First and foremost, I've been out of the blockchain loop for a while and have been doing a lot of catching up lately. I'm happy to see NFTs becoming mainstream, because in 2017 not many people knew about them. Cryptokitties came out in 2017 while I was working in crypto marketing, and I was immediately sold. I bought a couple, and gifted them to family members for Christmas that year.
I discovered OpenSea about a week ago, and decided to create a collection of NFTs inspired by our books. So far, I have one collection: Patterns + Places. I've been promoting them on Twitter and Discord, but it appears to be an oversaturated topic on these channels.
View NFT Collection on OpenSea
I've been listening to some Gary Vee YouTube videos and he says something along the lines of, "if you create an NFT and post it to Twitter, that's not enough. It's basically the equivalent to waking up in the morning." I still have a lot of improvements in building up the collection and promoting it. Feel free to post advice in the comments. This is pretty new for me. I can't say I'm banking on my collection being a huge hit, but I figure it's smart to get in the NFT game sooner rather than later. I don't think NFTs are a fad, it's just a matter of time before literally everything is on the blockchain.
There seems to be some animosity toward NFTs, especially on Twitter, and I assume that's because of the energy usage? OpenSea users have two blockchain options when minting an NFT: Ethereum or Polygon. I use the Polygon blockchain for my NFTs for two reasons:
- Low gas fees
- Eco-friendly
Here's an article about Polygon being more energy-efficient:
https://blog.polygon.technology/polygon-the-eco-friendly-blockchain-scaling-ethereum-bbdd52201ad/
I'm curious to hear the Hive community's thoughts on NFTs. What are your thoughts?
