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How to Build Your First NFT
What skills are you going to need for this process? We'll walk you through all of the tools you'll need to code and deploy a NFT.
Web University • How to Build Your First NFT
Solidity: An object-oriented programming language for implementing smart contracts on Ethereum.
Web University • How to Build Your First NFT
Hardhat: An Ethereum development environment that allows you to compile Solidity contracts, test contracts on a dev network, and view Solidity stack traces.
Web University • How to Build Your First NFT
Metamask: A software cryptocurrency wallet used to interact with the Ethereum blockchain, that will allow you to pay for the gas to publish your transaction.
Web University • How to Build Your First NFT
Alchemy: A web3 developer platform that allows you to connect with the rest of the Ethereum network via free nodes.
Web University • How to Build Your First NFT
Pinata: A platform that allows you to store files and guarantee availability on IPFS, a decentralized storage protocol that allows peer-to-peer file sharing.
Web University • How to Build Your First NFT
So you've minted your first NFT on OpenSea, but what you really want is to build your own NFT from scratch: coding the Solidity smart contract, deploying onto the mainnet, setting the price of the NFT.