Utilities can be assets if they can be bought and sold. The commodities markets in traditional finance are proof of this. You can buy and sell contracts in the “utilities” space (gas, electric, oil, etc). However, access to those utilities is not what is bought and sold. …
Using Pinata Submarine, Hardhat, and Ethers.js
NFTs aren’t just digital pieces of art. They are layered mechanisms for proving ownership, access, rights, and more. NFT avatars (sometimes knows as PFP—ProFile Picture) have been one of the most popular use cases for NFTs. You can see this with CryptoPunks, Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), and more. But…
And Share Them Through Pinata
Are you a Bored Ape? Maybe you’re a CryptoPunk? No? Maybe a little more Meebit than Genie? Regardless of your flavor of NFT avatars, it’s clear there is a new world emerging around persona-based art. Some of these avatars are already 3D and others require the creativity of a broader…
The beautiful thing about NFTs is the way that they have pushed the creator economy forward. Marketplaces are great for aggregation, simplicity, and getting started, but many creators want to provide a dedicated experience for their NFTs on their own site. Fortunately, that’s possible with OpenSea, Squarespace, and Pinata.
In…
There is a myriad of reasons someone chooses to store their files on Dropbox. Ease of use, price, etc. Interestingly, one of the reasons many people add files to Dropbox is to share them. But there’s a problem with this.
It’s a terrible experience.
Dropbox is great at storing files…
Instead of Google Poly or Sketchfab
If you’ve been paying attention to the art world over the last 10 years, you’ve seen a huge spike in the use of 3D modeling in art. This spans personal art pieces to video games to NFTs. The pandemic even gave rise to the concept of virtual events and conferences…
A Faster, More Efficient Way To Create NFTs
The gas fees on Ethereum are currently astronomical. It makes sense that layer 2 solutions are seeing a boom in usage. However, it’s important to ensure NFTs that start their lives on a layer 2 solution are created in a way that makes them portable and verifiable.
Hi Dan!
The answer is sort of. You could already host an IPFS website on your own domain. The dedicated gateways can be thought of as a host that allows you to serve up any content you pin on Pinata. Rather than a single website, it is the place where you can pull any files you've pinned on your account.
And yes, you can have more than one domain on the Professional account. Each additional gateway is an extra $10/month FYI.
Fast and Branded For You
Today, we’re excited to release dedicated IPFS gateways. While the public Pinata gateways will continue to exist, dedicated gateways will give NFTs and DeFi applications a fast, branded way to serve content.
Why Might You Need a Dedicated Gateway?
If you’re fetching content from IPFS, you want it to be fast. But the more content that’s fetched…
A Defined Relationship Among Many
You’ve seen this title before. Countless publications and even mainstream news organizations have tried to answer this question. Unfortunately, they are providing answers to questions that may not have been asked. Yes, the technical implementation of NFTs is important in the same way that the technical implementation of your dishwasher…
