How to get your first NFT
1st hand NFT minting
as a creator, there are many tools that allows you to upload your artwork and mint a NFT, alternatively you can also mint via contract level.
as a collector, creators may deploy a contract that contains art pieces (either generative or standard), you can mint with gas.
Firstly have your wallet setup, generally all website supports metamask
Fund your wallet with Ethereum (ETH) as the gas (i.e process fee for miner)
Access website and connect your wallet
When countdown timer goes to zero, you'll be able to select number of NFTs you're going to mint
Depends on how hot the NFT is, some could goes it 5000 gwei+ to win a limited number NFT
💡 Mint: NFT is also a token in blockchain, minting means creating a token stores NFT metadata and adding into circulation
2nd hand market
artist used to create their artwork locally and mint it on blockchain, you will be able to purchase via public marketplace
you can also purchase NFTs from other investors who trades their NFT collected on marketplace like Opensea, now the biggest marketplace worldwide.
Firstly have your wallet setup, generally all website supports metamask
Fund your wallet with Ethereum (ETH) as the gas (i.e. process fee for miner)
Visit Opensea and choose the NFTs project you want to purchase
Pay similar to what you do on online shop, choose, pay the listed price plus gas fee
You own the NFT on your wallet
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