockchain since 2014. And recently I’m creating my own NFTs. Nyankone V2 https://opensea.io/collection/nyankone-v2 If anything, I love art and spend more time buying it. Looking at the current NFT market, the number of artists…

Within NFTs, derivatives of existing projects are commonplace. As are blatant copycats, although those are typically given the label of “scam” and quickly removed from the space shared by the community. Between those two pillars—creative derivative work (often appreciated) and pixel-perfect copies—there’s a gray area. How closely can you approach…

One cannot spend a day on Crypto Twitter lately without seeing all kinds of fundraising and content related to Gaming and the “Metaverse”. These two topics are a part of a growing trend that emerged in 2017 when Decentraland, a decentralized 3D world where participants can purchase land parcels in…

A very desirable feature of a lot of NFT projects is having an element of surprise in the minting process. This replicates the experience of buying collector’s cards, where you purchase a pack with a random assortment of cards. Part of the fun is the random draw, so it is…