When I said I was going to be gifting NFTs to my DeSo coin holders, I meant it!
Here are the first tests:
You will notice I made a mistake and overwrote "default.png" - oops!
Generative NFTs
Previously I talked about how I don't really get the idea of collecting PFP NFTs, but I am here to learn so I have been figuring out how to generate them from my "art".
I couldn't be fussing around with PNG files because I am having to
- Learn the Crypto side
- Learn the DeSo side
- Learn the Python side
- Draw
- Organise my files so my app can build unique images
Most people who do this get someone else (usually on a pay-for-work contract) to do the art, or they get someone else to do the code. You will note that the Yacht Apes or whatever press never credit the artist, they always talk about how much money they make.
There are apps out there to help with this, I haven't tried them. They are probably better than I am making but I am doing this to learn, I am not expecting $$$$ lambo $$$$ from this!
Assets and Rarity
Right now I am pulling in the assets as Photoshop PSD layers, counting how many layers there are in each group, and then selecting randomly.
This means what is output is based on innate math, but of course, I could add more weighting. For example, I could say only one NFT ever is allowed to have a vape.
Another thing I could do is logic, such as "if this shirt, glasses, hair, etc then this output gets a Harry Potter scar and Quidditch broom?"
What Next
Right now I am just creating PNG files and messing around with my graphics tablet and Photoshop.
I've got uploading of the raw image files working, I am sending them using the arweave api which in theory will make them as permanent as these things get.
Next step I need to generate the files as an actual NFT that a DeSo user can own them, and figure out how to gift them to my coin holders.
If anyone has insights on how I can do this on Hive/Hive Engine let me know. I have mostly figured out how I can do this on ETH but I really don't want to spend the gas fees!
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Check out the last post from @hivebuzz:
Man is there a guide or something for this nft stuff. Like a "NFT for Dummies" lol? But for real. Do you have any post that would help explain the language you use in your post. If that makes sense. Maybe terminology would have been a better word than language, but either way I'm lost!
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Hmmm good idea! Anything in particular confusing?
Deso is very good ole boys club and very hard to get anyone to do anything. It is mostly people who got a crap ton of tokens for free passing them around making money on suckers.
I made a very topical nft and no one cared but you see them spending a fortune on nfts that look like a 2 year old made them.
It's not much different to Hive really. Here on Hive there are cliques and power brokers too, and most people who create on Hive don't get noticed either.
My take is it is all early days for all of it, we don't know which will grow and which will crumble, all we can do is place our bets and try to contribute.
It's much worse, here new users get a ton of support. It may be harder to become the top author, but it is really easy to get started and get some decent support. Many new users make over $100 on their first post. On Deso/Bitclout, you are lucky to even get someone to read your posts.
DeSo is much newer and has a smaller user base (around 1/3 of Hive I think), it's all early days. Heck, remember when Twitter started? Most people on there would tweet once at the start of the day to say what their plans were.