What is an NFT
A brand new type of digital good/contract called a non-fungible token, or NFT. NFTs have exciting new properties: they’re unique, provably scarce, tradeable, and usable across multiple applications. Just like physical goods, you can do whatever you want with them! You could throw them in the trash, gift them to a friend across the world, or go sell them on an open marketplace. But unlike physical goods, they're armed with all the programmability of digital assets. A core part of our vision is that open protocols like Ethereum and interoperable standards like ERC-721 and ERC-1155 will enable vibrant new economies. (OpenSea)
NFT stands for non-fungible tokens like ERC-721 (a smart contract standard) tokens which are hosted on Ethereum’s own blockchain. NFTs are unique digital items such as collectibles or artworks or game items. As an artist, by tokenizing your work you both ensure that it is unique and brand it as your work. The actual ownership is blockchain-managed.
Resources to stay updated
Dune Analytics
Free crypto analytics by and for the community - Discover dashboards - Explore, create and share crypto analytics. Thousands of dashboards for hundreds of projects. Follow key metrics for DeFi, NFTs and more. Query human-readable data with SQL.
Icy.tools
Discover, track, and analyze trending NFTs with real time floor and volume data. Deep dive with historical charts, trend data, and full transaction history.
Nansen
Identify opportunities before everyone else. Nansen analyzes and labels 100M+ Ethereum wallets and their activity so you can separate the signal from the noise.
NFT Calendar
All Upcoming Events . NFTCalendar is your guide around the art of the Non-Fungible Token industry. We throw light on crypto art, creators as well as cover the latest news and events happening in Decentraland. Our goal is to make the Universe of digital collectibles comprehensible and approachable for each NFT collector and devotee of the movement.
NFT Catcher
NFT Catcher was founded with one very simple mission – to have the most inclusive list of NFT drops and information found on the web.
Ninja Alerts
Ninjalerts Custom NFT alerts and push notifications for any contract or wallet Alerts for Any contract Any wallet Get alerted the moment minting starts, reveals happen, or when whales and influencers make their next move. Get Early Access See patterns and trends in real-time Know what projects are hot before everyone else.
Rarity Tools
RarityTools assigns a rarity score to each of an NFT's traits, and these marks are then added together to produce the overarching rarity score. Any NFT available on the site can now be easily verified as to its raritytool NFT. Your first encounter with NFT collections on Raritytools is the most newly acquired one.
NFT Exchanges
Immutable X
THE FIRST LAYER 2 FOR NFTS ON ETHEREUM. Experience zero gas fees, instant trades, and carbon neutral NFTs for marketplaces, games, and applications without compromise. Build your NFT business in hours with our APIs.
OpenSea
We're building tools that allow consumers to trade their assets freely, creators to launch new digital works, and developers to build rich, integrated marketplaces for their digital assets. We’re proud to be the first and largest marketplace for NFTs.
FTX.US
FTX.US is a brand new US-regulated cryptocurrency exchange, built from the ground up. Our mission is for FTX.US to grow the digital currency ecosystem, offer US traders a platform that inspires their loyalty, and become a market leading US cryptocurrency exchange over the next two years.
Rarible
Rarible is a software allowing digital artists and creators to issue and sell custom crypto assets that represent ownership in their digital work. Of note, Rarible is both a marketplace for those assets, as well as a distributed network built on Ethereum that enables their trade without a middleman.
Learning Resources
The Non-Fungible Token Bible: Everything you need to know about NFTs
Quick Overview of the NFT Ecosystem