How to mint an NFT on the Tezos blockchain

Artists are driven to Tezos for its pioneering, state-of-the-art tools, and range of creative NFT platforms.

The Tezos community is reshaping the creative landscape of digital art. Collectors and fans have purchased millions of works from top-tier artists on Tezos-based marketplaces, and it is the only blockchain with a presence at major global art fairs, such as Art Basel and Venice Biennale.

It all begins with choosing a platform

Digital marketplace platforms like fx(hash), objkt.com and Teia allow artists to turn their digital assets into NFTs through a process called minting. Some are specialized in code-based generative art, while others are hubs for creative photography, animation and many other digital mediums.

Here are tutorials for three popular platforms and marketplaces to help you get started:

fx(hash)

fx(hash) is a generative art platform for artists to upload algorithms to create code-based art.

Generative

Open-source tooling

Objkt.com

OBJKT is an aggregator marketplace that allows artists to collaborate and curates hidden gems on the platform every day.

Aggregator

All-mediums

Teia

Teia is an open-source NFT platform maintained by a community of Tezos artists.

Artist-created

Community-led

You’re going to need a wallet

Tezos wallets are funded with tez, the native cryptocurrency of the Tezos blockchain. Each transaction requires a small amount of tez in order to interact with the blockchain. Tezos is known for low transaction fees to mint, collect, and store digital assets.