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How to mint an NFT

Minting an NFT is simple. After buying a cryptocurrency with an NFT marketplace, and transferring that to a wallet extension like Phantom Wallet, simply find the date of NFT drops. Then, follow those NFT developer's twitters and discords to find the exact time that they will drop the NFT collections. Once that time comes, go to their website and connect your wallet. Once the wallet is connected, just hit mint now and hopefully you will win the NFT. The NFT will show up in your wallet.

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Higher Vaccination Rates

I am very tired of wearing a mask where ever I go. Many cities have brought back the mask mandate. As COVID infection rates are high once again, it makes complete sense to bring those mandates back. When infection rates are high, there is a higher risk for immunocompromised and therefore unvaccinated individuals to get infected and die. Although the death rate has decreased due to vaccinations and better care, the number of deaths per day has remained relatively high. This fact is concerning and can easily be changed. With the approval of several vaccines and booster shots the mitigation of COVID should be easy. However, their is a large percentage of the population that have become skeptical of the vaccine. I do not understand this skepticism. Thousands of scientists who have trained for years have worked together to develop the vaccine which provides high levels of protection from COVID. I truly want to see higher vaccination rates in the world. Not just for myself, but for those immunocompromised patients who cannot receive the vaccine even if they wanted to.

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What is minting an NFT

Minting an NFT is buying the NFT or the piece of art directly from the creator of the NFT. Minting is a term that was coined for obtaining digital creations from the original source. It is similar to buying a shoe from Nike or Adidas rather than StockX or GOAT or Finish Line.

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How do I buy NFT's

Buying NFT's are simple! Simply buy a cryptocurrency that can be used to buy an NFT. Examples of some are Ethereum, Cardano and Solana. Each cryptocurrency has its own resale marketplace where NFT's can be bought and sold. This is a good place to start learning about what NFT's are and how they are valued.

After purchasing a cryptocurrency from a brokerage like Coinbase, tranfer that cryptocurrency to a digital wallet. A good wallet is Phantom Wallet which is what I use to hold my Solana cryptocurrency.

Lastly, go to the NFT marketplace that matches the cryptocurrency you bought. For example, I go to solanart.io because I have Solana. Connect your wallet to the website which is done very easily once the cryptocurrency is in the wallet and buy away!

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What are NFT's

NFT's are non-fungible tokens. Simply put, they are an image, a piece of art just like any other artist's work. They can be compared to an artist's song, a woodworker's bench or an artist's painting. In this case, they are specifically an image that is 100% unique from any other image and can be owned digitally just like the original Mona Lisa can be. NFT's are becoming more and more popular as they are being released with certain perks.

The artist behind each NFT has a purpose for the NFT. It might be to share their artwork or collect money to work on a TV show that uses that artwork. Therefore, many NFT's actually come with perks such as royalties for keeping the NFT over a period of time, or a discount on a specific type of product, or a VIP status in their community.

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Write Everyday

Write everyday. You can get a blog, be anonymous, post on twitter. I am starting now. I hope that it will help me relieve my vulnerabilities and move my "safe zone" further up. I hope it will improve my analytical skills and make my writing more clear, crisp and honest. I will write about how and what I see in the world, what I want to see and even how to do something.