Minting

summary the nft minting process is where you go when you want to publish a nft onto the test or live net, in this section we will be going over the different options you will encounter, and what they represent to get started you will need to have an underlying asset to make into an nft, how to achieve this can be done through the asset library, and further information is provided here minting my first nft getting started to begin, head over to the "my nfts" section of the menu here you will see all your currently minted nfts, as well as the option to "create new nft", click that button to get started step 1 select amount of assets the first step of creating a nft would be to select if you want to mint a nft single asset or from multiple underlying assets (currently the former is the only supported method) step 2 provide asset source after you have selected the appropriate option you will be greeted with the source page, this page is responsible for selecting the source of your underlying asset the four options are as follows my device upload a file from your computer external source use a file from a link (url) my skidra asset library select an pre uploaded image from your skidra asset library dall e image generation select this option if you want to generate digital images using an artificial intelligence for this example we will go ahead and use the external source step 3 select / upload asset url you will be asked to provide a link (url) this can be taken from any source on the web, just copy the image address link and paste it in the field for this example we've gone ahead and added our logo asset name here you will provide a name for your underlying asset for this example we've gone ahead and added the name "skidra logo" do not upload images that break our terms of service, nor images you do not hold the ownership rights to these will be removed at our discretion and your account could be flagged for suspension step 4 add informational details nft name here we will add the nft name, not to be confused with the underlying assets name (which is used to identify the actual underlying asset within the skidra platform), this is the name that will represent the resulting nft nft description this field represents some form of description that will be displayed when viewing your nft provide enough information here that the end customer understands the concept of your work external link add link to page affiliated with this nft tags use them to organize your nfts collection a collection is a concept that allows you to group and organize your nfts, think of it like cards in a deck step 5 minting select blockchain a nft must be uploaded as a transaction on the blockchain to be considered valid therefore we have curated (with more to come) what we consider stable, sustainable, efficient, and most importantly, popular blockchains for use regarding your nfts polygon faster, more affordable this is the blockchain you will want to use when creating a large amount of nfts to reduce deployment cost while maintaining efficiency ethereum slower, more costly this is the blockchain you will want to use when security is your top priority, and when you consider your nft more of a premium commodity number of nfts to be created here you will create multiple nfts that point to the same (or in the case you selected multiple beforehand) asset(s) each nft will be a unique item that points to an underlying asset in the case that multiple nfts are created from the same asset the nft themselves will be unique, but the underlying asset may not, this is by desig n so that multiple people can hold ownership (or licensing) rights as long as they hold that nft step 5 advanced minting options when creating an nft during the minting step you will notice the "advanced" section this section is for users who are more comfortable with creating nfts or that would like to add further customization to them transaction limit this option allows you limit the amount of times the nft can be subsequently sold (second hand) limiting the amount of transactions is a powerful tool when you want to control the amount of times an nft changes hands, and can even be used to ensure no second hand selling or trading occurs at all freeze until this option allows you to set a starting date from which an nft can be traded and sold second hand this option is great for ticketing services or any other service that wants to limit scalping of assets, providing a better customer experience for clients metadata additional metadata that contains programmatic information can be added to the nft, this option is designed for programmers and has no real impact on the process of creating an nft outside software development this data is only used alongside the skidra api it can only be used by the authoring organization and and is not publicly available external properties this is another programmatic advanced tool that allows you to add additional technical information alongside your nft if uploaded to commonly used marketplaces royalties & contracts a skidra nft can have attached royalty, meaning that every transaction of that nft would ensure that royalty gets distributed to the original creator to gain royalties on nft sales, you will need to have a third party crypto wallet to store them in, such as metamask alternatively you can use the income from royalties to pay for future nfts on skidra part 6 payment select payment here you will select your preferred choice of payment as added through the billing setup step 7 finish this will be the final step in the nft minting process, here you will receive your order id as well as the option to go back to the starting page, or an page that monitors the order status