Contracts

Deploying your Ethereum NFT onto the blockchain in the process of minting is governed by the contract that you have for your NFT. This contract is critical to the overall behavior of the NFT.

First thing to know is that "Smart Contracts" are not smart and they are not contracts!

Smart Contract are basically a series of commands (code) that govern the actions and behavior of your NFT during its life on the blockchain.

Investopedia defines a Smart Contract: [A] Smart contract permit[s] trusted transactions and agreements to be carried out among disparate, anonymous parties without the need for a central authority, legal system, or external enforcement mechanism.

Great resources for newbies

WeiZ.eth has a vast wealth of knowledge on Smart Contracts and he also hosts Twitter Spaces where he and other Devs answer all your questions from newbie to advanced level skills!

WeiZ (pronounced like Jay-Z) has a mind blowing number of links to Contract resources on his Discord

Total ownership of your NFT contract

Manifold has a great user friendly interface that let's you select the options you want for your contract with low gas fees, lots of options and the best part is it's FREE;

Follow Manifold for the latest update and join their discord for help with specific questions

It's HIGHLY recommended to read this Substack post about what Manifold's Creator is and how it works;

Manifold Creatormanifoldxyz.substack.com

Read about what a Manifold contract is and why you would choose it for your own NFT provenance

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GET STARTED with Manifold - you can mint your own NFTs with zero coding required

If you're in over your head don't risk this essential part of your project, hire a dev and or consult with an experience Dev to review your contract.

Other great contract resources

BE LAZY! - Don't reinvent the wheel if you can pull from existing contracts and simply reuse those for your project.

OpenZeppelinopenzeppelin.com

OpenZeppelin is a library of smart contracts that are battle tested for Etherium and other blockchains.

https://docs.openzeppelin.com/contracts/4.x/wizarddocs.openzeppelin.com

Compile your Smart Contract from the Contract Wizard

#1 Solidity Tutorial & Ethereum Blockchain Programming Course | CryptoZombiescryptozombies.io

Learn Solidity - the language of Etherium contracts through a fun game experience

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An ERC721 contract allows you to mint 1/1 NFTs, not multiple editions.

GitHub - buildspace/buildspace-projects: The home of our open-source projects.GitHub

More than just contracts you can learn about Dapps, contacts and generative projects on Build Space

15 Tips to Write Better Smart ContractsMedium

Deep Diving with Smart Contracts by https://twitter.com/alexroan