How to Mint an NFT

How to Mint NFTs
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How to Mint NFTs
Megan DeMatteo’s “Minting Your First NFT: A Beginner’s Guide to Creating an NFT” is very informative on how artists can mint and sell their artworks using non-fungible tokens (NFTs). In particular, NFTs are unique digital identifiers or cryptographic tokens that are recorded on the blockchain to show authenticity and ownership of something, such as a song, which cannot be replicated. The paper focuses on how a musician can mint an NFT of a specific song or album.
The first step that a musician should take is to decide on the specific song or album. For instance, let’s assume that the musician in this scenario has an album. In that light, the musician should record his or her song and prepare the audio or video. The second step would be selecting the platform that one should use and ensure to meet all the requirements. In the scenario at hand, let’s consider OpenSea to be the platform that the musician will use to mint an NFT. The most significant thing about OpenSea is that it is user-friendly for first-time creators and supports various blockchains, such as Polygon, Solana, Avalanche, Optimism, Arbitrum, Klaytn, and Ethereum (DeMatteo, 2023). The musician should create a crypto wallet, such as Coinbase, Binance, or MetaMask. Besides, to avoid high service fees, the creator should use the option that does not require gas fees at the beginning. There exist multiple platforms that the musician can choose, including Rarible, Holaplex, and Objkt, depending on what meets one’s needs.
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