When you think about NFTs, written articles aren’t the first thing that come to mind. But Mirror is quickly changing that. In this guide, we’re going to dive into Mirror - a web3 toolkit for sharing stories, funding ideas, and turning text-based content into NFTs - and mint an entry of our own!

What Do I Need?

Before we begin, let’s make sure you have your gear in order. To mint an entry on Mirror, you will need:

• An Ethereum wallet, such as MetaMask or Rainbow

• Some ETH in your wallet to mint your article as an NFT. It is free to publish an article on Mirror, but minting it as an NFT will require gas fees.

If you need help getting set up, head over to our YouTube Channel. There, you’ll find guides for setting up your wallet and purchasing some ETH!

NFTs & Mirror

While today’s most popular NFTs are image-based, pictures are just a fraction of what NFTs are capable of. At their core, NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are simply proofs of ownership written on a blockchain. These proofs of ownership represent an asset, digital or physical, and link it to an individual's blockchain address. The result is a publicly verifiable file, showing a certain thing owned by a certain person.

So, can an article be an NFT? Absolutely!

At first glance, Mirror may just look like a web3 platform for publishing and monetizing articles — something like a blockchain-based Medium or Substack. But under the hood, Mirror is a powerful tool for creating content and building communities. It gives you everything you need for minting NFTs, crowdfunding, splitting proceeds from sales, and even minting ERC20 tokens to distribute to new community members.

Today, we’re going to write our first Mirror entries and mint them as NFTs. Let’s go!

The Guide

Step 1

First, head to mirror.xyz and connect your wallet with the button in the top-right corner.

Step 2

If this is your first time using Mirror, go to the Settings tab in the left toolbar to set your profile picture, bio, color theme, and display name.

Step 3

Once you're happy with your profile settings, go back to the Entries tab and click Create Your First Entry.

Step 4

Now on the Write page, you’ll have access to Mirror’s text editor. This includes all of the writing platform essentials - headings, bulleted lists, images, and blockquotes. Go ahead and write your article! If you’re stumped and looking for inspiration, hop into the RabbitHole community Discord for ideas to get your started!

You will also have access to a number of web3 tools for monetizing your work and incorporating other NFTs. These include Crowdfund, Edition, Auction, Split, and NFT Preview. We won’t be using these for our first entry, but you can learn more about them here!

Step 5

After you have written your article, click the gear in the top-right corner to bring up your article settings. Upload a header image (3000x1500 px) and enter a meta title and entry excerpt. Your header image will also represent your entry NFT when it is minted.

Once you're done, check your meta preview at the bottom of the article settings. This will show you how your article will appear on Mirror, search engines, and social media platforms. This is also a good time to save your article as a draft if you haven’t done so already. Just click Save Draft at the top.

Step 6

Now that you have a written article, a header image, and your meta settings all filled out, it’s time to give everything a good double-check. Once your article is minted as an NFT, you will not be able to make any edits or updates to it.

As with any NFT you mint, this article will forever be associated with your wallet! Even if you sell it, your wallet address will be shown as the original creator. So be sure to mint an original, quality article that you are happy to be associated with.

Step 7

If everything looks good to go, it’s time to publish and mint! Click Publish and check the Mint as NFT Edition box. A final menu will appear. If you haven’t added a header image yet you can do so here.

This menu will also contain the very important Funds recipient box. This is the wallet address that funds will be sent to when your NFT sells. Copy your wallet address by clicking it and then paste it into this box.

Step 8

Give everything one final review and, when you’re ready, click Publish And Mint Entry. You will be minting this as an NFT on the blockchain, so you will need to pay a gas fee. Confirm this transaction in your wallet and pay the gas fee to mint your entry!

Congratulations!

And that’s it! This transaction will take a few minutes to confirm, but once it has, you’ll have officially minted your Mirror entry as an NFT!

Minting on Mirror is just one part of our NFT journey this season. To go deeper down the NFT rabbit hole, hop over to our other guides for minting an NFT on Zora and joining a party on PartyBid!

IDO（Initial Digital Asects Offering），首次区块链数字资产的发行，以股票市场的首次公开发行（IPO）概念，是企业区块链项目首次以资产数字化产生的区块链数字资产，产品锚定，资产债券、众筹方式的通用数字资产的行为。

白话就是项目方发起募资，大家通过自己的时间、资金等资源换取项目方的代币奖励。

参与平台：

主流的平台：DAO Maker、Polkastarter、Red Kite、sushiswap、LBP等

不活动的负责发行IDO的也平台这里不一出现

推荐一个可以查看IDO平台的网站：

https://cryptorank.io/fundrising-platforms

参与方式：

目前出行主要的IDO就两种方式：

1、购买某个IDO的平台代币如DAOMaker的$DAO，购买后根据购买的数量该平台上IDO的摇号（部分平台如果你的平台币数量多，可以保证每次都中到），IDO宣布中签号码暂停款。

适合喜欢：有一定数量，最少500U

2、社区白名单简单：项目方为了IDO顺利完成，能够部分完成任务给项目，这里不需要任何对象，需要项目方提供的（推特评论评价、加入电报、分享给好友），完成后项目方会所有任务的人中间从社区白白，给到IDO完成完成

适合适合：无本金

3、拍卖对所有人都相对公平，只要出高或出价早几乎都可以到，但有风险

适合喜欢：有一定的本金，对项目有可能分析能力

收益率：

近期取了一个主要平台近500个项目的距离

蓝色为IDO的价格于历史最高价之间

绿色为价格之间的ID价格于现价之间

平均中一签在十倍左右，一签的金额在50U-1000u之间不等，具体看项目中签规则

准备工作：

1、下载申请

安装谷歌浏览器：https://www.google.cn/intl/zh-CN/chrome/

下载下载教程：https://metamask.io/faqs.html

2、微账户注册

推特：https://twitter.com/

电报：https://telegram.org/

不和谐：https://discord.com/

3、通过KYC

KYC及个人身份信息认证，为了防止洗钱，目前大多数平台都需要通过KYC才可以参加IDO，也有少部分平台和项目不需要。一般情况社区轮不需要KYC。

需要购物：上传护照或者自己的，人脸识别。

难点：所以目前没有KYC不支持中国身份，如果需要可以找国外的朋友和亲戚，用他们国外的身份帮助自己通过KYC。

4、准备资金

钱包购买美元的矿池货币（B、USDT...）来购买代币

为gas费准备（有BNB、ETH、MATIC……，根据你钱包里的矿池来收取gas费）

5、在相应平台参与的IDO

因为每个时候都会方式大同小异，

主要流程

初步平台内确认申请（持有平台币或完成社区轮任务）

第二步：发表中签地址

第三步：缴款

第四步：收取项目方代币

这里有两个，每一步都教程

A、redkite（购买平台币抽签平台）参与方式：

https://redkite-faq.polkafoundry.com/join-idos/how-to-join-ido-pools

B、CeloLaunch（社区白名单）

https://blog.celolaunch.io/how-to-join-celolaunch-ido/

具体每次IDO都会做出相应的教程

如何提高收益

项目基本面分析（重点、资金结构、募资、排名、粉丝、粉丝、平台）

在平台代币价格低时买入

售卖项目后将收益进行抛投

增加的账户数量降低中签成本

整体牛市时参与数量增加，熊市时减少参与

风险：

平台币价格

项目破发，大环境基本无破发

项目锁定期可能，部分项目代领有1-3年的锁定期，如果时间在长可能会跌破发行价