writing smart contracts vs opensea nft creation
writing smart contracts vs opensea nft creation
I’ve been learning solidity and smart contracts for a week and today I found out that I can create an nft just by using opensea and deploy it and set the creator fee with zero coding involved.
My question is that why should you write smart contracts when you can easily create an nft using opensea graphical interface and what other use cases do smart contracts have?
Opensea minting is for hobbies really. You’re not going to show up in icy.tools in other words. You will save money though.
Some people want more functionality. Most NFTs follow the ERC-721 standard, but you can code in your own interesting features if you want to. I think the most direct feature of coding your own is you have full control of the distribution. Maybe you want to sell the NFTs in an interesting way, or distribute them to certain people before listing on the marketplace. The smart contract can be coded with anything you want really. It’s just a program so, the short answer is whatever use case you want.
You don’t actually need any coding knowledge to have your own contract, which is great.
If you want to do NFTs on ethereum I would recommend looking into Manifold Studio. They allow you to create your own contract and it’s pretty simple. They also have an in depth FAQ and are responsive on discord, Twitter and email.
If you’re open to other blockchains I would look into objkt on tezos. You can create your own collection which I believe gives you a contract as well.
You write your own smart contract because it allows you, as an artist, to retain provenance and control over your work. That is entirely the reason.
That may seem like a small point but it’s not. Having full control over your work matters. And that’s what smart contracts allow for. Among a slew of other things but that’s a big part.