Traditional artists are gradually becoming a trend to issue NFT. Anything unique can be NFT, such as a house, a baseball card, a work of art, etc; The power of NFT is not only to make things unique and digital, but also to make NFT verifiable.
“What this society needs is not homogenization, not standards. Everyone is a unique individual. “
NFT is sweeping the art world, and this storm is very much like the eve of the Renaissance in the 14th century. It can be seen that the emergence and sudden popularity of NFT, in essence, is the transfer of people’s emotional needs. It solves the problem of ownership, and can create a unique scarcity value.
But today we need to pay attention to a problem. At present, most of the NFT bottom layer creation relies on erc-721. Because it is difficult to realize the complete chain connection for the current Ethereum network, the main problem is that the cost is expensive and the implementation is difficult. Therefore, we usually use the method of offline storage of documents with hash value (centralized server or IPFs) to cast NFT certificates. However, if it is stored in a centralized server, there is still the possibility of being tampered with or deleted. So that more and more users begin to think deeply about how safe their assets are and whether they can exist in the world forever, which is very important to them.
Even Juan, the founder of protocol lab, tweeted: “NFT not on IPFs, not your NFT.”.
IPFs / filecoin is a decentralized storage protocol, which can store large amounts of data in various situations and ensure that the data can not be tampered with. Therefore, people generally store NFT metadata on the decentralized storage network (IPFs).
IPFs is regarded as the future of storage in the next era. IPFs utilizes a tool called content addressability. This means that users do not need to request content from the data center, but can request the content itself. With the help of content addressability, it is no longer necessary to rely on a single location to retrieve content; At the same time, IPFs is also responsible for the verifiability of data. Because all content is defined and stored according to the content itself, if a content is tampered with or changed, there will be a mismatch when trying to verify the content and knowing its error.
With the emergence of the wealth effect of NFT, many artists or digital encryption enthusiasts are eager to try. They can’t help asking how to create their own NFT with built-in asset support on IPFs? In fact, common NFT trading platforms can be created, such as opensea, scalable, superrare, etc; Its essence is to token digital assets.
Digital assets can be divided into two categories: original digital assets and physical assets after digitization. NTF is a differential digital asset based on the blockchain. The NTF compatible blockchain is like a database that can record any commodity. It can anchor all the things with heterogeneous characteristics in reality, and make the real world universal, forming a digital asset world of value interconnection and information exchange. The specific application scenarios of NFT can be roughly divided into: (1) collectibles; (2) game props; (3) electronic doorplate; (4) identity authentication; (5) electronic deposit.
NFT can represent the digital asset itself, and can also represent a kind of certificate with special purpose. Due to its wide range of application scenarios, when NFT establishes a unified standard, the transaction characteristics given by NFT can make these values trade directly on the blockchain to facilitate the circulation of value.
Therefore, in this paper, based on what we know about IPFs technology can provide help, we will introduce to the majority of users how to use Pinata to fix art on the interstellar file system IPFs.
(Note: Pinata is the simplest way to upload and manage files on IPFs. It is the simplest IPFs fixed service tool for platforms, creators or collectors.)
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Fix the draft on IPFs
First, assume that you, as the creator, have created a pinata account and your own NFT smart contract that you can access in the opensea store.
Step 1: log in to Pinata — and navigate to “Pinata upload.”.
On the upload file screen, click “Browse” to find and select the file you want. In this case, the file is the artwork PNG. Next, choose a custom name for the pin.
Note: Custom naming is optional if you want to name the pushpin differently from the original file name. The custom name is only used to track the content on Pinata, and the actual name on IPFs will always be the original file name.
Step 2: click the keep file name (wrapped in directory) button to keep the same file name on IPFs. Finally, click upload and wait for the system to confirm. After successfully uploading the file, go to “pin Explorer”.
Step 3: you can find the file details on the “pin Explorer” page, including: hash (CID), file size and fixed status. In the following screen capture, you will notice the green indicator light to confirm that the file is “currently fixed” on IPFs.
Step 4: click “IPFs hash” to open a new window, in which the file is stored. If you have not selected “keep the file name (wrapped in directory)”, just copy the URL and go to the opensea store.
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The art of casting NFT
Step 1: after logging in to storefronts manager, select a store and continue to create a new project.Step 2: click “create” and start uploading artwork. Next, fill in the art name and artist statement in the [name] and [description] fields.
Step 3: in the “external link” field, paste the previously copied URL. Add a URL in this field to link NFT to the corresponding fixed file on IPFs.
Finally, click “submit” and sign the transaction to create the NFT. So congratulations, you now know how to fix the illustration on IPFs and cast the corresponding NFT. By using this combination of Pinata and opensea, the personal smart contracts created by artists can ensure their persistence and stability.
NFT makes us see the progress of human civilization, and more and more users join it because of its interest and speculation; But only when NFT is really stored in the IPFs distributed storage network, can it better solve the problems existing in NFT, and make the value of NFT better manifest and transfer. The combination of NFT + IPFs is bound to bring a civilization transition.
