I went deep on the @lootproject contract and I thought it might be helpful to break it down for Twitter. Presenting "How the Loot Contract Actually Works": A thread.

(Hint: The answer is 21!)

etherscan.io/address/0xff9c… It starts with 8 categories arranged as 8 arrays, each holding 3-18 unique items. The categories include weapons, chest, head, waist, foot, hand, necklace, and rings. Then there's name prefixes and suffixes, and overall suffixes. 1/

Several people asked me yesterday how to read the code for NFT smart contracts, so here's a brief thread on how I do it. 1/ First go to @opensea and find an NFT you want to review and click into its details section. In there you'll find a link to the contract on Etherscan.

I've been reviewing some of the recent NFT smart contracts as I work on my own, and it's awesome to see the evolution from one version to the next and the little innovations each team puts in. Here's a thread of my favorite contract tricks. 1/ First, I reviewed the following NFT projects, listed in order of their contract launch:

- BAYC
- The Alien Boy
- Wicked Craniums
- My Fucking Pickles
- Cool Cats
- Bulls on the Block
- Forgotten Runes Wizard Cult
- Sewer Rat Social Club
- Lucky Manki
- Degenz