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It Only Takes a Few Steps to Mint Your First NFT
Looking to sell your work as an NFT? Whether you’re an artist, musician, or photographer, the NFT world is ready to welcome your creations with open arms. Since NFTs are essentially digital files given scarcity (and therefore value) by way of the blockchain, nearly anything goes in NFT land. Art, music, GIFs, and even items in a video game; they’re all fair game to be sold as NFTs. Here’s a quick overview of what you’ll need to get started. First off, once you’ve decided what to sell, what comes next is where to sell it. Specifically, on which blockchain you’d […]
Two Kinds of Major Rug Pulls You Need to Know
A rug pull is a specific type of scam in the NFT world. It happens when the developers of an NFT project maliciously lure in a community of investors and then quickly abandon the project, making off with the money in the process. This can happen when the founders steal away with project funds after launching the project, but also if they sell off their pre-mined holdings. In either case, it’s a way of siphoning money from the community, leaving investors with an NFT that has no utility or community behind it, and sometimes, no NFT. But only two kinds […]
Pussy Riot Founder Shares How NFTs Can Empower Activism
In February 2012, Nadya Tolokonnikova and the rest of the Russian feminist performance and protest group Pussy Riot made headlines worldwide following a guerilla performance at Moscow’s Church of Christ the Savior. The anti-Putin protest led to the group’s near-immediate arrest and eventual detainment in Russia’s harsh prison system. Following her late 2013 release, Tolokonnikova continued her activism, protesting against injustice and rallying for social change. In recent years, she and the rest of Pussy Riot have come to see the fundraising and organizational potential of decentralized platforms, fully embracing the NFT ecosystem as a new channel of subversion in […]
Vitalik Buterin Brings the Idea of Stealth Addresses for NFTs to Masses
Anonymity is one of the key factors of blockchain technology, which pushes more users to choose in favor of DeFi. On Monday, August 8th, Vitalik Buterin came up with a new idea to contribute to the privacy of NFT transactions. Ethereum co-founder revealed a concept of stealth address implementation for ERC-721 NFTs. This was preceded by Buterin’s remark regarding Merkle trees and Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Arguments of Knowledge, or zk-SNARKs, being a more complicated method for stealth addresses for ERC-721 tokens compared to his brand-new solution. The news about Vitalik’s concept arrived via his official Twitter post with a link […]
Unique Network Makes a CryptoPunk NFT Accessible to Everyone through Fractionalizing Its Ownership Rights
Non-fungible investments keep soaring even given the current bearish moods. Even against the backdrop of a decrease in ETH price, the most desired collections like CryptoPunks or BAYC are still synonymous with everything luxurious and one-of-a-kind in the NFT collector’s world. While each token costs a fortune, these blue-chip ecosystems have long been inaccessible for average NFT investors, until the present day. To provide every willing collector with a stake in the top-tier CryptoPunk ownership, the NFT infrastructure Unique Network to split the ownership rights among a whopping 56,000 user addresses who have initially signed up for a share. “This […]
Facebook Business Manager: How to Use Meta Business Suite in 2022
You’ve likely heard of Meta Business Manager, formerly known as Facebook Business Manager. Meta describes this as their tool to “manage ad accounts, Pages, and the people who work on them — all in one place.” If you haven’t heard of it, or if you don’t know much about it, Meta Business Manager is a valuable tool if you have more than one ad account, if you need to track separate clients’ ads or pages and create reports for them, or if your company uses Facebook for different services related to your business. In this post, you’ll learn everything you […]
What Is Twitch? How Do Brands Use It?
Like many people, I discovered Twitch through my love for video games,watching YouTubers play and review some of my favorites. Most of the YouTubers I watched promoted their Twitch accounts where they would broadcast live play-throughs, and I eventually started to wonder — what is Twitch? Ultimately, Twitch is a streaming platform, but is there more to it? In this post, we’ll explore what Twitch is and how you might use it to engage with prospects and increase brand awareness. When you visit Twitch, you’ll see a screen very similar to the image below. The homepage is curated based on […]
How SEO & Graphic Design Can Become A Dream Team via @sejournal, @tonynwright
Not sure how to reconcile design and SEO differences? Let the two work together for a better website experience for your user with these tips. The post How SEO & Graphic Design Can Become A Dream Team appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Ranking Factors: Fact Or Fiction? Let’s Bust Some Myths! [Ebook] via @sejournal, @BennyJamminS
Get evidence-based answers for all your pressing ranking factors questions. The post Ranking Factors: Fact Or Fiction? Let’s Bust Some Myths! [Ebook] appeared first on Search Engine Journal.