Getting started with Tezos NFT’s.

Getting started with Tezos NFT’s.

Summary of this document and steps.
1) Obtain a Tezos wallet and create an address on the Tezos blockchain
2) Edit Tezos Blockchain personal profile to reflect biographical data.
3) Login in to Tezos based NFT Art website and sync blockchain profile to NFT art web site.

optional: use currency exchange to purchase Tezos and deposit currency in Tesos wallet.

Tezos is a decentralized blockchain network with a native cryptocurrency known as tez. Tez (XTZ) is used to interact with dApps, pay for fees, secure the network through staking, and provide a basic accounting unit on the Tezos platformhttps://tezos.com/

To begin one will need a non-custodial Tezos wallet.
Temple is one that most people use.

Non-custodial means you own it, all by yourself. As they saying goes “your keys your wallet”, nobody has oversight, care, or maintenance on this. There is no customer service for your wallet. However the wallet will have general email support.

The wallet will create an address on the Tezos blockchain where ones assets will live.
The wallet is just a wrapper and way to read and transact with the blockchain.
The wallet really doesn’t contain anything except the keys to the blockchain address of your wallet.

Temple is a web based wallet and this will allow you to transact with NFT art platforms.
Essentially, it allows you to login “sync” to a website such as https://objkt.com/ , https://teia.art/, https://versum.xyz/

Temple Wallet

The Temple wallet is a browser based wallet and runs as an extension is Chrome and allows interaction with the Tesoz cryptocurrency blockchain
The Temple wallet is a browser based wallet and runs as an extension is Chrome
Temple wallet is a browser based wallet that installs as a browser extension.
From there one can create a Tezos wallet on the Tezos mainnet.
A blockchain wallet is a publicly known address that looks something like this:
tz1TSYcqALyFNVU1NZ6dLpnnfRYPw2tzJKef
The entire world can read the blockchain transactions to any address. There is 100% transparency to a blockchain and that in part is what makes a blockchain decentralized and trusted. Blockchains have web based readers and explorers to view contents and transactions.
https://tzstats.com/tz1TSYcqALyFNVU1NZ6dLpnnfRYPw2tzJKef
When creating a  wallet save the pass phrase and password into a text document (note pad or text edit apps.)
One should also write the seed phrase on paper, as well as the password and store them in a safe or lockbox or someplace that is safe.
Another Tezos wallet that is useful is Kukia. One can import the temple wallet using a speed phrase to begin using Kukia.
Kukia is necessary sometimes when minting a NFT that has a large file size. There was a period of time when minting transactions would fail to allocate storage space on IPS (Interplanetary File System) when using temple wallet. Kukia would be the wallet to use in those cases.

Kukia Wallet.

https://wallet.kukai.app
With a Tezos wallet created, one can begin to sync to Tezos websites, the sync button is usually in the upper right corner of each site.[br]

Currency Exchanges

One will need a crypto currency exchange to buy and cash out Tezos and most other coins with.New York state has weird and restrictive laws for crypto, Gemini is one of the few places you can buy Tezos with a credit, debit, and checking account/card.

Sign up for Gemini on your own or use my referral link, we’ll both get $10 after 30 days.[br]

https://www.gemini.com/share/78l7lq93p

It takes a few days to verify a debit or checking accounts, so follow the directions and get it going as soon as possible.

Tezos/Blockchain profiles:

Once a temple wallet or kukia wallet is created (it can be empty) one can begin to set a blockchain profile that contains biographical information.
Proceed to:
https://tzprofiles.com/
Tezsos Profiles allows the owner of a blockchain address to create social media like profiles that contain biographical information are transportable to various NFT Art based web sites
Tezsos Profiles allows the owner of a blockchain address to create social media like profiles that contain biographical information are transportable to various NFT Art based web sites
Choose your Tezos wallet to login and interact.
Choose your Tezos wallet to login and interact.
Authorize the Temple wallet to allow this website
Authorize the Temple wallet to allow this website
Tesos Profiles operates similarly to social media websites that allow users to enter in biographical information. Tell the NFT Art community who your are. Some profile options will require additional verification with social media and personal web servers
These are self-explanatory. Some profile options will require additional verification with social media and personal web servers
Once biographical information has been entered and verified profiles at objekt.com  at Tezos based art sites will be  automatically populated.

Tezos based NFT Art websites:

Sync your wallet and authorize Tezos NFT websites to use it.
Sync your wallet and authorize Tezos NFT websites to use it.
Chris Borkowski's Digital Art Collection and Community Profile at Objkt.com
Chris Borkowski’s Digital Art Collection at Objkt.com. Let the NFT Art Community enjoy your digital art collection.
These sites are really just wrappers as well, they simply read and transact with the blockchain.
They have additional features to their platform that allows one to collect, create, mint, send, auction, sell, and manage a NFT art collection.
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