First we need to know the contract address of the project that we want to mint.
Several approaches to get it without visiting the website: 1) Discord (official links channel) 2) Opensea (should be listed, 'cause: never be first to mint) 3) Project's Twitterpage
Example: Looking for the contract address on Opensea?
Open the collection on Opensea, navigate down.
Under traits of an NFT, expand the "Details" tab. Clicking on contract address views it on etherscan.io directly.
Now we know what we've to pay + how many NFTs we can mint: Go back to "Write contract".
Connect your wallet (yes it's safe to just connect to etherscan) and then click on the mint function.
Enter what price you figured out and how many you want. Click write btn.
Your MM 🦊 pops up and shows you're calling the mint function (yay, no set approval for all or signature requests because we minted through the contract like a boss 😎).
Click confirm and you're done minting from the contract! ✅
There are some exceptions to this simplified tutorial - for example if a whitelist might be involved OR the project just doesn't want you to mint off their website. Mostly it needs a signature under "Mint" then that you can't provide via etherscan.
Web3 basics 101 - Your seedphrase is something you want to protect at ALL cost. If you hand out your seedphrase - it's game over for that wallet (+subwallets).
Here’s a🧵about companies entering web3 and not properly putting disclaimers up for user security.
I chose @Stepnofficial as an EXAMPLE for this🧵, applies to all others.
For those unfamiliar with #STEPN - they are essentially onboarding people to web3 to earn crypto through their app while being active / moving / running. Which - as a concept is a cool idea.
STEPN launched on $sol originally, expanded to $bnb and now added $eth. Different chains are referred to as realms. Basically = servers, if you're familiar with MMORPGs. Solana Realm, BNB Realm and APE Realm.
Actually all these 3 screenshots were from @opensea while interacting with the new Seaport protocol.
Correct answer (with known Origin): 2!
1 by 1 screenshot explanation below ⤵
#1
"Set Approval For All" txn would be a 🚩 and a sign to run away as fast as you can.
Interacting with a marketplace you have to give out the approval for the first listing of a collection, so they can execute a transfer on your behalf if your NFT sells.
After discovering a recent scam method, were the attackers don’t get you to sign an approval for all txn – rather then just stealing your signature to buy all your approved NFTs for free – here’s a 🧵& video on it.
1/12 #SaferNFTs
This scam attack isn’t new (was used in Feb 2022 when Opensea changed their protocol to V2) but was found on a site called imposters(dot)in – video to see what it does at the end of this thread, so you don’t have to visit an connect anything to the site.
2/12 #SaferNFTs
Red flag #1 🚩: The site prompts you to connect your wallet before you can do anything on there.
Red flag #2 🚩: After you connected the wallet, it will immediately request a signature, here’s where it gets DANGEROUS. Good thing: We can read the EIP-712 code.
3/12 #SaferNFTS
🚨 A recent scam that popped up is an counterfeit to @PlayImpostors.
Website: imposters(dot)in - immediately prompts you to connect your wallet (1), after connecting it asks for your signature (2) which signs an approval for collections!