Using Next.js and Pinata — If you’ve ever connected your Ethereum wallet to a website or web app, then you’ve surely felt the frustration of session management—or lack thereof. When connecting to a site, you are generally prompted to sign a message proving you control the wallet in question. However, as soon as you reload…

Using Pinata and Hardhat — NFT collections, specifically PFP (profile picture) collections, continue to be white-hot. They are attracting interest from the crypto-native crowd as well as from the crypto-newbie crowd. However, Ethereum gas prices have made purchasing NFTs cost-prohibitive for many. …

Using Pinata and Metaplex — In case you slept through all of 2021, NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are hot. They have evolved from “random jpegs” to self-contained applications, access tokens, communities, and more. With increased creativity and expanding support across multiple blockchains, NFTs don’t look to be going away any time soon. While Ethereum might be…

The lessons learned from a PFP drop on Ethereum — There are two types of content that prevail across social media when it comes to NFT projects—tutorials and success stories. This is not unique to NFTs or Web3. In fact, it’s natural for humans to talk about success and teach people how to repeat that success (even if the teachers…

Content Identifiers, Portability, and Community — Last week, the NFT world was shaken by the sudden announcement from HicEtNunc (HEN)’s founder that the platform would be shut down. HEN is/was an NFT marketplace built on top of the Tezos blockchain, but it was also so much more. It spawned a whole new level of creativity in…

Using Pinata Submarine and NFTs — One of the main benefits of community is the ability to access and experience things that those who are not part of the community do not get to access and experience. This has been highlighted a lot in the NFT world lately, but there’s nothing new about the concepts. …

With Solidity and Pinata — Thanks to @NFTHerder for inspiring this post and providing feedback: https://twitter.com/NFTherder/status/1448750784573751303 NFTs have hit their stride this year. One of the biggest drivers for the mainstream adoption has been PFP (profile picture) projects. By having a mechanism to show off your NFT to the world in the form of a…

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…